Category: Elements

Three factors made skyscrapers possible

May 27, 2023

Skyscrapers are one of the most fascinating objects behind the advancements of today’s modern age. Without skyscrapers in history, it is highly doubtful that the human race would have progressed this far. Let’s get to know the three important people and their ideas that made the widespread construction of skyscrapers possible. Henry Bessemer Revolutionized steel…

The immense power of nuclear power

May 25, 2023

A Ballistic Missile’s warheads are attached to the missile (MIRV – Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicles. Each of these is a Hydrogen Bomb with an explosive capacity of 300 Kt TNT. That means each one has 20 times the explosive power of the weapon that was dropped on Hiroshima. This missile (LGM-118 Peacekeeper) could carry up…

Silica tiles heated at 1260 degrees Celsius are picked by bare hands.

April 10, 2023

These tiles help space shuttles survive the extreme temperatures (about 1200 degrees Celsius) during re-entry to Earth. LI-900 silica tiles are used for this purpose. It is made of 99.9% pure silica glass fiber. Often the volume of air inside this tile is said to be 94%. Due to the low thermal conductivity and high…

What would be the most valuable thing in the world?

April 3, 2023

If you ask those who study history, they will tell you Kohinoor Ratnam. Some say diamond. Some would say things like plutonium. There is an answer from someone who knows science well. Anti-matter! The price depends on the effort and energy required to make it. There isn’t much. Just 60 trillion dollars per gram! Even…

The mountains will change color

March 16, 2023

The most beautiful natural wonder decorated with different colors. That is the Aladaghlar mountains in Iran. This mountain is as if some friend has painted it with different colors. Researchers opined that it is 15 million years old. These mountains are between the cities of Ahar and Khaje in Iran. It is located in From…

Biggest TECH Company in the World

February 15, 2023

Would you believe that the microchips that run the computer I’m using to write this article and the phone or computer or tab you’re using to read this are made by the same company’s technology? Believe meā€¦that’s the truth. If you ask which is the biggest ‘tech’ company of this century, most people will think…

The Murchison meteorite

February 3, 2023

The oldest meteorite that fell on earth is 700 million years old. On September 28, 1969 at 10:58 a.m., a fireball hit AustraliaIt broke into three pieces over the town of Murchison and crashed into the ground over a 13 square meter area. Being able to see the meteorite directly, it was possible to collect…

Hot water ICEs faster than cold water.!

January 24, 2023

Erasto Empemba was a schoolboy in Tanzania in 1963.While making ice cream with his friends, he noticed that hot milk freezes faster than cold milk. Hence the name Empemba effect.But this effect has been observed since the time of Aristotle. But chemists have struggled to give an accurate scientific explanation.There is a reason for that.Warm…

Why doesn’t water burn?

January 19, 2023

Seems very stupid QN doesn’t it.Likewise,Why water is used to extinguish fire. Why not use water in some conditions?I want to give a very simple answer to the questions. Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen is a flammable element.So is Oxygen.But oxygen is said to be an oxidizing agent.So why doesn’t water…

How HIMALAYA were formed

January 17, 2023

This immense mountain range began to form between 40 and 50 million years ago, when two large landmasses, India and Eurasia, driven by plate movement, collided. Because both these continental landmasses have about the same rock density, one plate could not be subducted under the other. Shells and marine fossils are found in the limestone…