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• Glass microsphere
  ...er materials create syntactic foams with different properties, for example ceramic balloons can make a light syntactic [[aluminium]] foam.<ref>[http://www.mem ...stressed in a tensile manner).<ref>[http://www.trelleborg.com/en/Advanced-Engineering-Materials/Products--Solutions/Eccospheres-Glass-Microspheres/ ]. Trelleborg
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• Porous medium
  ...tissue]]s (e.g. bones, wood), and man made materials such as cements and [[ceramic]]s can be considered as porous media. Many of their important properties ca ...ineering]] ([[petroleum engineering]], [[bio-remediation]], [[construction engineering]]), [[geosciences]] ([[hydrogeology]], [[petroleum geology]],
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• Ceramic materials
  [[Image:Si3N4bearings.jpg|thumb|250px|Ceramic Si₃N₄ bearing parts]] ...of the earliest materials used to produce [[ceramic]]s, but many different ceramic materials are now used in domestic, industrial and building products.
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• Designed materials
  ...ary to achieve this goal. Rapid fabrication of three-dimensional shapes of engineering materials such as H13 [[tool steel]] and [[nickel]] super alloys are now po
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• Electroactive polymers
  ...pabilities, Challenges and Potential}} </ref>, which is much more than any ceramic actuator. Another one of the most common applications for EAPs is in the fi [[Category:Electrical engineering]]
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• Forensic polymer engineering
  The study of failure in [[polymer]]ic products is called '''forensic polymer engineering'''. The topic includes the [[fracture]] of plastic products, or any other r ...hough polymers usually possess quite different properties to [[metals]], [[ceramic]]s and [[glass]]es, they are just as susceptible to failure from [[mechanic
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• Crazing
  ...a network of fine cracks on the surface of a material, for example in a [[Ceramic glaze|glaze]] layer. ...of high [[hydrostatic]] tension, or in regions of very localized [[Yield (engineering)|yielding]], which leads to the formation of interpenetrating microvoids an
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• Ecolon
  '''Ecolon''' (ecologically-friendly nylon), is a ceramic-glass reinforced [[Nylon 6]] or Perlon coating, commonly used in cookware a Ecolon is produced by Wellman Engineering Resins. <ref>http://www.wellmaner.com/mineralglass-reinforced-nylon-61.html
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• Metal foam
  ...c foam: Flow Laws, Heat Transfer and Convective Boiling. Advanced material Engineering, 2006. 8(9): p. 890-899</ref><ref>Banhart, J., Manufacture, Characterizatio *[[Ceramic foam]]
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• Aerogel
  ...y<ref>{{cite journal|author=H. Yu, R. Bellair, R.M. Kannan, S. Brock|title=Engineering Strength, Porosity, and Emission Intensity of Nanostructured CdSe Networks | journal = [[Journal of the American Ceramic Society]]
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• Insulated glazing
  ...the other technology used to manufacture Low-E glass. In MSVD, a metal or ceramic target bombarded with ions releases atoms to form a thin coating on a sheet ....J, 'Heat Transfer, Natural Convection' March 2008, Department Of Chemical Engineering, University of Sydney.</ref>
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• Thermal insulation
  [[File:Coloured ceramic thermal barrier coating on exhaust component.jpg|thumb|Thermal insulation a [[Category:Building engineering]]
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• Cutting fluid
  ...piece at a stable temperature (critical when working to close [[Tolerance (engineering)|tolerance]]s). Very warm is OK, but extremely hot or alternating hot-and-c ...isposal involves techniques such as [[ultrafiltration]] using polymeric or ceramic membranes which concentrates the suspended and emulsified oil phase.
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• Lubricant
  ...is of little value as it is soft and flows away from the area of contact. Ceramic or metal or alloy lubricants must be used then. ...allic surfaces sliding against each other (or a metallic surface against a ceramic surface). Due to the elimination of metallic contact and adhesion by the
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• Floor
  ...commonly called [[flooring]] include [[wood flooring]], laminated wood, [[ceramic tile]], [[Masonry|stone]], [[terrazzo]], and various seamless chemical floo {{Main|Building services engineering}}
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• Neoparium
  ...in [[Japan]] by [[Nippon Electric Glass]]. Described as "crystalized glass ceramic," it was developed as an architectural cladding material for use in harsh e [[Category:Building engineering]]
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• Thinset
  ...s an [[alkyl]] derivative of [[cellulose]]. It is usually used to attach [[ceramic tile|tile]] or [[Rock (geology)|stone]] to surfaces such as [[cement]] or [ {{civil-engineering-stub}}
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• Cast stone
  ...s. It was cheaper and more uniform than natural stone, and widely used. In engineering projects, it had the advantage that transporting the bulk materials and cas
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• Drywall
  ...rotary tool. Drywall is then fixed to the [[wall]] structure with [[nail (engineering)|nails]], glue, or more commonly in recent years, the now-ubiquitous ''dryw ...[[fastener]]s holding the drywall. This typically results in [[Deflection (engineering)|deflection]] of the assembly towards the fire, as that is the location whe
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• Tile
  A '''tile''' is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as [[ceramic]], [[Rock (geology)|stone]], metal, or even [[glass]]. Tiles are generally ...used, such as [[glass]], [[marble]], [[granite]], [[slate]], and reformed ceramic slurry, which is cast in a mould and fired.
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