OCEAN PLASTICS POLLUTION: A GLOBAL TRAGEDY FOR OUR OCEANS AND SEA LIFE Plastic never goes away. And it’s increasingly finding its way into our oceans and onto our beaches. In the Los Angeles area alone‚ 10 metric tons of plastic fragments — like grocery bags‚ straws and soda bottles — are carried into the Pacific Ocean every day. Today billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences making up about 40 percent of the world’s ocean surfaces. Plastics pollution has a direct and
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From the time we hit our plastic alarm clock in the morning until the time we squeeze tooth paste out of its plastic sleeve onto our plastic tooth brush when we go to bed‚ we are surrounded by plastic. Our food is packaged in it‚ our children play with toys made from it‚ we talk on plastic cell phones‚ and we sit on chairs of plastic at work writing with plastic pens‚ drinking from plastic water bottles. Plastic is everywhere. Where does all this plastic end up? It does not just disappear when we
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A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids that are moldable. Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass‚ but they often contain other substances. They are usually synthetic‚ most commonly derived from petrochemicals‚ but many are partially natural.[1] A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids that are moldable. Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass‚ but they often
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Cam-Ha Nguyen Abstract: Using hypochlorous acid to convert secondary alcohol called cyclododecanol to the corresponding ketone which is cyclododecanone by oxidation. Procedures: Gilbert‚ John and Stephen F. Martin. Experiment Organic Chemistry: A Miniscale & Microscale Approach. Belmont‚ CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole‚ 2010. 537-547. Print. Data/ Results: Synthesis of cyclododecanone: Cyclododecanol | 0.2691 (g) | Sodium hypochloride | 2.300 (ml); positive for 1 time test (purple/black)
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Polymer technology explained using text and animations Multimedia Design and Technology Education Plastics Technology Animations of Processes This “Plasics Module” covers the plastics technology specifications for KS3 and GCSE courses‚ including: Structure‚ composition and properties of polymers Polymer composites Formulae of common polymers Hazards – polymers leaching chemicals Sustainability Recycling Abbreviations of polymers
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BIGGER AND BETTER IN PLASTICS Factory-assembled towers boast competitive advantages over those that are field-erected Cooling towers – bastions of wood‚ fiberglass‚ steel or concrete – could someday go the way of galvanized pipe‚ aluminum cable and other equipment that has been materially altered by plastics. It’s not that plastic cooling towers are new; on the contrary‚ they have been around for more than 30 years. Rather‚ it is the fabrication of these plastic structures in larger
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Wraps Why use a baby wrap? Wraps are a very long piece of fabric that is used to wrap around you and your baby. Wraps are very comfortable to wear that spreads across your whole back and allows you to hold your baby in different carrying position. It is not hard to see why parents love the convenience of baby slings. Baby wearing gives freedom for the mother and the baby to do various tasks in and out of the home. Carrying your baby in a sling means a free workout as well. You could burn up extra
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increased the amount of carbon dioxide being released into our environment. The team of researchers also discovered that magnified pyrite (commonly known as fool’s gold) oxidation created acidity that allowed carbon dioxide into our oceans and altered the Earth’s carbon cycle. Over a time period of 10‚000 years‚ glacial oxidation could have altered the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere by nearly
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devices‚ plastics are now used in almost every aspect of everyday life‚ creating a much simpler and safer world. Although plastics carry hundreds of benefits‚ these do not completely counter the harmful effects that they have on the environment and on the health of humans. The amount of plastic that has been created since 2000 is nearing the total amount that was created in the entire last century‚ and as this demand increases‚ so does the knowledge of their environmental costs. Plastics are now known
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knowledge on how to solve this problem effectively. plastic is everywhere and the reason that plastic is everywhere is be ABSTRACT Plastic Pollution has become a global issue in our oceans. Although we hear about this from time to time the problem has grown tremendously beyond our knowledge. There are a growing number of animals dying each day due to plastic particles that either get stuck around their head‚ or that they swallow. If we do not stop plastic pollution in our oceans the ocean will eventually
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