Tag: gas

Laughing gas, whose recreational use is on the rise, is no laughing matter. Inhaling the colorless, odorless gas typically used as a light anesthetic in dental procedures has potential dangers that range from irreversible neurological harm, psychiatric symptoms, and personality changes to damage to ...

Nestled within the heart of the Ohio Valley lies a hidden treasure, a tale of geological marvels and abundant natural resources. Imagine standing on the edge of a vast landscape, where the whispers of ancient glaciers and the whispers of untapped riches echo through the air. It is here, in this capt...

In the laboratory, ammonia is made by heating the ammonium chloride with a quenched lime. 2NH4Cl + Ca(OH)2 → CaCl2 + 2H2O + 2NH3 In a rigid glass tube, a mixture of ammonium and quenched lime is heated. The received ammonia gas is collected from the gas jar by downward...

Norway just gave the green light to tens of billions of dollars worth of new oil and gas fields. This flies in the face of their desperate attempts to curtail international fossil fuel expansion at COP27. At face value, this move seems hypocritical, morally wrong and massively anti-climate action. B...