A device used for accelerating charged particles along a straight line path.
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Nitrogen Cycle
The complex series of reactions by which nitrogen is slowly but continually recycled in the atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere.
Hydration Energy
The energy change accompanying the hydration of a mole of gase and ions.
Saccharate
A compound formed by interaction of sucrose with a metallic oxide, usually lime, and useful in the purification of sugar.
Carcinogen
A substance capable of causing or producing cancer in mammals.
Antibonding Orbital
A molecular orbital higher in energy than any of the atomic orbitals from which it is derived, lends instability to a molecule or ion when populated with electrons, denoted with a star (*) superscript or symbol.
Corrosion
Oxidation of metals in the presence of air and moisture.
Solution
Homogeneous mixture of two or more substances.
Evaporization
Vaporization of a liquid below its boiling point.
Alkyl Group
A group of atoms derived from an alkane by the removal of one hydrogen atom.
Water Equivalent
The amount of water that would absorb the same amount of heat as the calorimeter per degree temperature increase.
