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- Gravimetric analysis describes a set of methods in analytical chemistry for the quantitative determination of an analyte based on the mass of a solid. ...8 KB (1,266 words) - 19:27, 20 January 2023
- 6 (six) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number. It is the natural number A natural number is any number that is a positive ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- Peat is a dark, fibrous accumulation of partially decomposed and disintegrated organic matter found in wet areas, and usually comprising residues ...19 KB (2,935 words) - 17:10, 26 March 2023
- A fire extinguisher is an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control a fire, often in emergency situations. Typically, a fire ...15 KB (2,294 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- A geyser is a type of hot spring that erupts periodically, ejecting a column of hot water and steam into the air. The name geyser comes from ...16 KB (2,365 words) - 18:49, 21 May 2024
- The term chiral is used to describe an object that is not superposable on its mirror image. Human hands are perhaps the most universally recognized ...24 KB (3,570 words) - 17:06, 10 December 2023
- the same ratio of carbon-14 to carbon-12 into their tissues and the animals eating the plants have a similar ratio in their tissues. After organisms ...30 KB (4,559 words) - 22:46, 7 December 2022
- Terpene is any of a large and varied class of hydrocarbons, with the molecular formula (C5H8)n, that are produced by a wide variety of plants ...11 KB (1,643 words) - 14:57, 30 April 2023
- Fire occupies a unique place in nature. It is not matter itself, but it involves the reaction of different types of matter to generate energy ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- The lung is either of the two primary respiratory organs in air-breathing vertebrates. Its principal function is to transport oxygen from the ...13 KB (1,981 words) - 03:04, 5 November 2022
- Glycine is one of the 20 most common, natural, "proteinogenic" (literally, protein building) standard amino acids. It is the simplest ...10 KB (1,540 words) - 17:44, 23 May 2024
- Leucine is an α-amino acid that is found in most proteins and is essential in the human diet. It is similar to isoleucine and valine in being ...8 KB (1,156 words) - 22:03, 25 October 2022
- Chloroform, also known as trichloromethane and methyl trichloride, is a chemical compound with the formula CHCl3. At room temperature, it is ...14 KB (1,907 words) - 17:08, 10 December 2023
- Reductionism, in a philosophical context, is a theory that asserts that the nature of complex things is reduced to the nature of sums of simpler ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 02:59, 8 December 2022
- In human spaceflight, a life support system is a group of devices that allow a human to survive in outer space. Such a system normally supplies ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 01:14, 26 October 2022
- The term fiber (or fibre The spelling "fibre" is used in Commonwealth countries and sometimes in the United States as well. ...10 KB (1,428 words) - 17:32, 26 March 2024
- Bitumen is a mixture of dark, sticky, highly viscous organic liquids composed mainly of aromatic hydrocarbons. It is usually black or dark brown ...11 KB (1,560 words) - 23:49, 11 January 2023
- The Devonian period is an interval of about 57 million years defined on the geologic time scale as spanning roughly from 416 to 359 million years ...10 KB (1,511 words) - 05:54, 25 August 2020
- Benzene (also known as benzol or [6]-annulene) is a colorless, flammable, sweet-smelling liquid. It is a natural constituent of crude oil but ...21 KB (3,162 words) - 10:44, 28 September 2023
- Ribonucleic acid or RNA is a polymer or chain of nucleotide units, each comprising a nitrogenous base (adenine, cytosine, guanine, or uracil ...21 KB (3,210 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
