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Silicon (Si) is the element most commonly used to fabricate solar cells and transistors.

Silicon is a semiconductor material that is widely used in the production of electronic components, including:

• Solar cells (photovoltaic cells)
• Transistors
• Microprocessors
• Diodes

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Dry ice is a solid form of carbon dioxide.

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"Dry ice" is solid, frozen carbon dioxide, which is sublimated at a chilly -78.5 °C (-109.3°F).

Dry ice is used primarily as a cooling agent.

Dry ice does not melt into a liquid when heated instead, it changes directly into a gas.

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Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a non-viral disease.

Whereas HIV/Aids, Measles, and Influenza are all viral diseases.

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Lead is commonly used as a shield against gamma rays.

Due to its high density.

It effectively absorbs and blocks gamma radiation.

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Albert Einstein, a renowned physicist, revolutionized physics with his theory of relativity.

He made significant contributions to mathematics and philosophy as well.

Einstein is celebrated as one of the most influential physicists of the 20th century.

It notably publishing four landmark papers in 1905.

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A convex lens has either one or both of its surfaces curving outwards, that is, wider divergence from the plan at the center.

These lenses are used to correct long-sightedness (hypermetropia).

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Formic acid is present in the sting of ants.

It causes a sharp, burning sensation and irritation when injected into the skin during an ant sting.

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Ernest Rutherford showed (1919) that nitrogen under alpha-particle bombardment ejects what appear to be hydrogen nuclei.

By 1920 Ernest Rutherford had accepted the hydrogen nucleus as an elementary particle, naming it proton.

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Electron was discovered by J. J. Thomson in 1897.

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Potential energy is the energy an object has due to its position or state.

For example, being elevated in a gravitational field.

It can potentially do work if it moves.