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About Philip Carlson Ph.D. (Cand.)
Expertise
Prefer questions regarding general chemistry, analytical chemistry, and physical chemistry. Have less knowledge about organic chemistry but can help with most undergraduate organic chemistry questions not related to reactions and their mechanisms.
Experience
Highly experienced in physical chemistry both theoretical and experimental. Current research focus is fluorescence spectroscopy and electronic structure theory (e.g. quantum mechanics). Past research focus was in analytical chemistry in the area of photocatalysis.
Organizations
American Chemical Society;
Society of Christian Philosophers;
Evangelical Philosophical Society
Publications
Lori A. Pretzer, Philp J. Carlson, and Joel E. Boyd. "The effect of Pt oxidation state and concentration on the photocatalytic removal of aqueous ammonia with Pt-modified titania." J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chemistry. 200 (2008) 246-253. ;
Philip J. Carlson, Lori A. Pretzer, and Joel E. Boyd. "Solvent Deposition of titanium dioxide on acrylic for photocatalytic application." Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 46 (2007) 7970-7976.
Education/Credentials
A.S. in Chemistry from Garden City Community College, Garden City, KS;
B.S. in Mathematics from Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX;
B.S. in Chemistry from Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX;
Ph.D. (Cand.) in Physical Chemistry at Iowa State University, Ames, IA;
B.A. in Evangelism and Missions;
M.A. in Theological studies (In progress) from Louisiana Baptist University
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Expert: Philip Carlson Ph.D. (Cand.) - 11/5/2009
Question
I look at the Shell nitrogen enriched gasoline, and wonder how nitrogen, which is inert, can clean gunk out of your engine.
Answer
Well, without specific information about what process they have going on I can tell you a few things about Nitrogen that they may be exploiting. Nitrogen has a very high heat of formation and when it is combusted it has the ability to release more heat than other atoms in a bond. Perhaps this extra "heat" is being used to "burn" up any gunk. Plus then the by-products would be inert N2 which does not contribute to global warming. That's just my ideas on the subject.
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