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Parent topics
- Chemistry [r]: The science of matter, or of the electrical or electrostatical interactions of matter. [e]
- Chemical elements [r]: Chemical elements, in one sense of the term, refers to species or types of atoms and, in another sense of the term, refers to chemical pure substances each composed of atoms solely of a single species or type. [e]
- Periodic Table of Elements [r]: A tabular method of displaying the chemical elements. [e]
- Atom (science) [r]: The defining unit of chemical elements. [e]
- Isotope [r]: An atom of a chemical element with a specific number of neutrons and hence a specific nuclear mass, such as carbon-14 (14C). [e]
- Biochemistry [r]: The chemistry of living things; a field of both biology and chemistry. [e]
Subtopics
- Anemia [r]: A condition characterized by too few red blood cells in blood to support normal physiology. [e]
- Heme [r]: Deep red, nonprotein, ferrous molecule that binds with proteins as a cofactor or prosthetic group to form the haemoproteins. [e]
- Hemoglobin [r]: Iron-containing allosteric protein in erythrocytes of vertebrates, consisting of about 6 percent heme and 94 percent globin. [e]
- Hemochromatosis [r]: Hereditary disorder affecting iron metabolism in which excessive amounts of iron accumulate in the body tissues, characterized by diabetes mellitus, liver dysfunction, and a bronze pigmentation of the skin. [e]
Other related topics
- Cadmium [r]: A chemical element with the symbol Cd and atomic number 48. [e]
- Calcium [r]: The chemical element with the symbol Ca and atomic number 20. [e]
- Catalog of magnetic nuclei [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chelate [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chromium [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Cr, and atomic number (the number of protons) 24. [e]
- Cobalt [r]: A hard, lustrous, grey metal, a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27. [e]
- Ferromagnetism [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fluid catalytic cracking [r]: A petroleum refining process that cracks the large hydrocarbon molecules in the portion of the petroleum crude oil boiling above 340 °C into lower boiling, more valuable high octane gasoline and olefinic gases. [e]
- French republican calendar [r]: Calendar instituted by the National Convention after the French Revolution, as a reform of the Gregorian calendar, that would help to divorce the new republic from its Catholic predecessor. [e]
- Gallium [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Ga, and atomic number (the number of protons) 31. [e]
- Geomicrobiology [r]: Study of microbes within inorganic environments, such as sedimentary rocks and aquifers. [e]
- Germanium [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Ge, and atomic number (the number of protons) 32. [e]
- Gold [r]: Chemical element 79, a lustrous corrosion-resistant precious metal used for money, electronics and jewelry. [e]
- Heavy metal [r]: A member of an ill-defined subset of elements that exhibit metallic properties with relatively high atomic mass and density, some of which includes the transition metals, metalloids, lanthanides, and actinides. [e]
- Hemochromatosis [r]: Hereditary disorder affecting iron metabolism in which excessive amounts of iron accumulate in the body tissues, characterized by diabetes mellitus, liver dysfunction, and a bronze pigmentation of the skin. [e]
- Hereditary spherocytosis [r]: Chronic congenital disorder of the erythrocytopoietic system characterized by a preponderance of fragile spherical erythrocytes, and haemolytic anaemia. [e]
- Hydrogen [r]: The most abundant and lightest chemical element which has atomic number Z = 1 and chemical symbol H. [e]
- Iridium [r]: A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal and chemical element with atomic number 77, and is represented by the symbol Ir. [e]
- Irish Free State [r]: Dominion of the British Empire between 1922-1948. Formed following the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, ended with the declaration of the Republic of Ireland in 1948. [e]
- Iron age [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Iron deficiency anemia [r]: Anaemia resulting from a deficiency of iron, characterized by hypochromic microcytic erythrocytes and a normoblastic reaction of the bone marrow. [e]
- Krypton [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Li, and atomic number (the number of protons) 3. [e]
- Lead [r]: Chemical element number 82, a corrosion-resistant, dense, ductile heavy metal known to cause neurological problems. [e]
- Lithium [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Li, and atomic number (the number of protons) 3. [e]
- Liver [r]: A vital organ of humans and other vertebrates, it is the largest solid organ in the human body. [e]
