The combustion product that is created in the largest amounts by a coal-burning generating plant is
A) acids of sulfur and nitrogen, most of which is filtered out of the exhaust gases and disposed of as solid waste.
B) laughing gas, which is why Americans are so silly.
C) acids of sulfur and nitrogen, which go up the plant's stack and into the atmosphere.
D) carbon dioxide, which goes up the plant's stack and into the atmosphere.
E) carbon dioxide, most of which is filtered out of the exhaust gases and disposed of as solid waste.
D
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Which of these forms of energy is not renewable?
A) wind power B) solar power C) fossil fuel power D) photovoltaic power
Using the relativistic velocity-addition formula for adding everyday velocities produces
A) nonsense. B) a significantly better result than adding them classically. C) a classical result.
A light beam with wavelength 440 nm in a certain material then enters air and its wavelength becomes 577 nm
(a) What is the index of refraction for the material? (b) At what angle with the plane of the surface will the light be totally reflected back into the material?