The separation of a liquid mixture into its components on the basis of differences in boiling points. The process in which components of a mixture are separated by boiling away the more volitile liquid.
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Displacement Reactions
Reactions in which one element displaces another from a compound.
Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP)
A written program developed and implemented by an employer designating proceedures, equipment, personal protective equipment, and work practices that are capable of protecting employees from the health hazards presented by hazardous chemicals usid in that particular workplace.
Electrophoresis
A technique for separation of ions by rate and direction of migration in an electric field.
Free Energy, Gibbs Free Energy
The thermodynamic state function of a system that indicates the amount of energy available for the system to do useful work at constant T and P.
Element
A substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by chemical means.
Yellowcake
The solid form of mixed uranium oxide, which is produced from uranium ore in the uranium recovery (milling) process.
Electrochemistry
Study of chemical changes produced by electrical current and the production of electricity by chemical reactions.
Reverse Osmosis
Forcing solvent molecules to flow through a semipermable membrane from a concentated solution into a dilute solution by the application of greater hydrostatic pressure on concentrated side than the osmotic pressure opposing it.
Ampere
Unit of electrical current, one ampere equals one coulomb per second.
Nitrogen Cycle
The complex series of reactions by which nitrogen is slowly but continually recycled in the atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere.
