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- html Solar Wind Squeezes Some of Earth's Atmosphere into ... An ion is an atom, group of atoms, or subatomic particle with a net ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 11:09, 6 March 2024
- saving device by alerting people to the danger of fire. optical detection or by ionization, but some of them use both detection methods ...15 KB (2,419 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- pH is a measure of the acidity and the basicity/alkalinity of a solution ... is dictated by the dissociation constant of water (Kw = 1.011 × 10−14 ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 15:20, 29 August 2023
- In chemistry, a base is thought of as a substance which can accept ... Bases have many practical uses, and several of them are commonly found ...21 KB (3,307 words) - 11:03, 20 September 2023
- are commonly used in microscopy, in a type of dye laser as the gain medium ... (nm) wavelength, and an emission maximum of 521 nm (in water). It has an ...6 KB (892 words) - 17:45, 28 March 2024
- symbol Cs, atomic number 55) is a member of the group of chemical elements ... This element has many isotopes, of which the single stable isotope ...14 KB (1,931 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- Electrical conductivity or specific conductivity is a measure of a ... Conductivity is the reciprocal (inverse) of electrical resistivity ...11 KB (1,570 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- Crown ethers are heterocyclic chemical compounds that consist of a ... within the ring, whereas the exterior of the ring is hydrophobic (repels ...6 KB (841 words) - 23:38, 5 May 2022
- that is highly resistant to the flow of an electric current. Dielectric ... An important application of dielectrics is to separate the plates ...14 KB (1,888 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- that identifies the chemical composition of a compound or sample based ... The design of a mass spectrometer has three essential modules: an ...44 KB (6,414 words) - 16:19, 7 November 2022
- on contact with the skin, changes the color of indicators (e.g. reddens blue ... between them exemplify the ubiquitousness of complementary pairs in the ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 07:38, 14 June 2023
- The ability of a chemical to behave as both an acid and a base is ... Generally, such a substance acts as an acid in the presence of a base ...5 KB (789 words) - 17:25, 26 July 2023
- An emulsion is a mixture of two immiscible (unblendable) substances ... Emulsions are part of a more general class of two-phase systems of ...6 KB (796 words) - 22:19, 4 February 2022
- hydroxide ion concentrations) upon addition of small amounts of acid or base ... analyses, syntheses, and calibration of pH meters. In living organisms ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- The main group elements of the periodic table are groups 1, 2 and ... The alkali metals are the series of elements in Group 1 of the periodic ...30 KB (4,368 words) - 00:41, 24 November 2022
- [[Image:Water cycle.png|right|thumb|400px|The movement of water around ... The water cycle, or the hydrologic cycle, is the continuous circulation ...15 KB (2,199 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- is being used for the electrolysis of water. It is connected to a ... In chemistry and manufacturing, electrolysis is a method of separating ...7 KB (1,039 words) - 04:29, 27 November 2020
- concentrations above 5.6 percent. A solution of hydrogen cyanide in water is ... used by the Nazi regime for the mass murder of Jews in the gas chambers of ...12 KB (1,685 words) - 13:19, 4 February 2023
- Vapor pressure (or vapour pressure) is the pressure of a vapor in ... is used to mean the partial pressure of water vapor in the atmosphere ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- Uracil is one of the five main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids ... replaces thymine as the usual complement of adenine. Thus, thymine is usually ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:37, 12 November 2022
- two drainage basins; that is, the ridge of high land or boundary separating ... People live particular watersheds (in the sense of drainage basin ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 23:19, 3 May 2023
- "lead") is the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing ... plumbing fixtures, and equipment such as water heaters. The plumbing industry ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 01:54, 10 April 2023
- – Xenon] Thermophysical properties of neon, argon, krypton, and xenon ... This element can be extracted by fractional distillation of liquid ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 14:16, 20 May 2023
- In geology, evaporites are water-soluble, mineral sediments that result ... nitrates are important for the manufacture of fertilizers and explosives. ...6 KB (841 words) - 07:00, 12 September 2023
- Boiling is the process of rapidly converting a liquid to its gaseous ... The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which it can ...13 KB (2,088 words) - 05:24, 17 November 2023
