CAN WE PRODUCE ELECTRICITY FROM TIDES AND WAVES?
Anyone who has visited a beach can understand the importance of tides. At low tide, beach-goers can walk along the exposed shoreline or construct sandcastles; high tide brings water further up the...
CAN WATER AND OIL BE MIXED TO FORM A SOLUTION?
We have all seen what happens after vinegar and oil salad dressing are vigorously shook; one does get a mixture of sorts, but after a little time the ingredients separate with the lighter oil on t...
HOW IS WATER A POWERFUL SOURCE OF ENERGY?
When you think of water as a source of energy, you likely think of hydroelectric energy. Hydroelectric energy is produced through the force of falling water. Around for literally thousands of year...
HOW IS SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE USED AS A DISPERSING AND DEFLOCCULATING AGENT?
First of all, you may be wondering two things...what is sodium hexametaphosphate? And just what is a dispersing agent?To start, sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP) is a hexamer of composition (NaPO3)6....
HOW IS ENERGY GENERATED IN A HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT?
You may not realize it, but hydroelectric power is hardly a new invention. It is one of the oldest sources of energy and was used thousands of years ago to turn a paddle wheel for purposes such as...
HOW IMPORTANT ARE OCEAN PHYTOPLANKTON ORGANISMS TO TOTAL GLOBAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
Microscopic plankton comes in animal and plant forms. The plants are known as phytoplankton. They lie at the base of the marine food chain because they convert sunlight and carbon dioxide into org...
HOW DOES NATURAL PURIFICATION OF LIQUID WATER WORK ON EARTH?
What's in a glass, a sink, a river full of water?... A refreshing drink... a cleansing wash... an invigorating swim... a home for plants, insects, fish, birds and mammals. It all depends on the wa...
HOW DOES CAPILLARITY AFFECT SOIL WATER HOLDING CAPACITY?
The ability of a soil to hold or maintain water depends first upon its soil structure.Soil structure refers to the grouping of particles of sand, silt, and clay into larger aggregates of various s...
HOW DO YOU CALCULATE POWER NEEDS FOR PUMPING WATER?
To start calculating your power needs, remember it takes 1 horsepower of energy to lift 2 cubic feet of water a vertical distance of 1 foot per second if the pumping efficiency is 100 percent. How...
Change Water pH Easily - Just ADD Salt! - Page 2
To determine whether a salt was added to particular water, you simply need to take into account the pH of the water you seek to put the salt in. While water will not react in the exact nature as so...
HOW CAN THE OCEANS SERVE AS A GREAT POTENTIAL POWER SOURCE FOR THE EARTH?
The fall of water has been a source of energy for humans on earth for more than a thousand years. Thanks to our orbiting moon, twice a day the earth's oceans create powerful water currents and a r...
Everyone knows that it doesn't take a large hailstone to cause much damage. But out of curiosity, how big can hailstones get? While most hailstones are the size of peas (about 0.25 in [0.63 cm] in...
DOES WATER DOUSING REALLY WORK?
Maybe you remember when you were young and your grandfather led you around in the summer grass with a crooked looking stick in his hand. The stick seemed to twist and even 'move' and he declared i...
DOES OUR NEIGHBORING PLANET OF MARS HAVE WATER?
Yes, there is now good evidence from satellite observation systems to show that Mars has water ice locked up in polar ice caps. Some scientists feel that the ice deposits have mass equivalent to a...
DO POLYELECTROLYTE TYPE CHEMICALS FROM WEAK OR STRONG ELECTROLYTES IN SOLLUTION?
Electrolytes commonly exist as solutions of acids, bases or salts. In simple terms, the electrolyte is a material that dissolves in water to give a solution that conducts an electric current. Furt...