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121Impurity — For other uses, see Impurity (disambiguation). Impurities are substances inside a confined amount of liquid, gas, or solid, which differ from the chemical composition of the material or compound. Impurities are either naturally occurring or added …
122Space opera in Scientology scripture — Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard used the science fiction term space opera to describe what he said were actual extraterrestrial civilizations and alien interventions in past lives. Upon Hubbard s death in 1986, the Church of Scientology… …
123Komatiite — Komatiites are ultramafic mantle derived volcanic rocks. They have low SiO2, low K2O, low Al2O3, and high to extremely high MgO. They were named for their type locality along the Komati River in South Africa. True komatiites are very rare and… …
124Escafil device — Plot element from the Animorphs series of prose fiction Publisher Scholastic First appearance The Invasion Created by K.A. Applegate …
125Dendrite (metal) — Ice dendrite formation on a snowflake A silver crystal, electrolytically refined with visible dendritic structures A dendrite in metallurgy is a characteristic tree like structure of cry …
126List of California hurricanes — A California hurricane is a tropical cyclone that affects the state of California. Usually, only the remnants of tropical cyclones affect California. No hurricane has ever made landfall in California in recorded history. Two tropical storms have… …
127Cryomodule — A cryomodule is that section, or sections of a linear particle accelerator composed of superconducting RF cavities used in a linear accelerator, or linac. The cryomodule is a complex, state of the art supercooled component in which particle beams …
128Shock cooling (engines) — Shock cooling refers to the theory that damage to engines (particularly air cooled aviation piston engines) may occur because of an excessively rapid decrease in temperature.The situation where rapid cooling arises is on descent from altitude. In …
