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Chemical Engineering

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






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






3. All fossil fuels are mined ____.






4. What are the 3 types of decay?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. How many chemical engineers work for a manufacturing industry?






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






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






16. Similar to Civil






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






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






19. Cleaning up of a contaminated site






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






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






22. What are three nuclear engineering divisions?






23. Alpha Decay- Alpha particle is made of?






24. Three areas under Environmental Engineering?






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






26. What are the 5 renewable sources of energy?






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






28. Nuclear engineers are concerned mostly with...






29. Petroleum Engineers are involved in...






30. What is the most common area of Environmental engineering?






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






32. Fission






33. The sun uses ______ _____to radiate energy outwards.






34. Loses a neutron and gains a proton






35. Disposal engineers dispose and process _____ and _____ waste






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






37. Chemical engineers take what chemists do in the lab and apply ________ _______ _______ to it for societal use.






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






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






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






41. American Institute of Chemical Engineers acronym!






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






43. An electron given off during decay






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






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






46. What is always found with petroleum?






47. What was environmental engineering formally known as?






48. What is the highest paid engineer?






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






50. Uses thermonuclear fusion to radiate energy outwards.