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porous bronze 5: 20 Portland cement 3: 23 positive terminal 6: 14 potash 2: 40
potash salts 2: 41
potassium (K) See Vol. 2 and Vol.
18: 4–5; 4: 6, 7: 6,
9: 11, 26
potassium carbonate 2: 40 potassium chlorate 11: 41,
14: 24, 25
potassium chloride 6: 13, 14: 11 potassium chromate 4: 38, 39, 6: 29 potassium dichromate 4: 38 potassium-40 15: 11
potassium hydroxide 2: 42, 4: 43,
6: 15
potassium iodide 14: 41 potassium manganate 4: 42, 43,
14: 15 potassium metal 2: 42
potassium nitrate 1: 27, 2: 40, 41, 42, 43, 4: 42, 43, 11: 4, 21, 26, 36, 13: 41
potassium nitrite 2: 43
potassium permanganate 4: 42, 43,
12: 21, 36, 37, 14: 10 potassium phosphate 2: 40 potassium sulphate 2: 40
pottery 9: 28
power stations 13: 22
Pr see praseodymium
praseodymium (Pr) 18: 6
precious metal 5: 28, 10: 16 precipitate 3: 7, 16, 26, 38, 4: 39, 41,
13: 23, 36, 37
precipitation 3: 14, 14: 8 preservatives 13: 42
preserving 2: 25
primary dry battery 6: 15
printed circuits 5: 17
procaine hydrochloride 14: 5 promethium (Pm) 18: 7 protactinium (Pa) 18: 8
protein chain 8: 36
proteins 8: 10, 18, 36, 11: 4
proton number 16: 5
protons 15: 7, 8, 16: 4, 5
prussian blue 4: 15
Pt see platinum
PTFE 8: 33
p-type region 9: 34
Pu see plutonium
PVC 8: 33 see also polychloroethene PVF see polyfluoroethene
pyrite 4: 18, 19, 21, 10: 17, 13: 12,
13, 15, 16, 24 pyrolusite 4: 41 pyroxenes 9: 24
Q
quartz 4: 18, 9: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 18, 26, 37, 38, 12: 10 quartzite 9: 16
quicklime 3: 20, 22, 24 quicksilver 6: 26
Ra see radium R
radium (Ra) 18: 9
radiated 7: 30
radiation 1: 7, 10: 26, 31, 15: 8,
42, 43
radiation sickness 15: 42
radiation therapy 15: 43
radioactive decay 15: 16
radioactive decay, graph 15: 16 radioactive elements 15: 4, 6, 26–27,
16: 8
radioactive isotopes 1: 42 radioactive tracers 15: 20–21 radioactivity 15: 5, 7, 8–9 radioisotopes 15: 17
radium 1: 43, 15: 5, 15, 17, 22–23,
36
radon (Rn) See Vol. 1 and Vol. 18:
10; 15: 14, 23, 16: 10, Ramsay, Sir William 1: 38
rate of chemical reaction 2: 24 Ravenscroft 10: 22
rayon 8: 38
Rb see rubidium
RDX 11: 27, 28
Re see rhenium
reaction 3: 6
reactivity 2: 7, 42, 4: 7, 5: 15, 29,
41, 6: 16, 7: 6, 14, 24–25,
10: 16, 11: 10, 14: 5, 6, 41 reactivity series 1: 36, 2: 7, 3: 36,
4: 6, 40, 41, 5: 15, 29, 41, 6: 11, 16, 7: 24, 10: 16, 39, 12: 28
recycling 7: 40
red gold 5: 42
red lead 10: 18, 24, 12: 22
red mud 7: 17, 42
red mud pollution 7: 42
red phosphorus 11: 38, 40–41 redox reaction 12: 24, 25
reduced 4: 24, 10: 8
reducing 14: 14
reducing agent 4: 25, 27, 5: 8, 34, 8:
16, 17, 13: 20, 24
reduction 4: 11, 23, 5: 8, 9, 7: 18,
12: 24, 25, 26, 13: 20
refining 5: 12, 31, 39, 6: 9, 37, 7: 12,
18–19, 12: 28, 29 refining metals 1: 4
reflection 7: 30
refrigerants 14: 38, 39 refrigeration 11: 12
refrigerator 14: 38, 39
Reims cathedral 3: 13
reinforced concrete 4: 32
relative atomic mass 16: 7
rem (roentgen equivalent in man)
15: 43
reprocessing, uranium 15: 25 resin 3: 41, 12: 20
resistors 9: 37
respiration 8: 10, 12: 14 reverse osmosis 2: 14
Rf see rutherfordium
Rh see rhodium
rhenium (Re) 18: 11 Rhizobium 11: 18
rhodium (Rh) See Vol. 18: 12;
5: 42
rhombic crystal 13: 5, 10, 11 rhombohedral-shaped crystal 3: 9 rings 9: 22
riveting 4: 28
Rn see radon
rocks 9: 12
rock salt 2: 8, 10, 12, 14: 8, 9, 19 Romans 10: 30
Ru see ruthenium
