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• Sugarcane
  |name = Sugar Canes |image_caption = Cut sugar cane
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• Sugar beet
  | name = Sugar beet | image_caption = Two sugar beets. The one on the left has been selectively bred to be smoother than th
  21 KB (3,262 words) - 18:30, 14 June 2010
• Sodium nitrite
  As a [[food additive]], it serves a dual purpose in the [[food]] [[industry]] since it both alters the [[color]] of preserved [[fish]] and [[meat]]s an ...food additive is dyed bright pink to avoid mistaking it for plain salt or sugar.
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• Acetic acid
  ..., diluted acetic acid is often used in [[descaling agent]]s. In the [[food industry]], acetic acid is used under the [[E number|food additive code]] E260 as an ...etate|lead acetate]], a sweet substance also called ''sugar of lead'' or ''sugar of [[Saturn (mythology)|Saturn]]'', which contributed to [[lead poisoning]]
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• Glucose
  | OtherNames = Dextrose, grape sugar, blood sugar, corn sugar ...lang|el|γλυκύς}}), meaning "sweet." The suffix "[[-ose]]" denotes a sugar.
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• Butcher block
  '''Butcher block''' is a style of assembled [[wood]] (often [[sugar maple]], [[teak]], or [[walnut]]) used as heavy duty [[chopping block]]s, [ ...tary Meat Block”. It was developed to address a need by the meat cutting industry for a more sanitary and stable cutting surface. Prior to the invention of b
  6 KB (931 words) - 09:07, 20 September 2010
• Paper
  *[[Construction paper|Construction paper/sugar paper]] *[http://www.tappi.org TAPPI] Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry
  21 KB (3,131 words) - 09:08, 20 September 2010
• Biopolymer
  ...ples of biopolymers, in which the [[monomer]]ic units, respectively, are [[sugar]]s, [[amino acid]]s, and [[nucleotide]]s. ...s) are generally produced from [[biomass]], which comes from crops such as sugar beet, potatoes or wheat. When used to produce biopolymers, these are classi
  68 KB (9,959 words) - 09:10, 20 September 2010
• Ion-exchange resin
  ...ronics, scientific experiments, production of superconductors, and nuclear industry, among others. Such water is produced using ion-exchange processes or combi ...and [[hafnium]], which incidentally is also very important for the nuclear industry. Zirconium is practically transparent to free neutrons, used in building re
  10 KB (1,392 words) - 09:10, 20 September 2010
• Polyethylene terephthalate
  ..."PET" is used most often to refer to packaging applications. The polyester industry makes up about 18% of world polymer production and is third after [[polyeth ==Polyester recycling industry==
  43 KB (6,272 words) - 09:11, 20 September 2010
• Bitumen
  ...ake it flow in pipelines) is known as [[dilbit]] in the Canadian petroleum industry, while bitumen "[[Upgrader|upgraded]]" to [[synthetic crude]] oil is known Bitumen can now be made from non-petroleum based renewable resources such as sugar, [[molasses]] and rice, corn and potato [[starch]]es. Bitumen can also be
  13 KB (1,945 words) - 09:12, 20 September 2010
• Powder (substance)
  ...[[powdered milk]], [[cosmetics|cosmetic]] powders, [[gunpowder]], powdered sugar, fine [[snow]], household [[dust]], [[volcanic ash]], the top layer of the Because of their importance to industry, medicine and earth science, powders have been studied in great detail by [
  8 KB (1,235 words) - 09:14, 20 September 2010
• Sugar
  {{Other uses|Sugar (disambiguation)}} :''For the common table sugar, see [[sucrose]].''
  21 KB (2,875 words) - 09:14, 20 September 2010
• Bone char
  ...last=Yacoubou, MS | first=Jeanne | title=Is Your Sugar Vegan? An Update on Sugar Processing Practices | journal=Vegetarian Journal | volume=26 | issue=4 | p
  4 KB (574 words) - 09:15, 20 September 2010
• Granulation (making of granules)
  ==Chemical industry== In the chemical industry, granulation refers to the act or process in which large objects are cut or
  7 KB (1,043 words) - 09:15, 20 September 2010
• Glossary of textile manufacturing
  ...rom [[cotton]] or tow warp and jute weft. It is largely used for bags for sugar and similar material, and has the appearance of a fine hessian cloth. ...and concentrated on the recovery of wool from rags. The importance of the industry can be gauged by the fact that even in 1860 the town of [[Batley]] was prod
  45 KB (7,016 words) - 09:15, 20 September 2010
• Chemical substance
  ...re [[diamond]], [[gold]], [[Edible salt|salt]] ([[sodium chloride]]) and [[sugar]] ([[sucrose]]). Generally, chemical substances exist as a [[solid]], [[liq ...artificial or processed substances, such as the products of the [[chemical industry]].
  15 KB (2,242 words) - 09:17, 20 September 2010
• Thatching
  ...of fan palms to the Na Bure [[Fiji]]an home with layered reed walls and [[sugar cane]] leaf roofs and the Kikuyu tribal homes in [[Kenya]].<ref>[http://www ...tryside, and in many towns and villages, until the late 1800s. The [[Slate industry in Wales|commercial production of Welsh slate]] had begun in [[1820]] and t
  15 KB (2,437 words) - 09:19, 20 September 2010
• Cellulose insulation
  ...comes from the French word for a living cellule and [[glucose]], which is sugar. [[Building insulation]] is low-[[Thermal conductivity|thermal-conductivity The fiberglass industry meanwhile benefited from most of the regulations passed by the federal gove
  21 KB (3,165 words) - 09:20, 20 September 2010
• Calcium hydroxide
  Another large application is in the paper industry, where it is used in the production of sodium hydroxide. This conversion i * In the [[oil industry|petroleum refining industry]] for the manufacture of [[additive]]s to [[crude oil|oil]]s (salicatic, su
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