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- Exoskeleton (3839 bytes)
14: [[Silicon dioxide|Silica]]
20: ...a ratio; or whenever organism growth requires an enlarged exoskeleton. - Pottery (17136 bytes)
4: ..."earthenware" and "stoneware" are generally used only for relatively easily constructed utensils such ...
21: ... in a day. Because of its nature, wheel work can only be used to initially create items with radial sy...
25: ...ly), and allowed to air-dry. This method is commonly used for smaller decorative pieces, such as figu...
32: ...sal or decorative item. This method is most commonly used for handbuilt pieces. Coloured clay can al...
38: ... slips/engobes used in this process have a higher silica content, sometimes approaching a glaze recipe. T... - Glass (26176 bytes)
5: ...ncerned with a specific type of glass—the [[silica]]-based glasses in common use as a building, cont...
22: ...sub>/{{Germanium}}O<sub>2</sub> glass, which has only slightly different optical properties (the germa...
30: Pure [[silica]]([[Silicon|Si]][[Oxygen|O]]<sub>2</sub>) has a [...
52: ...loped, which led to its becoming a much more commonly used material. The invention of the glass pressi...
59: ...ften made of glass. For these applications, [[borosilicate glass]] (such as [[Pyrex]]) is usually used for... - Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
1: ...at the [[chemical reaction]] does not take place only at the surface. Typically this is used for the ...
9: ...are poured in the top, which would normally burn only on the surface. Pre-heated air was blown into th...
21: ...in the iron (notably [[silica]]), forming calcium silicate, CaSiO<small><sub>3</sub></small> and floats wi... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...olites]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[quartz]], and [[silica]], as well as elements such as [[sulfur]], [[chlo... - Tectonic plate (1989 bytes)
6: ...nite|granitic]] rocks rich in [[aluminium]] and [[silica]]. The two types of crust also differ in thicknes...
10: ... covers not only [[North America]] but also [[Greenland]], far eastern [[Siberia]] and northern [[Japa...
12: As far as is known, the [[Earth]] is the only planet in the [[Solar System]] to possess tecton... - Igneous rock (11419 bytes)
6: ...e [[Continental crust|continents]], but averages only some 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) beneath the [[Ocea...
8: ...hese are the elements which combine to form the [[silicate minerals]], which account for over ninety perce...
17: ... [[tungsten]], [[tin]], and [[uranium]], are commonly associated with [[granite]]s.
35: ... a result of volcanic activity. The temperatures only a few kilometers beneath the surface of the eart...
39: ...thin sections of the rock under a microscope, so only an approximate classification can usually be mad... - Basalt (2961 bytes)
4: ...pidly chilled surfaces of lava flows, and is commonly (but not exclusively) associated with underwater...
12: *'''Tholeiitic basalt''' is relatively rich in [[silica]] and poor in [[sodium]]. Included in this categ...
13: *'''Alkaline basalt''' is relatively poor in silica and rich in sodium. - Volcano (27295 bytes)
10: ...g magma contains a high percentage (>65%) of [[silica]] the lava is called '''[[felsic]]''' and tends t...
12: ...ma contains relatively small amounts (<52%) of silica, the lava is called '''[[mafic]]''' and will be v...
32: * explosive eruption of high-[[silica]] [[lava]] (e.g., [[rhyolite]])
33: * effusive eruption of low-silica lava (e.g., [[basalt]])
47: ...nct volcanoes are those that scientists consider unlikely to erupt again. Whether a volcano is truly e... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
132: ...although (because of the [[Pressler amendment]]) only a few were eventually supplied. However, China c...
138: ...r Soviet allies, [[Libya]] and [[Syria]] are the only two middle eastern countries with whom Pakistan ...
140: ...te a [[renaissance]] and [[Age of Enlightenment|enlightenment]] in the Islamic world. Besides the OIC...
142: ...ar states|declared nuclear power]] – the only Islamic nation to have that status – als...
165: ...he structure of the economy, and agriculture now only accounts for roughly one-fifth of the GDP. There... - Sickle (1231 bytes)
7: A blade which is used to cut the [[silica]]-rich stems of cereal crops acquires a character... - Kiln (1778 bytes)
4: ...atures leaving oxides of aluminium, magnesium and silica, which can form glass at high temperatures. - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
137: ...lanet)|Jupiter]]. Saturn has large rings made mainly out of ice and space debris. It was named after...
140: ...ith an average specific density of 0.69. This is only an average value, however; Saturn's upper atmosp...
144: ...t Saturn has a warm polar [[vortex]], and is the only planet in the solar system known to do so.
165: ... km above Saturn's equator, and are composed of [[silica]] rock, [[iron oxide]], and ice particles ranging...
167: ...me gaps are cleared out by the passage of tiny moonlets such as [[Pan (moon)|Pan]], many more of which... - Sandstone (3252 bytes)
2: ...n ''arenaceous'' [[sedimentary rock]] composed mainly of [[feldspar]] and [[quartz]] and varies in col...
10: ...gether are typically [[calcite]], [[clay]]s and [[silica]]. Grain sizes in sands are in the range of 0.1m... - Sand (3758 bytes)
5: ...tings and non-[[tropical]] coastal settings, is [[silica]] (silicon dioxide), usually in the form of [[qua...
21: ..., a [[lung disease]] caused by inhalation of fine silica particles. - Phosphorus (11557 bytes)
41: ...l]] of the [[nitrogen group]], phosphorus is commonly found in inorganic phosphate rocks and in all li...
72: ...fired furnace in the presence of [[carbon]] and [[silica]]. Elemental phosphorus is then liberated as a v...
75: ... reactivity to atmospheric oxygen, and it should only be manipulated with forceps since contact with [...
77: When the white form is exposed to sunlight or when it is heated in its own vapor to 250 ...
87: *[http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/15.html Los Alamos National Laborato... - Silicon (13233 bytes)
44: ... [[silicon dioxide]] (also known as silica) and [[silicate]]s (compounds containing silicon, oxygen and me...
47: ... nature, as natural silicon is usually found as [[silica]] (SiO<sub>2</sub>). Pure silicon crystals can b...
50: ...[plant]] and [[animal]] life. [[Diatom]]s extract silica from water to build their protective cell walls. ...
51: ...d in high-temperature material production and its silicates are used in making enamels and pottery.
54: ...es and with a many different physical properties. Silica is used as a base material to make window glass, ... - Titanium (20884 bytes)
120: ...).<!-- many sources incorrectly say this is the *only* element to burn in nitrogen --> Titanium is res...
122: ...r it is bombarded with [[deuteron]]s, emitting mainly [[positron]]s and hard [[gamma ray]]s. The metal...
127: ...educe grain size and as a deoxidizer but in [[stainless steel]] it is employed to reduce [[carbon]] co...
150: ...s well in many [[iron]] ores. Of these minerals, only ilmenite and rutile have significant economic im...
166: ...> powder is chemically inert, resists fading in sunlight, and is very opaque: this allows it to impart... - Caldera (4953 bytes)
8: ...ff]], [[rhyolite]], and other [[igneous rock]]s. Silica-rich magma is very [[viscous]]. As a result, gas...
12: ...of ejecta. In the late 1990s, [[archeologist]] Stanley Ambrose [http://www.anthro.uiuc.edu/faculty/amb...
17: ...uaea, the magma feeding the volcano is relatively silica poor. As a result, the magma is much less [[visc... - Lava dome (958 bytes)
1: ...a lava can build more highly and steeply than low-silica lava (such as [[basalt]]), lava domes can be unst...
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