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Phosphorus

Index Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 327 relations: Abrasion (mechanical), Acid anhydride, Adenosine triphosphate, Agriculture, Albright and Wilson, Alexander von Humboldt, Algal bloom, Algeria, Alkoxide, Allotropes of phosphorus, Allotropy, Ambrose Godfrey, Amorphous solid, Annals of Internal Medicine, Antimony, Antoine Lavoisier, Apatite, Aquatic ecosystem, Armstrong's mixture, Aromaticity, Arsenic, Atacama Large Millimeter Array, Atomic number, Australia, Îles du Connétable, Baking powder, Band gap, Benzene, Berbers, Berne Convention (1906), Beta particle, Biogeochemistry, Biomonitoring, Bismuth, Bone, Bone ash, Brazil, Bremsstrahlung, Calcium phosphate, Calcium phosphide, Carbon disulfide, Carbon monoxide, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Cassiopeia A, Cell (biology), Charcoal, Charles Sauria, Cheese, Chemical element, Chemical symbol, ... Expand index (277 more) »

  2. Chemical elements with body-centered cubic structure
  3. Dietary minerals
  4. Peak resource production
  5. Pnictogens
  6. Polyatomic nonmetals
  7. Pyrotechnic fuels
  8. Reactive nonmetals

Abrasion (mechanical)

Abrasion is the process of scuffing, scratching, wearing down, marring, or rubbing away.

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Acid anhydride

An acid anhydride is a type of chemical compound derived by the removal of water molecules from an acid.

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Adenosine triphosphate

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a nucleotide that provides energy to drive and support many processes in living cells, such as muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation, and chemical synthesis.

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Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

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Albright and Wilson

Albright and Wilson was founded in 1856 as a United Kingdom manufacturer of potassium chlorate and white phosphorus for the match industry.

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Alexander von Humboldt

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.

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Algal bloom

An algal bloom or algae bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in freshwater or marine water systems.

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Algeria

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.

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Alkoxide

In chemistry, an alkoxide is the conjugate base of an alcohol and therefore consists of an organic group bonded to a negatively charged oxygen atom.

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Allotropes of phosphorus

Elemental phosphorus can exist in several allotropes, the most common of which are white and red solids.

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Allotropy

Allotropy or allotropism is the property of some chemical elements to exist in two or more different forms, in the same physical state, known as allotropes of the elements.

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Ambrose Godfrey

Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckwitz FRS (1660 – 15 January 1741), also known as Gottfried Hankwitz, also written Hanckewitz, or Ambrose Godfrey as he preferred to be known, was a German-born British phosphorus manufacturer and apothecary.

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Amorphous solid

In condensed matter physics and materials science, an amorphous solid (or non-crystalline solid) is a solid that lacks the long-range order that is characteristic of a crystal.

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Annals of Internal Medicine

Annals of Internal Medicine is an academic medical journal published by the American College of Physicians (ACP).

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Antimony

Antimony is a chemical element; it has symbol Sb and atomic number 51. Phosphorus and Antimony are chemical elements and pnictogens.

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Antoine Lavoisier

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (26 August 17438 May 1794), CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and who had a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.

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Apatite

Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals, usually hydroxyapatite, fluorapatite and chlorapatite, with high concentrations of OH−, F− and Cl− ion, respectively, in the crystal.

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Aquatic ecosystem

An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem found in and around a body of water, in contrast to land-based terrestrial ecosystems.

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Armstrong's mixture

Armstrong's mixture is a highly shock and friction sensitive primary explosive.

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Aromaticity

In organic chemistry, aromaticity is a chemical property describing the way in which a conjugated ring of unsaturated bonds, lone pairs, or empty orbitals exhibits a stabilization stronger than would be expected by the stabilization of conjugation alone.

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Arsenic

Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and the atomic number 33. Phosphorus and Arsenic are chemical elements and pnictogens.

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Atacama Large Millimeter Array

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is an astronomical interferometer of 66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which observe electromagnetic radiation at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths.

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Atomic number

The atomic number or nuclear charge number (symbol Z) of a chemical element is the charge number of an atomic nucleus.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Îles du Connétable

The Îles du Connétable (Constable Islands) are two islands (Grand Connétable and Petit Connétable) in French Guiana, France.

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Baking powder

Baking powder is a dry chemical leavening agent, a mixture of a carbonate or bicarbonate and a weak acid.

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Band gap

In solid-state physics and solid-state chemistry, a band gap, also called a bandgap or energy gap, is an energy range in a solid where no electronic states exist.

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Benzene

Benzene is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C6H6. The benzene molecule is composed of six carbon atoms joined in a planar hexagonal ring with one hydrogen atom attached to each. Because it contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms, benzene is classed as a hydrocarbon. Benzene is a natural constituent of petroleum and is one of the elementary petrochemicals.

