Aenigmatite: Physical and Chemical Properties Aenigmatite is an uncommon mineral that is often a primary constituent of sodium-bearing alkalic volcanic rocks, pegmatites, and other igneous rocks that are silica-poor. The…
Aegirine: Physical and Chemical Properties Aegirine is a member of the clinopyroxene group of inosilicates. Aegirine is the sodium endmember of the aegirine-augite series. Aegirine has the chemical formula NaFe3+[…
Thiosulfate Thiosulfate Definition Thiosulfate is a type of ion, specifically an oxyanion of sulfur. It is a compound containing the group S2O3. It rapidly dechlorinates water…
Admontite: Occurrence and Properties Admontite is a hydrated magnesium borate mineral with formula MgB6O10·7H2O. It was named after Admont in Austria, the place where the mineral was initially discovered,…
Adelite: Physical and Chemical Properties Adelite is a rare arsenic-containing mineral which occurs as colorless to grey or green elongated crystals, often in polycrystalline masses. The rare mineral adelite is…
Converting Fraction to Percent and Percent to Fraction Converting a Fraction to a Percent Do the following steps to convert a fraction to a percent: For example Convert 4/5 to a percent. Divide…
Pure and Mixed Surds Definitions of surds- A root of a positive real quantity is called a surd if its value cannot be exactly determined. It is a number…
About Lyme Disease About Lyme Disease Definition Lyme disease is a disease caused by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, transmitted by deer ticks and characterized initially by a…
Equiradical Surds Definitions of surds: A root of a positive real quantity is called a surd if its value cannot be exactly determined. It is a number…
Adamsite-(Y): Occurrence and Physical Properties Adamsite-(Y); chemical formula NaY(CO3)2·6H2O is a mineral of sodium, yttrium, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. It is named after Frank Dawson Adams (1859–1942), professor of geology,…
Adding Fractions with Denominator Adding Fractions with Denominator A fraction represents a part of a whole or, more generally, any number of equal parts. A common denominator must be…
Sodium Thiosulfate Sodium Thiosulfate Definition Sodium thiosulfate is a colorless crystalline compound, stable on air up to 80 °C, in vacuum decomposes at 300 °C to sodium…