Corrosive substance due to their capabilities of dissolving greases, proteins or mineral deposits such as limescale inside water pipes. In chemical uses, high chemical reactivity is often desirable, as the rates of chemical reactions depend on the activity (effective concentration) of the reactive species. For instance, catalytic sulfuric acid is used in the alkylation process in an oil refinery: the activity of carbocations, the reactive intermediate, is higher with stronger acidity, and thus the reaction proceeds faster. Once used, corrosives are most often recycled or neutralized. However, there have been environmental problems with untreated corrosive effluents or accidental discharges. Corrosive substance A
NASA Star and Exoplanet Database direct access to frequently accessed tables: NStED also serves photometric time-series data from surveys that aim to discover transiting exoplanets such as "Kepler" and the CoRoT. NStED provides access to over 500,000 light curves from space and ground-based exoplanet transit survey programs, including: The transit survey data are linked to an online periodogram service that can be used to search for periods in the transit survey data sets. A user can also upload their own time series data to search for periods in their own data. The planetary orbital parameters are linked to an online transit ephemeris prediction tool which