- Thales (in Greek: Θαλης) of Miletus (ca. 624 – 546 b.c.e.) ... arbitrary will, tricks, anger, and jealousy of the gods, Thales tried to explain ...7 KB (978 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- or physical process. Some examples of mixtures are oil, ocean water ... are uniformly spread, so that any amount of the mixture has the same composition ...5 KB (683 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- In human spaceflight, a life support system is a group of devices ... A crew member of typical size requires a total of approximately 5 ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 01:14, 26 October 2022
- tames the Nile River and utilizes the power of the river for a variety of ... The Aswan Dam is a rock fill dam, a type of dam that relies on compacted ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 18:40, 19 August 2023
- An aqueduct is an artificial channel that is constructed to convey ... Aqueducts have been built to supply water to large cities and to irrigate ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 15:59, 11 August 2023
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the vertebrate ... nutrients. For example, in the presence of antidiuretic hormone (ADH or ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- A vacuum is a volume of space that is essentially empty of matter ... The quality of a vacuum is measured by how closely it approaches a ...37 KB (5,624 words) - 20:38, 21 April 2020
- Food chemistry is the study of chemical processes and interactions ... ==Brief history of food chemistry== The history of food chemistry dates ...10 KB (1,507 words) - 06:16, 1 April 2024
- Newts (also called efts when terrestrial) are an informal grouping ... and Mertensiella, while newts include all of the more than ten remaining ...8 KB (1,133 words) - 09:41, 11 March 2023
- In chemistry, an amide is one of two kinds of compounds: ... * a particular kind of nitrogen anion. Amides are the most stable of ...10 KB (1,423 words) - 06:58, 25 July 2023
- oxygen-containing compounds. The double-bond of the carbonyl group distinguishes ... are called α-hydrogens. In the presence of an acid catalyst the ketone ...9 KB (1,318 words) - 03:31, 6 October 2022
- Environmental science is the study of interactions among the physical ... Environmental scientists monitor the quality of the environment (air ...11 KB (1,440 words) - 19:02, 13 February 2024
- surrounding pressure to allow the frozen water in the material to sublime ... The process of freeze-drying is valuable for a variety of applications ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 10:50, 11 April 2024
- A hydrocarbon is any chemical compound that is constituted of just ... They are currently the main source of the world’s electric energy ...8 KB (1,193 words) - 13:34, 17 May 2021
- The Victoria Falls, one of the world's "natural wonders ... considered a remarkable spectacle because of the peculiar, narrow, slot ...11 KB (1,772 words) - 20:10, 3 May 2023
- Lake Ladoga, located in the northwestern part of Russia, is the largest ... In total, Lake Ladoga covers an area of 6,700 fresh water square miles ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- The Euphrates River is the western of the two great rivers that define ... They form a great river system, an alluvial salt marsh ecoregion of ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- :This article is about a type of container. [[Image:Barrels2.jpg|thumbnail ... A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally ...10 KB (1,477 words) - 10:53, 20 September 2023
- Greenhouse gases (GHGs) is the name given to a number of gases present ... The most important greenhouse gas is water vapor which creates clouds ...34 KB (4,898 words) - 17:16, 16 February 2023
- Silica gel is a granular, porous form of silica, produced synthetically ... fungicides, or pesticides), packets of silica gel usually bear warnings ...7 KB (1,044 words) - 22:03, 29 January 2023
- Brass is the term used for alloys of copper and zinc. It has a yellow ... By comparison, bronze is principally an alloy of copper and tin. ...6 KB (938 words) - 13:23, 11 February 2022
- Polyester is the name for a class of polymers that contain the ester ... resins that are widely used in the bodies of automobiles and yachts. ...8 KB (1,111 words) - 17:38, 9 October 2021
- permanently alters the protein structure of the skin, preventing it from ... Once tanned, the leather becomes useful for a variety of products ...11 KB (1,861 words) - 04:26, 27 February 2023
- An acid dye is a type of dye that is applied from an acidic solution ... overlap and generally depend on the type of fiber to be colored and the ...5 KB (844 words) - 07:40, 14 June 2023
- Desalination (or desalinization or desalinisation) refers to any of ... but this article focuses on water desalination. Water is desalinated ...20 KB (2,876 words) - 09:52, 29 January 2024
- Drying is the process of using heat to remove a liquid (such as water ... The process of drying can be undertaken by various methods for a variety ...10 KB (1,629 words) - 22:34, 19 August 2020
- A sedimentary rock is one of the three main rock groups, the other ... Sedimentary rocks make up a relatively thin layer of rock that covers ...11 KB (1,524 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- , a German physicist who did most of his work in the Netherlands ... On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees ...13 KB (1,850 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- Nuclear fission is the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into parts ... for nuclear power and to drive the explosion of nuclear weapons. Both uses ...31 KB (4,827 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- current. Most electrolytes consist of ions in solution, and they ... All higher life forms require a complex balance of electrolytes inside ...13 KB (1,858 words) - 08:06, 29 December 2021
- Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of Agrigentum, a Greek colony ... Empedocles conceived the ultimate reality as the unity of four permanent ...8 KB (1,150 words) - 18:28, 13 February 2024
- the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft ... According to the ancient Greek author Athenaeus of Naucratis, the ...11 KB (1,823 words) - 19:34, 3 August 2023
- produced by humans, typically consisting of washing water, urine, feces ... from Vulgar Latin exaquare ("to remove water"), from Latin ex- ‘out ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 10:10, 26 January 2023
- Cheonmin, King Sejong's new policy of breaking class barriers allowed ... Twenty-first century Koreans are justifiably proud of Jang's ...15 KB (2,262 words) - 16:10, 8 February 2023
- to North America, and introduced in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America ... The muskrat plays an important role in nature and is a resource of ...10 KB (1,517 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- Carbonic acid (ancient name acid of air or aerial acid) is a weak ... The presence of carbonic acid in the blood and other body fluids helps ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 19:10, 26 November 2023
- the only person to set both land and water speed records in the same ... He was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1955. ==Family== ...14 KB (2,274 words) - 17:19, 30 January 2024
- In the most general terms, convection refers to the movement of molecules ... The scientific study of convection not only helps clarify the principles ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- Gosport) was a Scottish doctor and a pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal ... Through his work, Lind influenced practices of preventive medicine ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 21:20, 20 March 2024
- Sediment is any particulate matter that is transported by the flow ... Sediments may be transported by the action of streams, rivers, glaciers ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 17:44, 25 January 2023
- A blueprint is a type of paper-based reproduction usually of a technical ... The photosensitive compound, a solution of ferric ammonium citrate ...5 KB (743 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- Dredging is an operation to excavate material from the bottom of a ... dredging has been used for mining of gold and other valuable substances ...15 KB (2,387 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a ... One of the most common features of a fountain, if there is enough ...20 KB (2,954 words) - 06:37, 1 April 2024
- :In British English, “geyser” can also refer to the water heating ... A geyser is a type of hot spring that erupts periodically, ejecting ...16 KB (2,391 words) - 02:41, 6 December 2022
- Weathering is the process of disintegration of rocks and soils and ... There are two main types of weathering: mechanical (or physical) and ...18 KB (2,677 words) - 22:02, 11 June 2020
- Embryophyta is a major grouping of plants, sometimes known as "land ... Embryophytes are characterized by an alternation of generations life ...11 KB (1,564 words) - 10:22, 21 January 2023
- Anhinga is the common name for members of the bird species Anhinga ... For humans, they add greatly to the wonder of nature, with their beautiful ...10 KB (1,445 words) - 01:45, 9 January 2023
- sense, it is a generic term for various water-soluble potassium salts that ... Potash has been used since antiquity in the manufacture of glass, ...6 KB (830 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- the most popular term for the shapeshifting water spirits of Germanic and Nordic ... The Nix may take different forms, but their message is one of warning ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- A marine mammal is any of a diverse group of aquatic or semi-aquatic ... vulnerable or endangered due to a history of commercial exploitation for ...9 KB (1,370 words) - 15:58, 6 November 2022
- Hemiptera is a major order of insects, collectively known as true ... Hemipterans are vitally important as part of food chains, being consumed ...11 KB (1,647 words) - 15:19, 25 January 2023
- and one or two tails. The main body of the comet, called its nucleus ... opportunity to study the early history of the solar system. In addition ...28 KB (4,322 words) - 00:05, 8 January 2024
- Pluma de colibrí) was the second tlatoani of the Mexica (Aztecs), governing ... Huitzilíhuitl was born in Tenochtitlan, and was the son of Acamapichtli ...6 KB (967 words) - 16:11, 9 February 2024
- allows the remote measurement and reporting of information of interest to ... yields depend on the timely availability of weather and soil data. Therefore ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 05:33, 27 February 2023
- perpendicular to that surface) per unit area of the surface. If the force is ... Our understanding of the concept of pressure and our ability to manipulate ...14 KB (2,183 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
