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21nickel processing — Introduction preparation of the metal for use in various products. Although it is best known for its use in coinage, nickel (Ni) has become much more important for its many industrial applications, which owe their importance to a… …
22taenite — ▪ mineral nickel iron mineral having a face centred cubic structure and playing a major role in the crystallization and structure of iron meteorites and stony iron meteorites. It is sometimes referred to as γ iron, after one of the three… …
23Some properties of the boron group elements — ▪ Table Some properties of the boron group elements boron aluminum atomic number 5 13 atomic weight 10.811 26.9815 colour of element brown silver white melting point (°C) 2,100–2,200 659.7 boiling point (°C) sublimes 2,550 2,467 density ● solid …
24iron — ironless, adj. ironlike, adj. /uy euhrn/, n. 1. Chem. a ductile, malleable, silver white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery,… …
25kamacite — /kam euh suyt /, n. a nickel iron alloy found in meteorites. [1885 90; < G (obs.) Kamacit < Gk kamak (s. of kámax) pole + G it ITE1] * * * ▪ mineral mineral consisting of iron alloyed with 5–7 percent nickel by weight and found in almost all… …
26Rhombic dodecahedron — The rhombic dodecahedron is a convex polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces. It is an Archimedean dual solid, or a Catalan solid. Its dual is the cuboctahedron. Properties It is the polyhedral dual of the cuboctahedron, and a zonohedron. The long… …
27Colloidal crystal — A colloidal crystal is an ordered array of colloid particles, analogous to a standard crystal whose repeating subunits are atoms or molecules.[1] A natural example of this phenomenon can be found in the gem opal, where spheres of silica assume a… …
28State of matter — A state of matter (or physical state, or form of matter) has physical properties which are qualitatively different from other states of matter.Traditionally, three states of matter were recognized: solid, which maintains a fixed volume and shape; …
29Voronoi 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… …
30tin — tinlike, adj. /tin/, n., adj., v., tinned, tinning. n. 1. Chem. a low melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; at. wt …
