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    Waste and Energy

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    Waste and Energy Paper ENV / 100 October 28‚ 2013 Pamela Primrose Waste and Energy Paper Environmental Science is a way to obtain agricultural knowledge of how things are going on around the world and the effect it has on the environment. In this document you will obtain a brief explanation of nuclear waste‚ plastic‚ coal and oil. What are the alternatives of other energy resources‚ advantages and disadvantages that would contribute to stabilize the environment currently around the the

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    Solid Mechanic

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    Chapter Objectives  Understand how to measure the stress and strain through experiments Correlate the behavior of some engineering materials to the stress-strain diagram.  Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education South Asia Pte Ltd In-class Activities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Reading Quiz Applications Stress-Strain diagram Strength parameters Poisson’s ratio Shear Stress-strain diagram Concept Quiz Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education South Asia Pte Ltd TENSION AND COMPRESSION TEST Copyright

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    Bonding In Solids

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    Tutorial 1: Atomic Structure and Bonding in Solids 1. (a) Cite the difference between atomic mass and atomic weight. (b) Silicon has three naturally-occurring isotopes as shown in the table below. On the basis of this data‚ confirm that the average atomic weight of Si is 28.0854 amu. |Silicon Isotope |Natural Abundance |Atomic mass of | | | |isotope (amu) | |28Si |92.23 % |27.9769 | |29Si

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    1. How is electricity produced? The most simple way of producing static ekectricity is by rubbing or friction. When you rub two different kind of materials that are insulator‚ you can transfer electrons from one substance to another. Nowadays‚ to create electricity we use battery and generators. Voltage can be made by heart‚ light or mechanical pressure. http://science.howstuffworks.com/electricity-info2.htm 2. Where and how is electricity used? Electricity gives us ability to produce

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    Waste Disposal

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    PSYC 434: ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY WASTE DISPOSAL WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO SOLID WASTE Adeniji Ayodele (10317112) 9TH March‚ 2013. With an increase in industrial development

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    Suspended Solid Experiment

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    SUSPENDED SOLIDS 1.0 OBJECTIVE This objective of this experiment is to determine the quantity of suspended solids in polluted water samples. 2.0 INTRODUCTION Water quality is vitally important in our daily life. However‚ due to water pollution‚ the quality of water is questionable for safe usage. In order to determine water quality‚ one of the indicator and measurement that can be used is by suspended solids (SS). Suspended solids is one type of physical water-quality measurement. Suspended solids refer

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    Waste Desposal

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    WASTE MANAGEMENT Waste management is the collection ‚transport‚ processing ‚recycling or disposal of waste materials.  The term usually relates to materials produced by humanactivity‚ and is generally undertaken to reduce their effect onhealth‚ theenvironmentor aesthetics. Waste management is also carried out to recover resourcesfrom it. Waste management can involvesolid‚liquid‚gaseousor radioactivesubstances‚ with different methods and fields of expertise for each.Waste management practices differ for developed

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    Electronic Waste

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    Electronic waste From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For the EC directive‚ see Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. Defective and obsolete electronic equipment. Electronic waste‚ e-waste‚ e-scrap‚ or waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. There is a lack of consensus as to whether the term should apply to resale‚ reuse‚ and refurbishing industries‚ or only to product that cannot be used for its intended purpose

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    Medical Waste

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    “Unused Medical Waste and The Environmental Impact” U.S. hospitals generate more than two million tons of medical waste each year. Meanwhile‚ more than ten million children under age of five die in the developing countries due to the lacking enough medical care according to Health Care Without Harm. Also medical waste is a main source of dioxin‚ mercury‚ and the other pollutants that can be dangerous for human health and the environment. It is important to learn about activities of non-profit organizations

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    E-waste

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    What is e-waste? E-waste is those waste materials consisting of any broken or unwanted / obsolete electrical or electronic appliances & gadgets. If it is not carried out properly it can dangerous to the human health or to the environment. India currently produces 500‚000 tones of e-waste annually and the figure is expected to touch one million tones in 2012. However‚ India lacks a proper e-waste disposal system and it is left up to the unorganized sector to dispose of the waste. The unorganized

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