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The Role of Lead in Suppressing Passivation of High Silver-Containing Copper Anodes During Electrorefining by Labone L. Godirilwe and others by
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International Journal of the Society of Materials Engineering for Resources 25(1), 137–144; the inspected issue header is April 2022, whereas the PDF also carries a 2021 copyright and 2020 acceptance. Cite the issue date rather than silently interpreting acceptance as publication. Sections 2–3 specify controlled Cu–Ag–Pb anodes, sulfate electrolyte, electrorefining and SEM/EDS/XRD characterization of slime.
Cylindrical Primary Lithium Handbook and Application Manual: Lithium Iron Disulfide by Energizer by
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Manufacturer technical handbook, Form 12004-A, 17 pages in the inspected copy. Printed pp.3–4 describe metallic-lithium construction and two-stage iron-disulfide conversion discharge; printed p.16 identifies the product as nonrechargeable. A web upload directory is not treated as the original publication date.
Definition and classification of colloids by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry by
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The official terminology section defines the colloidal range as roughly to in at least one dimension and classifies systems by dispersed and continuous constituents.
Primary-paper scan: www.appliedpolymertechnology.org/uploads/1/0/8/8/108867241/jchemphys_10_51.pdf
Publisher: doi.org/10.1002/polc.5070650116
The primary-paper abstract reports light-scattering and viscometry characterization of relatively stiff synthetic polymers in solution.
Understanding the Extraordinary Flexibility of Polydimethylsiloxane through Single-Molecule Mechanics by Song Lu and others by
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ACS Materials Letters 4, 329–335.
Publisher: doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.1c00655
The primary-paper abstract describes single-chain atomic-force measurements and calculations supporting the flexibility of polydimethylsiloxane. It is a modern material-property reference, not a source supplied with the historical exam.
The Electrical Double Layer and the Theory of Electrocapillarity by David C. Grahame by
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Chemical Reviews 41(3), 441–501. Publisher: doi.org/10.1021/cr60130a002
Electrochemical Society primary-paper archive: knowledge.electrochem.org/estir/hist/hist-66-Grahame.pdf
Section VI, printed pp. 470–474, derives the diffuse-layer theory from Poisson and Boltzmann equations. Equations (43)–(48), printed p. 474, distinguish integrated charge, integral capacitance and differential capacitance. The archived PDF includes two preliminary pages before printed p. 441.
John C. Slater proposed empirical atomic screening rules used to estimate an effective nuclear charge for an electron. Slater's rules assign different screening contributions according to the shells and subshells occupied by the other electrons.
The calculation approximates a many-electron atom by a simpler effective attraction. Its usefulness comes from providing a consistent estimate, rather than claiming that all atomic electrons experience one identical constant charge.[ref]
Atomic Shielding Constants by John C. Slater. 1930, pages 58–59: screening weights and worked examples
Portrait of John C. Slater
. Alfred Eisenstaedt; Google LIFE photo archive. Public domain. Source usage terms, via Wikimedia Commons. Source.Leland C. Allen developed a spectroscopic definition of electronegativity based on average one-electron energies in free ground-state atoms. Weighting the valence s- and p-electron binding energies connects an atom-based scale with measurable spectral information.[ref]
Transfer of energy from an optical electromagnetic wave into matter. Electronic absorption depends on transition matrix elements, occupied and empty states, and the joint density of states. Bound excitons can create resonances below an independent-particle continuum edge.
Thomas A. Ford calculated structures and vibrational spectra of sulfur dioxide and ozone dimers. The molecular-orbital analysis distinguishes ozone’s terminal-centred nonbonding occupied orbital from its antibonding unoccupied orbital, connecting orbital character with the interpretation of intermolecular association.[ref]
Calcium is the chemical element with atomic number 20 and symbol . It is a alkaline earth metal. Its common ion is . Calcium in calcium carbonate or a biological signaling system is present in chemically bound or solvated forms, rather than as elemental metal; this distinction is essential when connecting mineral and biological chemistry.
A qualitative matching framework for Lewis acids and bases. Hard species favour interactions with compact, less polarizable partners, whereas soft species favour more polarizable partners. It is not an ordering based solely on atomic electronegativity.
A semiconductor has an electronic band gap and a conductivity strongly affected by temperature, impurities and carrier injection. Optical absorption can create mobile electrons and holes, enabling a photodiode.
A crystal structure specifies the chemical species and spatial arrangement of the chemical atoms or ions in a crystal. For an ideal periodic structure, separate two ingredients: a Bravais lattice specifies the translations that repeat the arrangement, and an atomic basis of a crystal specifies the chemical motif repeated at every lattice point. The outward shape, or crystal habit, is a different description: the internal arrangement is what this article describes.
A crystal structure specifies the chemical species and spatial arrangement of the chemical atoms or ions in a crystal. For an ideal periodic structure, separate two ingredients: a Bravais lattice specifies the translations that repeat the arrangement, and an atomic basis of a crystal specifies the chemical motif repeated at every lattice point. The outward shape, or crystal habit, is a different description: the internal arrangement is what this article describes.
A crystal structure specifies the chemical species and spatial arrangement of the chemical atoms or ions in a crystal. For an ideal periodic structure, separate two ingredients: a Bravais lattice specifies the translations that repeat the arrangement, and an atomic basis of a crystal specifies the chemical motif repeated at every lattice point. The outward shape, or crystal habit, is a different description: the internal arrangement is what this article describes.
A crystal structure specifies the chemical species and spatial arrangement of the chemical atoms or ions in a crystal. For an ideal periodic structure, separate two ingredients: a Bravais lattice specifies the translations that repeat the arrangement, and an atomic basis of a crystal specifies the chemical motif repeated at every lattice point. The outward shape, or crystal habit, is a different description: the internal arrangement is what this article describes.
A crystal structure specifies the chemical species and spatial arrangement of the chemical atoms or ions in a crystal. For an ideal periodic structure, separate two ingredients: a Bravais lattice specifies the translations that repeat the arrangement, and an atomic basis of a crystal specifies the chemical motif repeated at every lattice point. The outward shape, or crystal habit, is a different description: the internal arrangement is what this article describes.
A crystal structure specifies the chemical species and spatial arrangement of the chemical atoms or ions in a crystal. For an ideal periodic structure, separate two ingredients: a Bravais lattice specifies the translations that repeat the arrangement, and an atomic basis of a crystal specifies the chemical motif repeated at every lattice point. The outward shape, or crystal habit, is a different description: the internal arrangement is what this article describes.
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