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  2. Grain size - Wikipedia

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    3 to −4 8–16 mm 0.31–0.63 in ... similar man-made materials in situ and soils redeposited by people ... is the Inclusive Graphic Standard Deviation in phi units

  3. Atomic packing factor - Wikipedia

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    Here the unit cell (equivalent to 3 primitive unit cells) is a hexagonal prism containing six atoms (if the particles in the crystal are atoms). Indeed, three are the atoms in the middle layer (inside the prism); in addition, for the top and bottom layers (on the bases of the prism), the central atom is shared with the adjacent cell, and each ...

  4. Reference ranges for blood tests - Wikipedia

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    The unit conversions of substance concentrations from the molar to the mass concentration scale above are made as follows: ... 3 [23] units/dL (Bodansky units ...

  5. Bovine serum albumin - Wikipedia

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    Bovine serum albumin (BSA or "Fraction V") is a serum albumin protein derived from cows. It is often used as a protein concentration standard in lab experiments. The nickname "Fraction V" refers to albumin being the fifth fraction of the original Edwin Cohn purification methodology that made use of differential solubility characteristics of plasma proteins.

  6. Sugar alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Sugar alcohols can be, and often are, produced from renewable resources.Particular feedstocks are starch, cellulose and hemicellulose; the main conversion technologies use H 2 as the reagent: hydrogenolysis, i.e. the cleavage of C−O single bonds, converting polymers to smaller molecules, and hydrogenation of C=O double bonds, converting sugars to sugar alcohols.

  7. Staple food - Wikipedia

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    Various types of potatoes Unprocessed seeds of spelt, a historically important staple food Harvesting Sago pith to produce the starch in Papua New Guinea. A staple food, food staple, or simply staple, is a food that is eaten often and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet for an individual or a population group, supplying a large fraction of energy needs ...

  8. Phosphate - Wikipedia

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    Phosphorus comprises 0.1% by mass of the average rock [12] (while, for perspective, its typical concentration in vegetation is 0.03% to 0.2%), [13] and consequently there are quadrillions of tons of phosphorus in Earth's 3×10 19-ton crust, [14] albeit at predominantly lower concentration than the deposits counted as reserves, which are ...

  9. Breast milk - Wikipedia

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    Colostrum will gradually change to become mature milk. In the first 3–4 days it will appear thin and watery and will taste very sweet; later, the milk will be thicker and creamier. Human milk quenches the baby's thirst and hunger and provides the proteins, sugar, minerals, and antibodies that the baby needs.