Petroleum Vocabulary

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Atom.

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A particle that serves as the basic building block of matter, the smallest piece of a pure element that you can get--any more cutting and it will no longer have the same physical properties.

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Boiling point

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The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas.

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Changemaker

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Someone that wants to change the world and gathers the knowledge and resources to make that happen.

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Combustion

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Burning; a chemical reaction where a material reacts with oxygen and gives off light and heat.

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Consumption

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Using a resource.

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Cradle to Cradle

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A method of designing and manufacturing produces that mimics nature's cycles of matter; using natural, non-toxic, and reusable materials.

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Cross-link

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A bond that links one polymer chain to another

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Distillation

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Purifying a liquid by heating a mixture until it begins to boil, capturing the steam, and cooling it back down to collect a pur liquid. (It works because different materials boil at different temperatures.)

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Element

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A pure substance made from a single type of atom.

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Fossil fuels

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An energy resource that forms when dead plants and animals heat and change over millions of years. Coal, oil, and natural gas are types of fossil fuels