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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 ...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