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Berbers

Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb.

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Berne Convention (1906)

The Berne Convention (formally, the International Convention respecting the Prohibition of the Use of White (Yellow) Phosphorus in the Manufacture of Matches (Convention internationale sur l'interdiction de l'emploi du phosphore blanc (jaune) dans l'industrie des allumettes)) of 1906 is a multilateral treaty negotiated in Berne, Switzerland, which prohibits the use of white phosphorus in the manufacture of matches.

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Beta particle

A beta particle, also called beta ray or beta radiation (symbol β), is a high-energy, high-speed electron or positron emitted by the radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus during the process of beta decay.

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Biogeochemistry

Biogeochemistry is the scientific discipline that involves the study of the chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes and reactions that govern the composition of the natural environment (including the biosphere, the cryosphere, the hydrosphere, the pedosphere, the atmosphere, and the lithosphere).

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Biomonitoring

In analytical chemistry, biomonitoring is the measurement of the body burden of toxic chemical compounds, elements, or their metabolites, in biological substances.

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Bismuth

Bismuth is a chemical element; it has symbol Bi and atomic number 83. Phosphorus and Bismuth are chemical elements and pnictogens.

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Bone

A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals.

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Bone ash

Bone ash is a white material produced by the calcination of bones.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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Bremsstrahlung

In particle physics, bremsstrahlung is electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle when deflected by another charged particle, typically an electron by an atomic nucleus.

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Calcium phosphate

The term calcium phosphate refers to a family of materials and minerals containing calcium ions (Ca2+) together with inorganic phosphate anions.

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Calcium phosphide

Calcium phosphide (CP) is the inorganic compound with the formula Ca3P2.

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Carbon disulfide

Carbon disulfide (also spelled as carbon disulphide) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula and structure.

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Carbon monoxide

Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air.

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Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Carl Wilhelm Scheele (9 December 1742 – 21 May 1786) was a German Swedish pharmaceutical chemist.

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Cassiopeia A

Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cassiopeia and the brightest extrasolar radio source in the sky at frequencies above 1 GHz.

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Cell (biology)

The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all forms of life.

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Charcoal

Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents. Phosphorus and Charcoal are pyrotechnic fuels.

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Charles Sauria

Marc Charles Sauria (25 April 1812 – 22 August 1895) was a French chemist credited for inventing phosphorus-based matches in 1830–1831.

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Cheese

Cheese is a dairy product produced in a range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein.

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Chemical element

A chemical element is a chemical substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical reactions. Phosphorus and chemical element are chemical elements.

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Chemical symbol

Chemical symbols are the abbreviations used in chemistry, mainly for chemical elements; but also for functional groups, chemical compounds, and other entities. Phosphorus and chemical symbol are chemical elements.

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Chemiluminescence

Chemiluminescence (also chemoluminescence) is the emission of light (luminescence) as the result of a chemical reaction, i.e. a chemical reaction results in a flash or glow of light.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company.

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Code of Federal Regulations

In the law of the United States, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent regulations promulgated by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States.

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Coke (fuel)

Coke is a grey, hard, and porous coal-based fuel with a high carbon content.

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Cola

Cola is a carbonated soft drink flavored with vanilla, cinnamon, citrus oils, and other flavorings.

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Combustibility and flammability

A combustible material is a material that can burn (i.e., sustain a flame) in air under certain conditions.

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Condensation reaction

In organic chemistry, a condensation reaction is a type of chemical reaction in which two molecules are combined to form a single molecule, usually with the loss of a small molecule such as water.

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Copper(II) sulfate

Copper(II) sulfate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Cornea

The cornea is the transparent front part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.

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Corrosion

Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide.

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Debridement

Debridement is the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.

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Delocalized electron

In chemistry, delocalized electrons are electrons in a molecule, ion or solid metal that are not associated with a single atom or a covalent bond.

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Density

Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is a substance's mass per unit of volume.

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Der Spiegel

(stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg.

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Detergent

A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleansing properties when in dilute solutions.

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Dicalcium phosphate

Dicalcium phosphate is the calcium phosphate with the formula CaHPO4 and its dihydrate. The "di" prefix in the common name arises because the formation of the HPO42– anion involves the removal of two protons from phosphoric acid, H3PO4. It is also known as dibasic calcium phosphate or calcium monohydrogen phosphate.

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Dietary Reference Intake

The Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) is a system of nutrition recommendations from the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) of the National Academies (United States).

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Diphosphane

Diphosphane, or diphosphine, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula P2H4.

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Diphosphorus

Diphosphorus is an inorganic chemical with the chemical formula.

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Distillation

Distillation, also classical distillation, is the process of separating the component substances of a liquid mixture of two or more chemically discrete substances; the separation process is realized by way of the selective boiling of the mixture and the condensation of the vapors in a still.

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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.

