2. Found a relationship between electricity and magnetism.
3. Associated with gas and oil.
4. First workable electric light bulb.
5. Developed the equations E=mc^2
6. Provides majority of the energy in the United States.
7. Splitting heavy atoms
8. Produces plutonium
9. Powered by falling water or stream pressure
10. Thin silicon slices
11. Using heat from the earth
Built the first American A.C. generator
Hans Christian Oersted <u>discovered</u> the <u>relationship between electricity and magnetism</u> in 1820.
<u>Associated gas</u> refers to the natural <u>gas</u> found in association with <u>oil</u> within the reservoir. There are also reservoirs that contain only natural gas and no <u>oil</u>, this <u>gas</u> is termed <u>non-associated gas.</u>
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By January 1879, at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, <u>Edison</u> had built his first high resistance, <u>incandescent</u><u>electric light</u>. It worked by passing electricity through a thin platinum <u>filament</u> in the glass vacuum bulb, which delayed the <u>filament</u> from melting. Still, the lamp only burned for a few short hours.
<u>E = mc2, equation</u> in German-born physicist Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity that expresses the fact that mass and <u>energy</u> are the same physical entity and can be changed into each other.
<u>Energy Sources in the United States</u>
Petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids): 28% Coal: 17.8% Renewable energy: 12.7% Nuclear electric power: 9.6%"
<u>Nuclear fission</u> is a process by which the nucleus of an <u>atom</u> is <u>split</u> into two or more smaller nuclei, known as fission products. The fission of <u>heavy elements</u> is an exothermic reaction, and <u>huge</u> amounts of energy are released in the process.
<u>Geothermal/GSHP</u> systems take advantage of nature's underground temperatures by exchanging <u>heat with</u> the <u>earth using</u> an underground network of water (or refrigerant) filled pipes. In the winter, the liquid pulls <u>heat</u> from the ground and transfers it to the house through an exchanger.