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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: bakagamer918 on January 08, 2015, 03:31:43 PM
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New idea: Once a day (or once a week or whenever I remember), I will post a random family friendly fact. To start, here are a few facts on everyone's favorite element, Helium
-Helium is a finite resource on earth, formed in natural gas pockets near uranium deposits
-Helium is the second most abundant element in the known universe.
-Although use as a lift gas for balloons and airships is probably the most well known, Helium is primarily used as a cryogenic gas and for arc welding.
If you have your own random facts on your mind, feel free to leave them here. Have fun!
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This is very interesting! I can't wait to hear more.
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Oh oh, i has one! It's about Iron (not u IronCreeper :P).
-Iron is by mass the most common element on Earth forming most of the Earth's outer and inner core
-Iron is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust
-It's symbol is Fe
-The atomic number for Iron is 26
-Iron is placed in the Periodic Table in between Manganese and Cobalt -Manganese->Iron->Cobalt OR Mn->Fe->Co
-Iron is usually found mixed with Manganese and Cobalt
-Iron's melting point is approximately 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit (1538 Celsius) and the boiling point is roughly 5,180 degrees Fahrenheit (2862 Celsius)
That's all from me and thanks for posting about Helium!
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Oh oh, i has one! It's about Iron (not u IronCreeper :P).
why not me :'( lol
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Here's some stuff on Uranium
-Uranium has 92 as it's atomic number, and it's symbol is U
-It is the second heaviest element naturally occurring on Earth (although plutonium was first synthesized in a lab, trace amounts were later discovered in nature)
-In metal form, it is slightly radioactive, emitting alpha particles.
-It is more dense than lead, but not as dense as gold or tungsten
-Apart from military uses and for nuclear power, uranium is used for stains and glazes in uranium glass, tile, and pottery, and has some specialized uses in science
-The half life of uranium ranges between 69 and 4.5 billion years, depending on isotope
-Uranium plays a part in natural Helium production on earth. Alpha particles are identical to Helium 4 nuclei, containing two protons and two neutrons. If an alpha particle picks up two electrons from the environment, it becomes a helium atom
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Livermorium is element 116, with an atomic mass of 293. It is produced in ion cyclotronsin labs, has no stable isotopes, and is part of the chalcogen group. It is deadly, due to its high levels of radiation, even though the most common isotope of livermorium only has a half life of 61 milliseconds.
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Electric cars have existed since the early 1900s. Although they were more popular than they are today, they shared the same main problem as today's electric cars. Range.
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Lithium Li
-Emits radiation i think
-Used in batteries
-conducts power
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Lithium:
Alkali metal
Extremely reactive and flammable (like all alkali metals)
Least dense of all elements that are solid at room temperature
Will ignite if exposed to water and oxygen, but with less force than other alkali metals
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Mercury:
Liquid at room temperature.
Silvery appearance.
Symbol: hg
Atomic nunber: 80
Standard atomic weight: 200.592
Boiling point: -38 °F
Melting point: 614 °F
Occurs mostly as cinnabar.
Used in barometers, thermometers, manometers, sphygmomanometers, float valves, mercury relays, mercury switches, and fluorescent lamps.
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lol, almost all of us are doing elements, this:
Electric cars have existed since the early 1900s. Although they were more popular than they are today, they shared the same main problem as today's electric cars. Range.
is the only one that isnt about an element.
(btw i know i didnt add to the list, i didnt have an idea)
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Lithium:
Alkali metal
Extremely reactive and flammable (like all alkali metals)
Least dense of all elements that are solid at room temperature
Will ignite if exposed to water and oxygen, but with less force than other alkali metals
Yay, Lithium has always been my favorite element!
Atomic Number: 3
Atomic Mass: 6.94
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Ununseptium is the most recently discovered element as of today (I remember when it was discovered). It has an atomic number of 117 and an Atomic Mass of 294. It has a half life of 112 milliseconds at stablest form (This means that in 112 milliseconds only half of the element will still be Ununseptium)
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potatoes are a good form of starch lol xD
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Yesterday's Seahawks victory over the Panthers marked the first time that a defending Superbowl champion has won in a NFL playoff game since 2005
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i wanted the panthers to win :(
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Oh oh, i has one! It's about Iron (not u IronCreeper :P).
why not me :'( lol
Ok ill make u one :P
-Iron's full IGN is The IronCreeper2
-He is currently has a helper staff position
-He is quite cool
-He registered an account on the forum on November 01, 2014, 03:59:45 PM
-His local time is the same as mine
You happy now? ;D
Cevieann
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The first hybrid was made in 1901 by Ferdinand Porsche. However, hybrids were not mass produced until the 1997 Toyota Prius rolled into showrooms in Japan.
