Refers to the overall processes by which metals are extracted from ores.
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What are Compound Microscopes?
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Protein Design: Automated protein discovery and synthesis
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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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Varieties of garnet minerals
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Displacement Reactions
Reactions in which one element displaces another from a compound.
Crystal Lattice Energy
Amount of energy that holds a crystal together, the energy change when a mole of solid is formed from its constituent molecules or ions (for ionic compounds) in their gaseous state.
Mass
A measure of the amount of matter in an object. Mass is usually measured in grams or kilograms.
Oil
Liquid triester of glycerol and unsaturated fatty acids.
Open Sextet
Refers to species that have only six electrons in the highest energy level of the central element (many Lewis acids).
Condensed Phases
The liquid and solid phases, phases in which particles interact strongly.
Distillate
The material in a distillation apparatus that is collected in the receiver.
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 device is based on a complex process of "tunneling" electrons between the material and the tip of a probe.
Ferromagnetism
The ability of a substance to become permanently magnetized by exposure to an external magnetic field.
Complex Ions
Ions resulting from the formation of coordinate covalent bonds between simple ions and other ions or molecules.
