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- | colspan="6" align="center" | *Boron-10 content ... a variety of other products. The isotope boron-10 is used to control reactions ...16 KB (2,239 words) - 19:45, 20 November 2023
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- A metalloid is a chemical element with properties that are intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals. The following elements are generally ...7 KB (910 words) - 16:19, 9 November 2022
- | colspan="6" align="center" | *Boron-10 content ... a variety of other products. The isotope boron-10 is used to control reactions ...16 KB (2,239 words) - 19:45, 20 November 2023
- Borates are chemical compounds containing borate anions, that is, anions composed of boron and oxygen. There are various borate ions, the simplest ...10 KB (1,587 words) - 19:37, 20 November 2023
- 2, omit if not a solid --> -3276.75 189.53 not listed |- | NFPA 704 | Health=1 |- non-flammable {{Chembox/OtherAnions|Sodium aluminate ...10 KB (1,388 words) - 19:37, 20 November 2023
- composed of three isotopes of californium with boron-10 and boron-11 ions in the Heavy Ion Linear Accelerator (HILAC). The transmutation nuclei ...6 KB (798 words) - 17:58, 25 October 2022
- Friedrich Wöhler (July 31, 1800 - September 23, 1882) was a German chemist who ushered in a new age of organic chemistry when he demonstrated ...14 KB (2,077 words) - 10:37, 17 October 2022
- According to the Christian Gospels, Joseph of Arimathea is the person who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus following Jesus ...19 KB (3,085 words) - 02:14, 11 August 2022
- Beryllium (chemical symbol Be, atomic number 4) ranks among the lightest of all known metals. Steel-gray in color, it is strong but brittle. ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 17:26, 29 September 2023
- When high-energy neutrons irradiate boron-10, tritium is occasionally produced.G. C. Jones, [http://meetings.lle.rochester.edu/Tritium/documents/3 ...18 KB (2,638 words) - 16:50, 5 November 2022
- 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 ...30 KB (4,368 words) - 00:41, 24 November 2022
- Ether is the general name for a class of organic chemical compounds characterized by molecules that contain an ether functional group—an oxygen ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 04:31, 22 March 2024
- Graphite is one of the two common but distinctively different forms or allotropes of carbon, the other being diamond. Graphite holds the distinction ...13 KB (1,840 words) - 19:59, 19 September 2021
- Equilibrioception or sense of balance is one of the physiological senses. Broadly defined, a sense is a mechanism or faculty by which a living ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 20:01, 16 February 2021
- Electronegativity is one of the fundamental concepts for an understanding of chemical bonding. The first modern definition was suggested by Linus ...16 KB (2,171 words) - 15:58, 13 February 2024
- Fibers (or fibres) form a class of hair-like materials that occur as continuous filaments or in discrete elongated pieces, similar to pieces ...6 KB (832 words) - 15:18, 11 November 2022
- Category:Public [[Image:BI2223-piece3 001.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A small sample of the high-temperature superconductor BSCCO-2223 (bismuth strontium ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 23:57, 3 December 2023
- 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 ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 06:13, 11 January 2024
- Leó Szilárd (Hungarian: Szilárd Leó) (February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964) was a Hungarian-American physicist who conceived of the nuclear ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 22:23, 25 October 2022
- Nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the vertebrate kidney, with numerous such filtering units carrying out nearly all the ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) are microscale devices and systems that integrate electronic components with mechanical ones. They are ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 10:39, 10 March 2023
- Hafnium (chemical symbol Hf, atomic number 72) is a lustrous, silvery gray metal. Chemically, it resembles zirconium and is found in zirconium ...10 KB (1,277 words) - 16:40, 21 January 2024
- In physics, magnetism is one of the phenomena by which materials exert attractive and repulsive forces on other materials. It arises whenever ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 05:09, 5 November 2022
- 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 ...13 KB (1,903 words) - 06:57, 21 August 2023
- The Holy Grail is a mythical object or symbol associated with Jesus Christ. In earliest Grail literature, it was described as the dish, plate ...17 KB (2,819 words) - 16:11, 25 January 2023
- Lanthanum (chemical symbol La, atomic number 57) is a soft, silvery white metallic element. Found in combination with other rare earth elements ...11 KB (1,398 words) - 22:23, 22 October 2022
- Fullerenes are a family of carbon allotropes (other allotropes of carbon are graphite and diamond) consisting of molecules composed entirely ...28 KB (4,196 words) - 07:18, 15 April 2024
- Neodymium Neodymium is frequently misspelled as neodynium. (chemical symbol Nd, atomic number 60) is a silvery metallic element that is a member ...12 KB (1,578 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- A semiconductor is a solid whose electrical conductivity can be controlled over a wide range, either permanently or dynamically. Semiconductors ...37 KB (5,657 words) - 17:50, 25 January 2023
- Chemical bond is the term used to describe the linkages between atoms joined together to form molecules or crystals. Chemical bonds are the result ...25 KB (3,936 words) - 14:39, 5 December 2023
- The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular display of the chemical elements. It is perhaps the icon of Chemistry and expresses ...13 KB (1,942 words) - 00:40, 24 November 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
- Fluorine (chemical symbol F, atomic number 9) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as halogens. Chemically, it is ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 17:47, 28 March 2024
- Fiberglass or glass fiber is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. The resulting composite material, properly known as fiber-reinforced ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 17:33, 26 March 2024
- Electronic waste, "e-waste," or "Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment" ("WEEE") is a waste type consisting ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 16:03, 13 February 2024
