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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