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Oh oh, i has one! It's about Iron (not u IronCreeper :P).
why not me :'( lol
Ok ill make u one :P
-Iron's full IGN is The IronCreeper2
-He is currently has a helper staff position
-He is quite cool
-He registered an account on the forum on November 01, 2014, 03:59:45 PM
-His local time is the same as mine
You happy now? ;D
Cevieann
I'm quite cool :O and yes I am definitely happy now :D
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CH4 is Methane Gas
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The first practical turbojet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, had a single engine putting out 4.4 kN of thrust. By comparison, a modern Boeing 747-8 has four engines that put out a whopping 296 kN of thrust each.
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dont get me started on planes bakagamer. O_o
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If we're going chemistry, then here's some information...
Heisenburg's Uncertainty Principle tells us that we can't know the speed and position at the same time
Despite this, there are ways to predict where electrons will go with some certainty (but not utter certainty)
These predictions show us that electrons tend to stay around orbitals in the atoms.
There are 4 kinds of orbitals: s, p, d, and f.
The reason why the Noble Gases are so stable is that there are no 'valence' electrons.
Valence electrons are electrons in unfilled orbitals.
Caffeine is C8H10N4O2
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The Chevrolet Volt uses Lithium Ion batteries. The Toyota prius uses Nickel Metal-Hydride batteries, and the Kia Optima Hybrid uses Lithium Polymer batteries.
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nuu! /mute SrMod:~Rowan and /mute bakagamer918 xD
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There are six known flavors of quarks: up, down, charm, strange, bottom, and top
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Heavier quarks are smaller than lighter quarks.
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If the Seahawks win the NFC Championship tomorrow, Russell Wilson will be the first NFL Quarterback to make it to two superbowls in his first three years
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Super Bowl 49 will be played between the Seahawks and who ever wins today's AFC Championship. If Seattle wins it, they will join the elite ranks of the few teams to win two super bowls in a row.
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Century link field, in Seattle, WA, has two seismometers. Seahawks fans have caused seismic activity centered on the stadium.
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Last year was Seattle's first time winning the Super Bowl.
They will play against the Patriots.
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My computer draws nearly four times the power of an average desktop when at full load. It puts out enough heat that I regularly use it to heat my (rather small) apartment.
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The highest point in the United States is Mount McKinley (Also known as Denali) in Alaska, at 20,237 feet above sea level
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An electric eel (which isn't actually an eel) can put out an electric pulse of around six hundred volts at one amp, for a duration of about two milliseconds. It can do this multiple times in quick succession if needed.
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The iconic Iowa class battleship was designed in 1938, but design improvements were made as the ships were being built. Six ships were planned, but only four (the USS Iowa, the USS New Jersey, the USS Missouri, and the USS Wisconsin) were built. All four survive today as museum ships.
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This is illegal. Don't do it. Drive cars on the roads, not the sidewalk.
(Story behind the picture: I work at a car dealership. I was positioning a car on our corner display area facing the road. I realized that it was a perfect opportunity to take the picture. The car was not actually on the sidewalk.)
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Various generations of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution are denoted by roman numerals (Example: Evo VIII, EVO X, etc.)
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It is possible to score four points in one shot in basketball!
If you shoot a three point shot (Behind the "arch" that circles around the basket), and the player who is defending you fouls you, but you still make the shot, you are allowed to shoot one free throw, if you hit the free throw, you will have earned four points in one play. :) (It's easy to tell I love basketball)
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1 bar = 14.7 psi
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Electric cars, having no gas engine, use a DC to DC converter instead of an alternator to charge the 12 volt battery and run things like headlights, windshield wipers, and the radio. The DC to DC converter takes anywhere from 100 to 400 volts from the main battery (Actual voltage depends on the car) and steps it down to the required voltage.
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Denver International Airport covers an area of approximately 53 square miles
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The windshield of a Douglas DC-9 is approximately 1 3/8 inches thick.
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The accepted method for recovering from a bounce on landing in an MD-11 is to lift the nose to a normal nose up landing attitude and add power to soften the second touchdown.
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With the way that the drive train of a Toyota Prius is set up, it is impossible for the engine to drive the car in reverse.