GLOSSARY

ALLOY (noun): a metal creation due to a metallic bond

- Strontium and Lithium created an alloy.
ANTIMONDE (noun): derives from the chemical element of antimony,
which has an atomic number of 51
- Antimonde is a main element for building light bulbs.
ARSENIDE (noun): a binary compound of arsenic with a metallic element
- Arsenide is used in computers; its a fundamental material.
AUDI: a famous luxurious car company
- My mom bought an Audi car yesterday.
CARBIDE (noun): derives from the element carbon with an atomic
number of 6
- Carbide is one of the most abundant materials in Planet Earth.
CHEMICAL REACTION (verb): a chemical change in between to
reactants
- We are going to study chemical reactions in chemistry this year.
CRYSTAL (noun): a homogenous substance, which is transparent
- Crystal is a very valued material in the market of jewelry.
DETERIORATES (verb): become progressively worse
- After several years a dead body starts to deteriorate.
DIODE (noun): a semiconductor device with two terminals, allows the
flow of current in one direction only
- Almost all light bulbs today use diode as part of their materials.
EFFICIENCY (noun): state or quality of being efficient
- LED lights are very efficient for large factories.
ELECTROLUMINESCENCE (noun): light produced electrically, especially
in a phosphor by the application voltage
- LED lights substituted electroluminescent lights.
FILAMENT (noun): a conducting fiber that burns at a high melting point
- Today, light bulbs dont use filaments anymore because they stop
functioning easily.
GALLIUM (noun): a periodic table element with an atomic number of 31
- Gallium is used for building constructions.
GENERAL ELECTRIC: a company that produces bulbs and objects that
have to do with electricity
- I bought a General Electric light bulb.
GERMANIUM (noun): an element from the periodic table with an atomic
number of 32
- Germanium is used in car assembly, since it is a very hard
element.
HOLONYAK: inventor of the first visible LED light

- Holonyak is the father of the LED visible light bulb.

INCANDESCENT (adjective): when heated it emits light
- Incandescent light bulbs are not used anymore.
INFRARED (adjective): the part of the invisible spectrum that connects
to the red end of the visible spectrum, compromises electromagnetic
radiation
- Infrared lights are very damaging to the human eye.
LED: light-emitting diode
- LED lights are the most valued in the lighting market today.
MAINFRAME (noun): a large high-speed computer
- DELL invented the first mainframe computers.
MILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGY PRIZE: is one of the worlds largest
technological prize awarded once every two years.
- Robert Langer won the Millennium Technology Prize in 2008.
OLED: a light-emitting diode that contains flexible organic
electroluminescent material, normally used in visual displays
- OLEDS are the best kinds of lighting system for visual displays.
PATENT (noun): an invention
- Nick Holonyak patented the first LED light.
PHOSPHOR (noun): a synthetic fluorescent substance, phosphorus
- Phosphorus is used a lot in chemistry for experiments.
SEMICONDUCTOR (noun): a solid substance that has conductivity in
between of a metal and an insulator
- Non-metals are semiconductors of electricity.
SILICON (noun): chemical element with an atomic number of 14
- Silicon is the second most abundant element in Planet Earth.
SPECTRUM (noun): the entire range of wavelengths in electromagnetic
radiations
- The electromagnetic spectrum reaches a long distance.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS (noun): communication over distance by
telegraph, cable or phone
- Today the telecommunications are called smart phones.
ZINC SULFIDE (noun): an inorganic compound
- Zinc Sulfide is the best compound ever, because it is inorganic.