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Energy in perspective /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press,
[1974]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE ENERGY CRISIS; Publisher Summary; THE NATURE OF THE CRISIS; THE FUTURE-BRIGHT OR BLEAK?; Chapter 2: WORK, ENERGY, AND POWER; Publisher Summary; THE DEFINITION OF WORK; ENERGY; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY-FORMS OF ENERGY; ENERGY CONVERSION; EFFICIENCY IN ENERGY CONVERSIONS; POWER; ENERGY UNITS AND CONVERSIONS; QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES; Chapter 3: ENERGY CONSUMPTION-TODAY AND THE FUTURE; Publisher Summary; HOW MUCH ENERGY DO WE USE?; HOW DO WE USE OUR ENERGY?; ENERGY USAGE IN THE FUTURE; QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- Chapter 4: SOURCES OF ENERGYPublisher Summary; THE CHANGING SOURCES OF ENERGY; WATER POWER; FOSSIL FUELS; THE FORMATION OF COAL AND PETROLEUM SUBSTANCES; COAL SUPPLIES; OIL SUPPLIES; THE PROCESSING OF PETROLEUM; NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES; ALTERNATE SOURCES OF LIQUID PETROLEUM; COAL GASIFICATION AND LIQUEFACTION; NUCLEAR FUEL; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; TIDAL POWER; ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR HEATING; OTHER FORMS OF SOLAR ENERGY; ENERGY STORAGE; QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES; Chapter 5: NUCLEAR POWER; Publisher Summary; PROTONS, NEUTRONS, AND NUCLEI; NUCLEAR MASSES; THE BINDING ENERGY CURVE
- NUCLEAR FISSIONCHAIN REACTIONS; PLUTONIUM; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM; NUCLEAR REACTORS; THE MODERATION AND CONTROL OF FISSION NEUTRONS; THE NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY; BREEDER REACTORS; BENEFIT VERSUS RISK; NUCLEAR FUSION; FUSION REACTORS-PROSPECT FOR THE FUTURE; THERMONUCLEAR FISSION-A NEW TWIST ON NUCLEAR ENERGY; QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES; APPENDIX ON THE FEASIBILITY OF COAL-DRIVEN POWER STATIONS*; Chapter 6: THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR RADIATIONS; Publisher Summary; THE DISCOVERY OF RADIOACTIVITY; NUCLEAR CHANGES; THE HALF-LIFE; THE INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER; NEUTRONS; RADIATION UNITS
- RADIOACTIVITY PRODUCED BY REACTORSRADIATION DAMAGE IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND THE REM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; EFFECTS OF RADIATION DAMAGE; PUBLIC EXPOSURE TO RADIATION; THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN; QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES; Chapter 7: ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; Publisher Summary; THE EFFECTS OF WATER POWER; FOSSIL FUELS-MULTIPLE THREATS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND CARBON MONOXIDE; THERMAL POLLUTION; QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES; Chapter 8: OUTLINE FOR THE FUTURE; Publisher Summary; THE SHORT TERM (1975-1976); THE NEAR INTERMEDIATE TERM (TO 1980)
- THE INTERMEDIATE TERM (TO 1990)THE LONG TERM (TO 2020 OR 2050); QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES; APPENDIX: POWERS-OF-TEN NOTATION; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; INDEX