Silicon
A region in U.S. known as a center for high technology and inovation.
Silicon Valley
Which was a recent incident where usage of carbon fiber might have been questionable?
Submarine "Titan" catastrophe
This atmospheric phenomenon is caused by charged particles from the solar wind interacting with Earth’s magnetosphere.
Auroras / Aurora Borealis
What kind of glass is highly resistant to thermal shock and commonly used in laboratory equipment?
Borosilicate glass
On what scale is the hardness of a gemstone measured?
Mohs scale
What place does silicon take on the most common elements in the universe?
Nr. 8
What is an alternative name for carbon fiber?
Graphite fiber
What forms images by exciting phosphors with ultraviolet light?
plasma display
Which natural phenomena creates fulgurite glass?
lightning
What tool uses polarized light to help identify whether a gemstone is singly or doubly refractive?
Polariscope
What is the meaning of nm in the context of processors?
The size of a singe transistor
2 products where carbon fiber is used for heating.
Clothes, airplane runways
This parameter describes the average kinetic energy of electrons in a plasma.
electron temperature
What metal is added to molten glass to produce cranberry glass?
Gold
This gemstone has the second highest index of refraction after diamonds.
Zircon
What is the key electronic component of the silicon age?
MOSFET (transistor)
Why is it a bad idea to place metal and carbon fiber directly together in a structure?
Galvanic corrosion
What type of fusion device uses both magnetic and electric fields to accelerate and heat plasma for propulsion in spacecraft?
Hall-effect thruster
What is the name of the material that formed on the desert floor durning the Trinity nuclear bomb test?
Trinitite
This optical effect, caused by needle-like inclusions, produces a star pattern on cabochon-cut stones.
Asterism
What is the Czochralski method?
Silicon crystal growing method
What was the first usage of carbon fiber?
Light bulbs
This is the natural oscillation rate of electrons in a plasma, it is named after a German physicist.
Langmuir frequency
Which glass is most commonly represented by this chemical formula - Na₂O·CaO·6SiO₂?
Soda-lime glass
What technique identifies trace elements by measuring characteristic wavelengths emitted when atoms return to lower energy states?
Laser-induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy