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  2. Atmosphere of Earth - Wikipedia

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    Air pollution is the introduction of airborne chemicals, particulate matter or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to organisms. [58] The population growth , industrialization and motorization of human societies have significantly increased the amount of airborne pollutants in the Earth's atmosphere, causing noticeable problems ...

  3. Brownian motion - Wikipedia

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    2-dimensional random walk of a silver adatom on an Ag(111) surface [1] Simulation of the Brownian motion of a large particle, analogous to a dust particle, that collides with a large set of smaller particles, analogous to molecules of a gas, which move with different velocities in different random directions.

  4. State of matter - Wikipedia

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    In regular cold matter, quarks, fundamental particles of nuclear matter, are confined by the strong force into hadrons that consist of 2–4 quarks, such as protons and neutrons. Quark matter or quantum chromodynamical (QCD) matter is a group of phases where the strong force is overcome and quarks are deconfined and free to move.

  5. Orders of magnitude (energy) - Wikipedia

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    Theoretical total mass–energy of 1 gram of matter (25 GW·h) [177] 10 14 1.8×10 14 J Energy released by annihilation of 1 gram of antimatter and matter (50 GW·h) 3.75×10 14 J: Total energy released by the Chelyabinsk meteor. [178] 6×10 14 J: Energy released by an average hurricane in 1 second [179] 10 15: peta-(PJ) > 10 15 J

  6. Speed of light - Wikipedia

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    The speed at which light propagates through transparent materials, such as glass or air, is less than c; similarly, the speed of electromagnetic waves in wire cables is slower than c. The ratio between c and the speed v at which light travels in a material is called the refractive index n of the material (n = ⁠ c / v ⁠).

  7. Water vapor - Wikipedia

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    The percentage of water vapor in surface air varies from 0.01% at -42 °C (-44 °F) [15] to 4.24% when the dew point is 30 °C (86 °F). [16] Over 99% of atmospheric water is in the form of vapour, rather than liquid water or ice, [17] and approximately 99.13% of the water vapour is contained in the troposphere.

  8. California Wildfires and Worsening Outdoor Air Quality Drive ...

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  9. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    Newton's laws are often stated in terms of point or particle masses, that is, bodies whose volume is negligible. This is a reasonable approximation for real bodies when the motion of internal parts can be neglected, and when the separation between bodies is much larger than the size of each.