Search results for "Agent Orange" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • An herbicide is an agent used to kill unwanted plants. Selective herbicides ... * Agent Orange was a herbicide blend used by the U.S. military in ...
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  • motion picture industry and is an alloying agent in tungsten electrodes for ... is called ceric. Cerium(IV) salts are orange red or yellowish, whereas ...
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  • (2,4,5-T), one of the active agents in Agent Orange, used in Vietnam, has ... The defoliant Agent Orange was a mix of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T. 2,4-D is ...
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  • political system as Defoe, who as a secret agent risked his life for the crown ... a witty defense of King William of Orange, who had been criticized ...
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  • Bromine is highly reactive and is a powerful oxidizing agent in the ... which in turn was used as an anti-knock agent for leaded gasolines before ...
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  • It also has an intense, yellow or yellow-orange color and is used to impart ... which is hard and firm, is either orange-brown or deeply rust-colored ...
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  • Nitric acid is a strong, monobasic acid, a powerful oxidizing agent ... Nitric acid is a strong oxidizing agent as shown by its large positive ...
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  • efforts to surround and storm the lodge. Agent W. Carter Baum was shot dead ... Sage had identified herself to agent Melvin Purvis by wearing an agreed ...
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  • In 1761, Johann Gottlob Lehmann found an orange-red mineral in the ... Potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7) is a powerful oxidizing agent and is ...
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  • within cells. It is used as a reducing agent for the extraction of several ... *It is a reducing agent in the extraction of other metals, such as ...
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  • * As an emulsification agent in Angostura and orange bitters ... * As the killing and preserving agent in pitfall traps, usually used ...
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  • and Co.) tried molybdenum as an alloying agent in steel armor plating and ... in color from red-yellow to a bright red-orange, are used in paints, inks ...
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  • beta carotene, responsible for yellow, orange, or red pigmentation, photosynthesis ... lycopene has been considered a potential agent for prevention of some types ...
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  • , ricin has been developed as a biochemical agent. Able to be produced in liquid ... ==Use as an agent for warfare or terrorism== Ricin is considered to ...
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  • slightly larger than its prey and has an orange body. It develops from egg ... developed as inundative biological control agent (LUBILOSA 2004). ...
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  • (Its HCl salt is used as a pH buffering agent in biochemistry) ... ** bis-tris (It is used as a pH buffering agent in biochemistry) ...
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  • was named New York in his honor. Fort Orange, 240 kilometres (150 miles ... regarded the new Duchess of York as an agent of the Pope. ...
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  • paper, formulation aid for food, pH control agent, polyethylene resins, textile ... with high content of potassium include orange juice, avocados, celery, ...
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  • known metals in human history. Reddish orange in color, it is ductile, ... 6. Copper has its characteristic reddish orange color because it reflects ...
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  • of the parties at war (such as a foreign agent or an indigenous supporter ... of products in garish four-color (purple, orange, white, and black) packaging ...
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