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• Fallout shelter
  ...e. When this material condenses in the rain, it forms dust and light sandy materials that resembles ground pumice. The fallout emits alpha and beta particles, a {| style="float: right; clear: right; background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1.4em"
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• Soap
  ...oap | quote =The earliest recorded evidence of the production of soap-like materials dates back to around 2800 BCE in ancient Babylon.}}</ref> A formula for soa ...ale and the product was rough. Andrew Pears started making a high-quality, transparent soap in 1789 in London. His son-in-law, Thomas J. Barratt, opened a factory
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• Arc Welding
  ...l arc welding]] followed in 1948, allowing for fast welding of non-ferrous materials but requiring expensive shielding gases. Using a consumable electrode and ...3.</ref> Furthermore, the process is generally limited to welding ferrous materials, though specialty electrodes have made possible the welding of cast iron, n
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• Vacuum forming
  ...rm to almost any shape. Vacuum forming is also appropriate for transparent materials such as acrylic which are widely used in applications for aerospace such as
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• Nanophase material
  ...different mechanical and optical properties compared to the large grained materials of the same [[chemical composition]]. ...parency]] and different transparent colours can be achieved with nanophase materials by varying the grain size.
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• Fiber
  ...s [[paper]] or [[felt]]. Fibers are often used in the manufacture of other materials. Synthetic fibers can be produced very cheaply and in large amounts compare ...iber|Synthetic]]''' or '''man-made fibers''' generally come from synthetic materials such as [[petrochemical]]s. But some types of synthetic fibers are manufact
  8 KB (1,192 words) - 10:08, 20 September 2010
• Ceramic materials
  ...arliest materials used to produce [[ceramic]]s, but many different ceramic materials are now used in domestic, industrial and building products. ==Types of ceramic materials==
  28 KB (3,876 words) - 10:08, 20 September 2010
• Gemstone
  ...ogy)|rock]]s, (such as [[lapis lazuli]]) and [[organic chemistry|organic]] materials (such as [[amber]] or [[jet (lignite)|jet]]) are not minerals, but are stil ...e".<ref>AskOxford.com Concise Oxford English dictionary online.</ref> Very transparent gems are considered "first water", while "second" or "third water" gems are
  24 KB (3,690 words) - 10:08, 20 September 2010
• SU-8 photoresist
  ...romechanical systems]] parts. It is also one of the most [[biocompatible]] materials known and is often used in [[bio-MEMS]]. SU-8 is highly transparent in the ultraviolet region, allowing fabrication of relatively thick (hundre
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• Durabis
  ...han 0.1 mm thick, be hard enough to resist considerable damage, and yet be transparent enough to be easily read. According to a filing with the [[United States Pa [[Category:Brand name materials]]
  3 KB (474 words) - 10:09, 20 September 2010
• Parylene
  ...l CVD of poly(chloro-p-xylylene)/SiO2 nanocomposites|journal= Chemistry of Materials|volume=11|page=1814|year=1999|doi=10.1007/s003390051076}}</ref> *Thin highly conformal transparent coating
  8 KB (1,048 words) - 10:09, 20 September 2010
• Kraton (polymer)
  ..., the polystyrene domains can be spherical or form cylinders or [[lamella (materials)|lamella]]e. The hydrogenated Kraton polymers named Kraton G exhibit improv ...nge of end-use products ranging from hot melt adhesives to impact modified transparent polypropylene bins, from medical TPE compounds to modified bitumen roofing
  4 KB (660 words) - 10:09, 20 September 2010
• Styrene-acrylonitrile resin
  ...rties and chemical resistance, but also adds a yellow tint to the normally transparent plastic.<ref>Charles A. Harper, ed., ''Modern Plastics Handbook'', ISBN 0-0 ...imilar in use to [[polystyrene]]. Like polystyrene itself, it is optically transparent and brittle in mechanical behavior. The copolymer has a [[glass transition
  4 KB (433 words) - 10:09, 20 September 2010
• CR-39
  CR-39 is transparent in [[visible spectrum]] and is almost completely opaque in the [[ultraviole [[Category:Optical materials]]
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• Biopolymer
  ...l., "Biological Materials: Structure & Mechanical Properties", Progress in Materials Science, Vol. 53, p. 1 (2008) ...plant materials which can be grown year on year indefinitely. These plant materials come from agricultural [[non food crops]]. Therefore, the use of biopolymer
  68 KB (9,959 words) - 10:10, 20 September 2010
• Polypropylene
  ...and can be made [[translucent]] when uncolored but is not as readily made transparent as [[polystyrene]], [[acrylic glass|acrylic]], or certain other plastics. I ...homopolymer decreases the polymer crystallinity and makes the polymer more transparent.
  25 KB (3,657 words) - 10:10, 20 September 2010
• Polysulfone
  ...were introduced in 1965 by [[Union Carbide]]. Due to the high cost of raw materials and processing, polysulfones are used in specialty applications and often a These polymers are rigid, high-strength, and transparent, retaining these properties between &minus;100 °C and 150 °C. It has very
  5 KB (716 words) - 10:10, 20 September 2010
• Polyvinyl butyral
  ==Other interlayer materials== There are other types of interlayer materials in use, including [[polyurethane]]s such as Duraflex-brand thermoplastic po
  5 KB (712 words) - 10:10, 20 September 2010
• Ion-exchange resin
  ...ons of Terms Relating to Reactions of Polymers and to Functional Polymeric Materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2003) | url = http://media.iupac.org/publications/pa Besides being made as bead-shaped materials, ion exchange resins are produced as membranes. The membranes are made of h
  10 KB (1,392 words) - 10:10, 20 September 2010
• Conductive polymer
  ...In practice, most organic conductors are doped oxidatively to give p-type materials. The redox doping of organic conductors is analogous to the doping of silic ...nic [[amorphous semiconductors]], conduction in such relatively disordered materials is mostly a function of "[[mobility gap]]s"<ref>{{cite journal
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