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Why would one use hydrogen mixed with nitrogen?
as a tracer gas for minute leak detection
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What industries can you find these applications?
automotive, chemical, power generation, aerospace, and telecommunications
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How is hydrogen used as a food additive?
allows food package leak testing
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What isotope is used in nuclear fission?
Deuterium
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Where is tritium produced?
nuclear reactors
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What is tritium used for?
production of hydrogen bombs, as an isotopic label in the biosciences, and as a radiation source in luminous paints
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How is hydrogen used at power stations?
as a coolant in generators
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Why is it used as a coolant?
favorable properties that are a direct result of its light diatomic molecules
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What are these properties?
low density, low viscosity, and the highest specific heat and thermal conductivity of all gases
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Is Hydrogen considered an energy resource?
not
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Where does the sun get its energy from?
nuclear fusion of hydrogen
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How does hydrogen function when it s burned?
energy carrier
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What form of hydrogen has been discussed as a ussage for fuel?
elemental
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Why is hydrogen employed?
to saturate broken ("dangling") bonds of amorphous silicon and amorphous carbon that helps stabilizing material properties
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How is hydrogen used in oxide materials?
a potential electron donor
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What oxide materials use hydrogen as an electron donor?
ZnO, SnO2, CdO, MgO, ZrO2, HfO2, La2O3, Y2O3, TiO2, SrTiO3, LaAlO3, SiO2, Al2O3, ZrSiO4, HfSiO4, and SrZrO3
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What enzymes are used to produce H2?
hydrogenases
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When does hydrogen gas occur?
in the transfer of reducing equivalents produced during pyruvate fermentation to water
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What is the natural cycle of hydrogen production and consumption by organisms called?
hydrogen cycle
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What is the decomposition of water into its components called?
Water splitting
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Where does water splitting occur?
in the light reactions in all photosynthetic organisms
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What organisms can form H2 gas?
alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and cyanobacteria
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How are these gases formed?
by specialized hydrogenases in the chloroplast
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What threats can hydrogen cause to human saftey?
potential detonations and fires when mixed with air to being an asphyxiant in its pure, oxygen-free form
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What can hydrogen embrittlement lead to?
cracks and explosions
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What do physical and chemical properties of hydrogen depend on?
the parahydrogen/orthohydrogen ratio
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How long can it take to reach the equilibrium ratio?
days or weeks
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What do Hydrogen detonation parameters depend on?
container geometry
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On what date did the Space Race begin?
August 2, 1955
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Sputnik 1 started orbiting on what date?
October 4, 1957
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Who was the first person in space?
Yuri Gagarin
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What was the date that the first human reached space?
April 12, 1961
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Which war in history did the Space Race begin to take root?
World War II
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A secretive army installation began in Kummersdorf-West in what year?
1932
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During WWII, who was in charge of the German army's rocket program?
General Dornberger
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What was the first object to enter space?
Aggregate-4 (A-4) rocket
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When did the Aggregate-4 (A-4) rocket reach space?
1942 and 1943
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What military operation allowed the US to recruit the German engineer, Von Braun?
Operation Paperclip
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The US had captured what type of missiles during Operation Paperclip?
V2 rockets
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The German rocket center was located in what city?
Peenemünde
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Who was in charge of the Soviet rocket engineer team that went into Germany?
Sergei Korolev
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What year was Sergei Korolev arrested?
1938
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Sergei Korolev died in what year?
1966
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After the war, Sergei Korolev was known under what title?
USSR's chief rocket and spacecraft engineer
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What year was the R1 rocket born?
1948
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What professor began working on solid-fuel rockets since 1914?
Robert H. Goddard
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Liquid-fueled rockets were developed in what year?
1921
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The United States Army's White Sands Proving Ground is located where?
New Mexico
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Von Braun and his associates were sent to United States Army's White Sands Proving Ground in what year?
1945
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The first two-stage rocket was developed in what year?
1949
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The Army's new Redstone Arsenal is located in what city and state?
Huntsville, Alabama
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What year was the German rocket team moved to Alabama?
1950
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What year did the US lose its monopoly to the atomic bomb?
1949
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What type of bomb was first developed during the Cold War?
the hydrogen bomb
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ICBMs is an abbreviation for what?
intercontinental strategic bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles
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The SAC is an abbreviation for what US force?
Strategic Air Command
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During what decade, did a fear of communism oversweep the US?
1950s
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How many casualties did the Soviet Union have during WWII?
27 million
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The Soviet Union was first invaded by Nazi controlled Germany in what year?
1941
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Until what year, was the US the sole possessor of the atomic bomb?
1949
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In what year did Stalin order the development of ICBMs?
1947
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What type of military force did the US possess a much larger fleet than the Soviet Union?
air force
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Who began developing the R-7 Semyorka rocket?
Korolev
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R-7 Semyorka rocket resembled closely to what other missile?
German G-4
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When was the R-7 Semyorka rocket tested successfully?
