A natural deposit containing a mineral of an element to be extracted.
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Interesting facts about metals
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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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Chemistry of the sky
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Harmful Chemicals Found In Food
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Alkyl Group
A group of atoms derived from an alkane by the removal of one hydrogen atom.
Reverse Osmosis
Forcing solvent molecules to flow through a semipermable membrane from a concentated solution into a dilute solution by the application of greater hydrostatic pressure on concentrated side than the osmotic pressure opposing it.
Distilland
The material in a distillation apparatus that is to be distilled.
Autoionization
An ionization reaction between identical molecules.
Foam
Colloidal suspension of a gas in a liquid.
Photochemical Smog
A brownish smog occurring in urban areas receiving large amounts of sunlight, caused by photochemical (light-induced) reactions among nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons and other components of polluted air that produce photochemical oxidants.
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.
Effective Molality
The sum of the molalities of all solute particles in a solution.
Solvolysis
The reaction of a substance with the solvent in which it is dissolved.
Ionization
In aqueous solution, the process in which a molecular compound reacts with water and forms ions.
