A solid compound that contains a definite percentage of bound water.
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Protein Design: Automated protein discovery and synthesis
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Ozone
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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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Interesting facts about metals
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Oxidation-reduction Reactions
Reactions in which oxidation and reduction occur, also called redox reactions.
Detergent
A soap-like emulsifer that contains a sulfate, SO3 or a phosphate group instead of a carboxylate group.
Spectral Line
Any of a number of lines corresponding to definite wavelengths of an atomic emission or absorption spectrum, represents the energy difference between two energy levels.
Mass Number
The sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in an atom, an integer.
Octane Number
A number that indicates how smoothly a gasoline burns.
Active Metal
Metal with low ionization energy that loses electrons readily to form cations.
Coke
An impure form of carbon obtained by destructive distillation of coal or petroleum.
Mixture
A sample of matter composed of two or more substances, each of which retains its identity and properties.
Ionic Bonding
Chemical bonding resulting from the transfer of one or more electrons from one atom or a group of atoms to another.
Levorotatory
Refers to an optically active substance that rotates the plane of plane polarized light counterclockwise, also called levo.
