Tredegar Iron Works

Iron is an essential mineral that is needed for oxygen transport in the body’s blood and muscles. It is a major component in making hemoglobin in red blood cells and myoglobin in muscles. Hemoglobin and myoglobin are two proteins that transport oxygen from the lungs to the body’s muscles via blood. Iron also plays a role in energy metabolism. During exercise, iron aids the body by converting carbohydrates into energy and supplying the muscles with fresh oxygen. There are two forms of iron, heme…

where you are in a controlled environment and get things done in a more suitable environment; however, there is also times where you may have to go out on the job site and weld in very hard positions. Being a welder is very nice usually you get to work at your own pace and not having to be told what to do by a boss. You are usually on your own when you are a welder but there are some jobs out there that they hire welders. Polaris has a lot of robotic welding but there are some positions for…

Iron is popularly known for its role in helping the body make hemoglobin, where it facilitates the active transport of oxygen throughout the body. However, the function of this micro nutrient is not limited to its function in the red blood cell; it is also an important part of different enzymes as well and initiates various essential biological processes in our body. Iron plays an important role in changing blood sugar into a form of energy for the body. Iron aids in immune system health and…

One of the challenges chemical engineers face with ethane cracking in a tubular reactor is the formation of a detrimental coke layer on the inner tube wall. According to the article [1], the mechanism is mainly induced by degradation of hydrocarbons to an aromatic structure by condensation and dehydrogenation. This brings about a bunch of various effects described in the article. In my model built during the term project, I decided to introduce a new effect of reducing the diameter, consider…

know what you will need to get started. You will need shampoo, a rubber band or a hair clip, a plastic bag or a hairdryer, a heat protectant conditioner, a silk scarf, a wide tooth comb, a blow dryer (optional), a light grease (optional), and flat irons. The conditioner does not have to be heat protected but you run the risk of causing split ends or burning your hair. Now that you have all the materials you will need you can start the process to straightening your hair. The first thing you need…

rust is seen every day and affects one 's life every day. This is due to the fact that “Iron doesn’t hold onto its electrons very tightly, says Scully, making it the perfect anode for an electrochemical reaction to take place” (Brownlee 2). Skully is a corrosion expert at the university of Virginia (Brownlee 1-2). When metal rusts, the metal atoms lose their electrons to oxygen, which forms a bond between the iron and oxygen creating the compound that is seen in the form of rust (Brownlee…

Metal plays a key role in development and it is the backbone for the manufacturing industry. For years, various metal have been extracted from the mineral ore found in nature, but with the time high grade ore have is getting depleted and the option at left with us is to processing low grade ore which makes recovery process expensive. In such scenario recycling metals seems a lucrative option as it helps environment by reducing the amount of scrap or waste material getting disposed into…

Notes from You-tube Plantopia Videos In this paper I will write some points about the videos I watched. The first video about The Carbon Cycle, I learned from this video the Carbon is the basic building block of life, and there are these atoms are unique in every place on earth. Carbons forms the flora and fauna the earth, and are also stored in the ocean and the atmosphere, and the planet 's crust. Carbon atom can spend millions of years moving through the ground in a complex cycle. This…

Due to regulations in the past, Farnsworth Paper Works, Inc., has an increasing buildup of fly ash on our property that has not been properly disposed. We would like to propose solutions to the Department of Natural Resources to allow us to receive permits to convert about half of our fly ash into low-grade fertilizer and to dispose of the rest of the unusable fly ash into the landfill on our property. Introduction Background Farnsworth Paper Works, Inc., which is regulated by the Department of…

ability to resist plastic deformation by indentation. Harder objects are more likely to resist deformation. The results of a hardness test will be important for engineers to determine what material will work best for a project. The material will need to hold up to any stress put on it and be able to work for a long period of time. A high score on the test done in this lab means a material that…