Sentences with phrase «heavier than carbon»

CO2 is heavier than carbon because CO2 is carbon and 2 oxygen, your calculations are therefore faulty, and as per previous conversations I don't generally accept back of the handkerchef calculations.

Despite our tendency to think of it as weightless, oxygen is in fact 1.33 times heavier than carbon.

These three chemical elements are interesting because they belong to the subset of chemical elements heavier than carbon and nitrogen which form the bulk of all the rocky planets.

Not exact matches

It was Canadian Business that, back in 2007, brought attention to California's low - carbon fuel standard that effectively blocks oilsands exports to that state — despite the fact that California's own exempted heavy - oil industry has been shown to be more carbon intensive than the oilsands average.

that, back in 2007, brought attention to California's low - carbon fuel standard that effectively blocks oilsands exports to that state — despite the fact that California's own exempted heavy - oil industry has been shown to be more carbon intensive than the oilsands average.

«While I accept shale gas has a lesser carbon output than heavy coal, it's still a very large contributor to greenhouse gases,» he said.

Globular clusters contain far lower concentrations of the planet - forming heavy elements — such as carbon, oxygen, and iron — than do our sun and nearby stars, leading some to suspect that it might be difficult for planets to form there.

Red areas reflect conditions in which drones emit less carbon dioxide than trucks (lighter packages, fewer stops), while blue areas denote conditions in which drones emit more (heavier packages, more stops).

For instance, CO2that contains carbon - 14 — so - called heavy CO2 — absorbs a slightly different wavelength than regular CO2.

But that technique requires a particle accelerator to separate the isotopes (the heavier carbon - 14 accelerates more slowly than everyday carbon - 12), along with a facility to house it and a team of PhDs to run it.

Analyzing the light with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile, the researchers found the amount of elements heavier than helium to be less than one - thousandth that in the sun's neighborhood, and the ratio of carbon to silicon is just what would be expected of exploded population III stars.

One possibility, notes astronomer and lead author Patrick Dufour of the University of Arizona, Tucson, is that the stars simply might not have grown massive enough — about 10 times heavier than the sun — to explode but are so close to the limit that they might be harboring abnormally high amounts of carbon.

As photosynthesis favours the lighter isotope, carbon 12, over the heavier carbon 13, this «light» ratio finding suggests that organic material from biological sources may have been more abundant in diamond - forming zones early in the Earth's history than we find today,» explained Suzette Timmerman, lead author on the study.

Though its Mylar film and carbon fiber body weighs less than one - tenth of an ounce, its stability stems from its bottom - heavy design, which lets it wobble, but not flip over.

This white dwarf's mass allows it to fuse elements slightly heavier than hydrogen, so it has a stable core of carbon and oxygen.

During the past experiments, EAST's upper and lower divertors were coated with light and porous carbon rather than the heavy metal tungsten.

Fossil fuels ultimately derive from plant life, which preferentially absorb more of the lighter isotope carbon - 12 than the heavier isotope carbon - 13.

Regions with the heaviest carbon footprints are experiencing slower population growth than other regions.

Maybe this can help: http://www.epa.gov/oms/climate/420f05001.htm Gasoleum is a heavier oil and therefore has a higher carbon density per litre than gasoline.

While it is about 500 pounds heavier than a Giulia Quadrifoglio due to the additional sheet metal and all - wheel drive as well as lacking the sedan's carbon - fiber hood and roof, it still feels tossable and light, without the top - heavy tippyness that just about every SUV exhibits.

It's too heavy, costs billions to manufacture and the materials used leave an higher carbon footprint than petrol ever will.

According to the official data sheets, the E63 S weighs 4,515 pounds, about 145 pounds heavier than the new M5, which itself has shed 33 pounds thanks in part to its carbon fiber roof.

Although the brakes show zero carbon - ceramic content, they have a relatively easy time decelerating the 4233 - pound S Q4, which is slightly heavier than the V - 8, but still light for this class.

Because carbon - fiber and aluminum construction makes it so stiff, the 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider needs only minimal bracing compared to its coupe progenitor and thus is only 22 lb heavier than the coupe, at a featherweight 2,487 lb.

Despite extensive use of carbon fiber for items like the flared front and rear fenders, front and rear bumpers, splitter, hood, rear wing, side skirts, and diffuser, it's still several hundred pounds heavier than a BMW M4 GTS, for example.

