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71Oxymercuration reaction — Oxymercuration reduction [1] The oxymercuration reaction is an electrophilic addition organic reaction that transforms an alkene into a neutral alcohol. In oxymercuration, the alkene reacts with mercuric acetate (AcO Hg OAc) in aqueous solution… …
72amalgam — /euh mal geuhm/, n. 1. an alloy of mercury with another metal or metals. 2. an alloy that consists chiefly of silver mixed with mercury and variable amounts of other metals and is used as a dental filling. 3. a rare mineral, an alloy of silver… …
73rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …
74Sodium vapor lamp — A sodium vapor lamp is a gas discharge lamp which uses sodium in an excited state to produce light. There are two varieties of such lamps: low pressure and high pressure . Low pressure sodium Low pressure sodium (LPS) lamps, also known as sodium… …
75Measuring instrument — Captain Nemo and Professor Aronnax contemplating measuring instruments in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea …
76Gas-discharge lamp — See also: Gas filled tube Germicidal lamps are simple low pressure mercury vapor discharges in a fused quartz envelope. Gas discharge lamps are a family of artificial light sources that generate light by sending an electrical discharge through an …
77Mars — This article is about the planet. For other uses, see Mars (disambiguation) …
78Light pollution — This article is about light pollution in the visible spectrum. For information on pollution in the radio spectrum, see radio spectrum pollution. This time exposure photo of New York City at night shows skyglow, one form of light pollution …
79Observations and explorations of Venus — Venus in real color as it would appear to the naked eye. Observations of the planet Venus were first recorded by Babylonian astronomers around 1600 BC and have continued into the present.[dubious – …
80North America — North American. the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m); lowest, Death Valley, 276 ft. (84 m) below sea level. 400,000,000 including… …
