Search results for "Chemical equilibrium" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • is a mineral (inorganic) acid having the chemical formula H3PO4. Alternatively ... at room temperature and pressure. The chemical structure of orthophosphoric ...
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  • to form esters. Condensation is a type of chemical reaction in which two molecules ... Esters can be produced by an equilibrium reaction between an alcohol ...
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  • the critical point, the densities of the equilibrium liquid phase and the saturated ... including extractions, dry cleaning and chemical waste disposal. In polymer ...
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  • Distillation is a method of separating chemical substances based on ... with the invention of numerous other chemical apparatus and processes ...
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  • in many natural physical, biological, and chemical systems. It is widely used ... (physical adsorption) or chemisorption (chemical adsorption). Weak interactions ...
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  • to the scale pan until the beam is in equilibrium. Then, a slider weight—usually ... may prevent the scale from reaching equilibrium. * Settling airborne ...
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  • dioxide, hydrolyzes in a series of equilibrium reactions: ... In some areas, the sulfates are sold to chemical companies as gypsum ...
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  • seen, but can be detected in the form of chemical signals; these are known ... such as those of fossil ferns, involve chemical reduction of the complex ...
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  • to keep its systems in some kind of meta-equilibrium that is broadly conducive ... in dramatic change rather than stable equilibrium, such as the conversion ...
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  • | Chemical composition and name | SiO2 - Silicon dioxide ... This table gives equilibrium concentrations of total dissolved silicon ...
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  • Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a chemical compound with the formula ... DMSO is frequently used as a solvent for chemical reactions involving salts ...
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  • as a result of the electric field at equilibrium. Only an increase in the ... than the electric field. However, the chemical potential is often relatively ...
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  • is surrounded by other objects in equilibrium at the same temperature ... Black bodies have been used to test the properties of thermal equilibrium ...
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  • reservoirs—occurs because of various chemical, physical, geological, and ... reverse rate; that is it achieves a chemical equilibrium. ...
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  • Tungsten (formerly wolfram) is a chemical element with the symbol ... tungsten from the acid, through a chemical process called reduction ...
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  • Sulfur dioxide (also sulphur dioxide) is the chemical compound with ... rotting. This can give fruit a distinctive chemical taste. ...
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  • or ethane-1,2-diol (IUPAC name)) is a chemical compound with the formula ... produce ethylene glycol according to the chemical equation ...
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  • chemistry) is the study of chemicals and chemical processes that occur in ... is a continuity of both chemicals and chemical principles that operate ...
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  • to support a shear stress in static equilibrium. While in a solid, stress ... on temperature and pressure (and also the chemical composition of the fluid ...
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  • Yttrium (chemical symbol Y, atomic number 39) is a lustrous, silvery ... lives of less than a day. Y-90 exists in equilibrium with its parent isotope ...
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  • is a strong mineral acid with the chemical formula H2SO4. It is soluble ... for many reactions. In fact, the chemical equilibrium is more complex than ...
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  • nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen. Its chemical formula may be written as ... in the dyeing and printing of textiles; a chemical for denaturing proteins ...
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  • these bonds are formed and broken during chemical reactions. By contrast, ... at higher temperatures. In fact, chemical equilibrium equations show that ...
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  • primarily by its mass, but also by its chemical composition and other factors ... it was shown that, for stars of a uniform chemical composition, a relationship ...
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  • Carbon monoxide, with the chemical formula CO, is a colorless, odorless ... to give CO is described as the Boudouard equilibrium. Above 800 °C, CO is ...
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  • much of the theoretical foundation for chemical thermodynamics as well as ... of papers collectively titled On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances ...
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  • An acid-base reaction is a chemical reaction that occurs between an ... based on his extensive works on the chemical composition of organic acids ...
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  • contain under conditions of saturation (at equilibrium). ... the solid-liquid system reaches equilibrium and the crystallization ...
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  • electrons until the particles reach an equilibrium of approximately 4 K. effective when the plasma is in thermal equilibrium with the trap’s environment ...
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  • reactions is much larger than that in chemical reactions, because the binding ... nuclei are part of a plasma near thermal equilibrium, one speaks of thermonuclear ...
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  • == Chemical and physical properties == Rubber exhibits unique physical and chemical properties. ...
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  • Acetic acid, also known as ethanoic acid, is an organic chemical compound ... This acid is an important chemical reagent and industrial chemical ...
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  • between electricity and chemical reactions. The chemical ... If a chemical reaction is driven by an external applied voltage, as ...
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  • in the chest and the atmosphere reach equilibrium. The flow of air during ... minute. The lungs add and remove many chemical messengers from the blood ...
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  • In writing down the reaction equation, in a way analogous to a chemical ... energies (corresponding, say, to thermal equilibrium at room temperature), ...
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  • production of biofuels and a variety of chemical substances. Biomass is biodegradable ... This happens when the natural carbon equilibrium is disturbed; for example ...
