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  • The most significant use of nuclear reactors is as an energy source ... electricity by harnessing the thermal energy released from burning fossil ...
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  • , as it is composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen with only trace amounts of catalyst elements (no sulfur), and it has the energy content of ...
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  • produce the alkali sodium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. Given its reactivity ... reacts violently with it, releasing heat, hydrogen gas, and caustic sodium ...
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  • electron should scatter elastically. Low-energy electrons do scatter in this ... by measurements of cross-sections for high-energy electron-proton scattering ...
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  • stronger dipole-dipole interactions; hydrogen bonding, as in the case ... quot; process with the addition of energy. The energy may be in the ...
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  • bacteria, which generate their energy by using oxygen to oxidize ... quot; which can be viewed as derived from hydrogen persulfide, H2S2. Thus pyrite ...
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  • percent of the solar system's mass. Energy from the Sun—in the form ... About 74 percent of the Sun's mass is hydrogen, 25 percent is ...
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  • Ammonia is a chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, with the ... of nitrous acid and nitrites with hydrogen. Additionally, it was produced ...
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  • ) is the world's fourth-largest non-government energy company ... world's largest producer of geothermal energy. BBC, [http://news ...
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  • family of chemical compounds of silicon, hydrogen, and oxygen) forms the basis ... made of silicon, oxygen, carbon, germanium, and hydrogen. ...
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  • be classified as a mineral consisting of hydrogen oxide (H2O). ... Greek word for frost.) This is due to hydrogen bonds forming between the ...
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  • consists mostly of the lightest atoms, hydrogen and helium, and continues ... of the magnetosphere into the solar wind. Energy deposited in the ionosphere ...
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  • Neptune's atmosphere is primarily composed of hydrogen and helium ... planet from the Sun, yet its internal energy is sufficient to drive the ...
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  • the alkali potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. In nature, it is bound ... more so than lithium or sodium, producing hydrogen gas and the alkali potassium ...
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  • A variety of energy sources can be used for welding, including a gas ... that were developed included the use of hydrogen, argon, and helium as welding ...
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  • Moon and Near Earth Asteroids, that solar energy is readily available in large ... to space, food, construction materials, energy, transportation, communications ...
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  • a complex chemical process in which hydrogen is used to reduce ammonium ... are versatile catalysts. For instance, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) can be split ...
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  • communications, agriculture, and energy generation. === Chemistry === In chemistry, 1 is the atomic number of hydrogen, the smallest chemical ...
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  • observer), and the equivalence of mass and energy (written as E=mc2). Special ... of gas, or a hot bowl of soup. The kinetic energy of their particles, the heat ...
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  • (petrol), both important "primary energy" sources. In a typical ... Due to its high energy density, easy transportability and relative ...
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  • This process requires a large amount of energy and anoxic (oxygen-free) ... where R2 or R3 or both may represent a hydrogen atom (each). A peptide or ...
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  • a uniform glow from its red-hot fog of hydrogen plasma. As the universe ... to combine with protons and form hydrogen atoms. This happened at ...
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  • that acids were substances which produce hydrogen ions in solution and that ... that most reactions require added heat energy to proceed by formulating ...
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  • Ethanol's hydroxyl group is able to participate in hydrogen bonding ... metal such as sodium. This reaction evolves hydrogen gas: ...
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  • component) that contained one less hydrogen atom than the molecule being ... hydrocarbons with 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 fewer hydrogen atoms (per molecule) than ...
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  • use of nuclear reactions to release energy for work, including propulsion ... nuclear power is a potentially dangerous energy source with a limited fuel ...
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  • Thus, rockets contain a large amount of energy in an easily liberated form ... proposed to use liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as a nearly optimal propellant ...
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  • to produce a sudden, violent release of energy. It typically relies on explosive ... The most powerful kind of bomb in existence is the hydrogen bomb, ...
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  • units, composed entirely of carbon and hydrogen, and it is insoluble in water. ... it consists entirely of carbon and hydrogen, is also a carotene, a class ...
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  • an excited, unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation in ... in some combination of particles and wave energy. The most common radioactive ...
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  • thus is used as a domestic or commercial energy source. In its natural setting ... as calcium and magnesium and releasing hydrogen ions. Sphagnum is not good ...
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  • contaminants, in particular thiols and hydrogen sulfide, must be removed ... gasoline blends differ, therefore actual energy content varies from season ...
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  • or regolith. The continual impacts of high-energy particles, micrometeorites ... grains, such as glass splashes; implanted hydrogen, helium, and other rare ...
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  • UVC rays are the highest energy, most dangerous type of ultraviolet ... sunlight and artificial light. A burning hydrogen flame, for instance, radiates ...
