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removes electrons from a polymer

a measure of the ability of an atom to attract electrons to itself; measure of the tendency...

a layer of new metal is deposited on another metal by a chemical reaction in which electricity...

a formal poem written to honour and remember the death of a particular person or group of people...

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a pure substance made of only one type of atom. An element cannot be broken down into simpler...

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