August 21, 1957
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The first satellite launched into space used what rocket?
R-7 Semyorka rocket
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The US Air Force began research of ICBMs in what year?
1945
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What type of rocket was first researched by the Air Force?
MX-774
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The MX-774 was tested in what year?
1947
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The Air Force PGM-11 Redstone rocket family was tested where?
Cape Canaveral
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The Atlas-A first launched on what date?
June 11, 1957
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Who was president Dwight D. Eisenhower's press secretary?
James C. Hagerty
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The starting date for the Space Race was which date?
August 30, 1955
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A Jupiter-C was launched by Von Braum on what date?
September 20, 1956
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The civilian rocket and satellite project in the US was called what?
Vanguard
[ "Space_Race\n\nThe Soviet success caused public controversy in the United States, and Eisenhower ordered the civilian rocket and satellite project, Vanguard, to move up its timetable and launch its satellite much sooner than originally planned. The December 6, 1957 Project Vanguard launch failure occurred at Cape C...
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Project Vanguard launch failed on what date?
December 6, 195
[ "Space_Race\n\nThe Soviet success caused public controversy in the United States, and Eisenhower ordered the civilian rocket and satellite project, Vanguard, to move up its timetable and launch its satellite much sooner than originally planned. The December 6, 1957 Project Vanguard launch failure occurred at Cape C...
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is located in what state?
Florida
[ "Space_Race\n\nThe Soviet success caused public controversy in the United States, and Eisenhower ordered the civilian rocket and satellite project, Vanguard, to move up its timetable and launch its satellite much sooner than originally planned. The December 6, 1957 Project Vanguard launch failure occurred at Cape C...
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in response to Project Vanguard's failed launch, what was the rocket the Soviet Union launched?
Jupiter-C rocket
[ "Space_Race\n\nThe Soviet success caused public controversy in the United States, and Eisenhower ordered the civilian rocket and satellite project, Vanguard, to move up its timetable and launch its satellite much sooner than originally planned. The December 6, 1957 Project Vanguard launch failure occurred at Cape C...
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The first US satellite to launch without failure was on what date?
January 31, 1958
[ "Space_Race\n\nOn January 31, 1958, nearly four months after the launch of Sputnik 1, von Braun and the United States successfully launched its first satellite on a four-stage Juno I rocket derived from the US Army's Redstone missile, at Cape Canaveral. The satellite Explorer 1 was 30.8 pounds (14.0 kg) in mass. It...
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The Explorer gathered what 3 measurements?
cosmic ray and radiation levels, the temperature in the spacecraft, and the frequency of collisions with micrometeorites
[ "Space_Race\n\nOn January 31, 1958, nearly four months after the launch of Sputnik 1, von Braun and the United States successfully launched its first satellite on a four-stage Juno I rocket derived from the US Army's Redstone missile, at Cape Canaveral. The satellite Explorer 1 was 30.8 pounds (14.0 kg) in mass. It...
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Who was the Senate's Majority Leader in 1958?
Lyndon B. Johnson
[ "Space_Race\n\nOn April 2, 1958, President Eisenhower reacted to the Soviet space lead in launching the first satellite, by recommending to the US Congress that a civilian agency be established to direct nonmilitary space activities. Congress, led by Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, responded by passing th...
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The National Aeronautics and Space Act was established in what year?
1958
[ "Space_Race\n\nOn April 2, 1958, President Eisenhower reacted to the Soviet space lead in launching the first satellite, by recommending to the US Congress that a civilian agency be established to direct nonmilitary space activities. Congress, led by Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, responded by passing th...
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What was NASA called before it became NASA?
National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics
[ "Space_Race\n\nOn April 2, 1958, President Eisenhower reacted to the Soviet space lead in launching the first satellite, by recommending to the US Congress that a civilian agency be established to direct nonmilitary space activities. Congress, led by Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, responded by passing th...
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The first US satellite was launched on what date?
April 2, 1958
[ "Space_Race\n\nOn April 2, 1958, President Eisenhower reacted to the Soviet space lead in launching the first satellite, by recommending to the US Congress that a civilian agency be established to direct nonmilitary space activities. Congress, led by Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, responded by passing th...
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The Redstone Arsenal became the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center when?
July 1, 1960
[ "Space_Race\n\nOn October 21, 1959, Eisenhower approved the transfer of the Army's remaining space-related activities to NASA. On July 1, 1960, the Redstone Arsenal became NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, with von Braun as its first director. Development of the Saturn rocket family, which when mature,...
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Who was the first director in charge of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center?
von Braun
[ "Space_Race\n\nOn October 21, 1959, Eisenhower approved the transfer of the Army's remaining space-related activities to NASA. On July 1, 1960, the Redstone Arsenal became NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, with von Braun as its first director. Development of the Saturn rocket family, which when mature,...
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How many attempts to the Moon did Luna E-1-class probes fail before successfully launching?
