Gold is a soft metal that is largely unreactive. Gold jewellery can lie underground for thousands of years and emerge shiny after that lengthy exposure to air‚ water‚ and other chemicals in the environment. Gold does dissolve in some solvents as indicated below and does react with halogens. The most common oxidation states of gold are Au(I) and Au(III) but there are a few examples of Au(V) (various anions [AuF6]- and [Au2F10]). The Au(III) ion has the d8configuration which gives rise to many square
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Section I – Critical Analysis Problem The United States is facing an energy crisis. Dependence on foreign oil has led to geopolitical conflict‚ and global fossil fuel consumption is damaging the environment at an alarming rate. Add to this an exploding world population‚ and it is clear that the US needs to find an alternative source of energy. Question Can the natural gas deposits in the Marcellus Formation‚ extracted through fracking‚ be the solution to the United States’ energy problem
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Running Header: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CORRUPTION Critical Analysis of Corruption Ricky A Price‚ Col U.S.A.F. (Ret) Kaplan University Online CJ340-02: Applied Criminal Justice Ethics Professor Kevin Stoehr 17 July 2012 Introduction Corruption is the use of entrusted authority for private gain. Corruption has two sides‚ the receiver and the giver. According to Myint (2000)‚ both parties to corruption engage in the practice to gain from it and‚ therefore‚ both should be accounted
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ability to identify metals is an extremely important one. With this ability‚ we can correctly assign different traits‚ and use the metal in its most suitable environment. This is important to many industries‚ where metals play an increasingly large role. Determining the identity of the metal is paramount to determining what conditions to use the metal under. This seemly simple task is‚ however‚ can be quite complex‚ as there are many ways by which one can identify a metal‚ each with varying amounts
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Critical Analysis of "The Crucible" A farmer in Salem‚ Proctor serves as the voice of reason and justice in The Crucible. It is he who exposes the girls as frauds who are only pretending that there is witchcraft‚ and thus becomes the tragic hero of the tale. Proctor is a sharply intelligent man who can easily detect foolishness in others and expose it‚ but he questions his own moral sense. Because of his affair with Abigail Williams‚ Proctor questions whether or not he is a moral man‚ yet this
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Cumberland Metal Industries capitalize on their evolving position as a leader in the curled metal industry and effectively launch their new curled metal cushion pads to be positioned as the “new industry standard” in the pile driving market. In order to successfully launch this product‚ we first and foremost recommend that CMI acquire a patent to prevent this product from being copied and imitated‚ thus avoiding the entry of competitors. The associated value and advantages of CMI’s metal cushion pads
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Abundance and Extraction of Metals 1. a Mineral - A mineral is a naturally occurring inorganic solid‚ with a definite chemical composition‚ and an ordered atomic arrangement. b Ore - Deposit in the Earth of valuable metals contained in minerals. c Economic Natural Resource Deposit - This is a natural deposit of something that is economically viable to mine‚ refine and sell. Hence the deposit must be big enough to last for a large period of time‚ so that it will make enough money for the
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University of Phoenix Material Critical Issue Analysis After reading the selected critical issue‚ use the following questions to analyze the issue. Issue 3 – Is Psychological Debriefing a Harmful Intervention for Survivors of Trauma? 1. What are at least two facts presented by each side of the critical issue? Devilly & Cotton who represent the con side of the agreement present many different facts. Two that stand out is: that psychological debriefing “. . . more of a “moral maintenance”
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In the novel‚ Full Tilt‚ Neal Shusterman uses the gothic element “altered senses‚ screams‚ and bloody hands” to establish the depressing mood and atmosphere. Altered senses was the first gothic element I chose. “there were times that he sort of slipped out of phase with reality- a holdover‚ I guess‚ from those early years when he was so locked in his own private universe. It wasn’t just that he didn’t see the big picture. Sometimes he saw a different picture entirely.” In this quote from the book
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Full Circle Living in different places can be very similar or very different. It all depends on where exactly those places might be. Being raised in a small town and moving to a big city would constitute a very different change. While‚ growing up in an extremely small community has benefits‚ it has drawbacks as well‚ so moving to a big city like Long Beach‚ California was very exciting and scary all at the same time. I was born in Juneau Alaska‚ and moved to Gustavus‚ Alaska when I was two
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