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11 hours ago · Lewis Hamilton. Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton [7] MBE (born 7 January 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England [8]) is a British Formula One racing driver, currently racing for the Mercedes AMG Petronas team. A seven-time World Champion, he is often regarded as one of the greatest F1 drivers in history. He announced on March 14th, 2022 that ...
- British
- Racing driver
- Nicolas Hamilton (brother)
11 hours ago · Etymology Pliny, in Book XXXI of his Natural History, refers to a salt named hammoniacum, so called because of the proximity of its source to the Temple of Jupiter Amun (Greek Ἄμμων Ammon) in the Roman province of Cyrenaica. However, the description Pliny gives of the salt does not conform to the properties of ammonium chloride. According to Herbert Hoover's commentary in his English ...
- NH₃
- 47% w/w (0 °C), 31% w/w (25 °C), 18% w/w (50 °C)
- 17.031 g·mol−1
- −77.73 °C (−107.91 °F; 195.42 K) (Triple point at 6.060 kPa, 195.4 K)
11 hours ago · Methane is a tetrahedral molecule with four equivalent C–H bonds. Its electronic structure is described by four bonding molecular orbitals (MOs) resulting from the overlap of the valence orbitals on C and H. The lowest-energy MO is the result of the overlap of the 2s orbital on carbon with the in-phase combination of the 1s orbitals on the ...
- CH₄
- 16.043 g·mol−1
- −182.456 °C (−296.421 °F; 90.694 K)
- 22.7 mg/L
11 hours ago · Polonium is a radioactive element that exists in two metallic allotropes. The alpha form is the only known example of a simple cubic crystal structure in a single atom basis at STP ( space group Pm 3 m, no. 221). The unit cell has an edge length of 335.2 picometers; the beta form is rhombohedral.
- α, β
- [209]
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11 hours ago · Pig Domestic pigs Conservation status Domesticated Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Suidae Genus: Sus Species: S. domesticus Binomial name Sus domesticus Erxleben, 1777 Synonyms Sus domestica Sus scrofa domesticus Linnaeus, 1758 The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (pl.: swine) or hog, is an ...
11 hours ago · English is the most widely spoken language in the United States and in most circumstances is the de facto common language used in government, education and commerce. It is also the official language of most U.S. states (28 out of 50). Since the late 20th century, American English has become the most influential form of English worldwide.
11 hours ago · The main architects of the style included François Mansart (1598–1666), Pierre Le Muet (Church of Val-de-Grâce, 1645–1665) and Louis Le Vau (Vaux-le-Vicomte, 1657–1661). Mansart was the first architect to introduce Baroque styling, principally the frequent use of an applied order and heavy rustication , into the French architectural ...
