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• Alternator
  Alternators generate electricity by the same principle as DC generators, namely, when the magnetic field aro Alternators are used in modern [[automobile]]s to charge the [[battery (electricity)|battery]] and to power a car's electric system when its [[internal combust
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• Hydroelectric
  ...proximately 20% of the world's electricity, and accounted for about 88% of electricity from renewable sources.<ref name="REN21-2006">[http://www.ren21.net/globals ==Electricity generation==
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• Ceramic materials
  ...a signal). The unit of time measured is the natural interval required for electricity to be converted into mechanical energy and back again. ...re needed for applications requiring [[transparent]] armor, including next-generation high-speed [[missiles]] and pods, as well as protection against improvised
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• Electroactive polymers
  ...es that an [[ionomeric]] pump could offer would be low voltage ([[battery (electricity)|battery]]) operation, extremely low noise signature, high system efficienc ...her voltages without damaging the internal structure of the EAP due to the generation of heat in the EAP composite. Development of EAPs in different configuratio
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• Petroleum
  ...using “artificial lift” created by mechanical pumps powered by gas or electricity. Over time, these "primary" methods become less effective and "secondary" p ...on in the [[United States]], but is responsible for only 2% of electricity generation. Petroleum's worth as a portable, dense energy source powering the vast maj
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• Polystyrene
  ...sed, it is sometimes used as a power source for [[steam]] or [[electricity generation]].<ref>{{Cite news|title = Ease of Disposal|url = http://www.americanchemis ...ble coffee cups.<ref>{{cite news|author=Dineen, Shauna|title=The Throwaway Generation: 25 Billion Styrofoam Cups a Year|publisher=E-The Environmental Magazine|da
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• Meat and bone meal
  ...ast majority is now used as a fossil-fuel replacement for renewable energy generation, as a fuel in cement kilns, [[landfill|landfilling]] or [[incineration]]. ...particular widely uses meat and bone meal for the generation of renewable electricity. This was particularly prominent after many cattle were slaughtered during
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• Kevlar
  ====Electricity generation==== ...00F-F7B2-4F1F-DA377027B8FDC443&sc=rss Scientific American: Fabric Produces Electricity As You Wear It]</ref>
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• Lubricant
  ...enefit of reducing friction and surface fatigue together with reduced heat generation, operating noise and vibrations. Lubricants achieve this by several ways. T ...overall system friction. Reduced friction has the benefit of reducing heat generation and reduced formation of wear particles as well as improved efficiency. Lub
  32 KB (4,626 words) - 10:18, 20 September 2010
• Giant Compressed Earth Blocks
  ...eby reduces the amount of pollution that would be emitted with electricity generation.
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• Lockout-Tagout
  Modern machinery can contain many hazards to workers, from things like [[electricity|electrical]], [[mechanics|mechanical]], [[pneumatics|pneumatic]] or [[hydra ...lling hazardous energy in installations for the exclusive purpose of power generation, transmission, and distribution, including related equipment for communicat
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• Arsenic
  ...and so can be used in [[laser diode]]s and [[LED]]s to directly convert [[electricity]] into [[light]]. ...m]], [[Cambodia]], and [[China]] have geological environments conducive to generation of high-arsenic groundwaters. [[Arsenic_poisoning#Arsenicosis:_chronic_arse
  51 KB (7,314 words) - 21:34, 20 September 2010
• Electromagnetic field
  ...ous field energies, which are not present in our everyday experiences with electricity, magnetism, matter, and time. ...ricity is not applied, the metal strip will connect output A and B, but if electricity is applied, an electromagnetic field will be created and the metal strip wi
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• Coal dust
  ==Coal dust in energy generation== ...is then generally used in a [[fossil fuel power plant]] for [[electricity generation]].
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• Hitachi
  * [[Battery (electricity)|Batteries]] * Hitachi Sophia Antipolis Laboratory - Next generation networks, Security, Mobile Communications
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• List of fictional diseases
  ...d bursts of electricity. Curable by having the Pokémon expunge the excess electricity. |''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek The Next Generation]]''
  66 KB (10,587 words) - 21:08, 21 September 2010
• Ted Kaczynski
  In 1971, he moved to a remote cabin without electricity or running water, in [[Lincoln, Montana]], where he lived as a [[recluse]] Kaczynski was born on May 22, 1942, in [[Chicago, Illinois]], to second-generation [[Polish American]]s Wanda (née Dombek) and Theodore Richard Kaczynski.<re
  73 KB (11,101 words) - 21:53, 26 September 2010
• Taliban
  ...hts, he also had to deal with Afghan traditions which he said would need a generation or more to overcome. In his opinion that could only be achieved through edu ...ithout attempting reforestation. They stripped rusting factories, ... even electricity and telephone poles for their steel and sold the scrap to steel mills in [[
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• Pollack's Rule
  ...computing and concern expressed by businesses and individuals at the huge electricity demands of computers. ...e same. In practice, however, implementing new microarchitecture every new generation is difficult, so microarchitecture gains are typically less. <ref>{{cite jo
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• Symbolic circuit analysis
  ...it variable ([[voltage]], [[current (electricity)|current]], [[resistance (electricity)|resistance]], [[gain]], etc.) or what is the '''relationship''' between so ...nction by a sequence of expressions (SoE)<ref>M. Pierzchala, B. Rodanski, "Generation of Sequential Symbolic Network Functions for Large-Scale Networks by Circui
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