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Europium oxide
Eu2O3, a white powder, insoluble in water; used in red- and infrared-sensitive phosphorus.
Exclusion principle
The principle, enunciated by Pauli in 1925, that no two electrons in an atom could have an identical set of four quantum numbers.

Explosion
A chemical reaction or change of state which is effected in an exceedingly short space of time with the generation of a high temperature and generally a large quantity of gas.

Extinction coefficient
The reciprocal of the thickness of an absorber necessary to reduce the light intensity to 9/ 10 of its initial value.

Face-centred cell
A unit cell with lattice points at the cell corners and lattice points at the centers of the six cell faces. Only cubic and orthorhombic systems have crystals formed with face-centred cells.

Fajan’s method
The titration of Cl- with Ag+ using fluorescein as an adsorption indicator. At the end point, the colour of the precipitate is red.

Fajan’s rules
The polarisation of anion takes place when two oppositely charged ions approach each other. The polarisation of an ions is favoured by large size of the ions, small cation and large anion, nature of the solvents and nature of the cation

Fat
A mixture of lipids, chiefly triglycerides, that is solid at normal body temperatures. Fats occur widely in plants and animals as a means of storing food energy having twice the calorific value of carbohydrates. In mammals, fat is deposited in a layer beneath the skin (subcutaneous fat) and deep within the body as a specialized adipose tissue. Fats derived from plants and fish generally have a greater proportion of unsaturated fatty acids than those from mammals. Their melting points thus tend to be lower, causing a softer consistency at room temperature. Highly unsaturated fats are liquid at room temperature and are therefore more properly called oils

Feldspars
A group of aluminosilicates with framework structures with Al or Si in tetrahedral co-ordination. The most common constituents of igneous rocks. Subdivided into two groups depending on the detailed structural types. Used in the ceramic and enamelling industries.

Fermi
A unit of length equal to 10-15 metre. It was formerly used in atomic and nuclear physics.
Fermi level

Refers to the energy level in a solid at which the probability of finding an electron is ½. The Fermi level in conductors is situated in the conduction band, in insulators it is situated in the valence band, and in semiconductors it falls in the gap between the conduction band and the valence band.

Fermium
Symbol Fm. A radioactive metallic transuranic element belonging to the actinoids; a.n. 100; mass number of the most stable isotope 257 (half-life 10 days). Ten isotopes are known. The element was first identified by A. Ghiorso and associates in debris from the first hydrogen-bomb explosion in 1952.

 

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