Using Characteristic Properties of Matter

Asbestos

Information on asbestos can be found at the Environmental Protection Agency’s asbestos information page.

 

 

Bioling Oil

The oil refiner Ashland Inc. provides a summary of the origins and processing of crude oil. A higher-level and more detailed description of the work of an oil refinery is provided in the form of a trip through the company’s Catlettsburg refinery. Thumbnail pictures of different parts of the process provide access to a range of useful figures.

 

Lost-Wax Casting

Read about modern lost-wax casting methods at Artworks Foundry, one of the nation’s leading bronze foundries.

Read more about West African lost-wax casting and other West African art and craft techniques.

 

 

Human Powered Flight

Find out more about the Daedalus project and other aircraft through NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center.

The Raven Project is an ongoing project to build a human-powered aircraft designed to beat a number of world records.

 

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