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  • positive electrode). The current releases hydrogen at the cathode (the negative ... by impregnation is also popular due to energy savings. Coatings sealed ...
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  • no hysteresis and, hence, almost no energy dissipation. As well as making ... process. If the ions have high enough energy, they can knock atoms out ...
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  • png|center|thumb|280px|The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown ... Electric current over time is a form of energy (electricity) that may be ...
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  • on the military application of atomic energy, losing favor with Josef ... his refusal to participate in the Soviet Hydrogen Bomb project. In a letter ...
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  • a rocky core at the center, a liquid metallic hydrogen layer above that, and a molecular hydrogen layer above that. Traces of various ices are also present ...
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  • an optical cavity, with a means to supply energy to the gain medium. The gain ... The process of supplying the energy required for the amplification ...
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  • bullet was developed to shoot at hydrogen-filled Zeppelins over Britain ... blots or Southern blots. Because the high energy beta particles produced penetrate ...
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  • first cooled sufficiently to form neutral hydrogen, allowing space to become ... 75.559 The cosmological constant and dark energy] Reviews of Modern Physics ...
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  • Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth. Other stars are ... html A Brief History of High-Energy (X-ray & Gamma-Ray) Astronomy ...
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  • In general terms, geothermal energy is thermal energy (the energy ... In terms of alternative energy, geothermal energy is the energy that ...
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  • of the stars in our Galaxy. After the hydrogen-fusing lifetime of a main ... reactions, so the star has no source of energy, nor is it supported against ...
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  • 65 percent by mass), carbon (18 percent), hydrogen (10 percent), nitrogen ... 12 primary and eight "extra" energy meridians running vertically ...
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  • car models (for navigation purposes), and Hydrogen microsensors. ... through the doped fiber, which transfers energy from the second pump wavelength ...
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  • able to contain particles with such a high energy. The origin of cosmic rays ... Observations have shown that cosmic rays with an energy above 10 GeV ...
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  • charges move independently, their energy being too great for stable ... 2. It is flooded with a discharge of high-energy electrons that strip ...
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  • and partly because of the high kinetic energy of the particles. ... solar flare. This is a sudden outburst of energy from the Sun's atmosphere ...
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  • to the newly created United States Atomic Energy Commission and used that ... existing well-known problem of the self-energy of the electron, he doubted ...
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  • into sustainable forms by harnessing energy from the sun or tapping into ... that utilize renewable sources of energy and that do not impede on ...
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  • An absolute requirement for life is an energy source, and the notion ... have liquid water on its surface. After an energy source, liquid water is considered ...
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  • Heisenberg was the head of German nuclear energy project, though the nature ... 'amount of existence' of mass/energy in time. Events that disobey ...
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  • It is the second largest private sector energy corporation in the world ... Chemicals), and an embryonic renewable energy sector developing wind, hydrogen ...
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  • The absorbed solar energy also raises the temperature of the atmosphere ... and water, in the presence of light energy, into sugars and oxygen. ...
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  • uranium (uranium-238) is used in kinetic energy penetrators and armor plating ... but under strict International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards to satisfy ...
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  • carboxyl end of the amino acid is a high-energy linkage and thus the amino ... inosine and pseudouridine, which can hydrogen bond to more than one base ...
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  • the collision diameter (σ), the maximum energy of attraction divided by ... *{\epsilon}/{\kappa} = the maximum energy of attraction divided by ...
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  • involved in thermonuclear reactions and the hydrogen bomb. ... Teller, one of the sustainers of the hydrogen bomb project. He then collaborated ...
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  • fusion, releasing enormous amounts of energy, most of which is radiated ... to be made mostly of ice—that is, hydrogen compounds. ...
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  • star, having exhausted its supply of energy from nuclear fusion and collapsed ... and consist largely of ionised helium and hydrogen, along with carbon, oxygen ...
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  • on such an engine that used a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen to generate energy ... has focused on absorbing external crash energy with crushable panels and ...
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  • have numerous mitochondria to produce enough energy (ATP) for active transport to take place. Much of the ion transport taking place in the distal ...
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  • of 21 cm resulting from interstellar atomic hydrogen gas; ... With improved radio telescopes, hydrogen gas could also be traced ...
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  • Each molecule of water consists of two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded ... periodic table. Those hydrides, such as hydrogen sulfide, are gases. Also ...
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  • of graphite, it releases large amounts of energy upon oxidation, but the reaction ... is passed, the water breaks down (to hydrogen and oxygen), and oxygen ...
