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11gas — [gas] n. pl. gases or gasses [gas′iz] [ModL, altered by Van Helmont (1577 1644), Belgian chemist (with g pronounced, as in Du, as a voiced fricative) < Gr chaos, air (see CHAOS), term used by Paracelsus] 1. the fluid form of a substance in… …
12Gas cluster ion beam — Gas Cluster Ion Beams (GCIB) is a new technology for nano scale modification of surfaces. It can smooth a wide variety of surface material types to within an angstrom of roughness without subsurface damage. It is also used to chemically alter… …
13gas chromatography — n. chromatography in which a gas, often nitrogen, combines with a vaporized mixture that is then passed through a long column of adsorbent material to identify its constituents * * * ▪ chemistry in analytical chemistry, technique for… …
14Gas dynamic cold spray — is a coating deposition method developed in the mid 1980s in the Soviet Union in The Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics by Papyrin and his team. The solid powders (1 to 50 micrometers in diameter) are accelerated in supersonic gas… …
15Gas diffusion electrode — Gas diffusion electrodes are electrodes with a conjunction of a solid, liquid and gaseous interface, and an electrical conducting catalyst supporting an electrochemical reaction between the liquid and the gaseous phase. Especially known in fuel… …
16solid fuel — solid fuels N MASS Solid fuel is fuel such as coal or wood, that is solid rather than liquid or gas. [BRIT] …
17gas — [n] something not liquid or solid effluvium, fumes, miasma, smoke, stream, vapor, volatile substance; concept 465 Ant. liquid, solid …
18gas-liq|uid chromatography — «GAS LIHK wihd», a form of gas chromatography in which the mixture is passed through a liquid solvent instead of a porous solid …
19gas synthesis — gas synthesis, a method of producing chemicals from coal in which the coal is changed into a gaseous mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which is then passed over various solid catalysts to change the mixture into useful products such as… …
20gas — gasless, adj. /gas/, n., pl. gases, v., gassed, gassing. n. 1. Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid. 2. any such fluid or mixture of fluids. 3. any… …
