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  • of the mass) of air. Its most common isotope, nitrogen-14 (14N), appears to be created through nuclear fusion processes in stars. Compounds that ...
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  • Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula NO2. It is one of the several nitrogen oxides. At ordinary temperatures and atmospheric ...
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  • Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula NO2. It is one of the several nitrogen oxides. At ordinary temperatures and atmospheric ...
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  • A nonmetal is a chemical element with several properties that are opposite those of a metal. Based on their properties, the elements of the periodic ...
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  • of the mass) of air. Its most common isotope, nitrogen-14 (14N), appears to be created through nuclear fusion processes in stars. Compounds that ...
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  • In chemistry, an amide is one of two kinds of compounds: * the organic functional group characterized by a carbonyl group (C=O) linked to a nitrogen ...
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  • Nucleosides are structural subunits of nucleic acids, the macromolecules that convey genetic information in living cells. They consist of a nitrogen ...
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  • Diazonium compounds or diazonium salts are a group of organic compounds sharing a common functional group with the characteristic structure of ...
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  • Deoxyribose, also known as D-Deoxyribose and 2-deoxyribose, is a pentose sugar (monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms) that is a key component ...
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  • |- | align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Image:Nitric-oxide-2D.png|150px|Nitric oxide]] ...
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  • Cyanobacteria (Greek: κυανόs (kyanós) = blue + bacterium) is a phylum (or "division") of bacteria that obtain their energy through ...
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  • The term acid rain is commonly used to mean the deposition of acidic components in rain, snow, fog, dew, or dry particles. The more accurate ...
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  • Pyridine is a fundamentally important chemical compound with the formula C5H5N. It is a liquid with a distinctively putrid, fishy odor. Its molecules ...
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  • Urea is an organic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen. Its chemical formula may be written as CO(NH2)2, CON2H4, or CN2H4O. It ...
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  • Eutrophication is the enrichment of an aquatic ecosystem with chemical nutrients, typically compounds containing nitrogen, phosphorus, or both ...
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  • model (which is not the modern one), nitrogen-14 was thought to consist ... of 1/2, and in the Rutherford model of nitrogen-14, 20 of the 21 particles ...
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  • Atmospheric chemistry involves study of the chemistry of the atmospheres of Earth and other planets. It is a branch of atmospheric science and ...
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  • For a chemical reaction to take place, it requires a certain minimum amount of energy, called its activation energy. If a substance can lower ...
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  • isotope that decays to produce the isotope nitrogen-14 (14N). The half-life of 14C is about 5,730 years. This means that if one starts with 10 grams ...
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  • Smoke is the airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases evolved when a material undergoes pyrolysis or combustion, together with the quantity ...
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  • Nitric acid (chemical formula HNO3) is one of the most important inorganic acids. Eighth-century alchemists called it aqua fortis (strong water ...
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  • In physics, the proton (Greek πρῶτον proton = first) is a subatomic particle with an electric charge of one positive fundamental unit. ...
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  • Ammonium sulfate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula (NH4)2SO4. It contains 21 percent nitrogen in the form of ammonium ...
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  • As a general, non-taxonomic term, insectivore is a dietary category that applies to any organism feeding chiefly on insects and similar small ...
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  • Amines are organic compounds and a type of functional group that contain nitrogen as the key atom. Structurally amines resemble ammonia, wherein ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Microbiology is the study of microorganisms (microbes), which are organisms (forms of life) that are microscopic; that is, too small to be visible ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Argon (chemical symbol Ar, atomic number 18) is a member of the noble gas family of elements. It is present in the Earth's atmosphere at ...
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  • |- | align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Image:Nitrous-oxide-3D-vdW.png|150px|Nitrous oxide - space ...
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  • Category:Public [[image:Edge_of_Space2.png|thumb|right|175px|Layers of Atmosphere (NOAA)]] The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding ...
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  • In botany, the term evergreen refers to a tree, shrub, or other plant having foliage that persists throughout the year. This terminology includes ...
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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 ...
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  • Category:Public Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structures, properties, and methods of syntheses of chemical compounds that are ...
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  • The chemical compound ammonium nitrate, the nitrate of ammonia with the chemical formula NH4NO3, is a white powder at room temperature and standard ...
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  • Fritz Haber (December 9, 1868 – January 29, 1934) was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for developing a method ...
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  • Hafnium (chemical symbol Hf, atomic number 72) is a lustrous, silvery gray metal. Chemically, it resembles zirconium and is found in zirconium ...
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  • Fertilizers (also spelled fertilisers) are compounds given to plants to promote growth; they are usually applied either via the soil, for uptake ...
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  • Choline is a water-soluble organic compound that is classified as an essential nutrient for humans (Higdon and Drake 2008; PDR 2008; Swan and ...
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  • Bean is a common name for edible plant seeds or seed pods of several members of the Legume family (Fabaceae, formerly Leguminosae) or the various ...
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  • Henry Cavendish (October 10, 1731 - February 24, 1810) was a British scientist best known for being the first to measure the average density ...
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  • Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to protect and enhance the quality of the environment—air ...
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  • Scuba diving is the act of swimming underwater while using a self-contained breathing apparatus. By carrying a source of compressed air, the ...
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  • June 9, 2008.) interacts with atmospheric nitrogen-14 to produce carbon-12 and tritium, as follows: C-12 + T -->:{| border="0" ...
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  • Category:Public number=6 | symbol=C | name=carbon | left=boron | right=nitrogen | above=- | below=Si | color1=#a0ffa0 | color2=black ...
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  • In biology, detritus is dead organic material, as opposed to living organisms or inorganic matter. However, what specifically is included as ...
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  • Fluorine (chemical symbol F, atomic number 9) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as halogens. Chemically, it is ...
