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The seventeenth of the synthetic transuranium elements. Element 109 falls in column 9 of the periodic table under the elements cobalt, rhodium, and iridium. It is expected to have chemical properties similar to those of iridium.
Industry:Science
The pancreas is affected by a variety of congenital and acquired diseases. Because of the dual functional role, the diseases of the exocrine portion of the pancreas will be separated from the endocrine lesions in this discussion.
Industry:Science
The processing treatments for the production of uranium concentrates and the recovery of pure uranium compounds, as well as the conversion chemistry to produce uranium metal and the processes employed for preparing uranium alloys.
Industry:Science
The tissue in the body in which cellular contractility has become most apparent. Almost all forms of protoplasm exhibit some degree of contractility, but in muscle fibers specialization has led to the preeminence of this property.
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The production of visible light by bacteria; with very few exceptions this light is blue-green. The phenomenon is seen in many species of several genera, including <i>Vibrio, Photobacterium, Alteromonas</i>, and <i>Xenorhabdus</i>.
Industry:Science
The organ of vascular plants that usually develops branches and bears leaves and flowers. On woody stems a branch that is the current season's growth from a bud is called a twig. The stems of some species produce adventitious roots.
Industry:Science
The nuclear change of one element into another, either naturally, in radioactive elements, or artificially, by bombarding an element with electrons, deuterons, or alpha particles in particle accelerators or with neutrons in atomic piles.
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The science dealing with all aspects of the waters of the Earth: their occurrence, circulation, and distribution; their chemical and physical properties; and their reaction with the environment, including their relation to living things.
Industry:Science
The measure of the opposition that an electrical circuit presents to the passage of a current when a voltage is applied. In quantitative terms, it is the complex ratio of the voltage to the current in an alternating- current (ac) circuit.
Industry:Science
The phenomenon in which a relatively small amount of foreign material, called a catalyst, augments the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being consumed. A catalyst is material, and not light or heat. It increases a reaction rate.
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