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  • and compounds, including hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine, lithium, sodium ... solvent (which may be water or some other liquid) or melted by heating. As ...
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  • or state of matter (i.e. different solid, liquid, or gaseous forms). The changes ... example, the two allotropes of oxygen (dioxygen and ozone), can ...
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  • * Group 16 (the chalcogens): Oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se) ... Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and the noble gases can ...
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  • into its components to produce liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, and ... air into its components, producing liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, and ...
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  • * Vacuum packaging or inert atmosphere packaging: Oxygen in the air ... * Bags-In-Boxes: These are used for soft drink syrups, other liquid ...
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  • Saturn V first stage used kerosene-liquid oxygen rather than the liquid ... Several practical liquid oxidizers (liquid oxygen, nitrogen tetroxide, ...
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  • temperatures nitrogen combines with oxygen to form nitrogen dioxide: ... it converts to NO2 in the presence of free oxygen. *NOx = all of the ...
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  • subsurface. Petroleum is a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons, while natural ... The extraction of liquid hydrocarbon fuel from a number of sedimentary ...
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  • 5 kilograms (kg) of food, water, and oxygen per day to perform standard ... provide atmospheres composed primarily of oxygen, nitrogen, water, carbon ...
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  • Oxygen (chemical symbol O, atomic number 8) is the second most common ... of acetylene in oxygen. Moreover, liquid oxygen is used in rocket propulsion. ...
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  • The combustion of methane in oxygen may be shown by the following equation: ... of methane reacts with two molecules of oxygen to produce one molecule of ...
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  • systems. In scientific research, liquid ethane is used to rapidly ... the combination of an ethyl radical with oxygen, and the subsequent breakup ...
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  • for producing significant quantities of liquid helium, based on the adiabatic ... research on the production and use of oxygen, which was vital for metallurgy ...
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  • Smoke is the airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases evolved ... Fires with high availability of oxygen burn in high temperature and ...
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  • its name as EtOAc. It is a colorless liquid with a characteristic smell ... an electronegative atom such as fluorine, oxygen, or nitrogen). Ethyl acetate ...
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  • normally a gas, but compressible to a liquid that is transportable. It ... other alkanes. In the presence of excess oxygen, propane burns to form water ...
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  • | ? kg m−3 (solid)0.7 g/ml (liquid) 1.342 g L−1 (gas) ... strength slightly lower than the C-C bond. Oxygen decomposes silanes easily ...
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  • to acid-base reactions for gaseous or liquid species, or when acid or ... in high oxidation states surrounded by oxygen, such as HNO3 and H2SO4, ...
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  • elements known as halogens. It is the only liquid nonmetallic element at room ... Pure bromine is a heavy, reddish-brown liquid that readily evaporates at ...
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  • As an inert gas, it reduces the amount of oxygen available for the oxidation ... of steel and electronic components. Liquid nitrogen is a cryogen (low ...
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  • example, a solid catalyst may be used in a liquid reaction mixture. On the ... free radicals react with ozone to form oxygen molecules, and chlorine free ...
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  • can then be analyzed using gas chromatography, gas liquid chromatography, or mass spectrometry. === Odors and flavors === Examples of esters with ...
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  • are used to make bottles, films, liquid crystal displays, filters ... Polyesters are also used to make bottles, films, tarpaulin, liquid ...
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  • to separate its components, such as oxygen, which is used for medical ... also used in air separation, producing liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, and ...
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  • They can vary in consistency from liquid to gel to rubber to hard ... a double bond between a carbon atom and an oxygen atom. On the other hand, ...
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  • | 1222.8 kg m-3 (liquid) |- water| -90.86 °C (182.29 K) ... nitrogen atom that in turn is bound to an oxygen atom. The structure may be ...
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  • chemical reaction between oils and oxygen from the air (autoxidation ... the polyunsaturated portion of the oil and oxygen from the air. Originally ...
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  • process also produces purified nitrogen, oxygen, neon, krypton, and xenon. ... experiment in which they removed all the oxygen and nitrogen from a sample ...
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  • | 1.3 × 103 kg m−3 (liquid)1.34 g dm−3 (vapour) |- ... its high reactivity. It reacts with the oxygen in air to form nitrogen dioxide ...
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  • trinitrate—is a heavy, colorless, oily liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol ... Nobel in the 1860s. His company exported a liquid combination of nitroglycerin ...
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  • a clear, colorless, and highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point ... ion protonates the electronegative oxygen atom of the ethanol, giving ...
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  • An azeotrope is a mixture of two or more liquid substances in such ... ratio of the two and coexists with the two liquid phases. Such a mixture is ...
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  • nitric acid (100 percent) is a colorless liquid with a density of 1522 kg/m3 ... include the vapor pressure above the liquid and the boiling temperature ...
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  • or phases of matter, along with solid, liquid, and plasma. Each state is ... the phase changes between solid (ice), liquid (water), and gas (steam) ...
