Encyclopedia - Inert Gas: Encyclopedia Ii - Inert Gas - Applications
Because of the non-reactive properties of inert gases they are often useful to prevent undesirable chemical reactions from taking place. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inerting System: Encyclopedia Ii - Inerting System - Use In Military Aircraft
Inerting systems have been used in military aircraft starting with a 1950 version of the United States' B-47 bomber jet, which sublimated...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Inert: Oceanography Dictionary - Inert
  Definition and meaning of inert:   inert - refers to unmoving or unchanging. In chemistry, a substance which does not ...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritism, Introduction Of The Spirits Book - Part Ii Of Vi
If the phenomena we are considering had been limited to the movement of objects, they would have remained, as we have already remarked, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fire Triangle: Encyclopedia Ii - Fire Triangle - Fire Tetrahedron
The fire triangle is a useful teaching tool, but fails to identify the fourth essential element of fire: the sustaining chemical reaction...   » Read the article

Article - Samta: Reach Intellectual Bliss With Samta  
The word God combines with the five material elements or tatvas to constitute the body, which is an equipment of action without cause....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohr Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Bohr Model - Electron Energy Levels In Hydrogen
The Bohr model is accurate only for one-electron systems such as the hydrogen atom or singly-ionized helium. This section uses the Bohr m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohr Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Bohr Model - Rydberg Formula
The Rydberg formula describes the transitions or quantum jumps between one energy level and another. When the electron moves from one ene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenon: Encyclopedia - Xenon
Xenon is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Xe and atomic number 54. A colorless, very heavy, odorless noble g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Active Ingredient: Encyclopedia - Active Ingredient
An active ingredient, also active pharmaceutical ingredient (or API), is the substance in drug that is pharmaceutically active. A capsule...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohr Model: Encyclopedia - Bohr Model
In atomic physics, the Bohr model depicts the atom as a small, positively charged nucleus surrounded by electrons in orbit - similar in s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohr Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Bohr Model - Shortcomings
The Bohr model gives an incorrect value for the ground state orbital angular momentum. The angular momentum in the true ground state is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crucible: Encyclopedia - Crucible
A crucible is a cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aim: Encyclopedia - Aim
AIM is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: AOL Instant Messenger A I M Management Group Inc. (AIM In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yablochkov Candle: Encyclopedia - Yablochkov Candle
A Yablochkov candle (sometimes electric candle) is a type of electric carbon arc lamp, invented in 1876 by Pavel Yablochkov. It consisted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arc Welding: Encyclopedia - Arc Welding
Arc welding refers to a group of welding processes that use a welding power supply to create an electric arc between an electrode and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kaula: Encyclopedia - Kaula
Kaula (or Ka‘ula in Hawaiian) is a small, crescent-shaped island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in the state of Hawaii, about 20 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chi: Encyclopedia - Chi
Chi has several meanings and pronunciations. Among them are: A common romanization for qi (traditional chinese: 氣, simplified chinese:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nitrogen: Encyclopedia - Nitrogen
Nitrogen is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol N and atomic number 7. Commonly a colorless, odorless, tastel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solvent: Encyclopedia - Solvent
A solvent is a liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution. The most common solvent in everyday li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canned Air: Encyclopedia - Canned Air
Canned air, also called duster or dust off, is a product consisting of liquified difluoroethane, trifluoroethane, or tetrafluoroethane in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buffer: Encyclopedia - Buffer
Buffer can have refer to: Buffer solution, in chemistry, stabilizes the pH (acidity or alkalinity) of a liquid Buffer gas, an inert or n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - White Dwarf: Encyclopedia - White Dwarf
A white dwarf is an astronomical object which is produced when a low or medium mass star dies. These stars are not heavy enough to genera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohr Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Bohr Model - History
In the early part of the 20th century, experiments by Ernest Rutherford and others had established that atoms consisted of a diffuse clou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohr Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Bohr Model - Refinements
Several enhancements to the Bohr model were proposed; most notably the Sommerfeld model or Bohr-Sommerfeld model, which attempted to add ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argon: Encyclopedia Ii - Argon - Notable Characteristics
Argon is 2.5 times as soluble in water as nitrogen which is approximately the same solubility as oxygen. This highly stable chemical elem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argon: Encyclopedia Ii - Argon - Applications
