Because an alpha particle is the same as a helium-4 nucleus, which has mass number 4 and atomic number 2, this can also be written as:

Because of their relatively large mass, + 2 electric charge and relatively low velocity, alpha particles are very likely to interact with other atoms and lose their energy, so their forward motion is effectively stopped within a few centimeters of air.

Because copper ions have a 2 + charge, they are attracted to the negative cathodes and collect there.

2: 8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men ’ s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.

Because the segments ( 2 ) and ( 4 ) are adiabats, no heat flows into or out of the body during them, and consequently the net heat supplied to the body during the cycle is given by

Because this epistle is much shorter than 2 Peter, and due to various stylistic details, some writers consider that Jude was the source for the similar passages of 2 Peter.

Because of some fundamental weaknesses in the 2 0 0 release a new not compatible release 3 0 0 was released in September 1993, given the designation of EIA standard EIA-618.

Because of the large influx of fresh water from rivers, especially from the Neva River ( two thirds of the total runoff ), the gulf water has very low salinity – between 0. 2 and 5. 8 ‰ at the surface and 0. 3 – 8. 5 ‰ near the bottom.

Because of the controversy surrounding Palmerston's removal as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs because of his letter to the French ambassador endorsing Louis Bonaparte's 2 December 1851 coup, Palmerston could not now be appointed Foreign Minister again so soon after his removal from the same position.

Because of Hungary's $ 21. 2 billion foreign debt, the government decided to sell state property instead of distributing it to the people for free.

Because 10 is the smallest positive integer that is divisible by both 5 and 2, it is the least common multiple of 5 and 2.

Because of the variable chemistry, there are over 80 species of amphibole, although variations, as in the pyroxenes, most commonly involve mixtures of Ca < sup > 2 +</ sup >, Fe < sup > 2 +</ sup > and Mg < sup > 2 +</ sup >.

Because the Mach number is often viewed as a dimensionless quantity rather than a unit of measure, with Mach, the number comes after the unit ; the second Mach number is " Mach 2 " instead of " 2 Mach " ( or Machs ).

Because 2 LSPs are required for connectivity, data flowing in the forward direction may use a different path from data flowing in the reverse direction.

Because of this, " Sniper 2 " didn't fire a single shot until late in the gunfight, when hostage-taker Khalid Jawad attempted to escape on foot and ran right at the exposed sniper.

Because of dissension within the Detroit temple, he moved to Chicago where he established Mosque No. 2.

Because the discrepancy is not fully explained, uncertainty of our prediction of UT ( rotation angle of the Earth ) may be as large as the difference between these values: 11 s / cy < sup > 2 </ sup >.

Because of this heritage, OS / 2 shares similarities with Unix, Xenix, and Windows NT in many ways.

Because of the limitations of the Intel 80286 processor, OS / 2 1. x could run only one DOS program at a time, and did this in a way that allowed the DOS program to have total control over the computer.

Because OS / 2 only ran the user-mode system components of Windows, it was not compatible with Windows device drivers ( VxDs ) and applications needing them.

Because anthropology developed from so many different enterprises ( see History of Anthropology ), including but not limited to fossil-hunting, exploring, documentary film-making, paleontology, primatology, antiquity dealings and curatorship, philology, etymology, genetics, regional analysis, ethnology, history, philosophy, and religious studies, it is difficult to characterize the entire field in a brief article, although attempts to write histories of the entire field have been made.

Because of the alcohol content, it is possible to fail a breathalyzer test after rinsing although breath alcohol levels return to normal after 10 minutes.

Because of its bright green color when polished, amazonite is sometimes cut and used as a gemstone, although it is easily fractured.

Because of his widespread correspondence with others throughout the British Isles, and due to the fact that many of the letters imply that Bede had met his correspondents, it is likely that Bede travelled to some other places, although nothing further about timing or locations can be guessed.

Because of illness, he asked his son-in-law, actor Anthony Quinn, to direct a remake of his 1938 film The Buccaneer ; although DeMille served as executive producer, he was unhappy with Quinn's work and tried unsuccessfully to remedy the situation.

Because the Cubs lost two seasons to the Great Chicago Fire, the Braves have played more seasons, although the Cubs hold the record for oldest team still in its original city.

Because this geometrical interpretation of multiplication was limited to three dimensions, there was no direct way of interpreting the product of four or more numbers, and Euclid avoided such products, although they are implied, e. g., in the proof of book IX, proposition 20.

Because of the large local market for films in Russia, the industry there was not harmed by the war at first, although the isolation of the country led many Russian films to develop peculiarly distinctive features.

Because of these various positive and negative connotations, some periods are luckier than others regarding their names, although this can lead to problems such as the ones outlined above.

Because individuals can be at risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases during these activities, although the transmission risk is significantly reduced during non-penetrative sex, safe sex practices are advised.

Because the FM modulation of SECAM's color sub carrier is insensitive to phase ( or amplitude ) errors, phase errors do not cause loss of color saturation in SECAM, although they do in PAL.

Because of the involvement of human interpretation, the fiqh is considered fallible, and thus not a part of Sharia ( although scholars categorize it as Islamic law ).

Because the committee left no minutes, there is some uncertainty about how the drafting process proceeded — accounts written many years later by Jefferson and Adams, although frequently cited, are contradictory and not entirely reliable.

Because nouns and adjectives share these three categories, Dionysius Thrax does not clearly distinguish between the two, and uses the term ónoma for both, although some of the words that he describes as paragōgón ( pl.

Because of the rules of scientific naming, or " binomial nomenclature ", each genus should have a designated type, although in practice there is a backlog of older names that may not yet have a type.

Because the most powerful church in the East was what has become known as the Eastern Orthodox church, the term " Orthodox " is often used in a similarly loose fashion as " Eastern ", although strictly speaking most churches consider themselves part of an Orthodox and Catholic communion.

Because there is an economic incentive to seize property and rework statues anyway, historians and archaeologists have had difficulty determining when official damnatio memoriae actually took place, although it seems to have been quite rare.

Because of this, only cheese in which the maggots are still alive is usually eaten, although allowances are made for cheese that has been refrigerated, which can kill the maggots.

Because of this standardization, it is possible for anyone with the proper training to enjoy modern Western square dancing in many countries around the world ; although instruction is typically given in the local language, the calls are always in English.

Because school uniforms are a popular fetish item, second-hand sailor outfits and other items of school wear are brokered through underground establishments known as burusera, although changes to Japanese law have made such practices difficult.

Because school uniforms are a popular fetish item, second-hand sailor outfits and other items of school wear are brokered through underground establishments known as burusera, although changes to Japanese law have made such practices difficult.

Because it has a prophyll at the base of the pedicel it therefore would fall within section Crocus, although its exact relationship to the rest of the subgenus remains unclear.

Because of this it is not likely they emerged in freshwater ( unless they first migrated into freshwater habitats and then migrated onto land so shortly after that they still retained the ability to make urea ), although some species never left, or returned to, the water could of course have adapted to freshwater lakes and rivers.

Because no postcranial remains ( bones below the skull ) have been discovered, it is as of yet unknown whether Sahelanthropus tchadensis was indeed bipedal or two-footed, although claims for an anteriorly placed foramen magnum suggests that this may have been the case, some paleontologists have disputed this interpretation of the basicranium.