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• Mking Charcoal: Indirect by burning inside a barrel
  ...design a simple, cheap, reliable and efficient method for the small-scale production of charcoal for home use utilizing readily available materials and minimizi ...with an acetylene torch. I burned it out well in the furnace to eliminate petroleum residues. These drums are used for lubricants such as transmission fluid an
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• Wood gas generator
  ...erators were constructed or even improvised; commercial generators were in production before and after the war, for use in special circumstances or in [[economic Coal-based town gas production had been displaced by petroleum-based gas and/or natural gas. However, Great Britain continued her use of c
  11 KB (1,818 words) - 19:04, 24 June 2010
• Hydroelectric
  '''Hydroelectricity''' is electricity generated by [[hydropower]], i.e., the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling o A simple formula for approximating electric power production at a hydroelectric plant is: <math> P = \rho hrgk </math>,
  39 KB (5,447 words) - 23:02, 2 July 2010
• Activated carbon
  ==Production== ..., [[peat]], [[wood]], [[coir]], [[lignite]], [[coal]] and [[Pitch (resin)|petroleum pitch]]. It can be produced by one of the following processes:
  41 KB (5,738 words) - 16:47, 27 September 2010
• Potassium chloride
  ==Production== ...in [[water]] as a [[Completion (oil and gas wells)|completion]] fluid in [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] operations, as well as being an alternative to [[sodi
  14 KB (1,921 words) - 16:49, 27 September 2010
• Morphine
  ...atum]]''), although this poppy is most often used for codeine and thebaine production. Higher, industrially useful concentrations of morphine are found in the or ...ic]], and also as a treatment for opium and alcohol addiction. Commercial production began in Darmstadt, Germany in 1827 by the pharmacy which became the pharma
  87 KB (12,376 words) - 16:51, 27 September 2010
• Conium
  ...cid, pours the concentrated ethereal solution into [[petroleum ether|light petroleum]] to precipitate most of the benzoyl-δ-aminobutyl propyl ketone formed by ...pecific antidote is available, prevention is the only way to deal with the production losses caused by the plant. Control with [[herbicide]]s and grazing with le
  13 KB (1,865 words) - 12:27, 7 July 2010
• Pitch (resin)
  ...lymer|polymers]]. Pitch can be made from [[petroleum]] products or plants. Petroleum-derived pitch is also called [[bitumen]]. Pitch produced from plants is als Petroleum-derived pitch is black in color, hence the adjectival phrase, "pitch-black"
  3 KB (430 words) - 10:07, 20 September 2010
• Plastic bottle
  ...his manmade plastic was nicknamed Parkesine. Due to an extremely expensive production cost of raw materials as well as the combustability of the finished product ...facturers and customers due to their lightweight nature and relatively low production costs compared with [[glass bottle]]s.<ref name="The history of plastic">{{
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• Tar
  ...and roots of [[pine]] by [[destructive distillation]] under [[pyrolysis]]. Production and trade in tar was a major contributor in the economies of [[Northern Eur ...oal tar]] is produced from [[coal]] as a byproduct of [[coke (fuel)|coke]] production. [[Bitumen]] is a term used for natural deposits of oil "tar" - such as at
  7 KB (1,095 words) - 10:08, 20 September 2010
• Biopolymer
  ...a polymer which occurs widely in plants. The principal crops used for its production include potatoes, corn and rice. In all of these plants, starch is produced Starch has been widely used as a raw material in film production because of increasing prices and decreasing availability of conventional fi
  68 KB (9,959 words) - 10:10, 20 September 2010
• Polyvinyl alcohol
  In Japan its major use is vinylon fiber production.<ref name="sriconsulting.com">[http://www.sriconsulting.com/CEH/Public/Repo # Paper adhesive with [[boric acid]] in spiral tube winding and solid board production
  7 KB (928 words) - 10:10, 20 September 2010
• Polyethylene
  ...'''poly(methylene)''') is the most widely used [[plastic]], with an annual production of approximately 80 million metric tons.<ref>{{harvnb|Piringer|Baner|2008|p ...ssure synthesis for polyethylene that became the basis for industrial LDPE production beginning in 1939.
  20 KB (2,802 words) - 10:11, 20 September 2010
• Automatic Continuous Online Monitoring of Polymerization Reactions
  ...ude 1) saving petroleum based and other non-renewable resources in polymer production, 2) advances in novel material properties, quality, versatility, yield, and
  14 KB (1,877 words) - 10:12, 20 September 2010
• Bitumen
  ...rally occurring or '''crude bitumen''' is a sticky, [[tar]]-like form of [[petroleum]] that is so thick and heavy that it must be heated or diluted before it wi ...φαλτος (asphaltos). Approximately 40 A.D. [[Dioscorides]] described production of asphaltos (as distinguished from pissasphalt and naphtha): (1655 Goodyer
  13 KB (1,945 words) - 10:12, 20 September 2010
• Petroleum
  ...ining.htm|title=HowStuffWorks "How Oil Refining Works"}}</ref> The term ''petroleum'' was first used in the treatise ''De Natura Fossilium'', published in 1546 ...epending on the subsurface conditions, and on the [[phase diagram]] of the petroleum mixture.<ref name="Hyne 2001">Hyne (2001), pp. 1–4.</ref>
  69 KB (9,885 words) - 10:12, 20 September 2010
• Asphalt
  ...ear=1938| title=Asphalts and Allied Substances: Their Occurrence, Modes of Production, Uses in the Arts, and Methods of Testing | edition=4th| publisher=D. Van N ...tha]] to make it flow in pipelines) is known as [[dilbit]] in the Canadian petroleum industry, while bitumen "[[Upgrader|upgraded]]" to [[synthetic crude]] oil
  34 KB (5,036 words) - 21:35, 20 September 2010
• Refractory metals
  ...]] applications binders have to be used for the sintering process. For the production of the tungsten heavy alloy a binder mixtures of [[nickel]] and [[iron]] o ...hotographic chemicals]]{{Dubious|date=April 2008}}, in the processing of [[petroleum]] products, and flame proofing of [[textile]]s. -->
  25 KB (3,519 words) - 10:13, 20 September 2010
• Polystyrene
  ...yrene]], a liquid [[hydrocarbon]] that is commercially manufactured from [[petroleum]] by the [[chemical industry]]. Polystyrene is one of the most widely used ...nd many other objects where a fairly rigid, economical plastic is desired. Production methods include [[thermoforming]] and [[injection molding]].
  36 KB (5,017 words) - 10:14, 20 September 2010
• Bone char
  *It is used to refine [[petroleum|crude oil]] in the production of [[petroleum jelly]]. * The production of bone char was featured on the [[Discovery Channel]]'s TV series ''[[Dirt
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