General Science Questions

Julius Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is among those who are credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb" for their role in the Manhattan Project, the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. The first atomic bomb was successfully detonated on July 16, 1945, in the Trinity test in New Mexico.

A duty or task that needs to be fulfilled is a responsibility that needs to happen.

For example : a doctor has his own task or responsibility, a police, a lawyer, etc... all have their own responsibilities.  

The design principle that is based on repetition is called Rhythm.

A Carbon Dioxide Fire extinguisher is a specific type of fire extinguisher that can be used on electrical fires and liquid flammable type of liquids and gases.

Silicon Carbide is a semiconductor which has silicon and carbon. It is also called as carborundam.

Silicon carbide is used for cutting very hard substances.

Decomposing waste in the landfills, by the action of microorganisms, produce methane and carbon dioxide. Landfill gas consists of 40-60% of methane and rest is carbon dioxide. Trace amount of volatile organic compounds (<1) are also present which mainly comprise of hydrocarbons.