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• Rice hulls
  ...otecting rice during the growing season, rice hulls can be put to use as [[building material]], [[fertilizer]], [[insulation material]], or [[fuel]]. ===Building material===
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• Radiant barrier
  ...s) at the wavelengths at which they are expected to function. For typical building materials, the wavelengths are in the mid- and long- infrared [[Electromagn
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• Mineral wool
  [[Image:How joint.jpg|thumb|right|[[Joint (building)|Building joint]] with incomplete firestop made of '''rockwool''' packing that still ...nsulation.jpg|thumb|right|Common insulation applications in an [[apartment building]].]]
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• Wattle and daub
  {{about|the building material|the two pigs with this name|Blart}} ...coming popular again in more developed areas as a low-impact [[sustainable building]] technique.
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• Ceramic materials
  ...many different ceramic materials are now used in domestic, industrial and building products. Mechanical properties are important in structural and building materials as well as textile fabrics. They include the many properties used
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• Slate
  ...<ref>Hart, Diane (1991) The building slates of the British Isles. Watford: Building Research Establishment ISBN 0851254837</ref> Slate has two lines of breakab ...as where slate is plentiful it is also used in pieces of various sizes for building walls and hedges, sometimes combined with other kinds of stone.
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• Polymer nanocomposite
  There is a possibility of building ordered arrays of nanoparticles in the polymer matrix. A number of possibil
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• Shape memory polymer
  ...grip. Since this time the materials have seen widespread usage in e.g. the building industry (foam which expands with warmth to seal window frames), sports wea
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• Ion-exchange resin
  ...r industry. Zirconium is practically transparent to free neutrons, used in building reactors, but hafnium is a very strong absorber of neutrons, used in reacto
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• Thermoset polymer matrices
  ...te and glass-reinforced and carbon-reinforced epoxy structures are used in building and bridge structures.
  10 KB (1,378 words) - 10:10, 20 September 2010
• Styrene-butadiene
  ...most cost-effective resins to bind pigmented coatings. It is also used in building applications, as a sealing and binding agent behind renders as an alternati
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• National Centre for the Evaluation of Photoprotection
  ...ous domains of polymer applications<ref>transports, aeroronautics, energy, building, agriculture, sports & leisures, electronics/electricity, electrical applia
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• Polyethylene terephthalate
  ...added to the polymer backbone in place of [[ethylene glycol]]. Since this building block is much larger (6 additional carbon atoms) than the ethylene glycol u ...avy spinning non-woven as basic materials, e.g. for roof covers or in road building—can be manufactured by spinning bottle flakes. The spinning viscosity is
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• Polyprenol
  ...ane|membranes]] and intracellular [[glycoproteins]] form the basis for the building of [[membrane receptor]]s which are used in the production of [[insulin]],
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• Creosote
  ...irect contact with it, such as wood. The fire can also spread to the main building from sparks emitting from the chimney and landing on combustible roof surfa
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• Bioasphalt
  [[Category:Building materials]]
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• Nanofluidic Circuitry
  ...milar to a MOSFET, a nanofluidic transistor is the fundamental element for building a nanofluidic circuitry. There is possibility to achieve a nanofluidic circ ...ecules with intrinsic nano-scaled dimension. By organize and combine these building blocks together, it is able to form a nanostructures as small as only a few
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• Asphalt
  ...lisher= | location=|page=10.06.1| url=http://www.mileslewis.net/australian-building/pdf/climatic-design/climatic-design-damp-proofing.pdf|accessdate=2009-11-11 ...and Clarphalte |pages=2–4 (n13-15 in electronic page field)|journal=The Building News and Engineering Journal |volume=Vol. 109: July to December 1915 |issue
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• Metal
  ...rength and resilience of metals has led to their frequent use in high-rise building and bridge construction, as well as most vehicles, many appliances, tools,
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• Depleted uranium
  ...argo aircraft [[El Al Flight 1862|Flight 1862]], crashed into an apartment building in [[Amsterdam]]. Local residents and rescue workers complained of various ...ostconflict.unep.ch/publications/Iraq_DU.pdf "Technical Report on Capacity-building for the Assessment of Depleted Uranium in Iraq"] by [[UN Environment Progra
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