It is used in lighting since it will not react with the filament in a lightbulb even under high temperatures and other cases where diatom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pastel: Encyclopedia Ii - Pastel - Media
Pastel crayons or sticks, which resemble chalk, consist of pure pigment combined with an inert binder, such as gum arabic, gum tragacanth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arc Welding: Encyclopedia Ii - Arc Welding - Non-consumable Electrode Methods
Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), or tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding, is a manual welding process that uses a non-consumable electrode ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wire: Encyclopedia Ii - Wire - Drawing Wire
Wire is often reduced to the desired diameter and properties by repeated drawing through progressively smaller dies. The wire may be heat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fluorosulfuric Acid: Encyclopedia Ii - Fluorosulfuric Acid - Production
Fluorosulfuric acid is prepared by the reaction: SO3 + HF = FSO3H, or by treating KHF2 or CaF2 with oleum at ~250 degrees celcius. When f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reactive Armour: Encyclopedia Ii - Reactive Armour - Non-explosive And Non-energetic Reactive Armour
NERA and NxRA operate similarly to explosive reactive armour, but without the explosive liner. Two metal face plates sandwich an inert li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reactive Armour: Encyclopedia Ii - Reactive Armour - Non-explosive And Non-energetic Reactive Armour
NERA and NxRA operate similarly to explosive reactive armour, but without the explosive liner. Two metal plates sandwich an inert liner, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atrial Septal Defect: Encyclopedia Ii - Atrial Septal Defect - Associated Conditions
Due to the communication between the atria that occurs with ASDs, a number of disease entities are possible. Atrial septal defect - Deco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Welding: Encyclopedia Ii - Welding - Welding Processes
Welding - Arc welding. Arc welding processes use a welding power supply to create and maintain an electric arc between an electrode and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dry Cell: Encyclopedia Ii - Dry Cell - Chemistry
Like all electrochemical cells, the dry cell gets its electrical energy from an internal chemical reaction which takes the form of two ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Administratium: Encyclopedia Ii - Administratium - A Common Version Of Administratium's Description
Administratium, the heaviest known element, has no protons or electrons and thus has an atomic number of 0. However, it does have one neu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Nobel: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Nobel - Dynamite
Nobel found that when nitroglycerin was incorporated in an absorbent inert substance like kieselguhr (diatomaceous earth) it became safer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nitrogen: Encyclopedia Ii - Nitrogen - History
Nitrogen (Latin nitrum, Greek Nitron meaning "native soda", "genes", "forming") is formally considered to have been discovered by Daniel ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vympel R-23: Encyclopedia Ii - Vympel R-23 - Development
The R-23 was developed in the mid-1960s to arm the new MiG-23 fighter. It entered service in 1973. Like many Soviet missiles, the R-23 wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General Anaesthetic: Encyclopedia Ii - General Anaesthetic - Mechanism Of Action
Researchers agree that ion channels are the ultimate site of action of general anaesthetics, and are now determining the exact molecular ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lichen: Encyclopedia Ii - Lichen - Ecology
Because lichens are morphologically small relative to most terrestrial plants, yet require access to sunlight in order to grow, most form...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salt Bridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Salt Bridge - Glass Tube Bridges
One type of salt bridges consists of U-shaped glass tubes filled with a relatively inert electrolyte, usually potassium chloride or sodiu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Very High Temperature Reactor: Encyclopedia Ii - Very High Temperature Reactor - Coolant
Very high temperature reactor - Helium. This helium cooled reactor type is the dominant one being studied; its primary design uses a 60...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionization Chamber: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionization Chamber - Radiation Detectors
A Geiger-Müller tube—used in a Geiger counter—is another type of ionization chamber. In such a tube, one plate is wrapped into a cyl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lichen: Encyclopedia Ii - Lichen - Ecology
Because lichens are morphologically small relative to most terrestrial plants, yet require access to sunlight in order to grow, most form...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noble Gas: Encyclopedia Ii - Noble Gas - Etymology
The noble gases were previously referred to as inert gases, but this term is not strictly accurate because several of them do take part i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Plaster - Lime Plaster
Lime plaster is a mixture of calcium hydroxide and sand (or other inert fillers). Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes the plaster to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Food Preservation: Encyclopedia Ii - Food Preservation - Methods
Common methods of applying these processes include drying, freeze drying, freezing, vacuum-packing, canning, preserving in syrup, sugar c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nitrogen: Encyclopedia Ii - Nitrogen - The History Of Nitrogen
Nitrogen (Latin nitrum, Greek Nitron meaning "native soda", "genes", "forming") is formally considered to have been discovered by Daniel ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fullerene: Encyclopedia Ii - Fullerene - Possible Dangers