Lamborghini has managed to keep the weight below 1500 kg, thanks to thee use of carbon fibre and aluminium in the Huracan's chassis, although this is still slightly heavier than the Gallardo.

The 2019 BMW M9 is slightly lighter than the M5 model mostly thanks to a heavy use of lightweight materials such as aluminum and carbon fiber.

Although the V12 engine weighs 100 kg more than the standard car's engine, intelligent use of lightweight materials and components including carbon ceramic brakes, lighter forged aluminium wheels, lightweight inner rear quarter panels and optional lightweight seats have resulted in the overall kerb weight being only 50 kg heavier than its V8 sibling.

With generous use of carbon fibre, it is expected to be 180 kgs lighter than the current car, which is criticized for being quite heavy.

While this car contains the most carbon fiber GM has ever put in a vehicle, the extra fluids, coolers and the wing add more weight than the composites can shed, and that's why the ZR1 is slightly heavier at 3560 lbs.

Unfortunately, it actually weighs 2 kg heavier than the standard panel, but is offset by a carbon - fibre louvered tailgate that saves 2 kg.

This lightweight stamped high - carbon stainless - steel implement is easier to control than heavier forged - steel knives tend to be.

Indonesia and Brazil place a heavier burden on their resources for food production than removing carbon.

Now for the science bit: carbon dioxide is heavier than oxygen, so it sits at the bottom of your lungs waiting to be expelled.

Since carbon has heavier atom than the hydrogen atom (about 12 times heavier) the bulk of the gasoline mass is carbon.

To quote the excellent article above, «2 gigatonnes carbon in a hundred years...» The heavy oil industry in your own State of California pumps out vastly larger quantities of carbon than the Alberta Oilsands ever will.

However, carbon dioxide is heavier than air, so it can accumulate in low - lying areas (protected glens, basements).

CO2 is a pollutant which kills since it is a poison kills since it is an Asphyxiant (heavier than air, smothers life) * «Police: Carbon dioxide led to death in McDonald's bathroom September 14, 2011 1:38 p.m. EDT STORY HIGHLIGHTS The carbon dioxide built up to toxic levels in the bathroom An 80 - year - old woman died after the incident September 7 lethal dose of carbon dioxide, authorities said Wednesday....»

To the extent that knowledge of, say, green technologies (the know - how rather than the physical good) or best practices to lower the carbon footprint of the operations of a particular heavy industry leads to a decrease in resource inputs and resulting waste streams (and hence material flow), this premise holds water, and points to a different, softer path towards trade liberalization.

But there is increasing evidence to suggest that primary, or old - growth, forests are seizing the opportunity of a carbon - heavy atmosphere to suck up more carbon than they did previously, a process known as «carbon fertilisation».

«If heavy industry grows slower, a carbon rate or carbon intensity target could be even more stringent than a cap - and - trade program might be.

As a real gas carbon dioxide is of course one and half times heavier than air, so will always sink displacing air unless their is some work being done to change that, and it's not always windy..

In these experiments the heavier carbon dioxide filled bottle warms at a faster rate than the lighter air.

The oil extracted is a thick, sticky form of crude known as bitumen, which emits more carbon than conventional oil when burned and the mining itself has a heavy environmental footprint, heavily opposed by climate and environmental activists.

I asked him how carbon dioxide could accumulate because it was heavier than air, I said it sinks in air.

I said the carbon dioxide would remain pooled on the ground because it was heavier than air and so couldn't rise up into the air.

Gases which are lighter than air, such as water vapour and methane, will always rise in air unless work is done to change that, just as, gases which are heavier than air, like carbon dioxide which is one and half times heavier, will always sink in air and will not spontaneously rise in air, unless work is done to change that.

This way, for instance, electricity customers in coal - heavy Indiana, say, get a bigger refund than those in hydropower - heavy Washington (so as to compensate for the fact that Indiana's utilities will get hit harder by the carbon price).

Generating electricity through the burning of fossil fuels, in particular carbon - heavy coal, has a greater impact on the atmosphere than any other single human activity.

Ideal gas which has no mass therefore no weight under gravity because there is nothing on which gravity can pull; which has no volume therefore does not expand or condense changing its weight under reduced and increased pressure or heat and cold and so does not become lighter or heavier than air under gravity; with no attraction therefore merely capable of bouncing off another and not capable of undergoing chemical changes, such as water and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere forming carbonic acid.