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ENERGY&MATERIALSQUIZFINALROUND
ByKrishnaMoorthi&Prateek
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GetreadytoBolt
• ThismaterialwasfirstproducedbyErnestRutherfordin1934andwasfirstisolatedbyLuisAlvarezandRobertCornogin1937.
• ThismaterialhasbeenoneoftheleadingresearchinterestsinNorthKoreainrecentyearstoenablethemtobypasstherestrictionsbyUNandNPTagainstNuclearweapons.WhichMaterial?
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Startedfromthebottomandnowwearehere
• “There'splentyofroomatthebottom”wasalecturegivenbyphysicistRichardFeynmanatanAmericanPhysicalSocietymeetingatCaltechonDecember29,1959.
• Feynmanconcludedhistalkwithtwochallenges.1)Constructionofatinymotor.2)TheentireEncyclopediaBritannicaontheheadofapin.• Thislectureisconsideredasthestartingpointofan
entirelynewbranchinmaterialscience.Whichbranch?
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Platooplomo
• In19thcenturyEurope,Opiumhadbecomeverypopular.ItwasaddictiveandsoontheBritishersintroduceditinindia.
• Bychemicalprocessingofopium-aceticanhydride,activatedcharcoal,ethylalcohol,etherandacetone,itwasconvertedtoanotherdrug.Thisdrugtakeninsmallamountswassaidtocureanydiseaseyouname(atthattime)
• Soitwascalledsuperdrug,doctordrugorheroofdrugs.Butbeingadrug,peoplebecameaddictedtoit.
• HenceitwasnamedX(whichisthemorecommonname).
• Namethedrug.
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You'rea10?OnthepHscalemaybe,'cozyoubasic
• Amythaboutthisbrand'snameisthatithadapHratinggreaterthan7,makingitalkaline.
• Howeve,thiswasprovedtobefalse,asithasapHratingofabout3.79,similartootherproductsinitsclass.
• Whichbrand?
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I'mwakinguptoashanddust
• Theoriginaldetectionprincipleofthisdevicewasdiscoveredin1908,butitwasnotuntilthedevelopmentoftheXtubein1928thattheXbecameapracticalinstrument.
• Sincethenithasbeenverypopularduetoitsrobustsensingelementandrelativelylowcost.
• However,therearelimitationsinmeasuringhighradiationratesandtheenergyofincidentradiation.
• Namethedevice
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Rage,rageagainstthedyingofthelight
• XisofficiallyknownasanEinstein-Rosenbridge,isahypotheticaltopologicalfeatureofspacetimethatismuchlikeatunnelwithtwoends,eachinseparatepointsinspacetime.CertaintypesofXwouldallowtravelinbothdirectionsfromonepartoftheuniversetoanotherpartofthatsameuniverseveryquicklyorwouldallowtotravelfromoneuniversetoanother.
• ThetheoryofgeneralrelativitypredictsthatifXexists,theycouldallowtimetravel.
• IdentifyX.
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Sunlepukaar'Bull'eya
• HereabullfighterisshowninathankfulgesturetoXwhoseinventionbecameimportantforbullfighterstofightinfectionsthatdevelopedinwoundsduetouncleanhornsofthebull.
• Duetothisinventionmanylivesofbullfightersweresaved.whoisX?
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TypicalRussians
• XisthenicknamefortheAN602Hydrogenbomb,themostpowerfulnuclearweaponeverdetonated.
• ItwasalsoreferredtoasKuz'kinaMat'(Kuzka'smother),potentiallyreferringtoNikitaKhrushchev'spromisetoshowtheU.S.a“Kuz'kinaMat”atthe1960UNGeneralAssembly.ThefamousRussianidiom,whichroughlymeans“We'llshowyou”.
• DevelopedbytheSovietUnion,thebombwasoriginallydesignedtohaveayieldofabout150megatonsofTNT(630PJ),buttheyieldwasreducedto50megatonsinordertoreducenuclearfallout.Thisattemptwassuccessful,asitwasoneofthecleanest(relativetoitsyield)nuclearbombseverdetonated.
• onlyonebombofthistypewaseverbuiltanditwastestedonoctober30,1961,intheNovayaZemlyaarchipelago.
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Nobabieswereharmedinmakingofthisquestion.
• Xischarecterizedbymultiple,symmetric,circularskincreasesorbandsontheforearms,lowerlegsandoftentheneckthatarepresentatbirth.Thecreasesdisappearlaterinlife.
• They'rereminiscentofBibendum,themascotofY,hencethenameofthesyndromeisX.
• Associatedabnormalitiesvaryandmayincludefacialdysmorphism,upslantingpalpebralfissures,genitalanomalies,milddevelopmentaldelay,ureterocele,smoothmusclehamartomaetc...
• (Pictureonnextslide)
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Protip:Leadcausesban
• ModernXmainlyusesVermillion,whichisanorange-redpigment.Vermillionisthepurifiedandpowderedformofcinnabar,whichisthechiefforminwhichmercurysulfidenaturallyoccurs.
• Aswithothercompoundsofmercury,Xistoxicandmustbehandledcarefully.Sometimes,Redlead(Leadtetraoxide)isaddedtoX.
• Inearly2008,allegationsofhighleadcontentledtheU.SFoodandDrugAdministrationtorecallbatchesofXfromseveralmanufactures.
