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• Ice
  ...of ice, especially to the tropics. The advent of artificial refrigeration technology has since made delivery of ice obsolete. ...o be resistant to heat transfer. This mixture was thought to be completely water impenetrable. The space often had access to a Qanat, and often contained a
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• Soap
  '''Soap''' is an anionic surfactant used in conjunction with water for washing and [[cleaning]], which historically comes either in solid [[mo ...irt and oils, while the ionic end dissolves in water. Therefore, it allows water to remove normally-insoluble matter by emulsification.
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• Mking Charcoal: Indirect by burning inside a barrel
  ...a clean burning fuel (such as natural or LP gas) the emissions are mostly water vapors with very little smoke. It is not difficult to do and, even when bur ...as opposed to buying it. My objective in this endeavor was to use existing technology to design a simple, cheap, reliable and efficient method for the small-scal
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• Icy ball
  ...at the inlet of a compressor, but by absorption into an absorptive medium (water in the case of the Icy Ball). ...balls: a hot ball, which in the fully charged state contains the absorber (water) and a cold ball containing liquid ammonia. These are joined by a pipe in t
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• Arc Welding
  ...ivet]]ed steel plates. The Americans also became more accepting of the new technology when the process allowed them to repair their ships quickly after a German During the 1920s, major advances were made in welding technology, including the 1920 introduction of automatic welding in which electrode wi
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• Wood Gas
  ...]) tars and particles. The removal of tar is often accomplished by using a water [[scrubber]]. Running wood gas in an unmodified gasoline-burning internal c ...ide fuel cells], Ph.D. Thesis by Florian Nagel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, 2008</ref>.
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• Wood gas generator
  ...onary motive power.In 1873, Thaddeus S. C. Lowe developed and patented the water gas process by which large amounts of hydrogen gas could be generated for r ...charcoal produces a cleaner gas without the tarry volatiles and excessive water content of wood.
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• USS Tucumcari (PGH-2)
  |Ship propulsion=Proteus gas turbine driving water jets ...contracted by the Navy for the purpose of evaluating the latest hydrofoil technology. The second boat was the rival [[Grumman]] built [[USS Flagstaff (PGH-1)|US
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• 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun
  ...e UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Directorate Equipment Capability (Above Water Effect) - DEC(AWE) - have identified a significant capability gap in the RN ...with [[GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms|GE FANUC]] and BAE Systems' Advanced Technology Centre,<ref name=CORDA26Jun08/> in conjunction with the DE&S Integrated Pr
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• Advanced Gun System
  ...rounds) with an average [[rate of fire]] of ten rounds per minute using a water cooled barrel. The AGS is to be mounted in a turret specifically designed f ...was designed around this "vertical gun", but the project ran into serious technology/cost problems and was radically scaled back to a more conventional 6.1&nbsp
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• Gatling gun
  ...eapon. Nonetheless, the Gatling gun represented a huge leap in [[firearm]] technology. Prior to the Gatling gun, the only rapid-fire firearms available to milita ...a fibrous matting stuffed in among the barrels which could be soaked with water to cool the barrels down. Later models eliminated the matting-filled barrel
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• Phalanx CIWS
  ...oved barrel]] Due to the continuing evolution of both threats and computer technology, the Phalanx system has, like most military systems, been developed through ...ation are 440 [[volt|V]] [[alternating current|AC]] at 60 [[Hertz|Hz]] and water for electronics cooling. For full operation including some non-essential f
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• Type 91 torpedo
  |wingspan= 69 cm (27-1/4 in. in the air), 66 cm (26 in. in the water) ...e tail fins, acting as aerodynamic stabilizers, which were to shed away on water entry.
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• Hydroelectric
  ...cal power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of [[renewable energy]]. Once a hydroelect ...a.net/darvill/altenerg/hydro.htm Hydroelectric power - energy from falling water] Clara.net</ref>
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• Potassium iodide
  ...ntain 15 drops/milliliter, not 20 drops/milliliter as is often assumed for water.<ref>http://wiki.answers.com/Q/20_drops_per_ml_or_15_drops_per_ml Viscous l Unlike I₂, I₃⁻ salts can be highly water-soluble. Through this reaction [[iodine]] is used in [[redox]] [[titration]
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• Sodium nitrite
  ...is a white to slight yellowish crystalline powder. It is very soluble in [[water]] and is [[hygroscopic]]. It is also slowly oxidized by oxygen in the air t ...] manufacturing processes, typically diluted to about 10% concentration in water. Sodium nitrite also has been used in human and veterinary medicine as a [[
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• Activated carbon
  ...surface area of several square metres. This image of activated charcoal in water is at a scale of 6.236 pixels/[[μm]], the entire image covers a region of ...occur. PAC is generally added directly to other process units, such as raw water intakes, rapid mix basins, clarifiers, and gravity filters.
  41 KB (5,738 words) - 16:47, 27 September 2010
• Acetic acid
  '''Glacial acetic acid''' is a trivial name for water-free acetic acid. Similar to the [[German language|German]] name ''Eisessig
  41 KB (5,915 words) - 16:49, 27 September 2010
• Mercury (element)
  ...a dangerous compound that is widely found as a [[pollution|pollutant]] in water bodies and streams.<ref name="methylHg">{{cite book| url = http://books.goo ...ater-silver" (hydr- = water, argyros = silver) — since it is liquid like water and shiny like silver. The element was named after the Roman god [[Mercury
  69 KB (10,077 words) - 21:35, 20 September 2010
• Sodium chloride
  {{redirect|NaCl|the Google technology|Google Native Client}} ...i?ID=C7647145&Type=THZ-IR-SPEC&Index=1 National Institute of Standards and Technology: Sodium Chloride]</ref>
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