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Intriguing minerals: quartz and its polymorphic modifications
This lecture text condenses the characteristics of quartz and its rich palette of varieties. The mineralogy and crystallography of quartz and its...
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Stress-Induced Lattice Imperfections: the Principal Motive in Enhancing some Physico-Chemical and Electrical Properties of some Quartz Varieties
Chemical reactivity, grindability and zeta potential have been measured and correlated for three variably deformed quartz varieties from three...
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Characteristics and formation mechanism of key volatile compounds in sugar-smoked chicken
In this paper, the volatile compounds and profile of sugar-smoked chicken thighs were studied, which were proceed by using dividual smoking materials...
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Confocal micro X-ray fluorescence analysis for the non-destructive investigation of structured and inhomogeneous samples
Confocal micro X-ray fluorescence (CMXRF) spectroscopy is a non-destructive, depth-resolved, and element-specific technique that is used to analyze...
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An investigation of pine needles fluidization, combustion performance, and fly ash behavior in fluidized bed combustor
Coniferous forest residue, such as pine needles, has enormous potential in Himalayan territories and could play a significant role in energy supply....
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Sodium strontium phosphate nonahydrate (NaSrPO4·9H2O) found in Hanford nuclear waste
The Hanford site, near Richland, WA, in the U.S.A., has legacy radioactive waste left over from plutonium production. Strontium-90 and its...
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Chemical Constituents of Coffee
Coffee quality is the main factor for its valorization, several factors influence the final product, however it is the chemical constituents that... -
Flame retardant and durable chloroprene rubber and styrene-butadiene rubber blends crosslinked with copper(I) oxide
The purpose of this work was to investigate the effect of application of copper(I) oxide (Cu 2 O) as an unconventional crosslinking agent of...
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Spot tests: past and present
Microchemistry, i.e., the chemistry performed at the scale of a microgram or less, has its roots in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth...
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Characteristics and Historical Events
Petroleum is one of most diverse and complex substances on Earth, containing countless organic molecules, mostly hydrocarbons including small amounts... -
Pyrolysis of Ageratum conyzoides (goat weed)
A semi-batch reactor was used to carry out the pyrolysis of Ageratum conyzoides. The outcome of pyrolysis parameters vis temperature (350–600 °C);...
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Cuprene
Although the polymerization of acetyleneAcetylene is most commonly associated with the conjugated polymerPolymer , polyacetylenePolyacetylene , the... -
Deutsch – Englisch
Abbau (Zersetzung/Zerfall/Zusammenbruch) degradation, decomposition, breakdown; (einer Apparatur) disassembly, dismantling, dismantlement, takedown -
English – German
aberration Aberration, Abweichung -
Fish and Fishery Products: Quality Indices
This chapter discusses about the different thermal and nonthermal processing techniques for fish and fish product preservation. It also discusses in... -
Instrumentation
Proper instrumentation is necessary for safe and efficient working of a chemical process plant since it is necessary for the operating personnel to... -
Introduction to Petroleum Technology
When people consider petroleum, they first think of energy. Petroleum and other fossil fuels now provide more than 86% of the energy consumed by... -
Natural radioactivity and geological influence on subsurface layers at Kubwa and Gosa area of Abuja, Northcentral Nigeria
The concentration of 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K in rock samples were analysed using gamma ray spectrometry. In Kubwa, the concentration ranges from 15 to...
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Determination of the Optimum Sun-Drying Time for Vitis vinifera L. cv. Tempranillo Grapes by E-nose Analysis and Characterization of Their Volatile Composition
Differences in volatile composition between musts from Tempranillo grapes sun dried for a variable length of time were studied. Volatile aroma...
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Foundations of Photochemistry: A Background on the Interaction Between Light and Molecules
This chapter gives an introduction to the key ideas which underpin photochemistry: the nature of electromagnetic radiation, the nature of matter, and...