noncrystalline material
31epitaxy — /ep i tak see/, n., pl. epitaxies. Crystall. epitaxis. * * * ▪ crystallography the process of growing a crystal of a particular orientation on top of another crystal, where the orientation is determined by the underlying crystal. The… …
32skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… …
33Boron trioxide — Other …
34Chalcedon (Mineral) — Chalcedon (Chalzedon) Chalcedon Kristall aus der Slowakei Chemische Formel SiO2 Mineralklasse Oxide/Hydroxide siehe Quarz (nach Strunz) …
35Chalzedon — Chalcedon (Chalzedon) Chalcedon Kristall aus der Slowakei Chemische Formel SiO2 Mineralklasse Oxide/Hydroxide siehe Quarz (nach Stru …
36selenium — /si lee nee euhm/, n. Chem. a nonmetallic element chemically resembling sulfur and tellurium, occurring in several allotropic forms, as crystalline and amorphous, and having an electrical resistance that varies under the influence of light.… …
37Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure — (EXAFS), or more simply X ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), is an experimental method in physics and chemistry of determining the bonding of solids by analyzing oscillations in x ray absorption versus photon energy that are caused by… …
38solar cell — a photovoltaic cell that converts sunlight directly into electricity. * * * Any device that directly converts the energy in light into electrical energy through the process of photovoltaics (see photovoltaic effect). Solar cells do not use… …
39Nobel Prize winners by name (A through C) — ▪ Table Nobel Prize winners by name (A through C) name year category country* achievement literary area Abrikosov, Alexey A. 2003 physics U.S. discoveries regarding superconductivity and superfluidity at very low temperatures Addams, Jane 1931… …
