LECHATELIERITE

Meaning of LECHATELIERITE in English

/leuh shaht'l ear"uyt/ , n.

a mineral, an amorphous form of silica formed by the fusion by heat of silica and found in fulgurites.

[ 1915-20; Le Châtelier (1850-1936), French chemist; see -ITE 1 ]

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LECHATELIERITE — ləˌshäd. ə lˈiˌrīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: French lechateliérite, from Henry-Louis Le Châtelier died 1936 French chemist + English …
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LECHATELIERITE — a natural silica glass (silicon dioxide, SiO2) that has the same chemical composition as coesite, cristobalite, keatite, quartz, and tridymite …
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SILICA MINERAL — Any of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ), including quartz , tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and …
Английский словарь Британика
QUARTZ GLASS — lechatelierite. [ 1900-05 ]
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LE CHÂTELIER PRINCIPLE — /leuh shaht"l yay'/ , Physics. the law that if a constraint is applied to a system in equilibrium, the system …
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TRIDYMITE — silica mineral, the stable form of silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) at temperatures between 870 and 1,470 C (1,598 and 2,678 …
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SILICA MINERAL — any one of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO2), including quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and chalcedony. Various …
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SILICA — also called Silicon Dioxide, compound of the two most abundant elements in the Earth's crust, silicon and oxygen, SiO2. The …
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FULGURITE — a glassy silica mineral (lechatelierite) fused in the heat from a lightning strike. Fulgurite is a common mineral with two …
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CRISTOBALITE — the stable form of silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) between its melting point of 1,728 C (3,142 F) and 1,470 C …
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COESITE — a high-pressure polymorph (crystal form) of silica, silicon dioxide (SiO2). It has essentially the same composition as the minerals cristobalite, …
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SILICA MINERAL — Any of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ), including quartz , tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and …
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