Search results for "The Five K's" - New World Encyclopedia
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- In mathematics, the parabola (from the Greek word παραβολή ... A particular case arises when the plane is tangent to the conical ...17 KB (2,651 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- of considerable accomplishment, avoiding the overly pro-Slavic style of ... Tolstoy was born in Saint Petersburg to the famous family of Count ...7 KB (1,141 words) - 05:10, 17 June 2023
- The gas constant (also known as the molar, universal, or ideal gas ... Denoted by the symbol R, the value of the gas constant is: ...9 KB (1,458 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- of air or aerial acid) is a weak acid with the formula H2CO3. It is formed ... The presence of carbonic acid in the blood and other body fluids helps ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 19:10, 26 November 2023
- #039;s ability to properly metabolize the sugar galactose. The disease ... Much more serious than lactose intolerance, which prevents the body ...8 KB (1,106 words) - 03:47, 18 April 2024
- In geology, the term crust is used for the outermost solid shell of ... Earth has the best characterized and perhaps the most complex crust ...13 KB (1,961 words) - 23:42, 5 May 2022
- was a Hungarian-born sociologist, one of the founding fathers of classical ... Hungary, which is now Hungary. He was the only child of a Hungarian ...10 KB (1,422 words) - 07:18, 5 October 2022
- Astatine (chemical symbol At, atomic number 85) is the rarest naturally ... The total amount of astatine in the Earth's crust has been estimated ...6 KB (808 words) - 05:08, 18 August 2023
- The term xylene refers to a group of three benzene derivatives, each ... The xylene group ranks among the top 30 chemicals produced in the ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 09:56, 22 May 2023
- Boyle's law (sometimes called the Boyle-Mariotte law) is one ... inversely proportional (while one increases, the other decreases).Ira N. Levine ...8 KB (1,241 words) - 14:53, 28 April 2020
- or contracts to a certain extent, and when the force is released, the spring ... Simple, non-coiled springs, such as the bow (used with an arrow), ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 16:14, 8 February 2023
- In the Standard Model of particle physics, a meson is a composite ... Since mesons are composed of quarks, they participate in both the ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula NO2. It is ... of nitric acid (HNO3) over copper metal. The reaction is the following: ...7 KB (934 words) - 02:27, 16 November 2022
- (petrol), as a feedstock component for the production of base petrochemicals ... Recent concerns regarding depletion of the ozone layer by freon gases ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 18:43, 23 November 2023
- German physicist who did most of his work in the Netherlands. This temperature ... measurements are made primarily on the Celsius scale. On the Fahrenheit ...13 KB (1,850 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- to air. Less dense than water, it is the second least dense metal after ... The ions, alloys, and compounds of potassium have a wide range of ...18 KB (2,538 words) - 05:52, 30 November 2022
- Argon (chemical symbol Ar, atomic number 18) is a member of the noble ... The inertness of argon is a very useful property for a number of applications ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 06:25, 12 August 2023
- Silane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula SiH4. It is ... naming silanes. For instance, depending on the number of silicon atoms in ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 22:02, 29 January 2023
- on economics, American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), and ... He was one of a few two-time recipients of the Presidential Medal ...18 KB (2,525 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- of properties known as superfluidity, and the material is said to be in ... Don Misener in 1937. It is a major facet in the study of quantum hydrodynamics. ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
