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    Rocky Mountains Essay

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    Colorado, a land of exploration, attraction and individuality. A place where you can both walk the active city and experience the beauty of the Rocky Mountains. Somewhere you can drive through the fascinating architecture of Metro Denver. Somewhere you can sit and observe the glistening bodies of water, the rushing rivers and still lakes. Somewhere you can wander up trails to discover the top of peaks to find yourself with unbelievable views. Somewhere you will experience and never forget…

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    Did This Fact Neoprene?

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    How this fact neoprene? The wetsuit is made by a set of fabrics neoprene (it is a type of synthetic rubber with micro bubbles) that sewed or sealed to each other whose task is to try to prevent the passage of water or heat loss when one is wearing. Today the technology advanced a lot and we almost waterproof neoprene. Who invented the wetsuit? But this was not always so. The first sketches that were found on something like a neoprene date from the time of Leonardo da Vinci. Much later, Hugh…

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    up the polycarbonate plastic bottle and initiates the release of Bisphenol A, or BPA. Although it is not emitted in large quantities, the progressive consumption of BPA can have negative effects on the brain, behavior, and prostate glands in fetuses, infants, and young children. Bisphenol A is a chemical found in polycarbonate plastics. Data collected nationally display that BPA is already present in more than 90% of Americans. Mostly everyone around the world uses plastic water bottles, and…

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    Effects Of Bisphenol A

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    Bisphenol A is widely used in plastics to form different types of materials for daily use in society. However these plastics such as containers, may expose people to small amounts of BPA in food and water. The exposure of BPA comes primarily from consumption of food, as there was a national survey given out by the CDC(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) as there was BPA found in urine more than 90% of the people being studied. In one of the research articles, a team of scientist…

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    Plastic is a convenient, strong and universally important product utilized throughout the world. However, despite plastic’s convenience and prevalence, which consumers appreciate, it is a devastating reality that the convenience of use of plastic in so many household goods comes at a very high price for our earth and the beings that live on it. With increasing amounts of plastic polluting the oceans and dangerous chemicals being emitted from plastic products, plastic is a hazard to many animals…

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    In this modern world, plastic be the most used material for packaging in almost every industry. The word ‘plastic’ comes from the Greek plastikos which means easily shaped (Robertson, 2013). Plastic is the combination of many molecules that linked together as one long chain which made from polymers: poly (Greek) means many and meros (Greek) means part (Robertson, 2013). Raw materials of plastic are called feedstock which come from natural and synthetic resources, such as crude oil, natural gas,…

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    Plastic, a type of material that contains any wide-ranging synthetic or semi-synthetic organic compounds that has unique properties like malleable and so can be moulded into solid objects which are suitable for the manufacture of industrial products. It brings convenience to us but at the same time, affects the health and life of human beings badly. As the world population increases, the amount of garbage including plastic as well increases which directly causes the accumulation of this products…

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    4.0.3. Plastics - Newer plastics are strong, good impact absorber and can be easily replaced when damaged. In the manufacturer’s side, because it has a lower melting point and also great malleability in comparison with metals so it is cheaper to produce. Plastics can be easily formed into shapes as required. They can be also coloured while it is being manufactured, saving time for another process such as painting. Plastics also tend to have faster cycle times and turnover rates. It is also…

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    Koutsomichalis et al (2008) discussed that having high hardness and good adhesion with the substrate the sprayed coating exhibited satisfactory wear resistance. Tungsten carbide is an advanced ceramic material combining a unique set of properties such as high hardness, high melting point, wear resistance, good thermal shock resistance, thermal conductivity and good resistance against oxidation. They can be applied as coatings by thermal spraying processes such as plasma-spraying, high-velocity…

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    4. Uptake and bioaccumulation of plastic derived chemicals A key factor contributing to the bioavailability of microplastics is their small size, density, color, surface (smooth or rough) (Stephanie L. Wright a,2013). Food chain disturbance in marine environment is the major problem because due to ingestion of plastic which consists of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), POP and PAH. They absorbs/bioaccumulation in the fatty acid of living organism and cause death of the species. At least 180…

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