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  • The development of the periodic table of the elements parallels the development of science and our understanding of the physical universe. It ...
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  • The word "acid" comes from the Latin acidus meaning "sour." In chemistry, however, the term acid has a more specific meaning. ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular display of the chemical elements. It is perhaps the icon of Chemistry and expresses ...
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  • Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (August 26, 1743 – May 8, 1794) was a French nobleman who, along with John Dalton and Jöns Jakob Berzelius, is ...
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  • A nucleotide is a chemical compound with three components: a nitrogen-containing base, a pentose (five-carbon) sugar (relatively simple carbohydrates ...
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  • Chemical bond is the term used to describe the linkages between atoms joined together to form molecules or crystals. Chemical bonds are the result ...
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  • Fractional distillation is a special type of distillation designed to separate a mixture of two or more liquids that have different boiling points ...
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  • A second problem was that the spin of the Nitrogen-14 atom was 1, in contradiction to the Rutherford prediction of ½. In 1920-1927, Charles ...
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  • Nitroglycerin (NG)—also known as nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, and glyceryl trinitrate—is a heavy, colorless, oily liquid obtained by ...
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  • quot;) emits radiation and transforms to a nitrogen-14 atom (the "daughter"). This transformation involves quantum probability, so it is ...
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  • An air bag, also known as an Air Cushion Restraint System (ACRS) or Supplemental Restraint System (SRS), is an automobile safety device that ...
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  • An engine is a machine that can convert some form of energy (obtained from a fuel) into useful mechanical power or motion. If the engine produces ...
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  • A space habitat, also called a space colony, orbital colony, space city, or space settlement, is a space station intended as a permanent settlement ...
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  • Rocket propellant is the material used by a rocket engine to generate thrust. The most common propellants consist of a fuel and an oxidizer that ...
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  • Freeze-drying (also known as lyophilization or cryodesiccation) is a dehydration process typically used to preserve a perishable material or ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Ammonia is a chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, with the formula NH3. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure In this case, ...
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  • Saccharin is a synthetic organic compound that tastes hundreds of times sweeter than cane sugar (sucrose) and is used as a calorie-free sweetener ...
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  • A dielectric, or electrical insulator, is a material that is highly resistant to the flow of an electric current. Dielectric materials can be ...
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  • Dysprosium (chemical symbol Dy, atomic number 66) is a rare earth element that has a metallic, bright silver luster. The term "rare earth ...
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  • Astrochemistry, representing an overlap of the disciplines of astronomy and chemistry, is the study of chemicals found in outer space, including ...
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  • A bleach is a chemical that can remove or lighten the color of an object, often by a process known as oxidation. Common chemical bleaches include ...
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  • A lichen is a composite organism composed of a fungus (the mycobiont) in a symbiotic relationship with a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont ...
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  • Purine is a heterocyclic, aromatic, organic compound, consisting of a pyrimidine ring fused to an imidazole ring. Heterocyclic compounds are ...
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  • Uracil is one of the five main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA. The others are adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine. However ...
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  • Fossil fuels or mineral fuels are hydrocarbon fuels found within the top layer of the Earth’s crust. They range from highly volatile materials ...
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  • Vitrification is a process of converting a material into a glass-like amorphous solid that is free from any crystalline structure, either by ...
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  • A wetland is a transitional environment between permanently aquatic and terrestrial environments that shares characteristics of both environments ...
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  • Drying is the process of using heat to remove a liquid (such as water) from a material that contains the liquid. The material can be a wet solid ...
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  • Sewage treatment, or domestic wastewater treatment, is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater and household sewage, both runoff ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Category:Public number=8 | symbol=O | name=oxygen | left=nitrogen | right=fluorine | above=- | below=S | color1=#a0ffa0 | color2=green ...
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  • Pluto, also designated (134340) Pluto or 134340 Pluto, is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the solar system and the tenth largest observed ...
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  • Marattiopsida Osmundopsida Gleicheniopsida Pteridopsida A fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of plants classified in the Division Pteridophyta ...
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  • Main sequence is the class name for stars that occupy a continuous distinctive band formed by plotting stellar color versus brightness for a ...
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  • Food packaging is the enclosing of food to protect it from damage, contamination, spoilage, pest attacks, and tampering, during transport, storage ...
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  • Molybdenum (chemical symbol Mo, atomic number 42) is a silvery white, soft metal. It has one of the highest melting points of all pure elements ...
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  • The venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey consisting mostly of insects and arachnids ...
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  • Ecology or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how these properties are affected ...
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  • Glycerol, also known as glycerin or glycerine, is a sugar alcohol. Its formula may be written as C3H8O3. It is a colorless, odorless, viscous ...
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  • Superconductivity, discovered in 1911 by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, is a phenomenon occurring in certain materials at extremely low temperatures ...
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  • The greenhouse effect is the process in which long wave radiation (infrared) emitted by the earth surface is absorbed by atmospheric gases only ...
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  • Vanadium (chemical symbol V, atomic number 23) is a rare, silver-gray metal. It is found combined in several minerals and is one of the 26 elements ...
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  • Bismuth (chemical symbol Bi, atomic number 83) is a brittle, white crystalline metal with a pink tinge. It acquires an iridescent oxide tarnish ...
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  • The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. An ocean basin, it is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the ...
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  • Ethyl acetate is an organic compound that is an ester derived from the combination of ethanol and acetic acid. Its chemical formula may be written ...
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  • |- | colspan="6" align="center" | *Boron-10 content may be as low as 19.1% and ashigh as 20.3% in natural samples. Boron-11 ...
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  • The gas constant (also known as the molar, universal, or ideal gas constant) is a physical constant that is featured in a number of fundamental ...
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  • Carbon monoxide, with the chemical formula CO, is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas. It is the product of the incomplete combustion of ...
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