For my topic I am talking about Venus, Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It also is the second brightest object in the night sky after the moon. Venus was named after the Roman Goddess of love and beauty. Venus is known for as the second largest terrestrial planet it also is referred as Earth’s sister because of the size and mass of the planet. The surface of Venus is surrounded by an opaque layer of clouds made up of sulfuric acid. Venus is also known as the hottest planet in our solar system
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Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is a rocky, solid planet and is therefore called a terrestrial planet. It was once volcanic. As such, it... Due to a thin atmosphere, the surface also shows evidence of many impacts, as it has many craters. Temperatures can vary between 90 and 700 Kelvin. Because of the wildly fluctuating conditions caused by these temperatures, and also due to any life-sustaining elements (although there is some evidence of water at the poles), there is almost certainly no
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area where the temperature is lower, the vapor will “condense” and enter the liquid state again. This would be a distillation. Atmospheric pressure is approximately 760 mm Hg; i.e., the weight of a column of mercury measuring 1 mm2 and 760 mm tall. This equates to about 29.7 inches of mercury. If we reduce the pressure above the sample that we are heating, we can reduce the boiling point of the liquid. This is referred to as a vacuum distillation or carrying out a distillation in vacuo. For example
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2012 Mercury - History and Naming Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, circles the Sun faster than all the other planets in our solar system, which is why the Romans named it after the swift-footed messenger god Mercury (Space exploration, 2013). Human observers have been looking up at Mercury since at least the time of the Sumerians – the 3rd millennium BC (The planet mercury, 2013). These Greek astronomers believed even then that Mercury (and Venus) both orbited the
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Final Learning Team Paper GLG/150 Final Learning Team Paper During the early days of mankind, humans were led to believe that he or she were the sole entity of the universe. The Earth was thought of as exact center of the solar system, and that other planets revolved around it. Through the efforts and determination of individuals who refused to believe unchecked facts or documents, Earth is not the center of the universe
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Toxicology and Industrial Health http://tih.sagepub.com Mercury vapor inhalation and its effect on glutathione peroxidase in goldsmiths exposed occupationally K. Jayaprakash Toxicol Ind Health 2009; 25; 463 originally published online Jul 31, 2009; DOI: 10.1177/0748233709106769 The online version of this article can be found at: http://tih.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/25/7/463 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Toxicology and Industrial
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Principles of Business MGMT 115 October 15, 2012 Ford Motor Company Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) According to Tomorrow’s Value: The Global Reporters, Ford is among the top 25 out of 50 leading motor companies to demonstrate the best practices in corporate social responsibility("A leader in," 2012). Ford has a long standing legacy and passion for helping others. Even after 100 years of business it has remained their mission to touch lives. In 1949, the not for profit, Ford Motor Company
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factories play a major roll in this issue everyday civilians are also a responsible party. Lead and mercury are one of the most dangerous chemicals that are disposed of imporporly by factories. These two chemcials play a big role in the negative effect in our environment today. With easy access to these dangerous chemicals how can we trust that workers are disposing of them properly? Lead and mercury are found in a variety of products such as car batteries, computers, paint, light bulbs, etc. When
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hydrogen. | caesium | The metal is characterised by a spectrum containing two bright lines in the blue (accounting for its name). It is silvery gold, soft, and ductile. It is the most electropositive and most alkaline element. Caesium, gallium, and mercury are the only three metals that are liquid at or around room temperature. Caesium reacts explosively with cold water, and reacts with ice at temperatures above -116°C. | francium | Francium is extremely rare. Because of this its chemical and physical
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The Kepler Spacecraft The never-ending pursuit of knowledge about our universe has allowed us to attempt to explore the configuration and variety of different planetary systems. This pursuit of knowledge has lead NASA to launch the Kepler Mission. This mission was specifically aimed to yield information on a certain portion of our galaxy (The Milky Way), which would allowed us to discover numerous Earth-like planets the possibly could be habitable. The Kepler spacecraft provides us with crucial
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