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Those large tanks are used for storing raw material.


Follow the rules for designing and testing pressure vessels.
Evaluate the expense involved in running a plant .
After leaving the boiler, the steam passes te the turbine.
In determining the age of rocks, several principies can be applied.

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The speed of aging is subject to the environmental conditions.


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Engineering is the application of science to the common purpose of life.
Evaporation differs from drying in that the residue is a liquid-sometimes a
highly viscous one-rather than a solid.
5. Recent college graduates in any technical domain usually require mentoring
and on-the-job training before they can be entrusted with significant
assignment.
Silica aerogel is the substance used by Dr. Peter Tsou to catch the Wild 2 comet's
tail. To make this strange material, scientists start with a liquid alcohol like ethanol
and mix it with silicon dioxide to form a gel. Then, through a process called
supercritical drying, the alcohol is forced out of the gel, typically with high-pressure
carbon dioxide. With this drying process, the gel does nor collapse or lose its
volume. It appears holographic because the silicon dioxide scatters shorter
wavelengths of light much like air in the daytime sky.
Dr. Tsou had considered using many thin foil layers or a polymer foam to catch the
particles, but in space, radiation and temperatures extremes quickly degrade
foams. Because foams and foils are opaque, finding the captured interstellar
particles would have been a problem.

1. What is silica aerogel used for ?


2. Which is the first step to make silica aerogel ?
3. How is alcohol eliminated from the gel ?
4. Why is the drying process necessary ?
5. Which was Dr. Tsou's other option ? Why did it not work ?
El aerogel de slice es la sustancia usada por el doctor Peter Tsou a coger la cola
del cometa Wild 2. Para hacer este material extrao, los cientficos comienzan con
un alcohol lquido como etanol y mzclela con dixido de silicio para formar un gel.
Luego, mediante un proceso llamado sequedad supercrtica, el alcohol es forzado

a salir del gel, tpicamente con alta presin de dixido de carbono. Con este
proceso de secado, el gel ni contraer o perder su volumen. Al parecer hologrfica
porque los dixido de silicio desparrama ms cortas longitudes de onda de luz
como aire en el cielo durante el da.
El Dr. Tsou haban considerado con muchas capas de hoja fina o una espuma de
polmero para atrapar las partculas, pero en el espacio, la radiacin y las
temperaturas extremas degraden rpidamente espumas. Porque espumas y
lminas son opacos, encontrando las partculas interestelares capturadas habra
sido un problema.
1. Qu es utilizado para el aerogel de slice?
2. Cul es el primer paso para hacer el aerogel de slice?
3. cmo se elimina el alcohol del gel?
4. por qu es necesario el proceso de secado?
5. Cul era la otra opcin del Dr. Tsou? Por qu no funcion?

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