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Atoms Essays and Term Papers
Nuclear EnergyDuring the twentieth century scientists have discovered how to unleash
the most powerful energy of all; . The study of
began for the same reasons that most scientific studies are begun; to understand
more about the universe and the laws by which the universe works. The more
knowledge we have ...
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GalliumThe Periodic Table
‘The nineteenth century was a golden age for the discovery of elements [1]’. This was when scientist began to look for patterns and behaviours of elements. The early periodic table was arranged by the elements relative atomic mass rather than atomic number, which is now ...
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John Daltonwas born in September 5,1766 in Eaglesfield in Cumberland, England. Dalton and his family lived in a small country house. His family had been Quakers since 1690. Quakers where members of a society of friends. John had a brother named Mary and A brother named Charles, when he was born his brother ...
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On J.j. ThomsonScience lecturers who traveled from town to town in the middle nineteenth century delighted audiences by showing them the ancestor of the neon sign. They took a glass tube with wires embedded in opposite ends . . . put a high voltage across . . . pumped out most of the air . . . and the interior ...
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RustproofingOne method used to prevent rust, is to insulate the metal from moisture and oxygen by covering it with protective chemical layers or paint. This method is effective as long as the protective surface is not damaged, for example, stone chips, scratches, abrasions in the joints. In real terms this ...
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A Quantum ComputerImagine a computer whose memory is exponentially larger than its apparent physical size; a computer that can manipulate an exponential set of inputs simultaneously; a computer that computes in the twilight zone of space. You would be thinking of . Relatively few and simple concepts from quantum ...
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Materialism Vs IdealismHistory tells us very little of Titus Lucretius Carus, but one can see
from reading his work that he has a strong dislike towards religious
superstition, which he claims is the root of human fear and in turn the
cause of impious acts. Although he does not deny the existence of a god,
his work is ...
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Siliconis the raw material most often used in integrated circuit (IC)
fabrication. It is the second most abundant substance on the earth. It is
extracted from rocks and common beach sand and put through an exhaustive
purification process. In this form, is the purist industrial substance
that man ...
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On J.J. ThompsonScience lecturers who traveled from town to town in the middle nineteenth century delighted audiences by showing them the ancestor of the neon sign. They took a glass tube with wires embedded in opposite ends . . . put a high voltage across . . . pumped out most of the air . . . and the interior ...
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Quantum Computers Fact -or- Fantasy??
Imagine a computer whose memory is exponentially larger than its apparent physical size; a computer that can manipulate an exponential set of inputs simultaneously; a computer that computes in the twilight zone of space. You would be thinking of a quantum computer. Relatively few and simple ...
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Selfish Genes And Selfish MemeWHO IS IN CHARGE OF THIS THING WE CALL LIFE?
A question asked since the beginning of conscious thought or maybe even longer, a question that could only be answered by perhaps the dead, (with whom there is no scientific way of proving that they are even contactable yet). A question that it could ...
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Semiconductors : The Silicon ChipSilicon is the raw material most often used in integrated circuit (IC)
fabrication. It is the second most abundant substance on the earth. It is
extracted from rocks and common beach sand and put through an exhaustive
purification process. In this form, silicon is the purist ...
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Materialism Vs IdealismHistory tells us very little of Titus Lucretius Carus, but one can see
from reading his work that he has a strong dislike towards religious
superstition, which he claims is the root of human fear and in turn the
cause of impious acts. Although he does not deny the existence of a god,
his work is ...
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Fusion 2Fusion reactions are inhibited by the electrical repulsive force that acts between two positively charged nuclei. For fusion to occur, the two nuclei must approach each other at high speed to overcome the electrical repulsion and attain a sufficiently small separation (less than one-trillionth of ...
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B E C: The New Phase Of MatterA new phase of matter has been discovered seventy years after Albert
Einstein predicted it's existence. In this new state of matter, atoms do not
move around like they would in an ordinary gas condensate. The atoms move in
lock step with one another and have identical quantum properties. This ...
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Nuclear PowerProducing energy from a plant is very complicated. The process of
nuclear energy involves the fission of atoms, the release of energy from fission
as heat, and the transfer of heat to electricity in power plants.
The process of splitting the atom is called nuclear fission. Fission can ...
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Magnatism & The Things We Think We Know About It!Magnatism is a wonderous natural phenomanon. Since days before
scientific discoveries were even written down the world has been playing with
the theories of magnatism. In these three labs we delt with some of the same
ideas which have pondered over for long before any of us were around. In ...
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AdamantaneThe unique nature of diamond is heavily dependent upon its composition, crystal structure, and mechanical, thermal, and electromagnetic properties.1 Of those dependencies, composition exacts the most influence over the characteristics. Crystal structure is the repeating pattern of diamond’s ...
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Biological Effects Of RadiationThe
Whether the source of radiation is natural or man made, whether it is a small dose of radiation or a large dose, there will be some biological effects. Radiation causes ionizations of atoms, which will affect molecules, which may affect cells, which may affect tissues, and so on. Although ...
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Acid Rain: Cause And Effects And IssuesIntroduction
Acid rain has become an environmental concern of global importance
within the last decade. With the increasing environmental awareness of the
"unhealthy" condition of our planet earth the concern about acid rain has
not lessened.
In brief, acid rain is rain with pH values of ...
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