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Certain solids will pass directly into the gas phase without passing through a liquid phase - this is called 'sublimation'. An example is dry ice (Solid carbon dioxide).
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Depending which country you are in, one tablespoon could be either 15ml or 20ml. One metric cup is 250ml - 1/3 cup is therefore 250/3 = 80.3ml. Therefore 1/3 cup is approximately four to five tablespoons.
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My initial vote was Hydrogen, which readily loses its single electron. However my first punt was not correct: The element most likely to lose an electron is the element having the lowest ionization potential. That element is Caesium. This stands to reason, as Caesium is one of the largest elements in Group I of the … Read more
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Quantitative research (or testing) produces a numeric kind of answer to a problem (for example, 'there are 1000 colony forming units/g of E. Coli in this sample of milk powder'; Qualitative research produces a yes-no answer to a problem (for example, yes E. Coli is detected in the sample) but tells you nothing about the … Read more
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Water with salt in it takes more energy to reach boiling point, so it is likely to take longer to boil when the same volume and surface area of water is heated at the same rate. This is because the salt dissolves in the water to form a solution containing sodium and chloride ions. The … Read more
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The origin of the name manganese is the Greek word magnes. Mineral manganese dioxide was discovered in ancient times in the land of Magnesia, which is in modern-day Greece. It was used to decolorize glass. In the 16th century, glassmakers corrupted the name into the form manganesum, and the metal purified from the ore became … Read more
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High temperature and pressure at depth causes a solid-state recrystallisation of rock, and is called metamorphic rock. The correct answer is B.
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Whatever the events and details of the dream are,  they symbolically represent some very important psychological or emotional issue for you present. This is especially true when you have the same dream repeatedly. There is a website that has a dream interpretation thread, it is www.nodeorama.com under "Dream-o-rama". Perhaps someone there can help … Read more
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"Could you please:

(1) send my older sister back
(2) send me to learn to swim classes
(3) get counseling about Dad's experiences as a Prisoner of War in WWII
(4) don't send me to piano lessons with that ogress who abuses her son loudly while I sit embarrassed and scared in front … Read more
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Here's one straight off Wikipedia: "The plowman homeward plods his weary way, / And leaves the world to darkness and to me" (Grey, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard") Weary way is a transferred epithet, as it is the plowman, not the way, that is weary.
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If your daughter has had knee pain for a month then I think it is time she had it examined by a doctor or physiotherapist. They will refer her for xrays or ultrasound scans if appropriate.
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I recommend 100% tea tree oil, applied to the underside of the cut edge of your fingernail with a 'cotton bud'. Since it is your fingernail, you will need to be careful not to put your fingers to your eyes or mouth after applying the oil. There should be no harm in doing this daily, … Read more