- Macromolecular chemistry [r]: The study of the physical, biological and chemical structure, properties, composition, and reaction mechanisms of macromolecules. [e]
- Magnesium [r]: The metallic element that has atomic number 12 and belongs to alkaline earth metal group. [e]
- Magnetism [r]: Property of attracting iron. [e]
- Magnetite [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Magnetometer [r]: A scientific instrument used to measure the strength and/or direction of the magnetic field in the vicinity of the instrument. [e]
- Maharashtra [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Manganese [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Mn, and atomic number (the number of protons) 25. [e]
- Mars (planet) [r]: The fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system; named after the Roman god of war; also known as the "Red Planet". [e]
- Matter [r]: Any substance which has mass and occupies space. [e]
- Microbial metabolism [r]: The means by which a microbe obtains the energy and nutrients (e.g. carbon) it needs to live and propagate. [e]
- Molybdenum [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Mo, and atomic number (the number of protons) 42. [e]
- NMR spectroscopy [r]: The use of electromagnetic radiation, in the presence of a magnetic field, to obtain information regarding transitions between different nuclear spin states of the nuclei present in the sample of interest. [e]
- Neon [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Ne, and atomic number (the number of protons) 10. [e]
- Neptunium [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Fe, and atomic number (the number of protons) 26. [e]
- Nickel [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Ni, and atomic number (the number of protons) 28. [e]
- Niobium [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Nb, and atomic number (the number of protons) 41. [e]
- Nitrogen [r]: a chemical element, symbolized by N, whose individual atoms comprise a nucleus of seven protons, i.e,., it has an atomic number, Z = 7. [e]
- Nova (astronomy) [r]: A star that increases rapidly in brightness; there are two main types: ordinary novae, and supernovae, which are much bigger and rarer. [e]
- Nuclear fuel cycle [r]: The progression of nuclear fuel through a series of differing stages, also called the nuclear fuel chain. [e]
- Ormus [r]: The un-assayable form of the transition elements. [e]
- Oxygen [r]: A chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. [e]
- Pyrite [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Radiochemistry [r]: The chemistry of radioactive materials [e]
- Red blood cells [r]: Type of disc-shaped blood cell that contain hemoglobin, and the body's principal means of delivering oxygen to the body's cells via the blood, and the removal of carbon dioxide wastes that result from metabolism. [e]
- Rubidium [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Rb, and atomic number (the number of protons) 37. [e]
- Sadiron [r]: A household appliance consisting of a forged block of iron with a flat bottom, used beginning in the 18th century for pressing and ironing, now largely obsolete; the precursor to the modern electric steam iron. [e]
- Salmonella enterica [r]: Rod shaped, flagellated, aerobic, Gram-negative bacterium that causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis. [e]
- Scandium [r]: A silvery-white metallic transition metal, with symbol Sc and atomic number 21. [e]
- Selenium [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Se, and atomic number (the number of protons) 34. [e]
- Silicon [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Si, and atomic number (the number of protons) 14. [e]
- Silver [r]: A metallic element with the periodic symbol Ag; a precious metal. [e]
- Sodium [r]: A soft, silvery white, highly reactive element which has the symbol Na and atomic number 11. [e]
- Solar system [r]: The sun and the planets orbiting it. [e]
- Solenoid (physics) [r]: A spiral of insulating wire wound around a cylinder; when a direct current passes through the wire a magnetic field is generated, and the solenoid becomes an electromagnet. [e]
- South Africa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Steel [r]: An alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon content between 0.02% and 1.7% by weight, depending on grade. [e]
- Strontium [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Sr, and atomic number (the number of protons) 38. [e]
- Technetium [r]: A synthetic chemical element, having the chemical symbol Tc, and atomic number (the number of protons) 43. [e]
- Titanium [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Ti, and atomic number (the number of protons) 22. [e]
- Uranium [r]: A silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the symbol U and atomic number 92. [e]
- Zirconium [r]: A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Zr, and atomic number (the number of protons) 40. [e]
