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Shock sensitivity is a comparative measure of the sensitivity to sudden compression (by impact or blast) of an explosive chemical compound. Determination...

Stereoscopic spectroscopy is a type of imaging spectroscopy that can extract a few spectral parameters over a complete image plane simultaneously. A stereoscopic...

In spectroscopy, hypsochromic shift (from Ancient Greek ὕψος (upsos) 'height' and χρῶμα (chrōma) 'color') is a change of spectral band position in the...

Percent active chlorine is a unit of concentration used for hypochlorite-based bleaches. One gram of a 100% active chlorine bleach has the quantitative...

Polycide is a silicide formed over polysilicon. Widely used in DRAMs. In a polycide MOSFET transistor process, the silicide is formed only over the polysilicon...

Synthonia is short for Synthetic Ammonia, a product produced by chemical company I.C.I. ICI produced this product at one of its many plants in Billingham...

Perfect mixing is a term heavily used in relation to the definition of models that predict the behavior of chemical reactors. Perfect mixing assumes that...

Laboratory sample tubes are used to hold small quantities of substances undergoing experimentation or testing. These tubes are usually made of glass, but...

This is a partial list of molecules that contain 15 carbon atoms. Carbon number List of compounds with carbon number 14 List of compounds with carbon number...

In quantum chemistry, a complete active space is a type of classification of molecular orbitals. Spatial orbitals are classified as belonging to three...

This is a partial list of molecules that contain 23 carbon atoms. Carbon number List of compounds with carbon number 22 List of compounds with carbon number...

Direct quantum chemistry covers a set of quantum chemical methods not using the Born-Oppenheimer representation. Direct quantum chemistry considers the...

The total boron (BT) is the sum of boron species in a solution. In the environment these species usually include boric acid and borate, for example: BT...

A surface core level shift (SCS) is a kind of core-level shift that often emerges in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy spectra of surface atoms. Because...

Delayed nuclear radiation is a form of nuclear decay. When an isotope decays into a very short-lived isotope and then decays again to a relatively long-lived...

A mouth prop (also bite block) is a wedge-shaped implement used in dentistry for dentists working with children and other patients who have difficulty...

This is a partial list of molecules that contain 21 carbon atoms. Carbon number List of compounds with carbon number 20 List of compounds with carbon number...

The huff and puff apparatus is used in school biology labs to demonstrate that carbon dioxide is a product of respiration. A pupil breathes in and out...

Marek Gatty-Kostyal (born July 20, 1886, in Bochnia – September 13, 1965 in Kraków) was a Polish chemist and pharmacist, known for his many contributions...

A performance supervision system (PSS) is a software system used to improve the performance of a process plant. Typical process plants include oil refineries...