A nuclear reactor that produces more fissionable nuclear fuel than it consumes.
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Features of the Scanning Tunneling Microscope
The scanning tunneling microscope (STM) invented by Heinrich Rohrer and Gerd Binnig in the 1980s still manages to do a great job today and competes with more advanced microscope types. The scanning tunneling microscope is used for studying the surface atoms that are found on various materials. The...
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Use of diamonds
Diamond is a crystalline modification of pure carbon formed in the deep interior of the Earth, in the upper mantle at depths of more than 80-100 kilometers, at exceptionally high pressure and temperature. It is the most precious stone, the hardest and most wear-resistant mineral, the most...
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Interesting facts about metals
Metals have been used by people since ancient times. All the time the process of obtaining them was improved, useful alloys of various metals appeared. Let’s look at interesting facts about metals.
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Varieties of garnet minerals
The most famous type of garnet stone is pyrope (flaming). This is the "oldest of garnets", with a dense red color, similar to the grain of an edible garnet. Pyrope has a variety called rhodolite - a stone of dense pink or pink-purple color, which sometimes has the alexandrite effect and is used in...
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Gas of rotten eggs
If you happen to break a rotten egg, then you know the smell of hydrogen sulfide, because the stench of the spoiled egg depends on of its presence in rotting protein substances.
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Single Bond
Covalent bond resulting from the sharing of two electrons (one pair) between two atoms.
Foam
Colloidal suspension of a gas in a liquid.
Peroxide
A compound containing oxygen in the -1 oxidation state. Metal peroxides contain the peroxide ion, O22
Ligand
A Lewis base in a coordination compound.
London Forces
Very weak and very short-range attractive forces between short-lived temporary (induced) dipoles, also called dispersion Forces.
Dipole
Refers to the separation of charge between two covalently bonded atoms.
Saturated Solution
Solution in which no more solute will dissolve.
Activity Series
A listing of metals (and hydrogen) in order of decreasing activity.
Active Metal
Metal with low ionization energy that loses electrons readily to form cations.
Allotropic Modifications (Allotropes)
Different forms of the same element in the same physical state.
