Refers to the overall processes by which metals are extracted from ores.
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Yellowcake
The solid form of mixed uranium oxide, which is produced from uranium ore in the uranium recovery (milling) process.
Band of Stability
Band containing nonradioactive nuclides in a plot of number of neutrons versus atomic number.
Colloid
A heterogeneous mixture in which solute-like particles do not settle out.
Degenerate
Of the same energy.
Melting Point
The temperature at which liquid and solid coexist in equilibrium, also the freezing point.
Alkylbenzene
A compound containing an alkyl group bonded to a benzene ring.
Donor Atom
A ligand atom whose electrons are shared with a Lewis acid.
Bomb Calorimeter
A device used to measure the heat transfer between system and surroundings at constant volume.
Salinometer
An instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution. Also,"salimeter, salometer."
Buffer Solution
Solution that resists change in pH, contains either a weak acid and a soluble ionic salt of the acid or a weak base and a soluble ionic salt of the base.
