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Thursday, 14 August 2014

Wearability (Paint properties)

Paint must be resistant to the wear and tear of the atmosphere and should maintain its color, smoothness and finish for a long time.

Compound

A compound is a substance formed when two or more chemical elements are chemically bonded together.

Matter

Matter is anything that occupies space and has mass and volume.

Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Temperature

Temperature : A measure of the warmth or coldness of a sample or an object with reference to some standard value.

Functional group

Functional group : A functional group is a portion of a molecule that is a classified group of bound atoms and responsible for the characteristic behavior of those molecules.

Flash Point

Flash Point : The flash point of a liquid is the lowest temperature at which it can form an ignitable mixture in air. At this temperature the vapor may cease to burn when the source of ignition is removed.

Fat

Fat : Fats are solid triester of glycerol and fatty acids.

Anode

Anode : In an electrical system, anode is the negative electrode.

Angstrom

Angstrom : A unit of length equal to 1 x 10-8 cm or 1 x 10-10 m or 0.1 nanometer. Its symbol is Å.