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Nitric Acid
HNO3: A strong acid, it is toxic and can cause severe burns. Transparent colorless or yellowish, fuming, suffocating, caustic and corrosive liquid. Nitric acid boiling point is 83C. A 70 percent solution is used in the S.S.E. laboratory for junction depth measurements. Nitric acid is also present in the metal etch solution used for the Aluminum etch procedure.
K Capture
Absorption of a K shell (n=1) electron by a proton as it is converted to a neutron.
Lead Storage Battery
Secondary voltaic cell used in most automobiles.
Geiger counter
A gas filled tube which discharges electriaclly when ionizing radiation passes through it.
Polymer
A large molecule consisting of chains or rings of linked monomer units, usually characterized by high melting and boiling points.
Third Law of Thermodynamics
The entropy of a hypothetical pure, perfect, crystalline sustance at absolute zero temperature is zero.
Metalloids
Elements with properties intermediate between metals and nonmetals: B, Al, Si, Ge, As, Sb, Te, Po, and At.
Faraday
One faraday of electricity corresponds to the charge on 6.022 x 1023 electrons, or 96,487.301 coulombs.
Water Equivalent
The amount of water that would absorb the same amount of heat as the calorimeter per degree temperature increase.
Adsorption
Adhesion of a species onto the surfaces of particles.
