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  2. Hydrocarbon - Wikipedia

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    Burning hydrocarbons as fuel, which produces carbon dioxide and water, is a major contributor to anthropogenic global warming. Hydrocarbons are introduced into the environment through their extensive use as fuels and chemicals as well as through leaks or accidental spills during exploration, production, refining, or transport of fossil fuels.

  3. Nuclear fuel - Wikipedia

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    It can be made by heating uranyl nitrate to form UO 2. UO 2 (NO 3) 2 · 6 H 2 O → UO 2 + 2 NO 2 + ½ O 2 + 6 H 2 O (g) This is then converted by heating with hydrogen to form UO 2. It can be made from enriched uranium hexafluoride by reacting with ammonia to form a solid called ammonium diuranate, (NH 4) 2 U 2 O 7. This is then heated to form UO

  4. Chemical bonding of water - Wikipedia

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    Lewis Structure of H 2 O indicating bond angle and bond length. Water (H 2 O) is a simple triatomic bent molecule with C 2v molecular symmetry and bond angle of 104.5° between the central oxygen atom and the hydrogen atoms.

  5. Abiogenic petroleum origin - Wikipedia

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    Hydrogen gas can be created by water reacting with silicates, quartz, and feldspar at temperatures in the range of 25 °C (77 °F) to 270 °C (518 °F). These minerals are common in crustal rocks such as granite. Hydrogen may react with dissolved carbon compounds in water to form methane and higher carbon compounds. [29]

  6. Fuel - Wikipedia

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    The burning of fossil fuels produces around 21.3 billion tonnes (21.3 gigatonnes) of carbon dioxide (CO 2) per year, but it is estimated that natural processes can only absorb about half of that amount, so there is a net increase of 10.65 billion tonnes of atmospheric carbon dioxide per year (one tonne of atmospheric carbon is equivalent to 44 ...

  7. Fossil fuel - Wikipedia

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    The origin of fossil fuels is the anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms. The conversion from these organic materials to high-carbon fossil fuels typically requires a geological process of millions of years. [4] Due to the length of time it takes nature to form them, fossil fuels are considered non-renewable resources.

  8. The Hope and Hype of Fusion Energy, Explained - AOL

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    Yes, NIF produced 3.15 million joules of fusion energy–enough to boil 10 teapots of water–with just 2 million joules of laser energy in its watershed 2022 ignition. But applying that laser ...

  9. Hydrogen production - Wikipedia

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    Nearly all of the world's current supply of hydrogen is created from fossil fuels. [2] [3]: 1 Most hydrogen is gray hydrogen made through steam methane reforming. In this process, hydrogen is produced from a chemical reaction between steam and methane, the main component of natural gas.