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Drug Enforcement Administration

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating illicit drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act, sharing concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S.

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E number

E numbers, short for Europe numbers, are codes for substances used as food additives, including those found naturally in many foods, such as vitamin C, for use within the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.

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Edaphology

Edaphology (from Greek ἔδαφος, edaphos 'ground' + -λογία, -logia) is concerned with the influence of soils on living beings, particularly plants.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Elizabeth Kolbert

Elizabeth Kolbert (born July 6, 1961) is an American journalist, author, and visiting fellow at Williams College.

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Enhanced biological phosphorus removal

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) is a sewage treatment configuration applied to activated sludge systems for the removal of phosphate.

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Ephedrine

Ephedrine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is often used to prevent low blood pressure during anesthesia.

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Ester

In chemistry, an ester is a functional group derived from an acid (organic or inorganic) in which the hydrogen atom (H) of at least one acidic hydroxyl group of that acid is replaced by an organyl group.

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European Food Safety Authority

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is the agency of the European Union (EU) that provides independent scientific advice and communicates on existing and emerging risks associated with the food chain.

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Eutrophication

Eutrophication is a general term describing a process in which nutrients accumulate in a body of water, resulting in an increased growth of microorganisms that may deplete the oxygen of water.

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Excretion

Excretion is elimination of metabolic waste, which is an essential process in all organisms.

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Ferrophosphorus

Ferrophosphorus is a ferroalloy, an alloy of iron and phosphorus.

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Fertilizer

A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Fire clay

Fire clay is a range of refractory clays used in the manufacture of ceramics, especially fire brick.

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Flame retardant

The term flame retardant subsumes a diverse group of chemicals that are added to manufactured materials, such as plastics and textiles, and surface finishes and coatings.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Fluorapatite

Fluorapatite, often with the alternate spelling of fluoroapatite, is a phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3F (calcium fluorophosphate).

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Food security

Food security is the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.

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Fungicide

Fungicides are pesticides used to kill parasitic fungi or their spores.

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Gas flare

A gas flare, alternatively known as a flare stack, flare boom, ground flare, or flare pit, is a gas combustion device used in places such as petroleum refineries, chemical plants and natural gas processing plants, oil or gas extraction sites having oil wells, gas wells, offshore oil and gas rigs and landfills.

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Gasoline

Gasoline or petrol is a petrochemical product characterized as a transparent, yellowish, and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines.

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Glycerol

Glycerol, also called glycerine or glycerin, is a simple triol compound.

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Graphite

Graphite is a crystalline form of the element carbon.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.

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Guano

Guano (Spanish from wanu) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats.

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Guano Islands Act

The Guano Islands Act (enacted August 18, 1856, codified at §§ 1411-1419) is a United States federal law passed by the Congress that enables citizens of the United States to take possession of unclaimed islands containing guano deposits in the name of the United States.

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Gustaf Erik Pasch

Gustaf Erik Pasch (born Berggren) (3 September 1788 – 6 September 1862) was a Swedish inventor and professor of chemistry at Karolinska institute in Stockholm and inventor of the safety match.

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Half-life

Half-life (symbol) is the time required for a quantity (of substance) to reduce to half of its initial value.

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Hamburg

Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.

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Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin (haemoglobin, Hb or Hgb) is a protein containing iron that facilitates the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.

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Hennig Brand

Hennig Brand was a German alchemist who lived and worked in Hamburg.

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Herbicide

Herbicides, also commonly known as weed killers, are substances used to control undesired plants, also known as weeds.

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Hexachlorophosphazene

Hexachlorophosphazene is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Hubbert peak theory

The Hubbert peak theory says that for any given geographical area, from an individual oil-producing region to the planet as a whole, the rate of petroleum production tends to follow a bell-shaped curve.

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Hybridization probe

In molecular biology, a hybridization probe (HP) is a fragment of DNA or RNA, usually 15–10000 nucleotides long, which can be radioactively or fluorescently labeled.

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Hydrazine

Hydrazine is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1. Phosphorus and Hydrogen are chemical elements and reactive nonmetals.

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Hydrogen embrittlement

Hydrogen embrittlement (HE), also known as hydrogen-assisted cracking or hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC), is a reduction in the ductility of a metal due to absorbed hydrogen.

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Hydroiodic acid

Hydroiodic acid (or hydriodic acid) is a colorless liquid.

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Hydroxyapatite

Hydroxyapatite (IMA name: hydroxylapatite) (Hap, HAp, or HA) is a naturally occurring mineral form of calcium apatite with the formula, often written to denote that the crystal unit cell comprises two entities.

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Hypophosphatemia

Hypophosphatemia is an electrolyte disorder in which there is a low level of phosphate in the blood.

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Hypophosphoric acid

Hypophosphoric acid is a mineral acid with the formula H4P2O6, with phosphorus in a formal oxidation state of +4.