Although buckyballs have been thought in theory to be relatively inert, a presentation given to the American Chemical Society in March 20...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prototype: Encyclopedia Ii - Prototype - Mechanical And Electrical Engineering
The most common use of the word prototype is a functional though experimental version of a nonmilitary machine (e.g., cars, domestic appl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poly Vinyl Pyrrolidone: Encyclopedia Ii - Poly Vinyl Pyrrolidone - Uses
The monomer is carcinogenic and is extremely toxic to aquatic life. However the polymer PVP in its pure form is so safe that not only is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nickel: Encyclopedia Ii - Nickel - Notable Characteristics
Nickel is a silvery white metal that takes on a high polish. It belongs to the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helium: Encyclopedia Ii - Helium - Applications
Pressurized helium is commercially available. Helium is used for many purposes that require one or more of its unique properties; low boi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Graf Zeppelin Lz 130: Encyclopedia Ii - Graf Zeppelin Lz 130 - Flights
By the time the Graf Zeppelin was completed, it was obvious that the ship would never serve its intended purpose as a passenger liner; th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flywheel Energy Storage: Encyclopedia Ii - Flywheel Energy Storage - Advantages And Disadvantages
Flywheels are not affected by temperature changes as are chemical batteries, nor do they suffer from memory effect. Moreover, they are no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Landfill: Encyclopedia Ii - Landfill - Landfill Classes
A landfill, based on the waste type that is disposed in it, can be classified as: Hazardous waste landfill: waste disposal units constru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electrode: Encyclopedia Ii - Electrode - Other Anodes And Cathodes
In a vacuum tube or a semiconductor having polarity (diodes, electrolytic capacitors) the anode is the positive (+) electrode and the cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dmitri Mendeleev: Encyclopedia Ii - Dmitri Mendeleev - Other Achievements
In 1902, in an attempt at a chemical conception of the ether, he put forward the (wrong) hypothesis that there are in existence two chemi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kerogen: Encyclopedia Ii - Kerogen - Types
Labile kerogen breaks down to form heavy hydrocarbons (i.e. oils), refractory kerogen breaks down to form light hydrocarbons (i.e. gases)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coolant: Encyclopedia Ii - Coolant - Gases
Air is the most common form of a coolant. Air cooling uses either convective airflow (passive cooling), or a forced circulation using fan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lz 130 Graf Zeppelin: Encyclopedia Ii - Lz 130 Graf Zeppelin - Flights
By the time the Graf Zeppelin was completed, it was obvious that the ship would never serve its intended purpose as a passenger liner; th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromiumiii Chloride: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromiumiii Chloride - Chemical Properties
Chromium(III) chloride is a Lewis acid, classified as "hard" according to the Hard-Soft Acid-Base theory. However it is also a chloro com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fullerene: Encyclopedia Ii - Fullerene - Possible Dangers
Although buckyballs have been thought in theory to be relatively inert, a presentation given to the American Chemical Society in March 20...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bipropellant Rocket: Encyclopedia Ii - Bipropellant Rocket - Principle Of Operation
Bipropellant rockets have to introduce the propellants into the chamber at high pressure, mixing them well to give stable and thorough co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shaped Charge: Encyclopedia Ii - Shaped Charge - Explosive Lenses
Explosive lenses used in nuclear weapons are highly specialised shaped charges. They are used to change the approximately spherical diver...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhodium: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhodium - Occurrence
The industrial extraction of rhodium is complex as the metal occurs in ores mixed with other metals such as palladium, silver, platinum, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quidditch: Encyclopedia Ii - Quidditch - Rules
Main Article: Rules of Quidditch Quidditch is played on a long oval field with three goal hoops on posts at each end. The team that scor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radon: Encyclopedia Ii - Radon - Notable Characteristics
Essentially chemically inert, but radioactive, radon is the heaviest noble gas and one of the heaviest gases at room temperature. (The he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agm-78 Standard Arm: Encyclopedia Ii - Agm-78 Standard Arm - Variants
An inert training version of the AGM-78A was built as ATM-78A. Of equal size, mass and shape, the missile lacked a seeker head, warhead, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salt Bridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Salt Bridge - Filter Paper Bridges
The other type of salt bridges consists of a filter paper, also soaked with a relatively inert electrolyte, usually potassium chloride or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raney Nickel: Encyclopedia Ii - Raney Nickel - Safety
Due to its large surface area and high volume of contained hydrogen gas, dry, activated Raney nickel is a pyrophoric material that should...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wave Soldering: Encyclopedia Ii - Wave Soldering - Soldering
The tank of molten solder has a pattern of standing waves (or, in some cases, intermittent waves) on its surface. When the PCB is moved o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poly Vinyl Pyrrolidone: Encyclopedia Ii - Poly Vinyl Pyrrolidone - Uses
The monomer is carcinogenic and is extremely toxic to aquatic life. However the polymer PVP in its pure form is so safe that not only is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rbmk: Encyclopedia Ii - Rbmk - Containment
