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101Heat pipe — A heat pipe is a heat transfer mechanism that can transport large quantities of heat with a very small difference in temperature between the hotter and colder interfaces. Inside a heat pipe, at the hot interface a fluid turns to vapour and the… …
102Photoevaporation — denotes the process when a planet is stripped of its atmosphere (or parts of the atmosphere) due to high energy photons and other electromagnetic radiation. If a photon interacts with an atmospheric molecule, the molecule is accelerated and its… …
103Drying oil — Plant oils linseed oil Types Vegetable fats (list) Macerated (list) Uses …
104Rare Earth hypothesis — In planetary astronomy and astrobiology, the Rare Earth hypothesis argues that the emergence of complex multicellular life (metazoa) on Earth required an improbable combination of astrophysical and geological events and circumstances. The term… …
105Psychrometrics — or psychrometry are terms used to describe the field of engineering concerned with the determination of physical and thermodynamic properties of gas vapor mixtures. The term derives from the Greek psuchron (ψυχρόν) (… …
106Cosmological decade — A cosmological decade ( CÐ ) is a division of the lifetime of the cosmos. The divisions are logarithmic in size, on base 10. Each successive cosmological decade represents a ten fold increase in the total age of the universe.[1] As expressed in… …
107Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water — VSMOW, or Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water, is an isotopic water standard defined in 1968 by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Despite the somewhat misleading phrase ocean water , VSMOW refers to pure water (H2O) and does not include any… …
108Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth — This article is about the near and very far future. For past civilizations, see Societal collapse. Contents 1 Types of risks 2 Future scenarios 2.1 …
109Coolgardie safe — at Kalgoorlie s Mining Museum, part of the Western Australian Museum. The Coolgardie Safe is a low tech refrigeration unit which uses the heat transfer which occurs during evaporation of water. It was named after the place where it was invented… …
110Icy Ball — In the early part of the 20th century, it was thought that inexpensive refrigeration would be a great boon for mankind.IcyBall was a name given to two early refrigerators, one made by Australian Sir Edward Hallstrom in 1923, and the other design… …
