Chemistry miscellaneous
- Which one of the following is known as the ‘brown coal’ ?
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Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat. It is considered the lowest rank of coal. It has a carbon content of around 2535%, a high inherent moisture content sometimes as high as 66%, and an ash content ranging from 6% to 19% compared with 6% to 12% for bituminous coal.
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Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat. It is considered the lowest rank of coal. It has a carbon content of around 2535%, a high inherent moisture content sometimes as high as 66%, and an ash content ranging from 6% to 19% compared with 6% to 12% for bituminous coal.
- Black lung disease occurs in people working in
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Coal worker's pneumoconiosis, colloquially referred to as black lung disease, is a lung disease that results from breathing in dust from coal, graphite, or manmade carbon over a long period of time. Inhaled coal dust progressively builds up in the lungs and is unable to be removed by the body; that leads to inflammation, fibrosis, and in worse cases, necrosis.
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Coal worker's pneumoconiosis, colloquially referred to as black lung disease, is a lung disease that results from breathing in dust from coal, graphite, or manmade carbon over a long period of time. Inhaled coal dust progressively builds up in the lungs and is unable to be removed by the body; that leads to inflammation, fibrosis, and in worse cases, necrosis.
- Which one of the following is not a ‘green house gas’ ?
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The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone. The anthropogenic compound of Chlorofluorocarbons is also a greenhouse gas, with a much higher potential to enhance the greenhouse effect than CO2.
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The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone. The anthropogenic compound of Chlorofluorocarbons is also a greenhouse gas, with a much higher potential to enhance the greenhouse effect than CO2.
- The function of skimming tank in sewage treatment is to remove
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Oil and grease traps are small size skimming basins provided to remove oil and grease and other small floating materials such as fats, vegetable debris, fruit skins, etc. It is so designed that lighter materials like grease and oil content of wastewater rise to the surface of wastewater and remains on top of liquid until removed.
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Oil and grease traps are small size skimming basins provided to remove oil and grease and other small floating materials such as fats, vegetable debris, fruit skins, etc. It is so designed that lighter materials like grease and oil content of wastewater rise to the surface of wastewater and remains on top of liquid until removed.
- Which type of fire extinguisher is used for petroleum fire ?
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Foam type fire extinguishers are suitable for fires that involve flammable or combustible liquids, including petrol, grease, and oil. They are applied to fuel fires as either an aspirated (mixed & expanded with air in a branch pipe) or nonaspirated form to form a frothy blanket or seal over the fuel, preventing oxygen reaching it. Powder types are useful for combustible metals.
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Foam type fire extinguishers are suitable for fires that involve flammable or combustible liquids, including petrol, grease, and oil. They are applied to fuel fires as either an aspirated (mixed & expanded with air in a branch pipe) or nonaspirated form to form a frothy blanket or seal over the fuel, preventing oxygen reaching it. Powder types are useful for combustible metals.