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    Literature Article: Properties of 4-Methylcyclohexene 1. Flash point: 154F 2. OSHA recommended personnel exposure level (PEL): 50 ppm (235 mg/cu m) 3. DOT classification: GUIDE 129: FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS (POLAR/WATER-MISCIBLE/NOXIOUS)/ Fire or Explosion: HIGHLY FLAMMABLE: Will be easily ignited by heat‚ sparks or flames. Vapors may form explosive mixtures with air. Vapors may travel to source of ignition and flash back. Most vapors are heavier than air. They will spread along ground and collect

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    into this brief war was the sinking of the Maine. On the Night of February 15th‚ 1898 at approximately 9:40p.m the U.S battleship the Maine was destroyed.3 The explosion happened that night while the ship was at anchor in Havana Harbor‚ and was believed to have been caused by a mine exploding‚ presumable set of by a Spanish solder.3 The explosion ripped the bottom half of the ship of causing it to skink and killing 266 men including the staff on board.3‚ 4 At

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    have never seen one in the day before.” Although many are still unsure about what was witnessed‚ there is speculation that the fireball may have been a meteor or even a burning balloon‚ according to Yahoo News. Some citizens did report hearing explosions‚ prompting a rescue

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    On January 28‚ 1986‚ kids and families were all sitting to see the Challenger liftoff. It would be the tenth mission for the Challenger. The purpose of the mission was to launch the second part of the TDRS-B to improve the older version. A TDRS-B is a satellite that transports data from space to Earth. It was also supposed to have the first non-astronaut in space for the Teacher in Space Program. But 73 seconds into the launch the Challenger exploded killing all seven crew members. It will still

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    his perspective made the biggest influence. Randy Floyd’s name appears in the subtitles. Floyd begins to speak about the bombs‚ artillery‚ and gases that were being released on the Vietnamese. An explosion is shown‚ while Floyd speaks‚ there is video footage of children‚ running away from the explosion. The children run up to American soldiers‚ and all the soldiers are able to do is poor water from their canteens onto their wounds. There is also a woman‚ burned badly herself‚ carrying a children

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    Cindy Hoang-Tran Professor Ducat English 101 13 Dec 2012 Gas Fracking Natural gas is extremely useful in our lives. We need natural gases to heat our houses and use microwave ovens‚ conventional ovens and stovetops. Because the economy currently isn’t well off – and hasn’t been recently – natural gases are now in higher demand for cheaper prices. Oil and gas drilling facilities are now making it possible for natural gases to be sold at extremely cheap prices and accessible amounts through the

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    are formed over warm ocean waters during warm months. They draw heat from warm‚ moist ocean air and release it through condensation of water vapor in thunderstorms. As opposed to hurricanes‚ tsunamis are caused by volcanic explosions‚ landslides and other underwater explosions. Any type of disturbance above or below the water can possibly cause a tsunami. Hurricanes are considered to have a diameter of about 400 to 500 miles and the eye or center of it can be about 20 miles across. It is very

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    Curt Lemon’s death All those fucking VCs‚ they should all get killed. Nam should be entirely destroyed! TNT should be placed all over Vietnam so this bitch would disappear from the map. That’s all it deserves after taking away my freaking best friend. I did see plenty of people die in Vietnam‚ but this was fucking unbelievable‚ partly because he was my fucking best friend and partly because of the way it happened. Just like we used to‚ Curt and I went to play catch with a smoke grenade‚ which was

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    Nuclear energy Nuclear energy in scientific terms defined as the inhaustible energy derived from the nucleus of an atom by the process of nucleus break up through nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Nuclear fission is a process where the nucleus of an atom splits and releases radioactive materials such as uranium which are used in many ways. Nuclear fusion is a process s when the two atoms of an element get together and large amount of heat is generated. in this way the nucleus releases tremendous

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    management employer aspects‚ they are not follow some mechanical level‚ safety procedure over and ignored which required by Act (e.g. Clean Air Act) over 8 year for their production. At the end the huge explosion occurred in March 2005. Because of the hydrocarbon liquid leakage and vapor‚ the ignition explosion result of the accident. They failed to give the safeguards protection tools to protect employees‚ this accident killing employees and injured people in Texas oil refinery. And the other issue of

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