- Cosmic rays are energetic particles originating from space that impinge on Earth's atmosphere. Almost 90 percent of all the incoming cosmic ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- because many chemical impurities such as the boron-10 component of natural boron, are very strong neutron absorbers and thus poison the chain reaction.) ...31 KB (4,827 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- Fertilizers (also spelled fertilisers) are compounds given to plants to promote growth; they are usually applied either via the soil, for uptake ...33 KB (4,735 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- The tourmaline mineral group is chemically one of the most complicated groups of silicate minerals. It is a complex silicate of aluminum and ...15 KB (2,235 words) - 04:46, 1 May 2023
- Ethylene glycol (also called monoethylene glycol (MEG); 1,2-ethanediol; or ethane-1,2-diol (IUPAC name)) is a chemical compound with the formula ...16 KB (2,258 words) - 04:37, 22 March 2024
- In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives very little precipitation. More specifically, it is defined as an area that ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 09:55, 29 January 2024
- 5 (five) 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 ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- In chemistry, epoxy (or polyepoxide) is the name for a group of thermosetting resins (polymers) that are formed from building blocks (monomers ...16 KB (2,301 words) - 19:13, 13 February 2024
- Excalibur, or Caliburn, is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty ...13 KB (2,142 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- Epinephrine or adrenaline (sometimes spelled "epinephrin" or "adrenalin" respectively) is a hormone that is secreted principally ...13 KB (1,794 words) - 16:18, 15 February 2021
- Dmitri Mendeleev or Dmitriy Ivanovich Mendeleyev (birth unknown – death, 1907) was a Russian chemist. He is credited as being the primary creator ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 16:30, 29 January 2024
- Category:Public number=6 | symbol=C | name=carbon | left=boron | right=nitrogen | above=- | below=Si | color1=#a0ffa0 | color2=black ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 22:12, 25 November 2023
- Materials science is an interdisciplinary field involving the study of different types of materials and the applications of knowledge about these ...17 KB (2,292 words) - 16:49, 7 November 2022
- Qinghai is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northwestern portion of the country. It is named after the enormous ...18 KB (2,519 words) - 04:02, 7 December 2022
- In general terms, geothermal energy is thermal energy (the energy that determines the temperature of matter) generated and stored in the Earth ...43 KB (6,456 words) - 20:26, 13 December 2023
- The development of the periodic table of the elements parallels the development of science and our understanding of the physical universe. It ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 15:59, 25 January 2023
- Aluminum (or aluminium) (chemical symbol Al, atomic number is 13) is a soft, lightweight metal with a silvery appearance and the ability to resist ...38 KB (5,676 words) - 08:41, 23 July 2023
- Category:Public [[Image:plasma fountain.gif|thumb|300px|right|The Earth's "plasma fountain," showing oxygen, helium, and hydrogen ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 11:09, 6 March 2024
- Nitrogen (symbol N, atomic number 7) is the chief constituent of the Earth's atmosphere and a vital element in all known forms of life. ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 02:26, 16 November 2022
- An acid-base reaction is a chemical reaction that occurs between an acid and a base. Several concepts exist which provide alternative definitions ...18 KB (2,642 words) - 07:40, 14 June 2023
- Radioactive decay is the process by which an excited, unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation in the form of particles or ...30 KB (4,559 words) - 22:46, 7 December 2022
- Liaoning ( s=辽宁 |t=遼寧 |p=Liáoníng ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country ...23 KB (3,109 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- A charge-coupled device (CCD) is a device (described as an "analog shift register") made up of semiconductors that enables the transmission ...19 KB (2,914 words) - 01:46, 4 December 2023
- An abrasive is a material, often a mineral, that is used to shape or finish a piece of work through rubbing which leads to part object being ...20 KB (3,070 words) - 06:35, 14 June 2023
- Framing, in construction known as light frame construction, is a building technique based around structural members, usually called studs, which ...26 KB (4,085 words) - 06:40, 1 April 2024
- Arthur is a legendary British "king" of mythical proportions. Although his historicity is controversial, he ranks as one of the most ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- Category:Public [[Image:Glass-Ball.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown ...28 KB (4,417 words) - 07:52, 24 January 2023
- Tianjin ( c=天津 |p=Tiānjīn ; Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is one of four municipalities of the People's Republic of China that are ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- Graphene is a one-atom-thick planar sheet of carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. It can be thought of as an ...43 KB (6,272 words) - 12:18, 24 January 2023
- A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate, as opposed to a nuclear ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- A solar cell or photovoltaic cell is a device that converts solar energy into electricity by the photovoltaic effect. Sometimes, the term solar ...90 KB (13,568 words) - 15:08, 27 April 2023
- Diamond is the hardest known natural material and the third-hardest known material after aggregated diamond nanorods and ultrahard fullerite ...81 KB (12,332 words) - 10:25, 29 January 2024
- Renewable energy is a term for any useable energy that is harnessed from natural resources that are either essentially inexhaustible (such as ...57 KB (8,258 words) - 20:49, 29 April 2020
- The cathode ray tube (CRT), invented by German physicist Karl Ferdinand Braun in 1897, is an evacuated glass envelope containing an electron ...37 KB (6,021 words) - 16:18, 3 December 2023
- A ballistic vest is an item of protective clothing that absorbs impacts from gun-fired projectiles and shrapnel fragments from explosions. A ...58 KB (9,062 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with molecular structures that are tubular in shape, having diameters on the order of a few ...62 KB (8,806 words) - 19:09, 26 November 2023
