What is something that almost everyone in the world uses every single day? Electricity. We use electricity 24/7 whether we are using our phones, watching television, or using a light. This is something that we probably all take for granted for the most part. Where did electricity even come from? Who discovered it? How did they discover it? It was not Thomas Jefferson and it was not George Washington, so who was it?
Most of nitrogen fixation done by humans is the result of industrial production of fertilizers.
What are atoms? Well, atoms are the base of any chemical element. Atoms consist of in multiple things, in which these things scientists of the past have discovered, and they are so well known, poems and stories are made about them. In fact, the Periodic Table of Elements is made up of atoms. Atoms are the smallest bit of matter. They are matter and matter is them.
Someone that has inspired me to be who I am to this day is my mom Mirna Castellon and I’m going to explain why I praise her for everything she has done for me. A little background on my mom she’s is original from San Salvador, El Salvador. At the time San Salvador where she lived was a really poor place and the Salvadoran civil war was happening also well. My mom was raised during the civil war and she became a strong woman from this experienced that happen to her. She would help around the family so it could get better because it was always a struggle to get food or money to buy things they need. She looked over her younger siblings while the old siblings went out to work on the farm they owned. While everyone was at
Lise Meitner is one of the most revolutionary women in science. She was a physicist and was most well known for being one of the first to discover nuclear fission. Her discoveries led to atomic weapons, which later helped the United States during World War II. Her research made her one of the most important women in the field of nuclear physics. However, she was not given proper recognition for her ground-breaking discovery at the time. During the 1940’s women in the field of science faced innumerable types of oppression. From toxic stigma to little job opportunity. All of the drawbacks women faced let many with little opportunity for advancement.
TThere are many definitions for the word honor. Honor is respect that is given to someone who is admired. My personal definition of honor is respect for people with good qualities. (merriam-webster)
The Manhattan Project is a short history of the beginning of the Atomic Bomb program during World War II. Nuclear research all started when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and the United States entered into World War II. Scientific development began in the years prior to the war. The program started in 1939 and grew to employ more than 130,000 people. The Manhattan Project maintained control over the research, development, and production of American atomic weapons. As a result two type of atomic bombs were developed. The Manhattan Project brought nations together, took the necessary measure to end World War II, and gave America multiple industrial advancements that are
Intensity- a measure of how much energy passes through a region in a given time
There were several scientific breakthroughs in the late nineteenth century that changed the history of events for years to come. Ernest Rutherford preformed the Gold Foil Experiment in 1899. There were three discoveries/models that had an impact on this experiment. First, was when J.J. Thompson discovered electrons in cathode rays and his plum pudding model. Second, was Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovery of x-rays. Lastly, is the model of an atom by Niehls Bohr. Each of these scientific had a factor in the creation of the Gold Foil Experiment. Rutherford preformed the experiment in 1899, when the atom was just a nucleolus and nothing else like electrons, protons, or neutrons.
The early development of the Periodic Law or table was found by many contributions from a variety of scientists. The contributions led to the discovery and establishment of the Periodic Table. Which help create the Periodic Table we use as of today. The person who created the Periodic Table was a chemist named Dmitri Mendeleev, but not without the help of a few other scientist who helped him get the idea by passing down information they had found. Mendeleev discovered the Periodic Table by trying to organize the elements. He was writing the properties of the elements and arranging them. Until he realized, that by putting them in order of increasing atomic weight the next certain types of elements regularly occurred. The other person that helped develop the Periodic Table was Antoine
My biology hero, Joseph Priestley, really impacted the world. He impacted the world by discovering oxygen, inventing sparkling water, and helping his colleagues contribute to electricity. Many people do not appreciate and recognize him as much as Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, etc. Joseph Priestley showed his intelligence as an child by studying math, logic, metaphysics, and philosophy. He also fluently spoke six languages.
Chlorine is a yellowish-green poisonous gas with a very unpleasant and strong odor. (Appelman 516) It ranges from being used to kill in World War 1, to being used combined with sodium to make table salt. It can be a very dangerous element, but yet used for so many good things. Chlorine has a ton of history, multiple uses, and an interesting atomic structure.
Ytterbium is a rare earth metal, one of the elements found in Row 6 of the periodic table. It has an atomic number of 70, an atomic mass of 173.04, and a chemical symbol of Yb. Ytterbium is a typical metal that is both ductile and malleable. It has a melting point of 1,515°F (824°C), a boiling point of 2,600°F (1,427°C), and a density of 7.01 grams per cubic centimeter. Ytterbium is a relatively reactive element that is usually stored in sealed containers to prevent its reacting with oxygen of the air. Ytterbium is one of the more common rare earth metals with an abundance in the Earth 's crust of about 2.7-8 parts per million. Its most common ore is monazite, which is found in beach sands in Brazil, India, and Florida. It is extracted from its ores by heating lanthanum metal with ytterbium oxide (Yb2O3): 2La + Yb2O3 2Yb + La2O3.
Amedeo Avogadro did not discover or name "Avogadro 's number". He did however play a major role into the discovery of that number. In 1811 he proposed the hypothesis that the "equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules regardless of their chemical nature and physical properties". Many scientists after that used his hypothesis to try and calculate the number of molecules in a mole, Josef Loschmidt being one of those scientists. Josef Loschmidt greatly contributed towards the discovery of Avogadro 's number by being the first scientist to come up with a number, although it wasn 't 100% correct. The person who finally discovered the number that we used today it Jean Perrin. He is the
“Upon checking a frozen, compressed sample of tetrafluoroethylene, he and his associates discovered that the sample had polymerized spontaneously into a white, waxy solid to form polytetrafluoroethylene.” (History of Teflon, year)