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  • mol of a substance reacts completely with oxygen to form products at 298 K ... gives the enthalpy change when going from liquid to gas. These enthalpies ...
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  • It is a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid. In addition to being manufactured ... acetone and phenol. Another reactant is oxygen (from the air). ...
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  • reaction, in which sulfur combines with oxygen in the air, may be written ... One conventional covalent bond is present between each oxygen and ...
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  • This acid needs to be handled with care. Contact with liquid formic ... deviations from the ideal gas law. In the liquid and solid states, this acid ...
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  • | Phase behaviourSolid, liquid, gas |- | Spectral data | UV, IR, NMR, MS ... to do with orbital overlap between the oxygen's lone pairs and the ...
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  • usually stored as a pressurized or refrigerated liquid. ... ethylene oxide directly from ethylene and oxygen, using silver as a catalyst ...
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  • An example of a double bond is the carbon--oxygen bond in carbon dioxide (see ... Such compounds often contain atoms of oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, and halogens ...
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  • Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a very pale blue liquid which appears ... gives a somewhat lower Isp than liquid oxygen, but is dense, storable ...
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  • very poisonous, and highly volatile liquid that boils slightly above ... and ammonia react in the presence of oxygen at about 1200 °C over a ...
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  • water. The convection currents of the red liquid will be seen to rise and ... of forced convection (breeze); or (in high oxygen environments, in "still ...
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  • Anhydrous H2SO4 is a very polar liquid, with a dielectric constant ... strong that it will remove hydrogen and oxygen atoms from other compounds ...
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  • absorption, is a process by which a gas, liquid, or solute (substance in ... * Oxygen-containing compounds: Typically hydrophilic and polar, including ...
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  • (liquid) 1090 7440-63-3 isotopesof=xenon | color1=#c0ffff | color2=green ... This element can be extracted by fractional distillation of liquid ...
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  • among the first to write about the use of liquid propellants in rocketry. ... who also died during the war, when a liquid oxygen plant exploded in a workplace ...
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  • Vinegar is a sour liquid produced from the fermentation of diluted ... sugars are broken down in the absence of oxygen (i.e., fermented) by yeast ...
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  • | Phase behaviorSolid, liquid, gas |- | Spectral data | UV, IR, NMR, MS ... CH3CHO (or MeCHO). It is a flammable liquid with a fruity smell. It occurs ...
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  • depending on conditions, especially the oxygen level, within the cell. ... comprises a carbon atom attached to an oxygen atom with a double covalent ...
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  • forms of matter (such as hydrocarbons and oxygen) at a relatively high temperature ... The fuel may be a solid (such as wood or paper), a liquid (such as ...
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  • are needed to convert it into the liquid and solid forms. Extreme ... other involving the "carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle." According to ...
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  • at 42.35 °C to form a colorless, viscous liquid. Pure 75-85 percent aqueous ... It is usually available as a greenish liquid, suitable for dipping (acid ...
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  • odorless, viscous, sweet-tasting liquid that is soluble in water ... into the rectum in suppository or liquid (enema) form. * It is used ...
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  • It is a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid with a distinctive odor that ... days, atmospheric methanol is oxidized by oxygen with the help of sunlight ...
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  • be an oxidizing element, such as gaseous or liquid oxygen. ... ** Oxyliquits: Mixtures of organic materials and liquid oxygen. ...
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  • is the second most abundant element (after oxygen) in the Earth's crust ... compounds of silicon, hydrogen, and oxygen) forms the basis of the array ...
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  • one carbon atom covalently bonded to one oxygen atom. It is a gas at room ... Producer gas is formed by combustion of carbon in oxygen at high temperatures ...
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  • out of steel or aluminum, and carries the oxygen supply. The regulator is ... carbon dioxide buildup and replacing the oxygen used by the diver. Re-breathers ...
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  • points. The one exception is mercury, which is a liquid. ... tend to become softer, and mercury is a liquid at room temperature. Group ...
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  • barium is used to remove traces of oxygen from vacuum tubes. Barium ... hydrogen gas. Upon burning in air or oxygen, it produces not just barium ...
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  • each of which has one carbon and two oxygen atoms. Thus its chemical ... called dry ice. Carbon dioxide has no liquid state at pressures under 4 atm. ...
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  • an iron-containing protein that binds oxygen in the lungs and transports ... a fluid that is the blood cells' liquid medium, appearing golden ...
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  • At room temperature, it is a colorless liquid that is volatile but nonflammable ... phosgene can accumulate in the presence of oxygen and ultraviolet light. To ...
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  • roughly 78 percent nitrogen and 21 percent oxygen, with small amounts of carbon ... on Earth in a variety of ways. It provides oxygen for respiration, carbon dioxide ...
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  • In a solution, the solvent is generally a liquid, which can be a pure ... will depend on the ionic strength of liquid solutions. The last two effects ...
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  • by the partial combustion of methane with oxygen, or by the cracking of hydrocarbons ... of the flame; combustion of acetylene with oxygen produces a flame of over ...
