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Spontaneous combustion (419 bytes)
1: ...ble materials, such as a pile of oily rags; see [[combustion]]. 2: *[[Spontaneous human combustion]] is the alleged phenomenon of a human being sudd... Spontaneous human combustion (6860 bytes) 1: ...eason for the appearance of SHC seems to be a non-spontaneous "wick effect" fire. The wick effect is discussed ... 7: * In spite of the name, the fire is never started spontaneously (i.e., the fire is never started by itself). Th... 42: ... includes several references to spontaneous human combustion, as two of the ficticious band's drummers, in the... 53: * [[combustion]] 56: ...9611/shc.html CSICOP article on spontaneous human combustion] Spontaneous process (2611 bytes) 1: A ''spontaneous process'' in chemical reaction terms is one which... 9: ...tem must be greater than or equal to zero. Can a spontaneous chemical reaction have a product with a lower ent... 11: ...at energy creates a large increase in entropy. A spontaneous endothermic reaction (one which absorbs heat) mus... 13: Many important reactions are not spontaneous, and require the external addition of energy to d... 15: ...ervention. For example table salt (NaCl) will not spontaneously separate into Sodium metal and Chlorine gas, un... Spontaneous fission (1241 bytes) 3: ...unit|amu]] ([[ruthenium]]). In practice, however, spontaneous fission is only energetically feasible for [[atom... 5: ...ements. Mathematically, the criterion for whether spontaneous fission can occur is: 7: As the name suggests, spontaneous fission follows the exact same process as [[nucle... 9: The elements most susceptible to spontaneous fission are the trans-actinide elements, such as ... Spontaneous remission (556 bytes) 1: '''Spontaneous remission''' is a catch-all expression by the med... Spontaneous order (6841 bytes) 1: ...ontaneous order''''' is a term that describes the spontaneous emergence of order out of a seemingly chaotic con... 3: ...ion of life on Earth may be seen as an example of spontaneous order. This evolution is driven by energy from th... 5: ...ly on earth, but conclude that it may have arisen spontaneously on a more hospitable planet, and been transport... 7: ==Spontaneous order and political issues== 8: ...ve, there are many controversial claims regarding spontaneous order. Some of these are in the fields of politic... Spontaneous emission (4011 bytes) 1: In [[optics]], '''spontaneous emission''' is the process by which [[matter]] ma... 3: A simple model of spontaneous emission consists of an [[atom]] which may be in ... 5: If the atom is in the excited state, it may spontaneously decay into the ground state, releasing the diff... 9: ...nck's constant]]. The [[phase]] of the photon in spontaneous emission is random as is the direction the photon... 27: ...ted state is given by ''N'', the rate at which '''spontaneous emission''' occurs is given by: Combustion (1750 bytes) 1: ...seous O<sub>2</sub>) to form [[oxide]]s, However, combustion can also take place in other gases like [[chlorin... 5: ==Rapid combustion== 6: Rapid combustion is a form of combustion in which large amounts of heat and [[light]] ener... 8: ==Slow combustion== 9: ...lace at low temperatures. [[Respiration]] is slow combustion. Spontaneous symmetry breaking (5400 bytes) 1: '''Spontaneous symmetry breaking''' in [[physics]] takes place w... 3: ... roll down the hill. At some point, the ball will spontaneously roll down the hill in one direction or another.... 7: ...:Spontaneous_symmetry_breaking.jpg|frame|Graph of spontaneous symmetry breaking function in equation (2)]] 9: In physics, one way of seeing spontaneous symmetry breaking is through the use of [[Lagrang... 21: ... choice of θ) this symmetry will be lost or spontaneously broken. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (157 bytes) 1: '''Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis''' is a form of [[peritonit... Spontaneous Music Ensemble (1413 bytes) 1: The '''Spontaneous Music Ensemble''' were a loose collection of [[fr... 11: *''John Stevens/Spontaneous Music Ensemble'' (1969, Marmalade Records) (featu... Heat of combustion (2167 bytes) 1: ... as [[heat]] when a compound undergoes complete [[combustion]] with [[oxygen]]. The chemical reaction is typic... 6: The heat of combustion is traditionally measured with a [[Calorimeter|Bo... 9: The heat of combustion for fuels is sometimes expressed as the '''HHV'''... 13: ...r, and includes liquid water in the fuel prior to combustion. This value is important for fuels like [[wood]]... 15: ...r combustion, in which case the water produced by combustion is liquid. Discreet combustion (265 bytes) 1: ...screet [[desktop]] effects [[program]]. Discreet Combustion is a small version of the big [[inferno]] and [[f... Combustion chamber (528 bytes) 1: ...r example, to drive a [[piston]] in an [[internal combustion engine]] or to produce thrust when directed out o... Combustion (computers) (533 bytes) 1: '''combustion 3''' (spelled with a [[lowercase]] [[c]]) is a [[... 5: ...ved January 27, 2004 from http://www.discreet.com/combustion/ 6: ...27, 2004 from http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/26/combustion External combustion engine (1730 bytes) 3: ...en less compact and less powerful than [[internal combustion engine]]s, but are sometimes more efficient, and ... 7: ...rbines and reciprocating steam engines. Internal-combustion engines produce hot gases whose heat energy is ch... 9: ...[steam turbine]] is a good example of an external-combustion engine. Heat from burning fuel or from a nuclear... Controlled Combustion Engine (2366 bytes) 1: ... Combustion Engine''' (CCE) is a type of internal combustion engine designed by Brad Howell-Smith in 1995. It ... Fluidized bed combustion (3864 bytes) 1: ...id fuels on upward-blowing jets of air during the combustion process. The result is a turbulent mixing of gas ... 3: ...0 degrees F, the nitrogen and oxygen atoms in the combustion air combine to form nitrogen oxide pollutants). T... 8: ...nd the mixture of sorbent and burning coal during combustion, converting the mixture into a suspension of red-... 10: ...nd the mixture of sorbent and burning coal during combustion. However, these systems operate at elevated pr... 14: ...or advanced circulating pressurized fluidized-bed combustion combined cycle systems. An APFBC system is entir... Internal combustion engine (12656 bytes) 1: ...cts press on the interior parts of the nozzle and combustion chamber, directly accelerating the engine forward... 3: ...]] such as a [[steam engine]], does work when the combustion process heats a separate working fluid, such as w... 5: ... '''piston internal combustion engine''' in which combustion is intermittent and the products act on [[recipro... 8: Internal combustion engines are most commonly used for mobile propuls... 22: ...epend on the [[exothermic]] chemical process of [[combustion]]: the reaction of a [[fuel]], typically with air... Staged combustion cycle (rocket) (2008 bytes) 1: ...bustion_rocket_cycle.png|thumb|right|240px|Staged combustion rocket cycle. Some of the fuel and oxidizer is b... 3: ...hamber, along with the rest of the propellant and combustion is completed. 5: The advantage of the staged combustion cycle is an abundance of power, creating very hig... 7: Staged combustion engines are the most difficult types of rocket en... 9: ...e shuttle main engine]] is an example of a staged combustion engine.
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