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Hypophosphorous acid

Hypophosphorous acid (HPA), or phosphinic acid, is a phosphorus oxyacid and a powerful reducing agent with molecular formula H3PO2.

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Idaho

Idaho is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Immediately dangerous to life or health

The term immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH) is defined by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as exposure to airborne contaminants that is "likely to cause death or immediate or delayed permanent adverse health effects or prevent escape from such an environment." Examples include smoke or other poisonous gases at sufficiently high concentrations.

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Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (12 April 1539 – 23 April 1616), born Gómez Suárez de Figueroa and known as El Inca, was a chronicler and writer born in the Viceroyalty of Peru.

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Incendiary device

Incendiary weapons, incendiary devices, incendiary munitions, or incendiary bombs are weapons designed to start fires.

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Incineration

Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of substances contained in waste materials.

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Inorganic Chemistry (journal)

Inorganic Chemistry is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Chemical Society since 1962.

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Insecticide

Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects.

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International Fertilizer Development Center

The International Fertilizer Development Center (known as IFDC) is a science-based public international organization working to alleviate global hunger by introducing improved agricultural practices and fertilizer technologies to farmers and by linking farmers to markets.

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Iodine

Iodine is a chemical element; it has symbol I and atomic number 53. Phosphorus and Iodine are chemical elements, dietary minerals and reactive nonmetals.

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Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element. Phosphorus and Iron are chemical elements, chemical elements with body-centered cubic structure, dietary minerals and pyrotechnic fuels.

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Isoelectronicity

Isoelectronicity is a phenomenon observed when two or more molecules have the same structure (positions and connectivities among atoms) and the same electronic configurations, but differ by what specific elements are at certain locations in the structure.

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Isotope

Isotopes are distinct nuclear species (or nuclides) of the same chemical element.

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James Burgess Readman

Dr James Burgess Readman FRSE FCS FSSA (c.1850–April 1927) was a Scottish chemist who invented an electric furnace for creating phosphorus invented in 1888 and patented in 1889.

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Johan Gottlieb Gahn

Johan Gottlieb Gahn (19 August 1745 – 8 December 1818) was a Swedish chemist and metallurgist who isolated manganese in 1774.

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Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel

Johann Kunckel, awarded Swedish nobility in 1693 under the Swedish name von Löwenstern-Kunckel and the German version of the name Kunckel von Löwenstern (1630 - prob. 20 March 1703), German chemist, was born in 1630 (or 1638), near Rendsburg, his father being alchemist to the court of Holstein.

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Johann Wilhelm Hittorf

Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (27 March 1824 – 28 November 1914) was a German physicist who was born in Bonn and died in Münster, Germany.

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Jordan

Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.

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Journal of Nutrition

The Journal of Nutrition (or shortened as JN or J Nutr) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Society for Nutrition.

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Kidney stone disease

Kidney stone disease, also known as renal calculus disease, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis, is a crystallopathy where a solid piece of material (renal calculus) develops in the urinary tract.

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Lactation

Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82. Phosphorus and Lead are chemical elements.

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Lead dioxide

Lead(IV) oxide, commonly known as lead dioxide, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Lewis acids and bases

A Lewis acid (named for the American physical chemist Gilbert N. Lewis) is a chemical species that contains an empty orbital which is capable of accepting an electron pair from a Lewis base to form a Lewis adduct.

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Life

Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from matter that does not.

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Limiting factor

A limiting factor is a variable of a system that causes a noticeable change in output or another measure of a type of system.

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Lucifer

The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for the Devil in Christian theology.

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M34 grenade

The M34 White Phosphorus Smoke Grenade or "Willie Pete" was a smoke / incendiary grenade manufactured by Rocky Mountain Arsenal from the late 1950s and used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War and was also used during the First Gulf War.

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Malnutrition

Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems.

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Manure

Manure is organic matter that is used as organic fertilizer in agriculture.

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Match

A match is a tool for starting a fire.

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Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine (contracted from) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug and less commonly as a second-line treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obesity.

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Military

A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.

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Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.

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Mineral

In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.

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Mineral (nutrient)

In the context of nutrition, a mineral is a chemical element. Phosphorus and mineral (nutrient) are dietary minerals.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth.

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Moche culture

The Moche civilization (alternatively, the Moche culture or the Early, Pre- or Proto-Chimú) flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru from about 100 to 700 AD during the Regional Development Epoch.

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Molecular orbital theory

In chemistry, molecular orbital theory (MO theory or MOT) is a method for describing the electronic structure of molecules using quantum mechanics.

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Molecular solid

A molecular solid is a solid consisting of discrete molecules.

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Molotov cocktail

A Molotov cocktail (among several other names – see) is a hand-thrown incendiary weapon consisting of a frangible container filled with flammable substances and equipped with a fuse (typically a glass bottle filled with flammable liquids sealed with a cloth wick).

