Simply defined, “matter” is anything that takes up space and can be weighed. All physical things are made of matter since physical things have both volume and mass. Technically, there are five states of matter: Solid Liquid Gas Plasma Bose-Einstein condensate Items four and five on that list are not relevant to the study of […]
Ammonia’s Calculated Move in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… 100 Pounds of Ammonia Released During Leak, One Hospitalized – Crews arrived and confirmed the ammonia leak while estimating that roughly 100 pounds of ammonia were released. […keep reading] Old Stage Highway Reopens Following Ammonia Leak – An ammonia leak at the vacant Lineage […]
There are three distinct categories of heat transfer: Conduction Convection Radiation Each of these heat transfer modes is important to understand. The first two modes, conduction and convection, require direct physical contact between the molecules of the substances involved in the heat transfer. The third mode, radiation, is the transmission of heat in the form […]
Ammonia Rolls in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Truck Carrying Ammonia Crashes in Russellville, Nearby Businesses Evacuated – Officials noted that there is no leakage of ammonia, but added that nearby businesses were evacuated. […keep reading] EPA Details Response to Weatherford Ammonia Leak That Hospitalized Dozens – Region 6 administrator praises local response to […]
The movement of heat is traditionally referred to as “heat transfer”. Thermodynamics is a term applied to the study of heat movement. The laws of thermodynamics are a crucial foundation for understanding heat movement. The first law of thermodynamics states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed, merely changed. Since heat is a form […]
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