Chemical Treatment Technologies: Precipitation and Toxicity
The electroplating industry uses many chemicals in the process of plating objects like golf clubs and water faucets with metals such as chromium and copper. Before the chemically-laden water used in the electroplating process can be released into s...
Chemical Treatment Technologies: Electrolysis
The oxidation/reduction process is applied by industries in several unique and environmentally beneficial ways. The most frequently used technique is electrolysis. This is especially common in the photographic processing industry.
Something in the Air: Monsoons
Monsoons are seasonal patterns of wind circulation associated with large amounts of summer rainfall and thus favorable conditions for agriculture. Monsoon climates exist in Africa, Asia, Northern Australia and, to some extent, the Americas. About si...
Going with the Flow: El Nino
El Nino is marked by the appearance from time to time of warm water in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. The end result of the evaporative process that follows is excessive rainfall.