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Atomic absorption spectroscopy
a method to determine chemical elements employing the absorption of optical radiation (light) by free atoms in the gaseous state.
Absorption line
Anion
an atom or molecule with a negative electrical charge.
Anisotropy
the property of a material being directionally dependent, as opposed to isotropy, which implies identical properties in all directions.
bimodal
a bimodal distribution is a probability distribution with two peaks.
calibration
cation
an atom or molecule with a positive electrical charge.
chemolithoautotroph
Microbes are called chemolithoautotroph, when they are independent from air oxygen (autotroph) and possess the capability gain energy by chemical reaction (chemo) with natural stones (litho), e.g. by oxidation of nitrite to nitrate.
dielectric
an electric insulator, e.g. the material between the metallic plates of a capacitor.
DOI
A digital object identifier (DOI) is a character string used to uniquely identify an electronic document.
DPL
DynamicPageList is a universal reporting tool for MediaWiki, listing category members and intersections with various formats and details.
DRH
Deliquescence Relativ Humidity
ESEM
Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope, a type of scanning electron microscope working without high vacuum.
FTP
File Transport Protocol
HAWK
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen
molecule
A molecule is an electrically neutral group of at least two atoms.
RH
relative humidity
QM
quality managemnet
SEM
Scanning Electron Microscope
XRD
X-ray diffraction
URN
uniform resource number