The RBMK design includes several kinds of containment needed for normal operation. There is a sealed metal containment structure filled w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Petrushka: Encyclopedia Ii - Petrushka - Story
The play opens up at a carnival/fair, called Shrovetide, (the Russian Maslenitsa - akin to Mardi Gras) which is a celebration a few days ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pebble Bed Reactor: Encyclopedia Ii - Pebble Bed Reactor - Basic Design
The reactor provides heat, which is used to turn a generator. However, there are a number of different design choices. The uranium, thori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Microchip Implant Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Microchip Implant Animal - Components Of A Microchip
Microchips are passive, or inert, RFID devices and contain no internal power source. They are designed so that they do not act until acte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nas Battery: Encyclopedia Ii - Nas Battery - Operation
During the discharge phase, molten metallic sodium at the core acts as the anode, separated by a beta alumina cylinder from a sulfur cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gold: Encyclopedia Ii - Gold - Occurrence
Due to its relative chemical inertness gold is usually found as the native metal or alloy. Occasionally large accumulations of native gol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decompression Sickness: Encyclopedia Ii - Decompression Sickness - Introduction
Decompression sickness can happen in any of the following situations: A diver ascends from a dive. An unpressurized aircraft flies upwar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breathing Gas: Encyclopedia Ii - Breathing Gas - Unwelcome Components Of Breathing Gases
Many gases are not suitable for use in diving breathing gases. Here is an incomplete list. Breathing gas - Argon. Argon (Ar) is an iner...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Critics
Aristotle has been criticised on several grounds. His analysis of procreation is frequently criticised on the grounds that it presuppose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asgard Stargate: Encyclopedia Ii - Asgard Stargate - The Replicators
The Asgard have been largely unable to help Earth with their fight against the Goa'uld due to a war with a greater enemy, the Replicators...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - Other Exotic Biochemical Elements
Chlorine is sometimes proposed as a biological alternative to oxygen, either in carbon-based biologies or hypothetical non-carbon-based o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Fuel Cycle - Front End
1 Uranium ore - the principal raw material of nuclear fuel 2 Yellowcake - the form in which uranium is transported to an enrichement plan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helium: Encyclopedia Ii - Helium - Notable Characteristics
Helium - Gas and plasma phases. Helium is a colorless, odorless, and non-toxic gas. It is the least reactive member of group 18 (the no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fire Fighting: Encyclopedia Ii - Fire Fighting - Appendix : Calculation Of The Amount Of Water Required To Suppress A Fire In A Closed Volume
In the case of a closed volume, it is easy to compute the amount of water. Indeed, when the volume is tight, the air can not come in; and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jada: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Jada
Jada: Jada. Inert. Physical body without consciousness.   (See also: Jada , Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jada: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Jada
jada: jada. Inert matter.   (See also: jada , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - A-chetana: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On A-chetana (-chethana)
a-chetana: a-chetana (-chethana). Non-intelligent, unconscious, inert, senseless.   (See also: a-chetana , Hinduism, Hindui...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jada: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Jada
jada: Inert. physical body without consciousness.   (See also: jada , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Bo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Talismanic Magic: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Talismanic Magic
talismanic magic Using inert objects as storage batteries that have been consecrated and energized with psychic energy   (See ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Earth: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Earth
Earth: One of the main “elements” in occultism; associated in the West with matter, brown, black, pentacles, passivity, in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Radon Therapy: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Radon Therapy
Radon Therapy: An inert gas used in many European spas as part of a treatment process believed to stimulate organ functions and promot...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Seker, Seket: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Seker, Seket
Seker, Seket (Egyptian) One of the aspects of Ptah, also the name of Osiris in Memphis, especially in his character of Lord of the Und...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Noumenon: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Noumenon
Noumenon [from Greek noeo to perceive with the mind, think; cf nous]   Plural Noumena. An object perceived by the mind apart from...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vitalism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vitalism
Vitalism The theory that the phenomena of organic life cannot be explained by the properties of physical matter alone, and that conseq...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sleep: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Sleep
Sleep A state of physical inertia with mental relaxation, sleep promotes proper growth of the self. Night is the natural time to sleep...   » Read the article