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Introduction to agricultural engineering
Agricultural engineering Agricultural engineering can be defined from two perspectives; the scientific and professional: Scientifically, agricultural engineering is expressed as…
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Different Types of Enzymes
Enzymes are critical protein molecules in living systems that, once synthesized, are not usually transformed into some of other kind…
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What are Enzymes? – Definition & Explanation
What Are Enzymes? Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysts within living cells. Catalysts increase the rate at which chemical reactions occur without…
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Denaturation and Protein Folding
Example o The gelatin dessert “Jello” gels due to the presence of a protein. When Jello is heated, its structure is…
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Protein Structure
The shape of a protein is critical to its function because it determines whether the protein can interact with other…
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Peptide Bonding between Amino Acids
Amino acids are the building blocks for the proteins responsible for the biological functions within our body. Amino acids are…
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Amino Acids
Structure of an Amino Acid Amino acids are the monomers that make up proteins. Each amino acid has the same…
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Schrödinger Equation
The Schrödinger equation, sometimes called the Schrödinger wave equation, is a partial differential equation. It uses the concept of energy…
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What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?
The Heisenberg uncertainty principle, stated in a way that’s useful for chemists, is that it’s impossible to determine simultaneously with…
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Hamiltonian Operator
A molecule is a group of atoms held together by chemical bonds. In quantum mechanical terms, a molecule is a…
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The Equipartition Principle
The equipartition theorem, also known as the law of equipartition, equipartition of energy or simply equipartition, states that every degree…
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Planck’s Quantum Theory
In the late 18th century, great progress in physics had been made. Classical Newtonian physics at the time was widely…