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  • predation, symbiosis, and nutrient and energy cycles. The term ecology ... * Ecosystem ecology, which studies the flows of energy and matter ...
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  • aluminum is heated at 1500 °C in an atmosphere of hydrogen. ... from trimethylaluminum and an excess of hydrogen. It burns explosively in ...
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  • mitochondria of cells. CO2 is the prime energy source and the main metabolic ... # As a byproduct in ammonia and hydrogen plants, where methane is ...
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  • Petroleum, is the third largest global energy company, a multinational ... its investment in alternative sources of energy. In 1998, it merged with ...
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  • oxygen powers the production of chemical energy (in the form of ATP) via ... such as gas exchange and regulation of hydrogen ion concentration, the lungs ...
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  • of ATP + ADP remains fairly constant. The energy used by human cells requires ... This confirmed the central role of ATP in energy transfer that had been proposed ...
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  • of solubility constant on the Gibbs energy of the crystal. These effects ... Many salts behave like barium nitrate and disodium hydrogen arsenate ...
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  • atoms to be point-sized, durationless, and made of energy. ... everywhere analyzed to the same elements, hydrogen and oxygen. Similarly, other ...
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  • atmosphere have increased. Industrial and energy-generating facilities that ... oxidation reactions are with ozone, hydrogen peroxide, and oxygen. (Reactions ...
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  • He invented a glass electrode and studied energy loss in steam engines and electric motors. He also explained the structure of the flame of ...
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  • body, he introduced the radical view that energy is transmitted not in the ... learned the principle of conservation of energy. Planck graduated early, ...
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  • of the product in an atmosphere of hydrogen gas. Historically, the ... radon gas, is also radioactive. The energy emitted by the radioactive ...
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  • which nothing could be colder and no heat energy remains in a substance—is ... of 25 K,” and “The triple point of hydrogen is 13.8033 K”). Thus ...
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  • of a saccharin molecule. Carbon, black; hydrogen, white; oxygen, red; nitrogen ... insulin levels, and has effectively no food energy. Unlike the newer ...
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  • together, their positive spiritual energy could overcome the negative ... to believe that harnessing the spiritual energy of a large number of followers ...
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  • of air friction is useful for flywheel energy storage and ultracentrifuges. ... interstellar space, where there are a few hydrogen atoms per cubic centimeter ...
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  • in 1968 by the International Atomic Energy Agency. It serves as a reference ... which nothing could be colder and no heat energy remains in a substance—is ...
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  • the formation of the United States Atomic Energy Commission in January 1947. ... with the release of free neutrons and energy. The chain reaction is sustained ...
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  • to develop hybrid cars and alternative energy vehicles. ... as Barthmuss points out, GM is bullish on hydrogen: According to GM ...
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  • reacts to produce strontium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. Three allotropes of ... *The isotope 90Sr is one of the best long-lived, high-energy beta ...
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  • to use propane are 9-15 percent more energy efficient. ===Vehicle fuel=== Propane is also being used increasingly for vehicle fuels In the U ...
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  • vigorous enough to ignite the liberated hydrogen. Rubidium has also been ... the hyperfine structure of Rubidium's energy levels. ...
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  • message. He states, "Indeed, sexual energy is without a doubt the most ... Jesus, who naturally transmutes all their energy perfectly; normal sexuality ...
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  • acetic acid to produce carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and energy. Their ... produces fatty acids, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen gas that are used by methanogenic ...
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  • Earth. It also may refer to the matter and energy of which all these things ... nature), as well as the underlying matter and energy. ===Matter and ...
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  • caustic soda (sodium hydroxide, (NaOH)) and hydrogen (H2). ... In the reactivity series of metals, mercury is below hydrogen and ...
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  • iron, titanium, calcium, aluminum, and hydrogen. Some spacecraft—such ... Many of these objects are water-rich. Energy from sunlight splits much ...
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  • quot; to its atomic mass in hydrogen mass units (roughly 1/2 ... fact, are still the basis of much of high-energy physics. ...
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  • the solar nebula before the Sun's energy output had stabilized. The ... have a tenuous atmosphere that includes hydrogen, helium, oxygen, sodium ...
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  • This releases gravitational potential energy, causing the gas to become ... are actually required, as conservation of energy rules out a single gravitating ...
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  • in their structure and reactivity. The hydrogen form of zeolites (prepared ... in the storage of solar and waste heat energy. === Detergents === ...
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  • positively charged), together forming a hydrogen atom, is about 40 orders ... R. Melcher. Electromagnetic Fields and Energy. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice ...
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  • that culminated in the atomic and hydrogen bombs in the mid-twentieth ... Maxim's idea of harnessing recoil energy to power reloading in his ...
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