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  • of a human being, a collection of chemical elements, mobile electrons ... The most common chemical compound in the human body is water, with ...
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  • oxide or dinitrogen monoxide, is a chemical compound with the formula N2O. ... Based on its properties, this chemical has diverse applications. For ...
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  • Titanium (chemical symbol Ti, atomic number 22) is a silvery-white ... of household plastics. In nature, this compound is found in the minerals ...
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  • Compound eyes are found among certain arthropods and are composed ... Trilobites, which are now extinct, had unique compound eyes. They ...
    29 KB (4,749 words) - 03:52, 22 June 2022
  • Silver (chemical symbol Ag, atomic number 47) is a soft metal with ... with Old High German silabar). Its chemical symbol, Ag, is an abbreviation ...
    20 KB (2,849 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
  • and grown as ground cover. The chemical that makes ivy leaves and ... usually bear pinnately or palmately compound leaves, and usually have ...
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  • ribonucleic acid (mRNA), encoding a chemical "blueprint" for ... (an RNA molecule that catalyzes a chemical reaction). Such evidence ...
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  • Zinc (chemical symbol Zn, atomic number 30) is a bluish-white metal ... Given the low boiling point and high chemical reactivity of this metal ...
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  • A detergent is a chemical compound or mixture of compounds used as a cleaning agent. A soap is a cleaning agent that is composed of one or more ...
    26 KB (3,968 words) - 21:42, 30 January 2023
  • acids found in wine. A solution of this compound derived from living things ... crystals by hand gave two forms of the compound: Solutions of one form rotated ...
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  • post-process removal due to their chemical activity, which would eventually ... closely to a Sn3Pb intermetallic compound. In plumbing, a higher proportion ...
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  • Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound that is found as a gas in the Earth's atmosphere. It consists of simple molecules, each of which has ...
    34 KB (5,140 words) - 19:07, 26 November 2023
  • used PET scanning isotope carrier. The compound was first administered to ... used to trace the biologic pathway of any compound in living humans (and many ...
    26 KB (3,835 words) - 05:46, 30 November 2022
  • The chemical composition of the aerosol directly affects how it interacts with solar radiation. The chemical constituents within the aerosol ...
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  • of human consciousness in the same way that a chemical compound is broken into various elements. It also rivaled the Behaviorism of Ivan Pavlov, John ...
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  • Technetium (chemical symbol Tc, atomic number 43) is a silvery gray ... technetium-99, becomes feasible. Several chemical extraction processes are ...
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  • receive input. A dendrite may receive chemical signals from the axon termini ... they communicate with other cells via chemical or electric impulses across ...
    36 KB (5,328 words) - 04:33, 11 March 2023
  • important parts. Ant eyes include the compound eyes, similar to fly eyes: ... in direct contact with the ground, these chemical messages are more developed ...
    39 KB (6,124 words) - 01:55, 9 January 2023
  • , in particular inside soot obtained by chemical exfoliation. There have ... in a solution of pure hydrazine (a chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen ...
    43 KB (6,272 words) - 19:23, 24 May 2024
  • Chemical analysis and synthesis go no farther than to the separation ... summarizing (Dalton, A New System of Chemical Philosophy): ...
    37 KB (5,618 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023

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