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  • Helium (chemical symbol He, atomic number 2) is a minor component ... the solid, liquid, and gas phases are in equilibrium with one another. His ...
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  • not on its intensity. For example, some chemical reactions are provoked only ... be assumed to account for the thermal equilibrium observed between matter ...
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  • to protect the tungsten filament from chemical degradation. Its chemical ... this soup of photons is in thermodynamic equilibrium with the walls, it can ...
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  • A detergent is a chemical compound or mixture of compounds used as ... very slight presence of NaOH from the equilibrium reaction:R-COO-Na + H2O ...
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  • for mass production. The level of chemical purity needed is extremely ... Because of the required level of chemical purity, and the perfection ...
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  • since they are each individually in equilibrium with the walls of the ... Gases are also used in chemical warfare as a terror weapon, meant ...
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  • is the relative proportion of light chemical elements in the universe ... lines corresponding to atoms of the chemical elements interacting with ...
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  • *Statics, the study of the equilibrium of bodies under the actions ... to apply basic concepts from chemistry, chemical engineering, electrical ...
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  • atoms in a molecule vibrate around their equilibrium positions. This range ... Being very energetic, UV can break chemical bonds, making molecules ...
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  • Stoner, Edmund C. 1930. The Equilibrium of Dense Stars. Philosophical Magazine, 7th series. 9:944–963. Stoner went on to derive the pressure ...
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  • Plutonium (chemical symbol Pu, atomic number 94) is a radioactive ... quickly, one gets nearly pure Np-237 by chemical separation of neptunium ...
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  • saturation and cavity losses produces an equilibrium value of the laser power ... Chemical lasers are powered by a chemical reaction, and can achieve ...
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  • * as a consequence of chemical reactions within the atmosphere. This ... * as a consequence of a chemical change at the interface between the ...
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  • He simultaneously earned his diploma in chemical engineering from the ETH ... language of game theory and a general equilibrium theory for economics. ...
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  • has been predicated upon the fact that the equilibrium vapor pressure is lower over water than over ice. When ice particles form in supercooled clouds ...
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  • :This article is about the chemical substance. {|class="infobox ... Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for all known ...
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  • Salts are formed by a chemical reaction between: * A base and an acid ... and precipitates (see: solubility equilibrium). == Salt-forming ions == ...
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  • internal and external forces must be in equilibrium. This means that the sum ... analyzed using only consideration of equilibrium, from Newton's Laws ...
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  • is not composed of atoms bound by chemical bonds, but rather consists ... and in 1930 by Edmund C. Stoner.Edmund C. Stoner, 1930. The Equilibrium ...
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  • the friction of fluids in motion and the equilibrium and motion of elastic ... investigated the relationship between the chemical composition and the optical ...
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  • where they are carefully studied, using chemical and physical dating methods ... such as natural selection, punctuated equilibrium, and design, and specific ...
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  • and carbon monoxide, that develops in equilibrium with solid nitrogen and ... the photolysis or radiolysis (i.e., the chemical conversion driven by sunlight ...
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  • Astronomers can determine the mass, age, chemical composition and ... in quantum physics. This allowed the chemical composition of the stellar ...
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  • the energy of sunlight and converts it to chemical form (oxygen and reduced ... energy that keeps the Sun in a state of equilibrium. About 8.9×1037 protons ...
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  • This equilibrium was shattered on August 31, 2004, when 16 people ... are also a number of electronics and chemical plants, including Teva Pharmaceutical ...
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  • There are three main types of evidence for ice ages: geological, chemical ... The chemical evidence mainly consists of variations in the ratios ...
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  • spectrum, unlike those caused by non-equilibrium atomic or molecular transitions ... Swan reported success to the Newcastle Chemical Society, and at a lecture ...
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  • what went into the river. DDT, a chemical used in fertilizers was ... The Upper Mississippi River has naturally maintained equilibrium between ...
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  • between five and 500 micrometers), and chemical residues. ... theory such as the theory of punctuated equilibrium. [[Image:ROM-BurgessShale ...
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  • not on its intensity. For example, some chemical reactions are provoked only ... ability of matter and radiation to be in thermal equilibrium. ...
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  • Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD, or OMCVD) production ... kinetic energy of the carriers slows to equilibrium velocity. ...
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  • which exists at a stable vapour pressure equilibrium point of about one part ... the older halophosphate type phosphors (chemical formula Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl):Sb3 ...
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  • while near the poles the temperature in equilibrium with the sea ice ... Volume 1, The Earth System: Physical and Chemical Dimensions of Global Environmental ...
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  • V. A. Krasnopolsky and V. A. Parshev (1981), "Chemical composition ... atmosphere. The balloons achieved an equilibrium altitude of around 53 ...
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  • A submerged submarine is in an unstable equilibrium, having a tendency to ... II in 1864. Ictineos engine used a chemical mix containing a peroxide ...
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