n-Dodecyl Mercaptan. Normal dodecyl mercaptan (n-dodecyl mercaptan, 1-dodecanethiol, lauryl mercaptan, NDDM, CAS # 112-55-0) is used in many diverse applications. In free-radical polymerization systems, it acts as a chain transfer agent to control molecular weight. A variety of antioxidants and stabilizers are produced from it as a chemical intermediate.
San Andreas Fault. The San Andreas Fault is the transform boundary between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate. During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake the northern section of the San Andreas Fault slipped northward along the fault from San Juan Bautista to Cape Mendocino, a total of 296 miles (477km). transform boundary is a fault zone where two plates slide past each other horizontally. Most transform faults are found in the ocean where they offset spreading ridges creating a zigzag pattern between the plates.
Transform fault, in geology and oceanography, a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another. A transform fault may occur in the portion of a fracture zone that exists between different offset spreading centres or that connects spreading centres to deep-sea trenches in subduction zones. The spatial orientation of transform faults is typically parallel to plate motions; however, this is not always the case.