Evaporation

1. A technique for electrically depositing a film of a selected metal on a metallic or nonmetallic surface. A filament of the metal to be deposited is heated by an electric ...

evaporation

Semiconductors; Silicon wafer

The common method used to deposit thin-film materials; material to be deposited is heated in a vacuum (10-6, 10-7 Torr range) until it melts and starts evaporating; this vapor ...

evaporation

Electrical equipment; Fuel cell

Evaporation is the process by which molecules in a liquid state (e.g. Water) spontaneously become gaseous (e.g. Water vapor).

evaporator

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Equipment that vaporizes the solvent from the oil-bearing miscella.

Annex I countries

Natural environment; Climate change

The industrialised countries (and countries in transition to a market economy) which took on obligations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Their ...

Annex II

Natural environment; Climate change

Countries which have a special obligation under the Kyoto Protocol to provide financial resources and transfer technology to developing countries. This group is a sub-section of ...

Aosis

Natural environment; Climate change

The Alliance of Small Island States comprises 42 island and coastal states mostly in the Pacific and Caribbean. Members of Aosis are some of the countries likely to be hit hardest ...

The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)

Natural environment; Climate change

The Fourth Assessment Report produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published in 2007. The report assessed and summarised the climate change situation ...

Bali action plan

Natural environment; Climate change

A plan drawn up at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, in December 2007, forming part of the Bali roadmap. The action plan established a working group to define a long-term ...

Bali roadmap

Natural environment; Climate change

A plan drawn up at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, in December 2007, to pave the way for an agreement at Copenhagen in 2009 on further efforts to reduce greenhouse gas ...