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    Challenger Explosion

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    have the ability to communicate to people and get them interested and excited about almost anything. The shuttle would never make it into space as it exploded only seventy-three seconds after lift off killing all seven members of its crew. The explosion was blamed on the O-rings‚ a set of gaskets that sealed the joints

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    Population Explosion

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    POPULATION GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN INDIA Introduction The rapid population growth and economic development in country are degrading the environment through the uncontrolled growth of urbanization and industrialization‚ expansion and intensification of agriculture‚ and the destruction of natural habitats. One of the major causes of environmental degradation in India could be attributed to rapid growth of population‚ which is adversely affecting the natural resources and environment

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    Chernobyl 5. The Imperial Sugar Plant explosion 6. The Oppau Explosion 7. The Halifax explosion 8. The Texas City Disaster 9. June 3‚ 1989‚ natural gas explosion in the Ural Mountains 10. August 10‚ 2008‚ Sunrise Propane Industrial Gases explosion 11. The Piper Alpha explosion 12. 1924 Nixon Nitration Works explosion 13. Boston Molasses Disaster 14. the Donora Smog of 1948 15. The Phillips Disaster 16. The Bombay explosion 17. Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion 18. Enschede fireworks disaster

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    EXPLOSION IN 1750s

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    In this essay I am going to explain why population practically exploded in the 1700’S. There are eleven categories but some join up with others for the same kind of meaning. In this category there are three sections which are Clever Kids‚ Young love and Baby boom. Young love is about after 1700‚ Couples got married earlier in their early twenties so they had more time than others to have children‚ because they were married. Also there is Clever kids which was that education improved by a mile

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    Challenger Explosion

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    On January 28‚ 1986 the Challenger exploded. The challenger was a program for Christa McAuliffe to learn more about space. This was suppose to help school children learn and advance their education in space & Technology. Christa McAuliffe went on the challenger with 7 trained astronauts. Christa McAuliffe was a teacher from New Hampshire. The challenger was supposed to be a huge advancement in space learning. Unfortunately‚ 73 seconds after lift-off the challenger had blown up. This was a big tragedy

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    POPULATION EXPLOSION SPEECH With the advancement of technology even some control has been made on natural calamities. Through all these measures though death rate has decreased but birth rate has not appreciably decreased. Thus‚ it will be seen that it is the high birth rate as compared to low death rate‚ which is the main cause of population explosion in India. In under-developed and developing countries the cost of living is increasing day by day. For an average person it has become extremely

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    Case Study: Sugar Dust

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    Case: Sugar Dust Explosion and Fire at Imperial Sugar Company 1. What factors/hazards could have caused the incident? Conduct a 4M (Man‚ Machine‚ Material‚ and Method) analysis on the possible causes. MAN * No officer level position responsible for workplace safety * Negligence of people in-charge to report or provide action to sugar spillage and dust control * Unorganized linkage between the heads/people concerned with safety * Minimal training of the HR director on occupational

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    The Tragic Challenger Explosion The Tragic Challenger Explosion Space Travel. It is a sense of national pride for many Americans. If you ask anyone who was alive at the time‚ they could probably tell you exactly where they were when they heard that Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon. But all of the success in our space programs is overshadowed by tragedy. On January 28‚ 1986‚ one of the worst disasters in our space program’s history occurred. Many people were watching

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    Centralia Explosion No.5

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    men went throughout their normal work day at No. 5 Coal Mine‚ they looked forward to quitting time and reuniting with their loved ones. Woefully‚ this would never come to past. Catastrophe struck at 3:27. 111 lives were slayed out by a colossal explosion. Paramedics‚ firemen and policemen gathered at the scene in efforts to rescue wounded coalminers. There were 142 men at the site. 65 were killed by burns and other injuries and 45 were killed by afterdamp. Eight men were rescued‚ but one died from

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    Combuston Research

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    During this process while temperature raises it creates a pressure. As it gets confined in anyway‚ the pressure builds up and which becomes explosive. This can occur when the particles of the fuel are divided equally that it forms vapor or dust. Explosions occur in very small confined spaces or where there is high concentration of gases. Importance of collisions between reacting particles: When there are more particles moving in faster speeds‚ more collisions will occur during the short period

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