Fluid Mechanics
Thermodynamics
Chemistry
UC Trivia
Process Safety
100
This physical property is defined as a substance's resistance to gradual deformation by shear or tensile stress.
VISCOSITY
100
This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.
THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
100
WHAT NUMBER IS REPRESENTED BY 6.022 x 10^23
AVAGADRO'S NUMBER
100
Which legendary astronaut, famous for being the first person to walk on the Moon, served as a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati in the 1970s?
NEIL ARMSTRONG
100
WHEN OPERATING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, THE FOUR STEPS ARE TAUGHT BY THIS ACRONYM
WHAT IS P.A.S.S
PULL, AIM, SQUEEZE, SWEEP
200
When calculating the amount of pressure drop in a system to size a pump, the pressure losses are typically measured in this unit.
FEET
200
A thermodynamic process that occurs at a constant pressure.
ISOBARIC PROCESS
200
What is the molecular geometry name for this molecule?
TETRAHEDRAL
200
This engineering dean at the University of Cincinnati invented cooperative education in 1906.
HERMAN SCHNEIDER
200
THIS IS CAUSED WHEN A MATERIAL COMBUSTS, BUT THE RESULTING PRESSURE WAVE IS SLOWER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND
WHAT IS DEFLAGRATION
300
THE REYNOLDS NUMBER IS THE RATIO BETWEEN THESE TWO FORCES
INERTIAL FORCES TO VISCOUS FORCES
300
This thermodynamic property is a measure of the molecular disorder, randomness, or microstates of a system.
ENTROPY
300
A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN DONATE ELECTRONS TO ANOTHER SUBSTANCE
A REDUCING AGENT
300
What famous antihistamine was discovered by UC researcher George Rieveschl?
BENADRYL
300
WHAT DOES HAZOP STAND FOR?
HAZARD AND OPERABILITY STUDY
400
Fluids in which shear stress is linearly proportional to the shear rate (like water and air) are known by this name
Newtonian fluids
400
This ideal thermodynamic cycle consists of two isothermal processes and two adiabatic processes, setting the maximum possible efficiency for a heat engine.
THE CARNOT CYCLE
400
WHAT IS THE ONLY LETTER TO NOT APPEAR ON THE PERIODIC TABLE?
J
400
This 27th U.S. President, who also served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1880.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
400
THIS PILLAR FROM THE PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT(PSM) SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT FOR REVIEWING AND CHANGES THAT ARE ON A REPLACEMENT IN KIND
MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE OR MOC
500
This Greek letter (σ) represents the tensile force per unit length acting along the surface of a liquid, responsible for capillary rise.
SURFACE TENSION
500
A condition when a boiling liquid mixture produces a vapor of the exact same composition as the liquid as it evaporates.
AN AZEOTROPE
500
THE NAME OF A CHARGE CONTAINED IN 1 MOLE OF ELECTRONS, EQUIVALENT TO 96,487 COULOMBS
A FARADAY
500
UC Alumnus Albert Sabin developed the live-virus oral vaccine for this devastating disease while working at the UC College of Medicine.
POLIO
500
In 1984 a Union Carbide facility located in Bhopal, India released an intermediate product, methyl isocyanate, that was the cause of over 16,000 deaths and 550,000 injuries. This chemical was one of the raw materials used in the production of this intermediate that was also used as a chemical weapon during WWI.
PHOSGENE