Search results for "The Five K's" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
- sophisticated musical works. Serenades of the eighteenth and nineteenth ... a type of cantata performed outdoors. From the Classical period until now ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- rock-forming silicate minerals, belonging to the subgroup called phyllosilicates ... common substrate for sample preparation for the atomic force microscope. ...9 KB (1,317 words) - 16:34, 9 November 2022
- functions. These organelles are found in the cytoplasm of most plant cells ... Vacuoles and their contents are considered to be distinct from the ...10 KB (1,475 words) - 23:00, 13 November 2022
- (phonetic notation and transcription) for the Mandarin language used in ... Wade-Giles was the main system of transcription in the English-speaking ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- observers of philosophy to have been one of the leading analytic philosophers ... analytic philosophical work betrays the extent of his impact on the field. ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 19:54, 23 August 2020
- , pronounced p-bar) is the antiparticle of the proton. An antiproton ... The properties of the antiproton are predicted by CPT symmetry ...8 KB (1,066 words) - 01:57, 9 January 2023
- space in a regular pattern, often involving the transfer of energy. When thinking ... have frequencies that are detectable by the human ear. Scientists, however ...13 KB (2,010 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- a wide range of temperatures. They measure the temperature difference between ... In 1821, the German–Estonian physicist Thomas Johann Seebeck discovered ...22 KB (3,206 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
