News tagged with hydrogen fluoride

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

Around 25 percent of health messages in Spanish text books are not based on scientific evidence

Most school text books contain messages about health, but 24.6% of these are not based on any scientific evidence, according to a study by the Knowledge Management Unit at Baza Hospital (Granada), published ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Soft landing metal-based molecules create active, easy-to-separate catalyst

A vanadium-based catalyst's effectiveness in acidic liquids can be mimicked on a solid, less-toxic surface, thanks to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Purdue University, and National Dong ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Magnetic switching under pressure

(PhysOrg.com) -- A material’s properties are a critical factor in the way that material can be used for practical applications. Magnetism is one such property, and magnetic switches are key components ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

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

Silicon strategy shows promise for batteries

A team of Rice University and Lockheed Martin scientists has discovered a way to use simple silicon to radically increase the capacity of lithium-ion batteries.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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