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Chemical Engineering
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1. The process when one element becomes another through radioactive decay
2 out of 3
Transmutation
Remediation
disposal
2. Nuclear engineers study nuclear _____ and _____ and their ______ uses nuclear power plants
Petroleum Engineer
safe
Coal
energy - radiation - beneficial
3. The process of combining two smaller masses into one larger nucleus
2 protons and 2 neutrons
Petroleum (crude oil) - Natural Gas - Coal
Fusion
Nuclear engineers
4. Maintains the flow of petroleum in a safe and reliable manner Exploration of crude oil - Removal of the oil - Transporting the oil
Petroleum Engineer
Nuclear reactors
natural gas
used in nuclear weapons
5. Petroleum that has been turned in to a gas
high pressure - temperature
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
Natural Gas
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
6. Petroleum Engineers are involved in...
Refining the oil
energy - radiation - beneficial
Chemical Engineer
natural gas
7. How many chemical engineers work for a manufacturing industry?
fundamental engineering principles
energy - radiation - beneficial
radioactive decay
2 out of 3
8. What are three nuclear engineering divisions?
chemical engineering
Gamma Decay
Power - Fusion Energy - and Reactor Physics
Petroleum - Environmental - and Nuclear
9. Alpha Decay- Alpha particle is made of?
Petroleum Engineer
2 out of 3
reactor's efficiency and safe operation
2 protons and 2 neutrons
10. Chemical engineers take what chemists do in the lab and apply ________ _______ _______ to it for societal use.
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
used in nuclear weapons
AIChe
fundamental engineering principles
11. A Petroleum Engineer ____ - _____ - and ______ the equipment to process the petroleum into the end product
Beta particle
Gamma Decay
fundamental engineering principles
designs - develops - and operates
12. A flammable fluid produced from decaying animals in high pressure and temperature over a long period of time
Petroleum (crude oil)
Fission
high pressure - temperature
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
13. Emphasis on chemistry and the chemical nature of products and processes
Prevention
safe
chemical engineering
thermonuclear fusion
14. Petroleum (crude oil) is a flammable fluid produced from decaying animals in ___ _____ and ____ over a long period of time.
high pressure - temperature
Refining the oil
AIChe
large- scale production facilities
15. Chemical engineers take what chemists do in the lab and apply fundamental engineering principles to it for ____ ____.
Transmutation
radiate energy outwards
AIChe
societal use
16. Three areas under Environmental Engineering?
Natural Gas
societal use
disposal - remediation - and prevention
Gamma Decay
17. Cleaning up of a contaminated site
Remediation
Coal
Beta Decay
reactor's efficiency and safe operation
18. Nuclear engineers are concerned mostly with...
Prevention
underground
thermonuclear fusion
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
19. Design process to reduce or eliminate harmful waste (most common area of Environmental)
societal use
Prevention
disposal
thermonuclear fusion
20. Most penetrating form of radiation
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
radioactive decay
Gamma Decay
reactor's efficiency and safe operation
21. Transmutation is the process when one element becomes another through _____ _____.
fundamental engineering principles
underground
reactor's efficiency and safe operation
radioactive decay
22. Nuclear reactors use controlled chain reactions to convert...
nuclear energy into electrical energy
chemical engineering
natural gas
Sanitary Engineering
23. Chemical engineers work with process to ensure ____ handling of reliable chemical products.
high pressure - temperature
The Sun
safe
Nuclear engineers
24. Study nuclear energy and radiation and their beneficial uses
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
Gamma Decay
Nuclear Engineers
25. All fossil fuels are mined ____.
underground
societal use
disposal - remediation - and prevention
thermonuclear fusion
26. The sun uses thermonuclear fusion to ____ ____ _____.
used in nuclear weapons
design - run - observe - and improve
radiate energy outwards
Petroleum Engineer
27. Fission
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
Sanitary Engineering
industrial - residential
used in nuclear weapons
28. Nuclear reactors use controlled _____ _____ to convert nuclear energy into electrical energy.
chemical products
Beta particle
chain reactions
Transmutation
29. American Institute of Chemical Engineers acronym!
design - run - observe - and improve
Fission
humans and animals
AIChe
30. An electron given off during decay
high pressure - temperature
fundamental engineering principles
Petroleum - Environmental - and Nuclear
Beta particle
31. What is always found with petroleum?
humans and animals
disposal - remediation - and prevention
natural gas
underground
32. The process of splitting a nucleus into two smaller masses
Fission
Gamma Decay
used in nuclear weapons
Chemical Engineer
33. What are the 3 types of fossil used today?
Petroleum (crude oil) - Natural Gas - Coal
Natural Gas
industrial - residential
disposal - remediation - and prevention
34. Environmental Engineering applies science in the pursuit of making the world a safer place for _____ ___ ______.
Nuclear reactors
societal use
humans and animals
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
35. Chemical engineers ______ - ______ - and _____ large- scale production facilities (2 out of 3 work for manufacturing industry)
design - develop - operate
The Sun
Beta Decay
Coal
36. What are the 5 renewable sources of energy?
underground
reactor's efficiency and safe operation
Environmental Engineering
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
37. Use controlled chain reactions to convert nuclear energy into electrical energy
chemical products
Chemical Engineer
Nuclear reactors
nuclear energy into electrical energy
38. Disposal engineers dispose and process _____ and _____ waste
Natural Gas
Nuclear Engineers
industrial - residential
high pressure - temperature
39. What is the most common area of Environmental engineering?
industrial - residential
Prevention
Sanitary Engineering
safe
40. The sun uses ______ _____to radiate energy outwards.
thermonuclear fusion
used in nuclear weapons
Beta Decay
Petroleum - Environmental - and Nuclear
41. Nuclear engineers work at nuclear plants to design - run - observe - and improve the _____ _______ ___ ______ _______.
42. Disposal and processing of industrial and residential waste (similar to Civil)
Fusion
natural gas
disposal
Nuclear reactors
43. Nuclear engineers work at nuclear plants to _______ - ________ - ______ - ___ ______ the reactor's efficiency and safe operation.
Prevention
design - run - observe - and improve
Nuclear engineers
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
44. Three branches - recognized by AIChE - of Chemical Engineering
radiate energy outwards
underground
Natural Gas
Petroleum - Environmental - and Nuclear
45. What is the highest paid engineer?
Chemical Engineer
Environmental Engineering
Petroleum - Environmental - and Nuclear
chemical engineering
46. What was environmental engineering formally known as?
Beta particle
Nuclear engineers
Sanitary Engineering
Prevention
47. What are the 3 types of decay?
industrial - residential
Power - Fusion Energy - and Reactor Physics
alpha - beta - and gamma
high pressure - temperature
48. Chemical engineers design - develop - and operate _____-_____ ________ ________.
large- scale production facilities
chemical engineering
high pressure - temperature
Gamma Decay
49. A brittle solid produced from decaying plants in high pressure and temperature over a long period of time
high pressure - temperature
Coal
chemical engineering
used in nuclear weapons
50. Similar to Civil
Gamma Decay
high pressure - temperature
Fusion
disposal