Material Engineering
What is the primary ingredient in plastics?
Polymers
What are the 3 forms of heat transfer?
Conductions, convection, Radiation
What is Rhode Island's state moto?
Define the 1st law of Thermodynamics and provide an equation
Energy cannot be created nor destroyed. ΔH=U+W
What does psia stand for?
Pounds per square inch absolute
Name 4 different ways carbon can be oriented
Graphite, graphene, carbon nanotube, diamond, fullerene, graphene oxide
What is the value of a Kw
1.00x10^-7
Who founded Rhode Island and when?
Roger Williams; 1636
How do you convert gauge pressure to absolute pressure?
Pabs=Pg+Patm
What does btu stand for?
British Thermal Unit
Define and amorphous material and give an example
A material that lacks molecular structure/pattern; glass
What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?
212 F
During what time period were Newport mansions built?
The Gilded Age
What law relates solid and vapour mole fractions to vapor pressure:
Raoult’s Law
Where was SI developed?
Primarily in France
Define: the emission of particles caused by the spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei
Radioactivity
Define reactivity
The likelihood of a substance to react with another substance
What year was Newport bridge completed?
1969
Which separation technique relies on a semi-permeable membrane to separate components based on size or molecular weight?
Reverse osmosis
What does SI stand for?
Système International d'Unités
In 1903, Al-Cu alloys were used in aircraft engines. Which metal was not used for the engine because they are “too heavy to lift off the ground”?
Iron (Fe) Engines
Give an example of a state function
Entropy, Enthalpy, Internal Energy, etc.
What is the population of RI?
1.119 Million
In chemical engineering, the compressibility factor Z is used to correct which equation?
A) Van der Waals equation
B) Ideal gas law
C) Antoine equation
D) Clausius–Clapeyron equation
B) Ideal gas law
What is the classical definition of a calorie
A calorie is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of pure water by 1 °C (from 14.5 °C to 15.5 °C, at 1 atm pressure).