Material Science 5 min read
Plastic
Plastic, polymeric material that has the capability of being molded or shaped, usually by the application of heat and pressure.…
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Elastomer
Elastomer, any rubbery material composed of long chainlike molecules, or polymers, that are capable of recovering their original shape after…
Material Science 10 min read
Transportation
Transportation, the movement of goods and persons from place to place and the various means by which such movement is…
Material Science 4 min read
Nuclear power
Nuclear power, electricity generated by power plants that derive their heat from fission in a nuclear reactor. Except for the reactor, which plays…
Material Science 10 min read
Principles of Electron Tubes
An electron tube has two or more electrodes separated either by vacuum (in a vacuum tube) or by ionized gas…
Material Science 4 min read
Anode
Anode, the terminal or electrode from which electrons leave a system. In a battery or other source of direct current the anode is the negative terminal,…
Material Science 3 min read
Amalgam
Amalgam, alloy of mercury and one or more other metals. Amalgams are crystalline in structure, except for those with a high mercury content, which…
Material Science 5 min read
Chemical properties
The chemical properties of clusters are a combination of the properties of bulk and molecular matter. Several kinds of clusters,…
Material Science 7 min read
Materials science
Materials science, the study of the properties of solid materials and how those properties are determined by a material’s composition and structure. It grew…
Physical Chemistry 4 min read
The mechanical equivalence of work and energy
Two of the architects of modern thermodynamics were William Thompson (better known as Lord Kelvin) and his friend James Prescott…
Physical Chemistry 3 min read
Endothermic reactions
We all sweat at some time or other, e.g. after running hard, living We need the salt in sweat to…
Physical Chemistry 4 min read
Energy and the first law of thermodynamics
Eating ice cream soon causes the mouth to get cold, possibly to Ice cream melts as it warms in the…
