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  Fossil fuel

  Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons, primarily coal, fuel oil or natural gas, formed from the remains of dead plants and animals. In common dialogue, the term fossil fuel also includes ... > more
• Space Probes
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  Multistage rocket

  A multistage (or multi-stage) rocket is, like any rocket, propelled by the recoil pressure of the burning gases it emits as it burns fuel. What characterizes it as "multi-stage" is that it ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
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  Oil Spills
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  Biodiesel

  Biodiesel refers to a diesel-equivalent, processed fuel derived from biological sources. Though derived from biological sources, it is a processed fuel that can be readily used in diesel-engined ... > more
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  Nature of Water
   
  

  Oil refinery

  An oil refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into useful petroleum products. Raw oil or unprocessed ("crude") oil is not very useful in the form it comes in ... > more
• Organic Chemistry
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  Oxidizing agent

  An oxidizing agent (also called an oxidizer or oxidant) is referred to as a chemical compound that readily transfers oxygen atoms or a substance that gains electrons in a redox chemical reaction. ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Wind Energy
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  Nature of Water
   
  

  Water turbine

  A water turbine is a rotary engine that takes energy from moving water. Water turbines were developed in the nineteenth century and were widely used for industrial power prior to electrical grids. ... > more
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  Graphene
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  Cerium

  Cerium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ce and atomic number ... > more
• Physics
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  Hydrogen-like atom

  Hydrogen-like atoms (or hydrogenic atoms) are atoms with one single electron. Like the hydrogen atom, hydrogen-like atoms are one of the few quantum mechanical problems which can be exactly ... > more
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  Renewable energy

  Renewable energy (sources) or RES capture their energy from existing flows of energy, from on-going natural processes, such as sunshine, wind, flowing water, biological processes, and geothermal heat ... > more
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  Automobile emissions control

  Automobile emissions control covers all the technologies that are employed to reduce the air pollution-causing emissions produced by ... > more

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