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Monocalcium phosphate

Monocalcium phosphate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca(H2PO4)2 ("AMCP" or "CMP-A" for anhydrous monocalcium phosphate).

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Monoclinic crystal system

In crystallography, the monoclinic crystal system is one of the seven crystal systems.

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Moscovium

Moscovium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Mc and atomic number 115. Phosphorus and Moscovium are chemical elements and pnictogens.

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Napalm

Napalm is an incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical (usually gasoline or diesel fuel).

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National Academy of Medicine

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), known as the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.

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Necrosis

Necrosis is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis.

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Nerve agent

Nerve agents, sometimes also called nerve gases, are a class of organic chemicals that disrupt the mechanisms by which nerves transfer messages to organs.

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Neurotoxin

Neurotoxins are toxins that are destructive to nerve tissue (causing neurotoxicity).

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Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States.

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Nitrate

Nitrate is a polyatomic ion with the chemical formula.

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Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7. Phosphorus and Nitrogen are chemical elements, pnictogens and reactive nonmetals.

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No-till farming

No-till farming (also known as zero tillage or direct drilling) is an agricultural technique for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage.

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Northern blot

The northern blot, or RNA blot,Gilbert, S. F. (2000) Developmental Biology, 6th Ed.

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Nucleic acid

Nucleic acids are large biomolecules that are crucial in all cells and viruses.

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces.

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Open defecation

Open defecation is the human practice of defecating outside ("in the open") rather than into a toilet.

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Organophosphorus chemistry

Organophosphorus chemistry is the scientific study of the synthesis and properties of organophosphorus compounds, which are organic compounds containing phosphorus.

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Orthorhombic crystal system

In crystallography, the orthorhombic crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems.

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Oxyacid

An oxyacid, oxoacid, or ternary acid is an acid that contains oxygen.

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Oxygen

Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8. Phosphorus and Oxygen are chemical elements and reactive nonmetals.

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Oxygen-free copper

Oxygen-free copper (OFC) or oxygen-free high thermal conductivity (OFHC) copper is a group of wrought high-conductivity copper alloys that have been electrolytically refined to reduce the level of oxygen to 0.001% or below.

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Partial pressure

In a mixture of gases, each constituent gas has a partial pressure which is the notional pressure of that constituent gas as if it alone occupied the entire volume of the original mixture at the same temperature.

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Peak oil

Peak oil is the theorized point in time when the maximum rate of global oil production will occur, after which oil production will begin an irreversible decline. Phosphorus and Peak oil are peak resource production.

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Pearson symbol

The Pearson symbol, or Pearson notation, is used in crystallography as a means of describing a crystal structure, and was originated by W. B.

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Permissible exposure limit

The permissible exposure limit (PEL or OSHA PEL) is a legal limit in the United States for exposure of an employee to a chemical substance or physical agent such as high level noise.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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Pesticide

Pesticides are substances that are used to control pests.

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Phenol

Phenol (also known as carbolic acid, phenolic acid, or benzenol) is an aromatic organic compound with the molecular formula.

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Philosopher's stone

The philosopher's stone is a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver; it was also known as "the tincture" and "the powder".

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Phosphate

In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.

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Phosphate conversion coating

Phosphate conversion coating is a chemical treatment applied to steel parts that creates a thin adhering layer of iron, zinc, or manganese phosphates, to achieve corrosion resistance, lubrication, or as a foundation for subsequent coatings or painting.

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Phosphate soda

A phosphate, occasionally or colloquially called phosphate soda, is a type of beverage flavored with a tangy or sour taste, using phosphoric acid as additive.

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Phosphide

In chemistry, a phosphide is a compound containing the ion or its equivalent.

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Phosphine

Phosphine (IUPAC name: phosphane) is a colorless, flammable, highly toxic compound with the chemical formula PH3, classed as a pnictogen hydride.

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Phosphogypsum

Phosphogypsum (PG) is the calcium sulfate hydrate formed as a by-product of the production of fertilizer, particularly phosphoric acid, from phosphate rock.

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Phospholipid

Phospholipids are a class of lipids whose molecule has a hydrophilic "head" containing a phosphate group and two hydrophobic "tails" derived from fatty acids, joined by an alcohol residue (usually a glycerol molecule).

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Phosphor

A phosphor is a substance that exhibits the phenomenon of luminescence; it emits light when exposed to some type of radiant energy.

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Phosphor bronze

Phosphor bronze is a member of the family of copper alloys.

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Phosphorescence

Phosphorescence is a type of photoluminescence related to fluorescence.

