Search results for "Self-ionization of water" - New World Encyclopedia
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- A drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes ... Drought is a normal, recurring feature of the climate in most parts ...11 KB (1,569 words) - 09:42, 15 January 2023
- An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water where freshwater ... means "tide" or "boiling (of the sea)." ...10 KB (1,449 words) - 04:23, 22 March 2024
- pressure exerted by the atmosphere by using water, air, or mercury. From the ... This concept of "decreasing atmospheric pressure predicts stormy ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 08:09, 20 September 2023
- Gas is one of the four major states or phases of matter, along with ... Gas exists in the middle of a heating continuum in which heating the ...20 KB (3,107 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- contain fossils and often form reservoirs of petroleum and other hydrocarbons ... is called fissility. Non-fissile rocks of similar composition but made ...4 KB (524 words) - 12:21, 27 January 2023
- deposited by a river or other running water. Alluvium is typically made ... A river continually picks up and drops solid particles of rock and ...5 KB (763 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- that is directly involved in the promotion of cancer or in the facilitation ... Common examples of carcinogens are tobacco smoke, inhaled asbestos ...14 KB (1,935 words) - 19:12, 26 November 2023
- the first to measure the average density of the earth using the gravitational ... His mother was Lady Anne Gray, daughter of the Duke of Kent and his father ...8 KB (1,276 words) - 07:10, 22 January 2024
- The Arabian Sea is located in the northwestern part of the Indian ... The Sea provides an important link between the neighboring areas of ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- It contains 21 percent nitrogen in the form of ammonium ions and 24 percent ... Ammonium sulfate is a salt of ammonia and sulfuric acid, and its chemical ...6 KB (752 words) - 07:39, 25 July 2023
- liquids or gases) in a mixture with the help of a medium that is called a filter ... to remove harmful substances from air or water, such as to reduce air pollution ...10 KB (1,555 words) - 19:47, 26 March 2024
- some eukaryotic cells that serve a variety of secretory, excretory, and storage ... where they can occupy up to ninety percent of the cell volume and function ...10 KB (1,475 words) - 23:00, 13 November 2022
- iron or its alloys corrode in the presence of oxygen and water. It is a mixture ... == Overview of rusting == Iron is found naturally as iron oxide in ...8 KB (1,283 words) - 18:22, 22 December 2022
- Copepods are a group of generally minute aquatic crustaceans found ... Ironically, this tiny organism's presence in public tap water ...10 KB (1,426 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
- Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering ... incorporates elements from a wide range of disciplines, including chemistry ...12 KB (1,649 words) - 19:00, 13 February 2024
- In vascular plants, the root is that organ of a plant body that typically ... rhizome grows horizontally below the surface of the soil, but it differs from ...11 KB (1,643 words) - 21:37, 15 August 2022
- is an ester derived from the combination of ethanol and acetic acid. Its ... removers. It is also useful in the process of decaffeination of coffee and ...8 KB (1,113 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, is a large ... The Southern Ocean lies in the farthest edge of the Southern Hemisphere ...9 KB (1,422 words) - 15:39, 4 February 2023
- Civil engineering is a broad field of engineering covering many specialties ... the planning, construction, and maintenance of power plants, bridges, roads ...12 KB (1,647 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- Rain is a form of precipitation—other forms of which include snow ... cycle again. There is also a small amount of water vapor that respires from ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 00:07, 8 December 2022
