Computer Aided Design & The 118 Elements
by Florin FODOR
Carbon is a marvel of nature. This element is absolutely impressive. First of all Carbon is the main reason why life on Earth exist. And second because carbon is capable of forming the most compounds , way much more than all the other elements in Periodic Table combined. Not only that but Carbon is even... Continue Reading →
The huge success of carbon fiber composite in the second half of the 20th century, inspired engineers to imagine its use on the grandest possible scale, hence they started to ask: is this material strong enough to achieve a longstanding dream, that of building an elevator into space? A Space Elevator promises to replace the... Continue Reading →
Helium-3 (3He) isotope is extremely rare on Earth. Most of our supply comes indirectly from tritium (3H)decay in nuclear stockpiles, producing only modest quantities. Likewise a minor amount of 4He isotope is collected as a by-product of big companies tapping natural gas. For most people this is not a topic of much interest, so why... Continue Reading →
Helium is an inert gas, is super light, is the second most abundant element in the universe (after hydrogen), yet on Earth, Helium is scarce, is a non-renewable resource and is very expensive to produce.One of its isotopes even more rare an precious is Helium-3. If we could somehow get more Helium-3, our dream about... Continue Reading →
Humanity has always looked up at the stars with nothing but a deep desire to travel to them. For decades we have yearned to sail with a great cosmic ocean unlocking mysteries of other worlds. But to conquer the cosmos we fist need a way to travel across it and with our space technology we... Continue Reading →
Helium is something of a bizarre contradiction here on Earth. Although it’s the 2nd most abundant element in the universe as a whole, combining with hydrogen (the most abundant) to form an estimated 99% of all known matter that’s out there… helium is becoming increasingly rare on Earth. The main reason for that is because... Continue Reading →
The far right column in The Periodic Table is the group 18th of elements also known as the group of noble gases. It includes 7 elements in the following order from top to bottom as follows: Helium (He)-element 2 Neon (Ne)-element 10 Argon (Ar)-element 18 Krypton (Kr)-element 36 Xenon (Xe)-element 54 Radon (Ra)-element 86 Oganesson... Continue Reading →
Before to elaborate on the topic in the headline of this article, let me just remind that the Hydrogen element is an odorless and colorless gas. If observed in the Universe in the interstellar space it can give a pinkish red glow, this being only a visual effect created when Hydrogen is projected by the... Continue Reading →
Fire and explosions are exaclty what the Sun does. On Earth fire doesn't occur naturally that much like on the Sun, but we have it since the planet Earth exist. It is in volcanoes, in lightning strike or in wildfires ignited by the sun’s heat. Human species discovered fire so long ago that we can... Continue Reading →
In spite of important optimisations for Hydrogen Storage in the last couple of years, containing Hydrogen remains a challenge. In order to be contained effectively and used as fuel, hydrogen needs to to be kept either as gas at atmospheric temperature under high pressure or as liquid at lower pressure but at cryogenic temperatures, or... Continue Reading →
Computer Aided Design & The 118 Elements 