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    If you were to place an animal in the vacuum of space, after only 10 seconds, the water and blood in its body would boil, the saliva in its mouth would vaporize, and this would cause most of animals to die in less than two minutes of being spaced. This happens because there is almost zero pressure in space. And we know that the lower the pressure, the lower the boiling point will be, causing the liquids inside the animal’s body to turn into gas vapors. Obviously, the same thing would happen if…

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    and preceded to flush the commode while sitting on it, at the exact moment another worker vented the hatch from the outside. This simultaneous opening of both the internal and external hatches created a vacuum like effect. This vacuum then literally sucked Boone in. The extreme suction of the vacuum caused Boone to be forced downward creating an in a way human cork. A cork with only one weakness, the anus. Quickly after Boone was forced into the hole, his anal opening gave way and the majority…

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    Vacuum packed foods have a longer shelf life than fresh foods. Depending on the product, by vacuuming packing the product and properly storing it, you can extend the shelf life quite a bit. This is a great way to cut down on waste in your kitchen. Vacuum packing allows you to buy in bulk and use on your schedule. For example, vacuum packing allows you to buy a whole side of beef, cut it down into steaks, seal it, and extend the shelf life. If you were not vacuum sealing your beef…

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    that when the porosity increases, the removal of water also increases which lead to high in moisture loss of food product. According to Table 1, freeze-drying process causes the highest percentage of moisture loss (83.19%) in the potatoes followed by vacuum drying process (83.22%) and hot air drying process (82.77%). The percentage of moisture loss in freeze-dried potatoes are the highest because larger ice crystals form during the process of freezing which leads to larger pores formation…

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    those who knew Josiah, you would understand how long those stories could be. Josiah was above all else a family man. He was the epitome of how great and unselfish it is to put those in your family first. When he first created his business of fixing vacuum cleaners…

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    factors can be pointed to as the culprit in the creation of mass genocide and civil wars, but I have derived the theory that the greatest contributing factor to these conflicts is major differences in ethnic and cultural identity when presented with a vacuum in political power. I will explore the cases of both Sri Lanka and Rwanda -both former colonies that experienced mass bloodshed once independence was granted- by comparing their histories as colonies, the violence experienced, and the…

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    Analysis Of Freeze Drying

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    decrease below the freezing point of water 0 °C. This was to insure that the samples were frozen and all water inside the samples frozen too. The second step was applying the vacuum to start increase the temperature for the sublimation to take place from the apple samples. Increasing the temperature to 30 °C with very high vacuum allowed the sublimation for the crystals ice to evaporate and escape from the sample. 2.3. Water activity Water activity and sorption isotherm were conducted for…

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    Spacex Research Paper

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    The rocket is made of 2 stages where the first stage has 9 big Merlin rocket engines to get it up into the atmosphere. Those 9 Merlin engines generate 1,710,000 lbs. of thrust. The 2nd stage has 1 Merlin vacuum engine which is a bit more powerful than the regular Merlin engines. The one Merlin vacuum engine in the 2nd stage generates 220,000 lbs. of thrust to get it through space. After several attempts for landing the stage 1 rocket so it could be reused, they were finally successful, because…

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    Pharmaceutical Synthesis

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    like natural aromatic compounds which are insoluble in water, but volatile in steam. The non-volatile impurities are left behind in the flask. It once was a popular laboratory method for purification of organic compounds, but has become obsolete by vacuum distillation. Figure 6 Steam Distillation EXTRACTION WITH A SOLVENT The process of removing or separating a substance from its aqueous solution using a suitable organic solvent is called extraction. It relies on variations in the solubility…

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    There are many different types of abortions. Nevertheless, each are just as cruel as the next, but the most common is Vacuum aspiration. During a vacuum aspiration a vacuum like tube is placed into the cervix, which sucks and dismembers the developing child into a jar. The second most common is a saline injection. This injects a poisonous fluid that surrounds the baby. It poisons the baby by burning…

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