A Nuclear particle with the mass of an electron but opposite charge.
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Why do copper products change color, and what is the name of the process?
Probably, every person wants to know, why over time the copper turns green and becomes bloomed. This is easy to explain: that film is called patina.
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Features of the Scanning Tunneling Microscope
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Electrical Conductivity
Ability to conduct electricity.
Oxidation-reduction Reactions
Reactions in which oxidation and reduction occur, also called redox reactions.
Ester
A Compound of the general formula R-C-O-R1 where R and R1 may be the same or different, and may be either aliphatic or aromatic.
Condensed Phases
The liquid and solid phases, phases in which particles interact strongly.
Mechanism
The sequence of steps by which reactants are converted into products.
Method of Initial Rates
Method of determining the rate-law expression by carrying out a reaction with different initial concentrations and analyzing the resultant changes in initial rates.
Protein Design: Automated protein discovery and synthesis
In this paper I describe (theoretically) the method(s) of automated protein discovery and synthesis.
Isomorphous
Refers to crystals having the same atomic arrangement.
Polar Bond
Covalent bond in which there is an unsymmetrical distribution of electron density.
Metal
An element below and to the left of the stepwise division (metalloids) in the upper right corner of the periodic table, about 80% of the known elements are metals.
