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Hexagonal

Hexagonal

Having six sides and six angles; six-sided. Hexagonal system.

(Science: chemistry) see crystallization.

Origin: cf. F. Hexagonal.


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crystals are confusing...please help.

... concerned. To me. the "major names" would be the seven major crystal classes: triclinic, monoclinic, orthorhombic, trigonal, tetragonal, hexagonal/rhombohedral, or cubic. I gather the crystals you mention have something to do with plants. The first two at any rate are crystalline deposits ...

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by blcr11
Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:53 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: crystals are confusing...please help.
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Views: 647

The Fiber Disease

... DNA to the bead, so instead of the cloning and robots, one person can prepare any genome.” The DNA-covered beads are loaded into the microscopic hexagonal wells of a fiber-optic slide, which contains about 1.6 million wells. In 454’s benchtop instrument, chemicals and reagents flow over the beads ...

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by London
Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:09 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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Views: 748868

Commercial Water...

... the advertising...:lol: and it start to make me feel suspicious also because they even show the structure in the advertisement which is really hexagonal shape which as long as I read in the literature will only be formed in crystal phase... :lol: Well, thanks for the explaination :mrgreen:

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by victor
Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:18 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Commercial Water...
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Views: 805

Commercial Water...

Then, I've also heard that beside this 'more oxygen equipped water', there also hexagonal water, which is said better than ordinary water (which said to be in pentagonal form).. They also sell the machine that can "change" pentagonal structured water into ...

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by victor
Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:51 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Commercial Water...
Replies: 8
Views: 805

Evolution Questions

... in rolls which were millions of times larger than themselves. When the liquid was contained in a round vessel, the motino of the rolls formed a hexagonal pattern on the surface of the liquid. This pattern is a result of hot liquid rising through the centre of the honeycomb cells, and the cooler ...

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by brownpanda
Sun Dec 26, 2004 2:22 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Evolution Questions
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Views: 8043


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