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41Caesium — xenon ← caesium → barium Rb ↑ Cs ↓ Fr …
42Voronoi diagram — The Voronoi diagram of a random set of points in the plane (all points lie within the image). In mathematics, a Voronoi diagram is a special kind of decomposition of a given space, e.g., a metric space, determined by distances to a specified… …
43Ceramic engineering — Simulation of the outside of the Space Shuttle as it heats up to over 1,500 °C (2,730 °F) during re entry into the Earth s atmosphere Ceramic engineering is the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, non metallic… …
44Coordination number — In chemistry and crystallography, the coordination number of a central atom in a molecule or crystal is the number of its nearest neighbours. This number is determined somewhat differently for molecules and for crystals. In chemistry, the… …
45Classical and quantum conductivity — Classical and quantum mechanical views of conductivity have both described the movements of electrons in a metallic solid. The free electron gas that is present in metallic solids is the reason for an important property of all metals:… …
46Samarium — promethium ← samarium → europium ↑ Sm ↓ …
47Allotropy — (Gr. allos , other, and tropos , manner) is a behavior exhibited by certain chemical elements: these elements can exist in two or more different forms, known as allotropes of that element. In each different allotrope, the element s atoms are… …
48Crystallography — For the book of poetry, see Crystallography (book). A crystalline solid: atomic resolution image of strontium titanate. Brighter atoms are Sr and darker ones are Ti. Crystallography is the experimental science of the arrangement of atoms in… …
49Crystal growth — Crystallization Concepts …
50Periodic table (crystal structure) — The structures of metallic elements adopted at normal temperatures are colour coded and shown below Greenwood Earnshaw] , the only exception is mercury, Hg, which is a liquid and the structure refers to the low temperature form. The melting… …
