Disturbances to landscapes, especially at the scale of 21st century megafires, are assumed to cause a major reduction in the number trees with hollows, driven by the collapse of large trees from fire damage, and therefore loss of nesting space for arboreal fauna (Inions et al.1989; Lindenmayer...
This experiment took place over three months from 12 March 2021 to 12 June 2021, in the austral autumn. Highly eutrophic water from the Stibeuel River, which flows past the Langrug informal settlement near Franschhoek before passing the Water Hub, was pumped into an old concrete wastewater rete...
Finally, aluminum hydroxide introduced to the liquid sodium aluminate causes aluminum oxide to precipitate, or come out of solution as a solid. These crystals are washed and heated to get rid of the water. The result is pure aluminum oxide, a fine white powder also known as alumina. ...
Black powder, discussed briefly in How Rocket Engines Work, consists of charcoal, sulfur, and potassium nitrate, while some compositions may include aluminum to brighten the explosion. Sparklers Sparklers, on the other hand, are very different from firecrackers. A sparkler burns over a long period...
Potassium nitrate Plants, like humans, can have what could be termed “vitamin deficiencies.” One of the foods or nutrients that roses need but often miss is the minor or “trace” elements. These are the minerals: Iron – iron deficiencyshows up as yellow leaves ...
When spraying potassium nitrate, follow this simple steps: 1. Prepare a 1-3% solution depending on the condition of the tree. 2. Spray the leaves and branches totally wetting but not dripping. 3. Spray early in the morning (from sunrise to 9:00 am) or late in the afternoon (from 4:...
Planted tanks can act as natural stress relievers but also as interior decoration, enhancing any space, and bringing a slice of nature to any room. What you’ll need to grow plants Here at Swell UK we have everything you need to grow plants, including the plants themselves! Here are ...
These compounds are unique in that they are capable of instantly decomposing to release enormous energy. The chemical diversity of energetic organic compounds is constantly increasing through the combination of various high-nitrogen frameworks and explosophoric groups, which follows the overall trend of ...
Currently, in some small-scale industries, the bamboo shoots are blanched, once sliced into small pieces, in hot water to reduce their enzymatic activity (with potassium metabisulphide 1%), and are sundried, packed in an airtight container and sent for sale (Kumar, Kumari, Devi, Choudhary,...
Solubility is the maximum amount of solute that can be dissolved in a particular volume of solvent at a specific temperature. The solubility of the solute depends on the nature of the compound as well as the environmental factors such as temperature....