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Phosphoric acid

Phosphoric acid (orthophosphoric acid, monophosphoric acid or phosphoric(V) acid) is a colorless, odorless phosphorus-containing solid, and inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Phosphoric acids and phosphates

In chemistry, a phosphoric acid, in the general sense, is a phosphorus oxoacid in which each phosphorus (P) atom is in the oxidation state +5, and is bonded to four oxygen (O) atoms, one of them through a double bond, arranged as the corners of a tetrahedron. Phosphorus and phosphoric acids and phosphates are dietary minerals.

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Phosphorite

Phosphorite, phosphate rock or rock phosphate is a non-detrital sedimentary rock that contains high amounts of phosphate minerals.

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Phosphorous acid

Phosphorous acid (or phosphonic acid) is the compound described by the formula.

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15. Phosphorus and Phosphorus are chemical elements, chemical elements with body-centered cubic structure, dietary minerals, peak resource production, pnictogens, polyatomic nonmetals, pyrotechnic fuels and reactive nonmetals.

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Phosphorus (morning star)

Phosphorus is the god of the planet Venus in its appearance as the Morning Star.

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Phosphorus cycle

The phosphorus cycle is the biogeochemical cycle that involves the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.

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Phosphorus halide

In chemistry, there are three series of binary phosphorus halides, containing phosphorus in the oxidation states +5, +3 and +2.

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Phosphorus pentabromide

Phosphorus pentabromide is a reactive, yellow solid of formula, which has the structure (tetrabromophosphonium bromide) in the solid state but in the vapor phase is completely dissociated to and.

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Phosphorus pentachloride

Phosphorus pentachloride is the chemical compound with the formula PCl5.

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Phosphorus pentafluoride

Phosphorus pentafluoride, PF5, is a phosphorus halide.

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Phosphorus pentaiodide

Phosphorus pentaiodide is a hypothetical inorganic compound with formula.

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Phosphorus pentasulfide

Phosphorus pentasulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula (empirical) or (molecular).

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Phosphorus pentoxide

Phosphorus pentoxide is a chemical compound with molecular formula P4O10 (with its common name derived from its empirical formula, P2O5).

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Phosphorus sesquisulfide

Phosphorus sesquisulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula.

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Phosphorus tribromide

Phosphorus tribromide is a colourless liquid with the formula PBr3.

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Phosphorus trichloride

Phosphorus trichloride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula PCl3.

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Phosphorus trifluoride

Phosphorus trifluoride (formula PF3), is a colorless and odorless gas.

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Phosphorus triiodide

Phosphorus triiodide (PI3) is an inorganic compound with the formula PI3.

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Phosphorus trioxide

Phosphorus trioxide is the chemical compound with the molecular formula P4O6.

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Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance

Phosphorus-31 NMR spectroscopy is an analytical chemistry technique that uses nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study chemical compounds that contain phosphorus.

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Phosphoryl chloride

Phosphoryl chloride (commonly called phosphorus oxychloride) is a colourless liquid with the formula.

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Phosphorylation

In biochemistry, phosphorylation is the attachment of a phosphate group to a molecule or an ion.

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Phossy jaw

Phossy jaw, formally known as phosphorus necrosis of the jaw, was an occupational disease affecting those who worked with white phosphorus (also known as yellow phosphorus) without proper safeguards.

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Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is a system of biological processes by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their metabolism.

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Phys.org

Phys.org is an online science, research and technology news aggregator offering briefs from press releases and reports from news agencies.

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Planetary boundaries

Planetary boundaries are a framework to describe limits to the impacts of human activities on the Earth system.

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Plasticizer

A plasticizer (UK: plasticiser) is a substance that is added to a material to make it softer and more flexible, to increase its plasticity, to decrease its viscosity, and/or to decrease friction during its handling in manufacture.

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Pnictogen

|- ! colspan. Phosphorus and Pnictogen are pnictogens.

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Poison

A poison is any chemical substance that is harmful or lethal to living organisms.

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Polyphosphazene

Polyphosphazenes include a wide range of hybrid inorganic-organic polymers with a number of different skeletal architectures with the backbone P-N-P-N-P-N-.

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Potassium chlorate

Potassium chlorate is a compound containing potassium, chlorine and oxygen, with the molecular formula KClO3.

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Predicting the timing of peak oil

Predicting the timing of peak oil involves estimation of future production from existing oil fields as well as future discoveries.

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Preservative

A preservative is a substance or a chemical that is added to products such as food products, beverages, pharmaceutical drugs, paints, biological samples, cosmetics, wood, and many other products to prevent decomposition by microbial growth or by undesirable chemical changes.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Pseudoephedrine

Pseudoephedrine, sold under the brand name Sudafed among others, is a sympathomimetic medication which is used as a decongestant to treat nasal congestion.

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Pyrophoricity

A substance is pyrophoric (from πυροφόρος, pyrophoros, 'fire-bearing') if it ignites spontaneously in air at or below (for gases) or within 5 minutes after coming into contact with air (for liquids and solids).

