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  2. Amalgam (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    Zinc amalgam finds use in organic synthesis (e.g., for the Clemmensen reduction). [3] It is the reducing agent in the Jones reductor, used in analytical chemistry.Formerly the zinc plates of dry batteries were amalgamated with a small amount of mercury to prevent deterioration in storage.

  3. Amalgamation - Wikipedia

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    Amalgamation (race), a now largely archaic term for the merger of people of different ethnicities and "races" Amalgamation, another name for a trade union, chiefly used in the UK; Amalgamation, in C (programming language) (C) and C++ programming, merging all the source codes of a library into a single header file

  4. Zinc amalgam - Wikipedia

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    Zinc amalgam is a solution of zinc in mercury. In practice the term refers to particles of zinc with a surface coating of the amalgam. A gray solid, it is typically used for reduction.

  5. Sodium amalgam - Wikipedia

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    Synthesis of sodium amalgam. Sodium amalgam, with the common formula Na(Hg), is an alloy of mercury and sodium.The term amalgam is used for alloys, intermetallic compounds, and solutions (both solid solutions and liquid solutions) involving mercury as a major component.

  6. Amalgamation property - Wikipedia

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    A commutative diagram of the amalgamation property.. In the mathematical field of model theory, the amalgamation property is a property of collections of structures that guarantees, under certain conditions, that two structures in the collection can be regarded as substructures of a larger one.

  7. Trituration - Wikipedia

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    Trituration (Latin, grinding) is the name of several different methods used to process materials.In one sense, it is a form of comminution (reducing the particle size of a substance).

  8. What do teens mean when they say ‘sigma’? - AOL

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    Urban Dictionary adds that sigma “is what all 10 year olds think they are.” As reported by British GQ , the word “sigma” was born from the misogynistic “manosphere.” What does ‘sigma ...

  9. Aluminium amalgam - Wikipedia

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    This amalgamation can continue well beyond the vulnerable aluminium that was exposed, potentially reacting with a large amount of the raw aluminium before it finally ends. [ 5 ] The net result is similar to the mercury electrodes often used in electrochemistry , however instead of providing electrons from an electrical supply, they are provided ...