4
[ "Space_Race\n\nIn 1958, Korolev upgraded the R-7 to be able to launch a 400-kilogram (880 lb) payload to the Moon. Three secret 1958 attempts to launch Luna E-1-class impactor probes failed. The fourth attempt, Luna 1, launched successfully on January 2, 1959, but missed the Moon. The fifth attempt on June 18 also ...
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The first probe to land on the Moon was in what year?
1959
[ "Space_Race\n\nIn 1958, Korolev upgraded the R-7 to be able to launch a 400-kilogram (880 lb) payload to the Moon. Three secret 1958 attempts to launch Luna E-1-class impactor probes failed. The fourth attempt, Luna 1, launched successfully on January 2, 1959, but missed the Moon. The fifth attempt on June 18 also ...
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Which Luna probe successfully photographed the back side of the Moon?
Luna 3
[ "Space_Race\n\nIn 1958, Korolev upgraded the R-7 to be able to launch a 400-kilogram (880 lb) payload to the Moon. Three secret 1958 attempts to launch Luna E-1-class impactor probes failed. The fourth attempt, Luna 1, launched successfully on January 2, 1959, but missed the Moon. The fifth attempt on June 18 also ...
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The Ranger program from 1959 was managed by what organization?
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
[ "Space_Race\n\nThe US reacted to the Luna program by embarking on the Ranger program in 1959, managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Block I Ranger 1 and Ranger 2 suffered Atlas-Agena launch failures in August and November 1961. The 727-pound (330 kg) Block II Ranger 3 launched successfully on January 26,...
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The first spacecraft to make it to the Moon was what?
Ranger 4
[ "Space_Race\n\nThe US reacted to the Luna program by embarking on the Ranger program in 1959, managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Block I Ranger 1 and Ranger 2 suffered Atlas-Agena launch failures in August and November 1961. The 727-pound (330 kg) Block II Ranger 3 launched successfully on January 26,...
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The first Ranger mission that didn't fail was which one?
Block III Ranger 7
[ "Space_Race\n\nThe US reacted to the Luna program by embarking on the Ranger program in 1959, managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Block I Ranger 1 and Ranger 2 suffered Atlas-Agena launch failures in August and November 1961. The 727-pound (330 kg) Block II Ranger 3 launched successfully on January 26,...
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The Block III Ranger 7 mission successfully reached the moon on what date?
July 31, 1964
[ "Space_Race\n\nThe US reacted to the Luna program by embarking on the Ranger program in 1959, managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Block I Ranger 1 and Ranger 2 suffered Atlas-Agena launch failures in August and November 1961. The 727-pound (330 kg) Block II Ranger 3 launched successfully on January 26,...
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What program led to the establishment of the Ranger program?
Luna
[ "Space_Race\n\nThe US reacted to the Luna program by embarking on the Ranger program in 1959, managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Block I Ranger 1 and Ranger 2 suffered Atlas-Agena launch failures in August and November 1961. The 727-pound (330 kg) Block II Ranger 3 launched successfully on January 26,...
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Which country succesfully launched the first person into space in 1961?
the USSR
[ "Space_Race\n\nBy 1959, American observers believed that the Soviet Union would be the first to get a human into space, because of the time needed to prepare for Mercury's first launch. On April 12, 1961, the USSR surprised the world again by launching Yuri Gagarin into a single orbit around the Earth in a craft th...
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The first ship to carry a human through space was called what?
Vostok 1
[ "Space_Race\n\nBy 1959, American observers believed that the Soviet Union would be the first to get a human into space, because of the time needed to prepare for Mercury's first launch. On April 12, 1961, the USSR surprised the world again by launching Yuri Gagarin into a single orbit around the Earth in a craft th...
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How long did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth in the spacecraft?
108 minutes
[ "Space_Race\n\nBy 1959, American observers believed that the Soviet Union would be the first to get a human into space, because of the time needed to prepare for Mercury's first launch. On April 12, 1961, the USSR surprised the world again by launching Yuri Gagarin into a single orbit around the Earth in a craft th...
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April 12, in the USSR, is what special day?
Cosmonautics Day
[ "Space_Race\n\nGagarin became a national hero of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, and a worldwide celebrity. Moscow and other cities in the USSR held mass demonstrations, the scale of which was second only to the World War II Victory Parade of 1945. April 12 was declared Cosmonautics Day in the USSR, and is c...
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What year was established as the International Day of Human Space Flight by the United Nations?
2011
[ "Space_Race\n\nGagarin became a national hero of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, and a worldwide celebrity. Moscow and other cities in the USSR held mass demonstrations, the scale of which was second only to the World War II Victory Parade of 1945. April 12 was declared Cosmonautics Day in the USSR, and is c...
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Man in Space Soonest was a program by which organization?
US Air Force
[ "Space_Race\n\nThe US Air Force had been developing a program to launch the first man in space, named Man in Space Soonest. This program studied several different types of one-man space vehicles, settling on a ballistic re-entry capsule launched on a derivative Atlas missile, and selecting a group of nine candidate...