Chemical Process Safety
Heat Transfer
Chemical Process Design
Math
Disease Cause and Prevention
State Trivia
100
This type of explosion is characterized by a shock wave that moves faster than the speed of sound.
What is a detonation?
100
Assumption made when the Biot number is less than 0.1.
What is the lumped solution assumption? (uniform temperature throughout body during transient heat transfer)
100
This diagram is used to represent the cash transactions that take place over the course of a project.
What is a cash flow diagram?
100
What is 4?
100
This disease is usually caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi that is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected ticks.
What is Lyme Disease?
100
On December 7, 1787, this became the first U.S. state admitted to the Union.
What is Delaware?
200
These are the 5 sides of the dust explosion pentagon that are required for a dust explosion.
What are fuel, oxidizer, ignition source, dispersion and confinement?
200
The equation Q = hA(T∞ - Tw) is named after this scientist.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
200
This parameter is equal to: 
What is the stream factor (SF)?
200
What is 1/4? (through use of L-Hospital’s rule)
200
This disease is caused by the Plasmodium parasite that is usually spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes.
What is malaria?
200
This state is the largest producer of maple syrup.
What is Vermont?
300
This type of spring-loaded relief valve should be used when a large back pressure is present.
What is a balanced bellows?
300
The σ in the following black body radiation equation:
What is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant?
300
This represents the fixed capital investment of the plant, minus the land value, evaluated at the end of the plant life.
What is the salvage value?
300
Given the lengths of two sides of a triangle and the corresponding angle between them, this law will provide the length of the third side.
What is the law of cosines?
300
The world’s first vaccine, developed in 1796 by Edward Jenner, prevented this disease.
What is smallpox?
300
In 1912 these were the 47th and 48th states admitted to the Union.
What were New Mexico and Arizona? (correct order not required)
400
This is the exposure time for the Threshold Limit Value for Short Term Exposure (TLVSTEL).
What is 15 minutes?
400
The type of heat transfer and geometry for which the following equation applies.
What is conduction in concentric spheres?
400
This transition metal is added to low-alloy steels to increase the strength of the steel at high temperatures.
What is molybdenum?
400
This is defined by:
What is the Laplace Transform of f(t)?
400
Helicobacter pylori causes this condition.
What is (stomach) ulcers?
400
According to the 2020 U.S. Census, this was the fastest growing state (by percentage) between 2010 and 2020.
What is Utah?
500
This parameter is defined as the maximum airborne concentration below which it is believed that nearly all individuals could be exposed for up to 1 hour without experiencing effects other than mild transient adverse health effects.
What are Emergency Response Planning Guidelines -1 (ERPG-1)?
500
The radiation heat transfer parameter given by the following.
What is the view factor (F12)?
500
Nickel-copper alloys are known by this name, which is a trademark of the International Nickel Corporation.
What is Monel?
500
This is defined as:
What is the gamma function? or What is the generalized factorial function?
500
The inactivated and attenuated polio vaccines that came into commercial use in 1955 and 1961, respectively, were developed by these 2 scientists.
Who are Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, respectively? (correct order not required)
500
According to the 2020 U.S. Census, this state had the largest decrease in population (by percentage) between 2010 and 2020.
What was West Virginia?