News tagged with hydrogen fluoride gas

Hydrogen fluoride may be the major cause of coal burning endemic fluorosis

Professor Handong Liangfrom State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology Beijing and his group demonstrate that hydrogen fluoride is the prior releasing form of fluorine ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 01, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Absorbing Hydrogen Fluoride Gas to Enhance Crystal Growth

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method to control the buildup of hydrogen fluoride gas during the growth of precision crystals ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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The methane habitable zone

In the search for life elsewhere, many studies focus on finding liquid water. But what if life could exist with some other solvent? Saturn’s smoggy moon Titan makes scientists question the possibilities ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Earliest watery black hole discovered

Water really is everywhere. Two teams of astronomers, each led by scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 44 | with audio podcast

The fine art of etching

(PhysOrg.com) -- They see more than the naked eye and could make traffic safer: miniaturized thermal imaging sensors. But they are difficult to manufacture on a commercial scale. Researchers have now developed ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using supercomputers to understand the super stars of the cosmos

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is it a high-speed graphic animation of a yellow-golden cauliflower erupting in fast motion? No. Maybe it's some kind of time-lapse, computer-generated X-ray of a brain as it grows over years. ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Water most likely basis for complex ecosystem development

The assumption that alien biochemistries probably require liquid water may seem a little Earth-centric. But given the chemical possibilities available from the most abundant elements in the universe, even ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oscillating layers of molecules on liquid's surface influence carbon capture

Two tiny molecular layers in a liquid that traps carbon dioxide constantly swap places, influencing how much of the greenhouse gas is absorbed, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Breaking harmful bonds

Everybody loves the way breakfast eggs conveniently slide off of Teflon without leaving any pesky pieces of egg in the pan. Indeed, the carbon-fluorine bond at the heart of Teflon cookware is so helpful we also use it in ...

Chemistry /

created Aug 28, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 0

New decontamination system kills anthrax rapidly without lingering effects

In October 2001, letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and two U.S. senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others. Clearing the Senate office building of the spores ...

Chemistry /

created Jan 29, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1


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