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Pyrophosphoric acid

Pyrophosphoric acid, also known as diphosphoric acid, is the inorganic compound with the formula H4P2O7 or, more descriptively, 2O.

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Radiation protection

Radiation protection, also known as radiological protection, is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "The protection of people from harmful effects of exposure to ionizing radiation, and the means for achieving this".

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Radioactive tracer

A radioactive tracer, radiotracer, or radioactive label is a synthetic derivative of a natural compound in which one or more atoms have been replaced by a radionuclide (a radioactive atom).

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Radionuclide

A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is a nuclide that has excess numbers of either neutrons or protons, giving it excess nuclear energy, and making it unstable.

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Raw material

A raw material, also known as a feedstock, unprocessed material, or primary commodity, is a basic material that is used to produce goods, finished goods, energy, or intermediate materials that are feedstock for future finished products.

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Reactivity (chemistry)

In chemistry, reactivity is the impulse for which a chemical substance undergoes a chemical reaction, either by itself or with other materials, with an overall release of energy.

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A recommended exposure limit (REL) is an occupational exposure limit that has been recommended by the United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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Redox

Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.

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Refeeding syndrome

Refeeding syndrome (RFS) is a metabolic disturbance which occurs as a result of reinstitution of nutrition in people who are starved, severely malnourished, or metabolically stressed because of severe illness.

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Reference Daily Intake

In the U.S. and Canada, the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) is used in nutrition labeling on food and dietary supplement products to indicate the daily intake level of a nutrient that is considered to be sufficient to meet the requirements of 97–98% of healthy individuals in every demographic in the United States. Phosphorus and Reference Daily Intake are dietary minerals.

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Refractive index

In optics, the refractive index (or refraction index) of an optical medium is a dimensionless number that gives the indication of the light bending ability of that medium.

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Retort

In a chemistry laboratory, a retort is a device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances.

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Reuse of human excreta

Reuse of human excreta is the safe, beneficial use of treated human excreta after applying suitable treatment steps and risk management approaches that are customized for the intended reuse application.

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RNA

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule that is essential for most biological functions, either by performing the function itself (non-coding RNA) or by forming a template for the production of proteins (messenger RNA).

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Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle (25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, alchemist and inventor.

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Root

In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Salt (chemistry)

In chemistry, a salt or ionic compound is a chemical compound consisting of an assembly of positively charged ions (cations) and negatively charged ions (anions), which results in a compound with no net electric charge (electrically neutral).

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Sanitary sewer

A sanitary sewer is an underground pipe or tunnel system for transporting sewage from houses and commercial buildings (but not stormwater) to a sewage treatment plant or disposal.

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Sanitation

Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.

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Scarcity

In economics, scarcity "refers to the basic fact of life that there exists only a finite amount of human and nonhuman resources which the best technical knowledge is capable of using to produce only limited maximum amounts of each economic good."Samuelson, P. Anthony., Samuelson, W. (1980).

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Schreibersite

Schreibersite is generally a rare iron nickel phosphide mineral,, though common in iron-nickel meteorites.

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Science (journal)

Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.

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Sewage

Sewage (or domestic sewage, domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced by a community of people.

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Sewage sludge

Sewage sludge is the residual, semi-solid material that is produced as a by-product during sewage treatment of industrial or municipal wastewater.

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Sewage sludge treatment

Sewage sludge treatment describes the processes used to manage and dispose of sewage sludge produced during sewage treatment.

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Sewage treatment

Sewage treatment (or domestic wastewater treatment, municipal wastewater treatment) is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable to discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application, thereby preventing water pollution from raw sewage discharges.

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Slag

Slag is a by-product of smelting (pyrometallurgical) ores and recycled metals.

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Smoke bomb

A smoke bomb is a firework designed to produce a large amount of smoke upon ignition.

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Smoke screen

A smoke screen is smoke released to mask the movement or location of military units such as infantry, tanks, aircraft, or ships.

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Sodium triphosphate

Sodium triphosphate (STP), also sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP), or tripolyphosphate (TPP),,,, Accessed 2008-07-15) is an inorganic compound with formula Na5P3O10. It is the sodium salt of the polyphosphate penta-anion, which is the conjugate base of triphosphoric acid. It is produced on a large scale as a component of many domestic and industrial products, especially detergents.

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Sodium-vapor lamp

A sodium-vapor lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses sodium in an excited state to produce light at a characteristic wavelength near 589 nm.

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Soil

Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms.

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Soil Association

The Soil Association is a British registered charity focused on the effect of agriculture on the environment.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Southern blot

Southern blot is a method used for detection and quantification of a specific DNA sequence in DNA samples.

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Soybean

The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses.

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Space group

In mathematics, physics and chemistry, a space group is the symmetry group of a repeating pattern in space, usually in three dimensions.

