Can we slow or even reverse global warming?

Can we slow or even reverse global warming? Yes. While we cannot stop global warming overnight, or even over the next several decades, we can slow the rate and limit the amount of global warming by reducing human emissions of heat-trapping gases and soot (“black carbon”). How you can stop global warming? How Can We […]

Is sand a good thermal insulator?

Is sand a good thermal insulator? Saturated sand has a thermal conductivity in the range of 2-4 W/m-K which causes the sand layer thickness to go astronomical. Thus it can be shown that sand is a good replacement for fiberglass pipe insulation in underground, direct buried applications. It’s easier to install and costs less. Does […]

Why do plasma balls make you smell?

Why do plasma balls make you smell? If a hand is placed close to the globe it produces a faint smell of ozone, as the gas is produced by high voltage interaction with atmospheric oxygen. Some globes have a control knob that varies the amount of power going to the center electrode. What happens if […]

How do you mess up a GPS signal?

How do you mess up a GPS signal? How a GPS jammer works: The user plugs the jammer into the automotive auxiliary power outlet. The unit is placed close to the installed GPS tracker. When active, the GPS jammer generates an interference signal over a 5 to 10 meter radius to disrupt reception of the […]

Does benzene absorb UV light?

Does benzene absorb UV light? Note that both benzene and naphthacene absorb light in the near ultraviolet but that the latter does so much more intensely. A solution of naphthacene will absorb almost 100 times as much light at 250 nm. as a solution of benzene of the same molar concentration. Can light break bonds? […]

Why H2O is polar and CO2 is nonpolar?

Why H2O is polar and CO2 is nonpolar? Both CO2 and H2O have two polar bonds. However the dipoles in the linear CO2 molecule cancel each other out, meaning that the CO2 molecule is non-polar. The polar bonds in the bent H2O molecule result in a net dipole moment, so H2O is polar. Which is […]

Who devised a commonly used classification system?

Who devised a commonly used classification system? Carl Linnaeus What Three Kingdoms did Linnaeus divide nature? Linnaean taxonomy divides all of nature into three kingdoms: animal, vegetable (or plant), and mineral (The mineral kingdom does not include living organisms, so it is not discussed any further here.). Both plant and animal kingdoms are subdivided into […]

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