Hydrocarbon

Cause and effects of Climate Change. General purpose: to inform. Specific purpose: After listening my speech my audience will know what is climate change, what causes it and its effects? Thesis Statement: Climate change is a very important issue that affects all of us. Organization pattern: Cause and effect. Introduction: I. (Attention-getter): How do you explain that 30 years ago we had a different weather than today? When you look at yourself in a dirty mirror; can you see your image…

I WILL QUIT TOMORROW I will quit tomorrow or this is my last one. Theses are the open statements made on a daily basis by cigarette smokers. (Brownlee and Roberts) “Without cigarette breaks, smokers could gain a month 's work each year.” Cigarette smoking has been around for decades, despite all the advertisement stating that smoking is bad for your health, people can be seen on the outside of their jobs taking a break with a pack of cigarette. I can remember taking up a pack of cigarette a…

Intro: On April 20th of 2010, the BP oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people who were aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig were killed on that day due to the explosion (BP Oil Spill, 2015). Aside from the danger from the initial sinking of the oil rig, the oil that entered the environment after the explosion aroused suspicion of being dangerous as well. The issue that is present due to the leak is that the oil which was released into the ocean is harmful to the environment. The issue…

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska and is the largest National Wildlife Refuge in the United States. Created by Congress in 1980 with the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), this area is at the center of both economic and environmental controversy as it holds potential for the production of both oil and natural gas. The ANILCA’s most controversial piece was the decision to defer drilling and petroleum exploration…

These range from cars to can openers and from plastics to planes. They encompass and cause the majority of the pollution on planet earth. Cars are often a centerpiece of this issue because they burn fossil fuels and produce hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. These chemicals then go into the atmosphere and can cause acid rain and other disastrous environmental effects. Thus in effect it is causing pollution. Then there are plastic bottles, all shapes, sizes, and styles. Thrown away…

is not the end of the greed either, McKibben comments that “Exxon plans to spend $37 billion this year (2012) on increasing oil production.” (McKibben, 112) McKibben emphasizes how billionaires such as The Koch Brothers have made their money in hydrocarbons, and endorse political representatives that support the burning of fossil fuels, so they can continue making their money. McKibben states the importance of having in enemy, and that’s when people will act. He illustrates the carbon fuel…

article, “How Animals Adapt to Polluted Environments”, by Brittney Borowiec, states that “Compared to animals from clean sites, killifish from polluted areas are far more tolerant of a large class of persistent, toxic compounds like polyaromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyl, and dioxins.” (Borowiec 1). This emphasizes how, despite the negative toxins distributed throughout their habitat, these animals are still able to survive. Yet another piece of evidence that supports the planets’…

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 What is biogas? Nowadays hydrocarbons are one of the biggest energy bases of our society, but it is not renewable energy, and once they are exhausted they cannot be replenished. (but as it is not a renewable energy once they are exhausted they cannot be replenished) Therefore, scientists from around the world have researched the use of other energy resources to continue moving the world, such as solar and nuclear energy, which are two main areas of research. However, there…

Ammonia is a compound composed of nitrogen and hydrogen, having the formula NH3. The ammonia molecule is formed by sp3 orbitals as it has a tetrahedral geometry and a trigonal pyramidal shape. Ammonia has an experimentally determined bond angle of 106.7°, and an a bond length of 101.7 pm. The nitrogen atom in the molecule has a lone electron pair, which gives the molecule a dipole moment and polarity. Ammonia’s lone electron pair makes NH3 a base, a proton acceptor, and gives it the ability to…

raised to over 100%, which indicates that water may forms 50% of the gaseous products. Moreover, the results illustrates that Ru/CeO2 catalyst assists to improve hydrogenation reactions and inhibit dimers information such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Guan et al have explained that the reason for inhibition of dimers and PAHs is that phenol hydrogenation produces cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone radicals, which likely to be absorbed to the decreased surface of Ru before reacting with water…