Atmosphere and resources Flashcards
Renewable resources
Solar, Wind, Sea etc.
Non-renewable resources
Finite, fossil fuels
What does LCA stand for
Life Cycle Assessment
What is potable water
Water that can be drunken safely
How do you remove salt from water
Desalination
How do you make pure water
Distillation
Why don’t we use distillation and desalination as often
It’s too expensive
To spent less, what processes do we use to obtain potable water
Filtration
Sterilisation
What does serialisation do
Kill microbes via chlorine ans UV light
5 main aspects of LCA
- Raw material
- Manufacture
- Distribution
- Use
- Disposal
What are alloys
Mixture of metals
(Eg. Carbon +iron = steel, gold and bronze)
What is corrosion
Metals reacting with oxygen and produce rust (iro oxide)
What are HDPE/LDPE
Polyethene molecules at high/low density
What is thermoetting
Polymers that harden when heated
What is thermoplastics
Polymers that soften when heated