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121Muon-catalyzed fusion — This article refers to the original use of the term cold fusion. For the controversial experiments known as cold fusion, see Cold fusion. For other uses, see Cold Fusion (disambiguation). Muon catalyzed fusion (μCF) is a process allowing nuclear… …
122PILGRIMAGE — In Hebrew the term aliyah (lit. going up ) has been used since ancient times for pilgrimages to Jerusalem on the three festivals known as shalosh regalim). The Torah prescribes that all males must go up to Jerusalem three timesa year on the three …
123fuel cell — a device that produces a continuous electric current directly from the oxidation of a fuel, as that of hydrogen by oxygen. [1920 25] * * * Device that converts chemical energy of a fuel directly into electricity (see electrochemistry). Fuel cells …
124actinide element — ▪ chemical element group Introduction any of a series of 15 consecutive chemical elements in the periodic table from actinium to lawrencium (atomic numbers 89–103). As a group they are significant largely because of their radioactivity.… …
125Radioactive contamination — The radiation warning symbol (trefoil) …
126Energy amplifier — In nuclear physics, an energy amplifier is a novel type of nuclear power reactor, a subcritical reactor , in which an energetic particle beam is used to stimulate a reaction, which in turn releases enough energy to power the particle accelerator… …
127Layered double hydroxides — (LDH) comprise an unusual class of layered materials with positively charged layers and charge balancing anions located in the interlayer region. This is unusual in solid state chemistry: many more famililies of materials have negatively charged… …
128Charles Madic — (born August 8, 1942, died on 1 March 2008) was a French scientist working on the reprocessing of radioactive material. Contents 1 Biography 2 Scientific and educational contributions 3 Death 4 …