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Spherical aromaticity

In organic chemistry, spherical aromaticity is formally used to describe an unusually stable nature of some spherical compounds such as fullerenes and polyhedral boranes.

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Spin quantum number

In physics and chemistry, the spin quantum number is a quantum number (designated) that describes the intrinsic angular momentum (or spin angular momentum, or simply ''spin'') of an electron or other particle.

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Star formation

Star formation is the process by which dense regions within molecular clouds in interstellar space, sometimes referred to as "stellar nurseries" or "star-forming regions", collapse and form stars.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.

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Struvite

Struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate) is a phosphate mineral with formula: NH4MgPO4·6H2O.

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Submerged-arc furnace for phosphorus production

The Submerged-arc furnace for phosphorus production is a particular sub-type of electric arc furnace used to produce phosphorus and other products.

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Sulfur

Sulfur (also spelled sulphur in British English) is a chemical element; it has symbol S and atomic number 16. Phosphorus and Sulfur are chemical elements, dietary minerals, polyatomic nonmetals, pyrotechnic fuels and reactive nonmetals.

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Sulfuric acid

Sulfuric acid (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphuric acid (Commonwealth spelling), known in antiquity as oil of vitriol, is a mineral acid composed of the elements sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen, with the molecular formula.

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Sunlight

Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light.

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Supernova

A supernova (supernovae or supernovas) is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star.

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Supernova nucleosynthesis

Supernova nucleosynthesis is the nucleosynthesis of chemical elements in supernova explosions.

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Supernova remnant

A supernova remnant (SNR) is the structure resulting from the explosion of a star in a supernova.

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Superphosphate

Superphosphate is a chemical fertiliser first synthesised in the 1840s by reacting bones with sulfuric acid.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Tennessee

Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Terrace (earthworks)

In agriculture, a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming.

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Tetrahedron

In geometry, a tetrahedron (tetrahedra or tetrahedrons), also known as a triangular pyramid, is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, six straight edges, and four vertices.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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Thermal decomposition

Thermal decomposition, or thermolysis, is a chemical decomposition of a substance caused by heat.

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Toxicity

Toxicity is the degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism.

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Tracer ammunition

Tracer ammunition, or tracers, are bullets or cannon-caliber projectiles that are built with a small pyrotechnic charge in their base.

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Triangular bipyramid

In geometry, the triangular bipyramid is the hexahedron with six triangular faces, constructed by attaching two tetrahedra face-to-face.

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Tricalcium phosphate

Tricalcium phosphate (sometimes abbreviated TCP), more commonly known as Calcium phosphate, is a calcium salt of phosphoric acid with the chemical formula Ca3(PO4)2.

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Triclinic crystal system

Triclinic (a ≠ b ≠ c and α ≠ β ≠ γ) In crystallography, the triclinic (or anorthic) crystal system is one of the seven crystal systems.

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Trimer (chemistry)

In chemistry, a trimer is a molecule or polyatomic anion formed by combination or association of three molecules or ions of the same substance.

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Triphenyl phosphate

Triphenyl phosphate (TPhP) is the chemical compound with the formula OP(OC6H5)3.

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Triphenyl phosphite

Triphenyl phosphite is the organophosphorus compound with the formula P(OC6H5)3.

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Triphenylphosphine

Triphenylphosphine (IUPAC name: triphenylphosphane) is a common organophosphorus compound with the formula P(C6H5)3 and often abbreviated to PPh3 or Ph3P.

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Triphosphoric acid

Triphosphoric acid (also tripolyphosphoric acid), with formula H5P3O10, is a condensed form of phosphoric acid.

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Triphosphorus pentanitride

Triphosphorus pentanitride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Tunisia

Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Urine

Urine is a liquid by-product of metabolism in humans and in many other animals.

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Utah

Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Van der Waals force

In molecular physics and chemistry, the van der Waals force (sometimes van de Waals' force) is a distance-dependent interaction between atoms or molecules.

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Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun.

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Volatility (chemistry)

In chemistry, volatility is a material quality which describes how readily a substance vaporizes.

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Water fluoridation

Water fluoridation is the addition of fluoride to a public water supply to reduce tooth decay.

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Water treatment

Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it appropriate for a specific end-use.

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Weapon

A weapon, arm, or armament is any implement or device that is used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill.

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Western Sahara

Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North-western Africa.

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White phosphorus munitions

White phosphorus munitions are weapons that use one of the common allotropes of the chemical element phosphorus.

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Windbreak

A windbreak (shelterbelt) is a planting usually made up of one or more rows of trees or shrubs planted in such a manner as to provide shelter from the wind and to protect soil from erosion.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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X-ray

X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.

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Zeppelin

A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century.

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See also

Chemical elements with body-centered cubic structure

Dietary minerals

Peak resource production

Pnictogens

Polyatomic nonmetals

Pyrotechnic fuels

Reactive nonmetals

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus

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