Dimensionless Numbers
Common Chemical Names
Process Control
Winter Wonderland
Lets Get Baked
100
The ratio of the fluid velocity to the velocity of the sound in the medium
What is the Mach number?
100
Common name of iron pyrites
What is fool's gold?
100
This type of control waits until the effect of disturbances has been felt by the system to take corrective action
What is feedback control?
100
These upcoming AIChE KU sweatshirts will be a blend of polyester and this common fabric, known for comfort and warmth.
What is cotton?
100
The most popular cookie in the world was invented in 1937 contains this teardrop-shaped ingredient
What are chocolate chips?
200
The number used to determine whether pipe flow is laminar or turbulent
What is the Reynolds number?
200
Common name of hydrated iron oxide
(Fe2O3 * xH2O)
What is rust?
200
This type of control acts before the effect of disturbances has been felt by the system
What is feedforward control?
200
Famous reindeer Rudolph has a unique nose that glows this color
What is red?
200
A childhood favorite snack for many, Cosmic brownies (pictured below) come from this family-owned snack cake brand with Southern roots
What is Little Debbie?
300
DAILY DOUBLE: When this number is below 0.1, the lumped parameter model can be used
What is the Biot number?
300
Common name of sodium hydrogen carbonate (sodium bicarbonate)
What is baking soda?
300
PID is an acronym for this phrase
What is Proportional Integral Derivative?
300
Snowflakes will always have this number of sides, due to their specific lattice type
What is six?
300
Kevin Malone, portrayed by Brian Baumgartner in The Office, expressed his disappointment in this commercially-produced dessert due to their small size
What are mini cupcakes?
400
This number combines the Reynolds number and the Prandtl number
What is the Peclet number?
400
Common name of glyphosate-based herbicide
What is Roundup?
400
A system's ability to absorb or store mass or energy
What is capacitance?
400
There was a Christmas cease fire during this major conflict, and the two sides actually sang songs and played soccer in the no-mans land between the front lines
What is World War I?
400
This type of filled pancake (pictured below) is a popular street food in South Korea. A single one may contain up to 230 delicious calories!
What is Hotteok?
500
The ratio of inertial and gravitational forces
What is the Froude number?
500
Common name of dinitrogen oxide (N2O)
What is laughing gas?
500
The time constant for a first order system is determined by the amount of time for this percentage of its steady-state value
What is 63.2?
500
This country celebrates Hogmanay at the end of the year, with a common custom of first-footing
What is Scotland?
500
In the bread baking process, yeast must be allowed to ferment. This man is considered to be the first person to prove that living microorganisms are responsible for fermentations
Who is Louis Pasteur?