A nuclear reactor that produces more fissionable nuclear fuel than it consumes.
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Molecular Orbital Theory
A theory of chemical bonding based upon the postulated existence of molecular orbitals.
Ternary Acid
A ternary compound containing H, O, and another element, often a nonmetal.
Low Spin Complex
Crystal field designation for an inner orbital complex, contains electrons paired t2g orbitals before eg orbitals are occupied in octahedral complexes.
Magnetic Quantum Number (mc)
Quantum mechanical solution to a wave equation that designates the particular orbital within a given set (s, p, d, f ) in which a electron resides.
Entropy
A thermodynamic state or property that measures the degree of disorder or randomness of a system.
Helium
Discovered : by Sir William Ramsay in London, and independently by P.T. Cleve and N.A. Langlet in Uppsala, Sweden in 1895.
Origin : The name is derived from the Greek ‘helios’,sun.
Description :A colourless, odourless gas that is totally unreactive. It is extracted from natural gas wells, some of which contain gas that is 7% helium. It is used in deep sea diving for balloons and, as liquid helium, for low temperature research. The Earth’s atmosphere contains 5 parts per million by volume, totalling 400 million tons, but it is not worth extracting it from this source at present.
Atomic No:2 MAss No:4
Heat of Crystallization
The amount of heat that must be removed from one gram of a liquid at its freezing point to freeze it with no change in temperature.
Electrolytic Cells
Electrochemical cells in which electrical energy causes nospontaneous redox reactions to occur. An electrochemical cell in which chemical reactions are forced to occur by the application of an outside source of electrical energy.
Colligative Properties
Physical properties of solutions that depend upon the number but not the kind of solute particles present.
Graham's Law
The rates of effusion of gases are inversely proportional to the square roots of their molecular weights or densities.
