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A generalization with regard to systems of chemical equilibrium discovered by Prof J Willard Gibbs It may be stated thus The degree of variableness number of degrees of freedom of a system is equal to the number of components minus the number of phases plus two Thus if the components be salt and water and the phases salt ice saturated solution and vapor the system is invariant that is there is only one set of conditions under which these four phases can exist in equilibrium If only three phases be considered the system is univariant that is the fixing of one condition as temperature determines the others...
Oversaturate
To saturate to excess...
Naphthene
A peculiar hydrocarbon fraction occuring as an ingredient of some crude petroleums mostly mixtures of derivatives of the five and six membered saturated cyclic alkanes cyclopentane and cyclohexane having the general formula CnH2n...
Naphthalize
To mingle saturate or impregnate with naphtha...
light coloured
having low color saturation pale colored...
Kyanize
To render wood proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks or under pressure...
Etherealize
To convert into ether or into subtile fluid to saturate with ether...
Hexabasic
Having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases said of acids as mellitic acid is hexabasic...
Ferranti cables
A form of conductor designed by Ferranti for currents of high potential and consisting of concentric tubes of copper separated by an insulating material composed of paper saturated with black mineral wax...
Dualin
An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds It is inferior to dynamite and is more liable to explosion...
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