A nuclear reactor that produces more fissionable nuclear fuel than it consumes.
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Curie (Ci)
The basic unit used to describe the intensity of radioactivity in a sample of material. One curie equals 37 billion disintegrations per second or approximately the amount of radioactivty given off by 1 gram of radium.
Allotropic Modifications (Allotropes)
Different forms of the same element in the same physical state.
Covalent Compounds
Compounds containing predominantly covalent bonds.
Standard Molar Volume
The volume occupied by one mole of an ideal gas under standard conditions, 22.4liters.
Capillary Action
The drawing of a liquid up the inside of a small-bore tube when adhesive forces exceed cohesive forces, or the depression of the surface of the liquid when cohesive forces exceed the adhesive forces.
Frequency
The number of repeating corresponding points on a wave that pass a given observation point per unit time.
Polydentate
Refers to ligands with more than one donor atom.
Bonding Pair
Pair of electrons involved in a covalent bond.
All Chemicals - Chemical Glossary
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Effective Molality
The sum of the molalities of all solute particles in a solution.
