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• Sugarcane
  ...tdoor photo of series of rectangular metal trays divided by short internal metal sheets]] ...lfur dioxide through the cane juice before evaporation bleaches many color-forming impurities into colorless ones. This ''sulfitation'' produces sugar known a
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• USPO1,811,523
  ...2. This ball is connected to a tube 3, through the agency of a dome shaped metal piece 4. The tube 3 has a portion 5 which serves as a hanger for the device A pipe 10 is set into the top of the ball 1, forming the absorption passage, this pipe extending down below the liquid level of
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• USPO1,740,737
  ...It is also my object to provide a simple and effective method of attaching metal fins to the generator shell. ...anes. These fins are a novel conception, and are formed of pieces of sheet metal 8, bent to form flanged channels, of which the flanges are soldered or othe
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• Arc Welding
  [[Image:SMAW.welding.af.ncs.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Gas metal arc welding]]]] ...C. L. Coffin. Around 1900, A. P. Strohmenger released in Britain a coated metal electrode which gave a more stable arc. In 1905 Russian scientist Vladimir
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• Acetic acid
  To emphasize the role of the active hydrogen in forming the salt sodium acetate, some people write the molecular formula as HC<sub> ...acial acetic acid was prepared through the [[dry distillation]] of certain metal acetates (the most noticeable one being copper(II) acetate). The 16th-centu
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• Aluminium hydroxide
  Gibbsite has a typical metal hydroxide structure with [[hydrogen bonds]]. It is built up of double layer ...e) or its [[hydrolysis]] products. It also dissolves in strong [[alkali]], forming Al(OH)₄^- (tetrahydroxoaluminate).
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• Mercury (element)
  ...y, silvery [[d-block]] [[metal]], mercury is also one of the five [[liquid metal|metallic]] chemical elements that are [[liquid]] at or near [[room temperat Mercury is a heavy, silvery-white metal. As compared to other metals, it is a poor conductor of heat, but a fair co
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• Sodium chloride
  ...solvents<br/ >(g NaCl / 1&nbsp;kg of solvent at 25 °C)<ref>Burgess, J. ''Metal Ions in Solution'' (Ellis Horwood, New York, 1978) ISBN 0-85312-027-7</ref> Sodium metal is produced commercially through the electrolysis of liquid sodium chloride
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• Aconitum
  ...[nectar (plant)|nectar]]. The other petals are small and scale like or non forming. The 3–5 [[carpel]]s are partially fused at the base. *It is the namesake for the British alternative metal band Aconite Thrill.
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• Pan Brake
  ...ke''' is a [[metalworking]] [[machine]] that allows the bending of [[sheet metal]]. A cornice brake only allows for simple bends and creases, while a box-an ...d and rearranged to permit bending of restricted areas of a piece of sheet metal or of already partially formed pieces.
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• Intumescent
  ...om the blow-torch is applied, the intumescent [[sodium silicate]] expands, forming a layer of insulation, which slows down [[heat]] transfer to the pipe below ...]] and insulative action of the pads reduce thermal transfer through the [[metal]]lic outlet box to the unexposed side of the rated drywall assembly. All in
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• Ceramic materials
  ...injection moulding, dry pressing, and other variations. (See also Ceramic forming techniques. Details of these processes are described in the two books liste Some ceramics are [[semiconductor]]s. Most of these are [[transition metal oxides]] that are II-VI semiconductors, such as [[zinc oxide]].
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• Poly(methylsilyne)
  ...dissolved in a number of solvents (tetrahydrofuran, ether, toluene etc.), forming a colloidal suspension that is clear and non-viscous, which may then be dep
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• Thiomer
  Thiomers are capable of forming disulfide bonds with cysteine substructures of the mucus gel layer covering Due to the binding of metal ions, which are needed by various enzymes to maintain their enzymatic activ
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• Environmental stress cracking
  ...tyrene acrylonitrile (SAN). The key has a hook end which connects it to a metal spring, which causes the key to spring back into position after being struc ...tes stress concentration, possibly the combination of residual stress from forming and the action of the spring. It was concluded that although there was resi
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• Biopolymer
  ...ause of increasing prices and decreasing availability of conventional film-forming resins. Starch films possess low permeability and are thus attractive mater Acetylated starch does have several advantages as a structural fibre or film-forming polymer as compared to native starch. The acetylation of starch is a well-k
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• Polypropylene
  ...2008, Chapter 4</ref>,<ref>J. Severn, R. L. Jones ''Handbook of Transition Metal Polymerization Catalysts'', R. Hoff, R. T. Mathers, eds, Wiley, 2010, Chapt ...sed for plastic moldings, wherein it is injected into a mold while molten, forming complex shapes at relatively low cost and high volume; examples include bot
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• Weather testing of polymers
  ...d to change the [[colour]], change the reflectance ([[gloss]]), as well as forming a protective coating. The structure of paint consists of [[pigments]] in a ...re converted into visible light with fluorescent coatings, xenon, mercury, metal halide or carbon arc lamps have to be used with a careful elimination of sh
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• Polyethylene terephthalate
  ...d]] by [[evaporation|evaporating]] a [[Thin-film deposition|thin film]] of metal onto it to reduce its permeability, and to make it reflective and opaque ([ ...ll [[crystallite]]s when crystallized from an amorphous solid, rather than forming one large single crystal. Light tends to scatter as it crosses the boundari
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• Polymer
  ...ich may form chemical covalent bonds. The basic functionality required for forming even a linear chain is two bonding sites. Higher functionality yields branc ...aterial|composite]]s degrade when bare composite is coupled with an active metal in [[salinity|saline]], i.e. salt water environments.<ref>{{cite journal|au
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