Provided that the electrons in the atomic case don’t “blow away” and reassociate with an adjacent nucleus, and in the molecular cases that the molecules aren’t torn apart by the force of the electric field, the material functions as an insulator; it doesn’t support a sustained flow of...
Ground shaking is the most common effect that happens during an earthquake. In fact, this is the first effect that indicates an occurrence of an earthquake. The shaking of the ground is a result of the passage of the seismic tremor which is caused through the ground. The seismic waves range...
We all love to do shopping. In our mind, the word ‘shopping’ resonates with ‘clothes’. Clothes are a very basic need of every human being. Now the question arises - ‘what are clothes made of?’, ‘What are the different types of fabric?’ etc. Let’s dig deeper into it. Dif...
“Biochemical pathways are a series of chemical reactions occurring in a living system.” Biochemical pathways are synonymous with metabolic pathways. The word metabolism comes from a Greek word “metabole” which means change referring to all the chemical reactions that occur inside the organism’s...
Ans. Self-heating (increase in temperature due to exothermic internal reactions), followed by a thermal runaway (self-heating that accelerates rapidly to higher temperatures), and finally, ignition are all characteristics of spontaneous combustion. For example, at room temperature, phosphorus self-igni...