A natural deposit containing a mineral of an element to be extracted.
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Reducing Agent
The substance that reduces another substance and is oxidized.
Rate-law Expression
Equation relating the rate of a reaction to the concentrations of the reactants and the specific rate of the constant.
A brief history of dyeing fabrics
Dyeing fabrics is giving the fibers a homogeneous color that has a certain degree of strength. The methods of dyeing are very diverse, depending on the properties of the dyes and the dyed fibers.
Photoelectric Effect
Emission of an electron from the surface of a metal caused by impinging electromagnetic radiation of certain minimum energy, current increases with increasing intensity of radiation.
Electron Configuration
Specific distribution of electrons in atomic orbitals of atoms or ions.
Resonance
The concept in which two or more equivalent dot formulas for the same arrangement of atoms (resonance structures) are necessary to describe the bonding in a molecule or ion.
Amine
Derivatives of ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by organic groups.
Domain
A cluster of atoms in a ferromagnetic substance, all of which align in the same direction in the presence of an external magnetic field.
yttrium metal
Any of a subgroup of rare-earth elements, of which the cerium and terbium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
Yellowcake
The solid form of mixed uranium oxide, which is produced from uranium ore in the uranium recovery (milling) process.