rubber 8: 34, 35, 9: 33, 13: 38 rubidium (Rb) 18: 13
ruby 4: 36,7: 8,9,9: 13,22,
12: 11
rust 4: 7, 8–11, 35, 7: 24, 10: 38, 39,
12: 30, 32 rust-inhibitor 11: 42
ruthenium (Ru) 18: 14 Rutherford, Ernest 15: 9 rutherfordium (Rf) 18: 15
S
S see sulphur
sacrificial anode 6: 18, 7: 25 salicylic acid 1: 30
saline 2: 11, 20, 14: 9
saline drip 2: 18
saline solution 2: 9, 18, 19 salinisation 2: 20, 21
salt 1: 22, 32, 33, 34, 2: 6, 7, 8–17,
18, 21, 24, 26, 28, 40, 13: 9,
14: 8, 9, 19, 34 salt bridge 6: 13, 14
saltbush 2: 17
salt deposits 2: 8
salt dome 2: 12, 14: 19, 13: 8 salt pans 2: 12, 13, 40
saltpetre 11: 4, 21, 13: 41
salt pollution 2: 20
salts 2: 40, 41, 42
samarium (Sm) 18: 16
sand 9: 38, 40
sand dunes 9: 19
sandstones 9: 18
saponification 2: 34, 36, 37 sapphire 7: 8, 9, 12: 10 saturated 3: 6, 7
Sb see antimony
Sc see scandium
scale 3: 10, 39
scandium (Sc) 18: 17
schist 9: 20
scrubbing 2: 33, 13: 17
scum 3: 40
Se see selenium
seaborgium (Sg) 18: 18
sea-salt 2: 13
sea water 2: 13, 14: 4, 9, 40, 42 seaweed 14: 4, 9, 40
secondary battery 6: 13, 13: 31 sediment 9: 18, 21 sedimentary rocks 9: 18 sediments 2: 10
selenide 9: 41
selenium (Se) See Vol. 18: 19;
6: 42
semiconductor 6: 43, 9: 34, 35 semi-metals see metalloids semipermeable membrane 1: 15,
2: 14, 15, 16, 25, 6: 14, 15 serpentine 9: 27
sewage systems 14: 16 Sg see seaborgium shales 7: 36
shell diagrams 16: 4, 5 sheet minerals 7: 7 sheet silicate 9: 27, 29 Si see silicon
silica 4: 26, 9: 9, 10, 14, 16, 29, 35, 38, 39, 42, 43, 10: 26, 11: 38, 12: 10
silicate 4: 40, 9: 8, 9, 11, 12, 18, 20, 26
silicate groups 9: 9 63
silicates 12: 10
silicon (Si) See Vol. 9 and Vol. 18:
20–21; 4: 29, 30, 34,
6: 42,7: 6,22,10: 41,12: 10 silicon bronze 5: 21
silicon carbide 8: 5, 9: 30
silicon chip 9: 4, 34
silicone 9: 32, 33
silicon wafer 1: 42, 9: 34
silver (Ag) See Vol. 5 and Vol. 18:
22–23; 6: 8, 37, 7: 31, 10: 7,
11, 13: 33
silver bromide 5: 32, 33, 14: 42, 43 silver chloride 5: 32, 33, 14: 7 silver chloride battery 6: 15 silvering 5: 34
silver iodide 5: 32, 33, 14: 40, 43 silver oxide battery 6: 15
silver rush 5: 30
silver salts 5: 32
silver sulphide 5: 29, 13: 25
sink holes 3: 12
sinter 3: 17
sintering 9: 29
slag 4: 24, 26, 27, 30, 40, 10: 10,
12: 26
slaked lime 3: 24, 28, 11: 14 sluice box 5: 38, 10: 36
Sm see samarium
smelling salts 11: 12
smelter 7: 13, 18
smelting 4: 24–27, 5: 11, 6: 8 smithsonite 6: 6
smog 11: 34, 12: 41, 42, 13: 22 smoke detectors 15: 15
smoky quartz 9: 12, 13
Sn see tin
soap 1: 30, 32, 2: 34, 35, 36–37 soda 2: 4, 30
soda ash 2: 29, 30, 7: 16
soda glass 9: 39
soda lakes 2: 41
soda-lime glass 9: 38
sodium (Na) See Vol. 2 and
Vol. 18: 24–25; 1: 36, 7: 6, 9:
11, 24, 38
sodium aluminate 2: 32, 7: 15, 17 sodium azide 11: 29
sodium bicarbonate 2: 28, 29,
30–31, 8: 14
sodium carbonate 2: 28–29, 30–31,
7: 38, 8: 15, 9: 39, 40 sodium chlorate 14: 14, 24, 25 sodium chloride 1: 32, 2: 6, 7, 8, 9,
12, 13, 23, 24, 27, 29, 31, 4: 14,6: 33,9: 9,13: 9, 14: 4, 8, 9, 19, 25
sodium hydroxide 1: 30, 32, 34, 35, 2: 6, 26, 27, 30, 32–35, 36,
4: 14, 15, 5: 27, 6: 33, 41,
7: 14, 15, 16, 13: 23, 25,
14: 14, 19, 20, 21
sodium ion 1: 34, 2: 9, 22, 3: 40,
14: 8, 20 sodium metal 2: 6, 7
sodium pellet 2: 6
sodium peroxydisulphate 13: 20 sodium, radioactive 15: 20
sodium stearate 2: 36
sodium sulphate 13: 32, 33 sodium sulphide 2: 33
sodium sulphite 13: 20
sodium thiosulphate 5: 33, 13: 33,
14: 43