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  • , free radicals, and oxidizers (such as oxygen, ozone, and chlorine). Additives ... where there is plenty of dissolved oxygen. They combine with the oxygen ...
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  • is sunlight; and the end-products are oxygen and (energy rich) carbohydrates ... to the interdependence of life. Although oxygen is, strictly defined, a waste ...
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  • compounds, except by the technique of liquid scintillation counting. ... temperature and pressure. It combines with oxygen to form a liquid called tritiated ...
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  • in group 16 (formerly group 6A), between oxygen and selenium. It is thus ... +4 and +6. In combination with metals and oxygen, it forms sulfides (such ...
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  • the bottom of the ice is theorized to be liquid water.C.J. Hamilton, [http://www ... Heat energy from tidal flexing ensures that the ocean remains liquid ...
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  • basic "fire triangle" of heat, oxygen, and fuel, the way the surrounding ... The presence of an accelerant or ignitable liquid such as a petroleum ...
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  • groups have been moved or removed, or oxygen atoms added. Some authors ... is considered the only hemiterpene, but oxygen-containing derivatives such ...
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  • a quantum-mechanical one. In the resulting liquid-drop model, the nucleus has ... (7 protons, 9 neutrons) is converted to an oxygen-16 atom (8 protons, 8 neutrons ...
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  • | Phase behaviourSolid, liquid, gas |- | Spectral data | UV, IR, NMR, MS ... Each molecule of ozone consists of three oxygen atoms, and its molecular ...
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  • main processes are used for this purpose: liquid-liquid extraction, used mainly ... glazes. Stabilized zirconia is used in oxygen sensors and fuel cell membranes ...
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  • Naphtha is a name given to several mixtures of liquid hydrocarbons ... spirit, or Coleman fuel—which is a white liquid with a hydrocarbon odor. ...
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  • diluted brine. The chlorine contains oxygen and must often be purified ... the pulping process. These stages include oxygen delignification, oxidative ...
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  • | Density = 2.51 g/l, gas (15 °C, 1 atm);593.4 kg · m-3, liquid ... When oxygen is plentiful, butane burns to form carbon dioxide and ...
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  • Raw influent (sewage) includes household waste liquid from toilets ... residential, commercial, and industrial liquid waste discharges, and may ...
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  • is continuous with and analogous to the liquid state of that substance, ... the silicon atom at the center, and four oxygen atoms at the corners. These ...
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  • due to the enormous pressure gradient. Any oxygen dissolved in the blood would ... of blood vessels, so some blood remains liquid. Charles E. Billings ...
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  • acid, it is a colorless, hygroscopic liquid that freezes below 16.7°C ... vapour at 120 °C. They also occur in the liquid phase in dilute solutions ...
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  • emits a faint glow upon exposure to oxygen. This form should be handled ... in nature because of its reactivity with oxygen in the air and in various ...
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  • 039;s "plasma fountain," showing oxygen, helium, and hydrogen ions ... ions. A polyatomic anion that contains oxygen is sometimes known as an oxyanion. ...
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  • * Barrier Protection--A barrier from oxygen, water vapor, dust, etc ... * Filling Machines: Handling liquid and powdered products ...
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  • more carbon and less hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is classified ... such as cellulose, in which hydrogen and oxygen atoms are attached to carbon ...
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  • Hazardous wastes are commonly segregated into solid and liquid wastes ... * In-situ oxidation - a strategy that uses oxygen or oxidizing chemicals ...
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  • is usually made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms, and occasionally silicon ... elastomers are thermoplastic, melting to a liquid state when heated and turning ...
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  • in 1854 and his patent for an ether liquid-vapor compression refrigeration ... production of liquid air and eventually liquid oxygen for use in safe household ...
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  • In this process, gaseous or light liquid hydrocarbons are briefly ... biosynthesis. The final step requires oxygen and involves the action of ...
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  • in addition to carbon, such as sulfur, oxygen, or nitrogen, as part of ... ] and Fe2+ or in the presence of diatomic oxygen and Fe2+. ...
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  • He mistakenly thought it was a compound of oxygen and hydrochloric acid (HCl ... scale involved the use of a mercury cell. Liquid mercury formed the cathode ...
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  • When metallic rubidium reacts with oxygen, as in the tarnishing process ... in plagioclase, leaving Rb in the liquid phase. Hence, the Rb/Sr ratio ...
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  • ceramics, semiconductors, superconductors, liquid crystals, Bose-Einstein condensates ... plastics), colloids, ceramics, and liquid crystals. * Biology: for ...
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  • as well as variations of the stable heavy oxygen isotopes 17O and 18O, researchers ... five liters of cryogenically produced liquid hydrogen to 1 milliliter ...
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  • in 1636, in which a glass tube filled with liquid is placed in direct contact ... scientist Thomas Young constructed a liquid-filled "eyecup" ...
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  • and acid salts. It acts as a catalyst when oxygen is in solution and helps ... metal combines directly with chlorine and oxygen and displaces hydrogen from ...
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