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• Mercury (element)
  ...thesis of [[mercury(IV) fluoride]] ({{chem|HgF|4}}) using matrix isolation techniques.<ref name="WangX">{{cite journal|title=Mercury Is a Transition Metal: The F ...new cinnabar mercury mines. Thousands of prisoners were used by the Luo Xi mining company to establish new tunnels.<ref name="GREEN"/> In addition, worker he
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• Ceramic materials
  ...find use in applications such as the wear plates of crushing equipment in mining operations. Advanced ceramics are also used in the medicine, electrical and ...on moulding, dry pressing, and other variations. (See also Ceramic forming techniques. Details of these processes are described in the two books listed below.) A
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• Particle size distribution
  ...l to be analyzed must be carefully blended, and the sample withdrawn using techniques that avoid size segregation. Particular attention must be paid to avoidanc ==Measurement techniques==
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• Petroleum
  ...g oil (or “bitumen”) from oil/tar sand and oil shale deposits requires mining the sand or shale and heating it in a vessel or retort, or using “in-situ ...y Canyon#Accident|Torrey Canyon bombing by the Navy and RAF]]</ref> modern techniques would include pumping the oil from the wreck, like in the [[Prestige oil sp
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• Metal
  {{main|Ore|Mining|Extractive metallurgy}} ...]], which are mined by excavation using heavy equipment, and [[Underground mining (hard rock)|subsurface mines]].
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• Metallurgy
  [[Image:Metal production in Ancient Middle East.svg|thumb|Mining areas of the ancient [[Middle East]]. Boxes colors: [[arsenic]] is in brown ...extraction and [[forging]]. They were, for example, expert in [[hydraulic mining]] methods well before the Chinese, or any other civilization of the time.{{
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• Ruthenium
  ===Mining=== ...ining, Metallurgy, and Exploration|location = Littleton, Colo.|title = SME mining engineering handbook}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url = http://canmin.geoscie
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• Kerosene
  ...ng in [[Lvov]] had been experimenting with different kerosene distillation techniques, trying to improve on Gesner's process, using local [[seep]] [[petroleum|oi ...imary component in the explosive [[ANFO]], which has widespread use in the mining and agricultural industries.
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• Cellulose insulation
  ...http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu/2.2/laichas.html</ref>. From a mining and natural resource perspective, cellulose is preferable to foam and fiber
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• Dimension stone
  ...must be removed. Dimension stone is separated by more precise and delicate techniques, such as diamond wire saws, diamond belt saws, burners (jet-piercers), or l ...rtops. A concerned homeowner can employ ASTM radon mitigation and removal techniques.<ref>ASTM, E06, "E2121-08 Standard Practice for Installing Radon Mitigation
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• Steel
  [[File:Steel wire rope.JPG|thumb|250px|The steel cable of a [[coal mining|colliery]] [[headframe|winding tower]]]] ...idence of the production of steel in [[Song Dynasty|Song China]] using two techniques: a "berganesque" method that produced inferior, inhomogeneous steel and a p
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• Concrete
  ...f distress. [[International Grooving & Grinding Association|CPP and CPR]] techniques include slab stabilization, full- and partial-depth repair, dowel bar retro CPR techniques can be used to address specific problems or bring a pavement back to its or
  63 KB (9,167 words) - 09:23, 20 September 2010
• Iron
  ...id=-Ll6qjWB-RUC&pg=PA164| pages=164–167| title=Handbook of materials and techniques for vacuum devices|last=Kohl | first= Walter H.| publisher=Springer| year=1 ...ref>{{cite book | last = Muhly | first = James D. | chapter = Metalworking/Mining in the Levant | pages = 174–183 | title =Near Eastern Archaeology IN: Eis
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• Asbestos
  ...gan to notice a large number of early deaths and lung problems in asbestos mining towns. The first diagnosis of [[asbestosis]] was made in the UK in 1924. By ...creasing concern about the dangers of asbestos and its use was phased out. Mining ceased in 1983, The use of asbestos was phased out in 1989 and banned entir
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• Occupational hygiene
  ...Industrial Hygiene" traditionally stems from industries with construction, mining or manufacturing and "Occupational Hygiene" refers to all types of industry **Working Environments (Mining, Industrial, Manufacturing, transport and storage, service industries and o
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• Cadmium
  ...ournal|title = On the new determination of the meter|journal = Measurement Techniques|volume = 1|issue = 3|year = 1958|doi = 10.1007/BF00974680|pages = 259–264 ...]] (ZnS). As a consequence, cadmium is produced mainly as a byproduct from mining, smelting, and refining sulfidic ores of zinc, and, to a lesser degree, [[l
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• Beryllium
  ...BeX₄²⁻. This characteristic is used in analytical techniques using [[EDTA]] as a ligand which preferentially forms octahedral complexes The mining and production of beryllium is dominated by one American company. This comp
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• Mining
  ...the Earth|the municipality in [[Austria]]|Mining, Austria|the siege tactic|Mining (military)|name of the [[China|Chinese]] emperor|Daoguang Emperor}} [[Image:Simplified world mining map 1.png|thumb|350px|right|Simplified world mining map (click to enlarge)]]
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• Leaderless resistance
  ...stop [[logging]] companies, as well as other activities targeted towards [[mining]], [[road]] construction,<ref name="wall">{{cite book | title = Earth First The organization were committed to nonviolent [[ecotage]] techniques from the group's inception, with those that split from the movement in the
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• Guerrilla warfare
  ...ohn Forbes and Henry Bouquet understood they needed to learn and adopt the techniques and tactics of the little war, or be consumed, like Braddock. The British ..., crops, herds and irrigation systems, including the deadly and widespread mining of fields and pastures.
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