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| Here are some answers to questions that have come up in my conversations with people.
Albert:
Christopher Walken is the star of "Who Am I This Time?"
Grace:
(told you I'd get back to you, though it took me a while)
* In general, the fate of the wax molecules is this: the heat of the candle flame first melts the wax, and it rises up the candle wick by capillary action. Farther up the wick, the greater heat vaporizes the wax molecules, which move from the wick into the surrounding space. The heat of the flame and reactive molecules (free radicals) in the flame break apart the wax molecules, in particular stripping hydrogen atoms from the carbon-chain backbone. Some of the carbon chains fragment into gaseous carbon (C2) and into small (typically two-carbon atom containing) molecules and molecular fragments. The hydrogen atoms stripped from the wax molecules eventually combine with oxygen atoms from the air to form water molecules. The carbon atoms eventually combine with oxygen to form carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, but first many of them combine to form very large (as far as molecules are concerned) clumps of carbon-rich solid material, called soot. Some of this soot burns to make carbon dioxide in the candle flame, and sometimes some of it escapes the flame.
***Courtesy of the "Ask a Scientist" webpage, 'cause I'm definitely not smart enough to figure that out myself. | | |
| I couldn't bring myself to do it yesterday.
So, I did it today. Finally. No regrets, I hope. | | |
| Today's the day.
Wish me luck.
More than that, please pray for me. I hope that I am following God's plans for me.
Yep. Today's the day. | | |
| Today was WYSE. It was a lot of fun, even though I sucked and didn't even place. Oh well. When Mrs. Wilverding was waiting on my score, (top two English always counts) 'cause she didn't know it since I didn't place, and me being like the only one, to see whether we would get first or not, I was soooo scared that I got like a 50% and the other team would beat us. Thank God we pulled through, or else I think Wilverding would've killed me. NO, she's too nice for that, but I would've wanted to kill me if I were her.
Hate missing school. So much homework. Never going to finish. I think I decided on a college, but now I'm having doubts. Grr my stupidity. (please don't comment on this last sentence.) | | |
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