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Chemical Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Cleaning up of a contaminated site






2. All fossil fuels are mined ____.






3. Fission






4. Environmental Engineering applies science in the pursuit of making the world a safer place for _____ ___ ______.






5. Chemical engineers ______ - ______ - and _____ large- scale production facilities (2 out of 3 work for manufacturing industry)






6. Loses a neutron and gains a proton






7. Nuclear reactors use controlled chain reactions to convert...






8. Chemical engineers work with process to ensure ____ handling of reliable chemical products.






9. Chemical engineers design - develop - and operate _____-_____ ________ ________.






10. The process when one element becomes another through radioactive decay






11. Petroleum (crude oil) is a flammable fluid produced from decaying animals in ___ _____ and ____ over a long period of time.






12. What are the 5 renewable sources of energy?






13. Three areas under Environmental Engineering?






14. Chemical engineers work with process to ensure safe handling of reliable _________ ________.






15. What are the 3 types of fossil used today?






16. Similar to Civil






17. What are three nuclear engineering divisions?






18. Petroleum Engineers are involved in...






19. Emphasis on chemistry and the chemical nature of products and processes






20. The sun uses thermonuclear fusion to ____ ____ _____.






21. What is always found with petroleum?






22. The sun uses ______ _____to radiate energy outwards.






23. Nuclear engineers work at nuclear plants to _______ - ________ - ______ - ___ ______ the reactor's efficiency and safe operation.






24. Design process to reduce or eliminate harmful waste (most common area of Environmental)






25. A flammable fluid produced from decaying animals in high pressure and temperature over a long period of time






26. Transmutation is the process when one element becomes another through _____ _____.






27. American Institute of Chemical Engineers acronym!






28. Study nuclear energy and radiation and their beneficial uses






29. Applies science in the pursuit of making the world a safer place for humans and animals






30. Uses thermonuclear fusion to radiate energy outwards.






31. Most penetrating form of radiation






32. What are the 3 types of decay?






33. Nuclear reactors use controlled _____ _____ to convert nuclear energy into electrical energy.






34. Disposal engineers dispose and process _____ and _____ waste






35. Chemical engineers take what chemists do in the lab and apply fundamental engineering principles to it for ____ ____.






36. Disposal and processing of industrial and residential waste (similar to Civil)






37. Nuclear engineers study nuclear _____ and _____ and their ______ uses nuclear power plants






38. Nuclear engineers are concerned mostly with...






39. Three branches - recognized by AIChE - of Chemical Engineering






40. The process of splitting a nucleus into two smaller masses






41. Work at nuclear plants to design - run - observe - and improve the reactor's efficiency and safe operation






42. A Petroleum Engineer ____ - _____ - and ______ the equipment to process the petroleum into the end product






43. Maintains the flow of petroleum in a safe and reliable manner Exploration of crude oil - Removal of the oil - Transporting the oil






44. A brittle solid produced from decaying plants in high pressure and temperature over a long period of time






45. The process of combining two smaller masses into one larger nucleus






46. Petroleum that has been turned in to a gas






47. An electron given off during decay






48. What is the highest paid engineer?






49. What was environmental engineering formally known as?






50. Use controlled chain reactions to convert nuclear energy into electrical energy