• UnlikeU.S.,theuseofXisapartofIndia'sculturalidentity.
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Beautyofthebeast
• ThenamewasgivenbythenprimeministerofIndia,JawaharlalNehruafterhelikedtheblueradiationcomingoutoftheexperimentalsetup.
• Herelatedthebeautyoftheradiationtothebeautyofindra'scourtdancers.
• WhatwasthenamegivenbyNehrutothatexperimentalsetup?
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• In1938,agentlemannamedRoyPlunkettwasattemptingtomakeanewCFCrefrigerant.Hesawthatthetetrafluoroethylenegasinthebottlestoppedflowingbeforethebottlesweighthaddroppedtothebottlesweighthaddroppedtothepointsignaling“empty”.Hefinallyresortedtocutthebottleapartandfoundwaxywhitematerialwhichwasoddlyslippery.
• Whatwasthusaccidentallydiscovered?
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WhynotZoidberg?
GlennT.Seaborg
LawrenceBerkeleyLaboratory,
Berkeley
California
America
• WhatissospecialaboutthisoldmailingaddressofGlennSeaborg?
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• JefferyWinters,writingintheJanuary1998issueofdiscovermagazine,madethefollowingobservation:
• “Notonlyisseaborgthefirstlivingscientisttohaveanelementnamedafterhim,he'salsotheonlypersonwhocouldrecievemailaddressedonlyinelements:Seaborgium,Lawrencium(fortheLawrenceBerkeleyLaboratorywherehestillworks),Berkelium,Californium,Americium.”
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Woodyoubelieveit?
• Apieceofwood,giftedbyRoyalSociety,wastakentotheInternationalSpaceStationinMay2010andwasreturnedsafely;whichcreatedheadlines(mightnotbeofmanynewspapers,butofmanysciencemagazines).
• Whatwasallthisabout?
(snapshotinthenextslide)
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THISISYOURDENSITY
• Osmiumisthedensestelementfoundinnature.Whichisthedensestelementtoeverexist?
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FREEWIFI-LOADING……………..
• RadiationssuchasX-RaysandUVraysareextremelydangeroustohumanbeingsandwillcausecanceraftersufficientexposure.So,whyisWi-Fi,whichisalsoanelectromagneticradiation,consideredsafe?
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• Inflashphotographythelightoftheflashoccurstoofastforthepupiltoclosesomuchoftheverybrightlightfromtheflashpassesintotheeyethroughpupil,reflectsofftheinteriorsurfaceoftheeyeatthebackoftheeyeballandoutthroughthepupil.
• Thecamerarecordsthisreflectedlight.Themaincauseforthisistheampleamountofbloodinthechoroidwhichnourishesthebackoftheeyeandislocatedbehindtheretina.
• Theeyecontainsseveralphotostablepigmentsthatallabsorbinshortwavelengthregionandhencecontributetothisphenomena.
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420Blazeit
• In1938,achemistoftheTemmlercompanyinBerlinsynthesizedadrugmanufacturedunderthenamePervitinandpublicalysoldasastimulantanddrugforpsychiatry.DuringWWII,itwasusedextensivelybytheaxisforcesforitsstimulanteffects.
• From1942,AdolfHitlertoorecieveddailyinjectionsofthisdrugfromhispersonalphysician,Dr.theodorMorell.
• Theproduction,distribution,sale,andpossessionofthisdrugisnowrestrictedorillegalinmanyjurisdictions.itsnamebecamefamoussince2008foritsrelationtooneoftheco-fundersofamulti-billiondollarcompanynamedGrayMatterTechnologies.
• Whichdrug?
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• Inthelastdecade,afewcoastaltownsofKeralaandTamilNaduhaveseenmassiveprotestsasthelivelihoodofthepeoplehasbeenthreatenedbyextractionofasubstance.WhichSubstance?
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MineralBeachSand(Karimanal)richinmineralssuchasilmenite,zirconetc.
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Whataday…
• February24,2017isnowahistoricdateinthenaturalgasmarket,especiallyinthewest,duetoanevent
• Eventhoughitappearspositiveonfirstglance,thiseventhasbeenattributedtoglobalwarmingbymostscientists
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Forthefirsttimeever,naturalgasstoragelevelsroseduringawinter
week
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IdentifyX&Y
• XisanAfricancountrythatisrichintheoresofthemetalY
• ThefirstknownuseofYwasinearly1940sduringWorldWar2,thoughthereportsofthisusesurfacedonlyin1966
• AnotheroreofYexistsinAntarcticawhereitwasdepositedbyameteorite10000yearsago
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• ChemistStephanieKwolekofDuPontcreatedasyntheticfibreasareplacementforsteelinracingtires.Itisusedtodayincryogenics,advancedsportsequipment,stadiumsetc.butismainlyusedforoneparticularpurposebymostnationsintheworld.
• CostaRicaandVaticancityaretwonationsthatdonotusethisfibreforthispurpose
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THEULTIMATEQUESTION
• Humanskinhasameasureof20units,Stainlesssteels700-900unitsandTorayT1000GCarbonFibre,thestrongestman-madefibre6370unitsofthisparticularproperty.
• Nanomaterialsandnanotubeshaveaveryhighvalueofthispropertywithgrapheneapproaching130000units
• Identifythepropertyinquestion