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  • the same phenomenon was observed with helium-3, by American physicists ... The isotope helium-3 also has a superfluid phase, but only at much ...
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  • The isotope helium-3 also has a superfluid phase, but only at much ... of the superfluid states of helium-4 and helium-3 are very similar, the microscopic ...
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  • Category:Public number=10 | symbol=Ne | name=neon | left=fluorine | right=sodium | above=He | below=Ar | color1=#c0ffff | color2=green ...
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  • Uraninite is a uranium-rich, radioactive mineral that is composed mainly of uranium dioxide (UO2). It is black or brownish and the principal ...
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  • A giant star is a star with substantially larger radius and luminosity than a main sequence star of the same surface temperature. It is, therefore ...
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  • of the superfluid states of helium-4 and helium-3 are very similar, the microscopic details of the transitions are very different. Helium-4 atoms ...
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  • In particle physics, bosons are particles that obey Bose-Einstein statistics and are named after Satyendra Nath Bose and Albert Einstein. In ...
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  • The nucleus of an atom is the very dense region at the center of the atom, consisting of particles known as protons and neutrons (collectively ...
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  • In particle physics, fermions are a group of elementary (or fundamental) particles that are the building blocks of matter. In the Standard Model ...
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  • the same phenomenon was observed with helium-3, by American physicists ... The isotope helium-3 also has a superfluid phase, but only at much ...
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  • Each such reaction produces helium-3, an electron, and a nearly undetectable ... Helium-3, produced during the beta decay of tritium, has a very large ...
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  • According to the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram shows the relationship between absolute magnitude, luminosity, classification ...
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  • A nonmetal is a chemical element with several properties that are opposite those of a metal. Based on their properties, the elements of the periodic ...
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  • Alpha decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle. An alpha particle (or α particle, named after ...
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  • Category:Public [[Image:plasma fountain.gif|thumb|300px|right|The Earth's "plasma fountain," showing oxygen, helium, and hydrogen ...
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  • In nuclear physics, a nuclear reaction is a process in which two atomic nuclei or nuclear particles collide to produce products different from ...
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  • for the observed abundance of deuterium and helium-3. (In the Big Bang model, primordial deuterium is made directly after the "bang," before ...
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  • Nuclear physics is a field of physics that involves investigation of the building blocks and interactions of atomic nuclei. It includes studies ...
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  • A balloon is a flexible bag normally filled with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide or air. Some balloons are purely decorative, ...
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  • |- | colspan="6" align="center" | 6Li content may be as low as 3.75% innatural samples. 7Li would thereforehave a content ...
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  • The main group elements of the periodic table are groups 1, 2 and 13 through 18. Elements in these groups are collectively known as main group ...
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  • The Crab Nebula (catalog designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. Located ...
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  • An atom (Greek άτομον from ά: non and τομον: divisible) is a submicroscopic structure found in all ordinary matter. Originally the ...
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  • Lawrencium (chemical symbol Lr, atomic number 103), once known as eka-lutetium, is a radioactive synthetic element in the periodic table. Its ...
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  • Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (Russian Пётр Леонидович Капица) (July 9, 1894 – April 8, 1984) was a Russian physicist who discovered ...
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  • The gas constant (also known as the molar, universal, or ideal gas constant) is a physical constant that is featured in a number of fundamental ...
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  • Berkelium (chemical symbol Bk, atomic number 97) is a synthetic, radioactive chemical element, classified as an actinide. It was first synthesized ...
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  • Main sequence is the class name for stars that occupy a continuous distinctive band formed by plotting stellar color versus brightness for a ...
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  • Category:Public [[image:Edge_of_Space2.png|thumb|right|175px|Layers of Atmosphere (NOAA)]] The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding ...
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  • Mendelevium (chemical symbol Md (formerly Mv), atomic number 101), also known as unnilunium (symbol Unu), is a synthetic element in the periodic ...
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  • Astrochemistry, representing an overlap of the disciplines of astronomy and chemistry, is the study of chemicals found in outer space, including ...
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  • Natural gas in the broad sense is a gaseous material consisting primarily of methane and deriving from one of three main types of sources: deeply ...
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  • Vapor pressure (or vapour pressure) is the pressure of a vapor in equilibrium with its non-vapor phases. Under appropriate conditions of temperature ...
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  • Sir James Chadwick, CH (October 20, 1891 – July 24, 1974) was an English physicist and Nobel laureate who is best known for discovering the ...
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  • nuclei can fuse together to produce a helium-3 nucleus, a 2.45 MeV neutron and bremsstrahlung. Although it makes a useful neutron generator ...
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  • Lev Davidovich Landau (January 22, 1908 – April 1, 1968) was a prominent Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas ...
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  • Category:Public number=54 | symbol=Xe | name=xenon | left=iodine | right=cesium | above=Kr | below=Rn | color1=#c0ffff | color2=green ...
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  • In particle physics, a quark is one of the elementary (or fundamental) particles that are the building blocks of matter. Elementary particles ...
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  • An aerogel is a low-density solid-state material derived from a gel in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with gas. The ...
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  • Superconductivity, discovered in 1911 by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, is a phenomenon occurring in certain materials at extremely low temperatures ...
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  • Curium (chemical symbol Cm, atomic number 96) is a radioactive, metallic, transuranic element "Transuranic elements" are the chemical ...
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  • In particle physics, a lepton is one of the elementary (or fundamental) particles that are the building blocks of matter. Elementary particles ...
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  • A covalent bond is a type of chemical bond characterized by the sharing of a pair of electrons between two atoms. In general, a chemical bond ...
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  • An airship or dirigible is a buoyant aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. It is classified as an aerostatic craft, to ...
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  • In astrophysics, weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, are hypothetical particles serving as one possible solution to the dark matter ...
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  • Brown dwarfs are celestial objects ranging in mass between that of large gas giant planets and the lowest mass stars. Unlike stars on the main ...
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  • Californium (chemical symbol Cf, atomic number 98) is a chemical element in the periodic table. A radioactive transuranic element, ...
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  • Infrared astronomy is the branch of astronomy and astrophysics that studies objects as they would appear in the infrared (IR) region of the electromagnetic ...
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  • A magnetosphere is a dynamically varying tear-drop shaped region of plasma comprising magnetic fields and charged particles surrounding a magnetized ...
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  • Modern geologists and geophysicists consider the age of Earth to be around 4.54 billion years (4.54 9 years).1997. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age ...
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  • Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is the third largest by diameter and fourth largest by mass. Uranus is similar in composition to ...
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