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• Hazardous Waste
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  Dioxin

  Dioxin is the popular name for the family of chlorinated organic compounds comprising of Polychlorinated Dibenzo Furans (PCDF) and Polychlorinated Dibenzo Dioxins (PCDD). PCDD/F's have been shown to ... > more
• Renewable Energy
  Energy and the Environment
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  Nuclear Energy
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  Chernobyl disaster

  The Chernobyl disaster was an accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986 at 01:23 a.m., consisting of an explosion at the plant and subsequent radioactive contamination of the ... > more
• Nature of Water
  Thermodynamics
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  Evaporation

  Evaporation is one of the two forms of vaporization. It is the process whereby atoms or molecules in a liquid state (or solid state if the substance sublimes) gain sufficient energy to enter the ... > more
• Nature of Water
  Water
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  Underwater explosion

  An underwater explosion, also known as an UNDEX, is an explosion beneath the surface of water. The type of explosion may be chemical or nuclear. They are categorised in accordance with their depth ... > more
• Aviation
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  Fuel Cells
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  Jet engine

  A jet engine is any engine that accelerates and discharges a fast moving jet of fluid to generate thrust in accordance with Newton's third law of ... > more
• Space Probes
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  Space Station
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  Aviation
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  Multistage rocket

  A multistage (or multi-stage) rocket is, like any rocket, propelled by the recoil pressure of the burning gases it emits as it burns fuel. What characterizes it as "multi-stage" is that it ... > more
• Air Quality
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  Air conditioning

  An air conditioner (AC or air-con) is an appliance or mechanism designed to extract heat from an area using a refrigeration cycle. In construction, a complete system of heating, ventilation and air ... > more
• Sports Science
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  Krypton

  Krypton is a chemical element with the symbol Kr and atomic number 36. A colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas, krypton occurs in trace amounts in the atmosphere, is isolated by fractionating ... > more
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  Inorganic Chemistry
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  Nature of Water
   
  

  Cobalt

  Cobalt is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Co and atomic number 27. Cobalt is a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal, a chemical element with symbol Co. It is found in ... > more
• Space Probes
  Aviation
  Vehicles
  Space Exploration
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  Rocket

  The traditional definition of a rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving fluid from within a rocket engine. There are many ... > more

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