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Chemical Engineering

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1. What was environmental engineering formally known as?






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






3. Disposal engineers dispose and process _____ and _____ waste






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






5. Nuclear engineers are concerned mostly with...






6. Uses thermonuclear fusion to radiate energy outwards.






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






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






9. Three areas under Environmental Engineering?






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






11. Petroleum that has been turned in to a gas






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






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






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






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






16. Study nuclear energy and radiation and their beneficial uses






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






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






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






20. Most penetrating form of radiation






21. Alpha Decay- Alpha particle is made of?






22. What are the 3 types of decay?






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






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






25. Fission






26. All fossil fuels are mined ____.






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






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






29. Similar to Civil






30. What are three nuclear engineering divisions?






31. American Institute of Chemical Engineers acronym!






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






33. An electron given off during decay






34. Nuclear engineers work at nuclear plants to design - run - observe - and improve the _____ _______ ___ ______ _______.






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






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






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






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






39. Cleaning up of a contaminated site






40. Loses a neutron and gains a proton






41. What are the 5 renewable sources of energy?






42. Petroleum Engineers are involved in...






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






44. What is the highest paid engineer?






45. The sun uses ______ _____to radiate energy outwards.






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






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






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






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






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