Carbon Footprint Essay

I looked at the carbon cycle and discovered that I did affect this cycle in ways that I had not imagined. Of course I was aware that I do produce carbon just by breathing and perspiring. There are other ways that I did produce carbon that were subtle and did affect the carbon cycle too. The carbon cycle is very important in maintaining a balance in our planet. It helps to sustain life on the planet as we know it. This cycle happens on its own, but we have somehow altered it in many ways.…

 Technologic: Bessemer process (Machines produced) The Bessemer process was patented by Sir Henry Bessemer in 1855. This patent was for the decarbonization process, utilizing a blast of air. (About.com, 2015) This process was the first cheap industrial mass production procedure for making steel from pig iron and is used to remove the impurities from the iron by oxidation. The process was made in a Bessemer converter which was a large ovoid steel container lined with clay…

1. Which one of the following would make the most suitable catalyst in the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)? A. Carbon dioxide (CO2) B. Sodium chloride (NaCl) C. Magnesium oxide (MgO) D. Manganese dioxide (MnO2) 2. If the temperature of a reaction is decreased, what effect will this have on the rate of reaction? A. It will have no effect. B. The reaction will stop. C. The rate of reaction will increase. D. The rate of reaction will decrease. 3. Given the equilibrium reaction in a closed…

Incomplete Carbon Glucose Preparation for sulfonated solid acid catalyst must undergo a process which is called carbonization or pyrolysis. Glucose is natural organic compounds had been used as starting raw material because it is cheap and less toxic. Carbonization is an important step before the sulfonation process because it will form amorphous carbon composed of small carbon sheets [B] and produced sites for sulfonic group to be attached or inserted into the small of non-graphitic carbon…

INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background The phrase "carbon sequestration" refers to efforts to capture excess carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, condense it, and store it in some benign way (Kirschbaum, 2003). In the same note, carbon sequestration is the removal of the CO2 from the atmosphere by storing it in the biosphere. Forests are known as standing stores of sequestered atmospheric carbon. Given the increased importance of a forest ecosystem as valuable carbon pool, it draws significant…

in the chemical balance or chemistry of the Earth’s oceans due to the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere caused by burning of fossil fuels (e.g. coal, fuel oil, and natural gas). Ocean acidification is distinct from global climate change; however, the global threats to ecosystems resulting from ocean acidification are theoretically similar as global warming and also, both are caused by carbon dioxide; therefore, several marine biologists have called ocean acidification as “the…

hypothesised that the longer the carbon chain of an alcohol the more energy output would be released and a longer flame length will be produced due to the extra carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds. As the wick length increases so does the flame length and therefore more energy output will be produced. The data collected throughout the course of the three experiments partially supports the hypotheses. However, the results gathered when testing how the length of the carbon chain affects energy…

of coral reefs, would wipeout the foundation of most species in the tropics. The stress of bleaching and dying reefs could leach disease and toxins into the ocean. Atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane can lead to decrease in pH, making seawater more acidic and stressful for species of invertebrates and vertebrates. Carbon dioxide has an effect on calcium carbonate buffers in shallower…

In addition to the weakening of the ozone layer, carbon dioxide and methane gasses also play a role in increasing heat across the globe which results in climate change. Carbon and methane emissions heat up the earth and while the earth begins to heat up, polar ice caps begin to melt. The icecaps release furthermore methane gases into the atmosphere and continue to heat the globe. The melting of the icecaps also results in higher sea levels which in turn harm coral reefs and decrease the land of…

Where: i : Number of components Xi : Mole fraction for component ( i ) Cn: The total number of carbon atoms Cni : Number of carbon atoms for component ( i ) H_m = ∑ X_i H_mi (3.3) Where: Hm: The total number of hydrogen atoms Hmi : Number of hydrogen atoms for component ( i ) CnHm : The average chemical formula So the average chemical formula has been determined as in the above equations according to the percentages…