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water, desalination of

(Encyclopedia) water, desalination of, process of removing soluble salts from water to render it suitable for drinking, irrigation, or industrial uses. The principal methods used for desalination…

Chemistry: Predicting Reaction Products

Predicting Reaction ProductsChemistryChemical EquationsLet's Make Chili!Getting Our IngredientsHow Much of Each Ingredient Do We Need?Writing Complete EquationsAdding Variety to Our MenuPredicting…

Weather: Forecasting from the Beginning

Forecasting from the BeginningWeatherWhat Should I Wear?Playing the OddsGetting Down to BasicsForecasting from the Beginning Our brief exploration into forecasting pretty much follows the techniques…

1980 Olympics Shooting Medalists

Event     Small-Bore Rifle (Prone) Karoly Varga, HUN 599   Hellfried Heilfort, GDR 599   Petar Zapianov, BUL 598 Small-Bore Rifle (3 positions) Viktor Vlassow,…

1960 Olympics Shooting Medalists

Event     Free Rifle (3 positions) Hubert Hammerer, AUT 1129   Hans Spillmann, SUI 1127   Vasiliy Borissov, URS 1127 Small-Bore Rifle (Prone) Peter Kohnke, GER…

Independents' Daze

Though respectably reviewed, Winfrey's cinematic endeavors were anything but Beloved by theatergoers. John Waters' Pecker Speaking of talk show audiences, that substantial demographic didn't…

Entertainment News from November 2001

2Pixar's Monster's, Inc. opens to rave reviews and a blockbuster box office, taking in a record $63.5 million in its first weekend of release. 4After two postponements in the wake of the Sept. 11…

Glossary of Chemical Terms - D

DA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z dehydration A reaction in which the elements that make up water (twice as many hydrogen as oxygen atoms) are removed from an organic compound.…