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• Building insulation materials
  ;[[Icynene]] spray formula: R-3.6 (RSI-0.63) per inch.<ref>{{cite web ;[[Polyisocyanurate]]: Typically R-5.6 (RSI-0.99)<ref>{{cite web
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• Sugar
  ...5GmiQXixIQ “Nutrition: Fact vs. Fiction.”]</ref><ref>[[Joslin Diabetes Center]]. [http://www.joslin.org/info/classroom_presentation_on_diabetes_for_elem ...times—[[honey]] was more often used for sweetening in most parts of the world. During his campaign in India, [[Alexander the Great]] was surprised to tas
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• Gunpowder
  ...b>CO₃]] + 3 [[potassium sulfate|K₂SO₄]] + 6 CO₂ + 5 N₂. ...xidant. For comparison, the energy density of [[Trinitrotoluene|TNT]] is 4.6 megajoules per kilogram, and the energy density of [[gasoline]] is 47.2 meg
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• Compressed earth block
  ...anical presses enjoy their heaviest sales overseas. [[Mexico]] and [[Third World]] countries have been attractive markets for the presses for years. ...[[Cinva Ram]] was developed by Raul Ramirez in the Inter-American Housing Center (CINVA) in Bogota, Colombia. The Cinva Ram is a lever-action, manual press
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• Steel
  ...lity of the metal. Today, steel is one of the most common materials in the world, with more than 1.3 billion tons produced annually. It is a major component ...itle=Common Minerals and Valuable Ores|journal=Birds and All Nature|volume=6|issue=4|publisher=A. W. Mumford|month=November|year=1899|url=http://birdnat
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• Wrought iron
  ...ffern | first = John | title = The useful metals and their alloys | page = 6 | publisher = Houlston & Wright | year = 1869 | edition = 5th | url = http: ...he ton" in 1731.<ref>C. Evans and G. Rydén, ''Baltic Iron in the Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century'' (Brill, Boston, Mass. 2007), 163–73.</ref>
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• Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency
  ...e remained became the disabled and the economic loss reached the amount of 6,000 million dollars (KOSHA 20th annual report). ...p d'état|military coup]] in 1961. They did not allow workers to establish trade unions or ask for the enactment of the Labor Union Act, although there were
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• Asbestos
  ...5, is obtained from [[serpentinite]] rocks which are common throughout the world. Its idealized [[chemical formula]] is [[Magnesium|Mg]]{{sub|3}}([[Silicon| [[Amosite]], CAS No. 12172-73-5, is a [[trade name]] for the [[amphibole]]s belonging to the ''[[Cummingtonite]]'' - ''Gr
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• John Howard (public health administrator)
  ...'' is a physician, professor, and public health administrator. He served a 6-year term as the director of the [[National Institute for Occupational Safe | title = The World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program
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• Robert Bosch GmbH
  ...ips with virtually every [[automotive industry|automobile company]] in the world. The headquarters of Bosch is in Gerlingen, near [[Stuttgart]]. [[Franz F [[Image:Diagram Verfassung Bosch.png|thumb|550px|center| Diagram of Robert Bosch GmbH (<small>''Beteiligung'' relates to shares, ''
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...ersion of the school to Coker College for Women. Men have attended since [[World War II]]. ...u Technical Institute, formed in 1946 to educate veterans returning from [[World War II]]
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• Tetrahydrocannabinol
  ...''R'',10a''R'')-6,6,9-trimethyl-<br />3-pentyl-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-<br />6''H''-benzo[''c'']chromen-1-ol | bioavailability = 10-35% (inhalation), 6-20% (oral)<ref name="pmid12648025">{{cite journal |author=Grotenhermen F |t
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• Synthetic cannabis
  ...versions of Spice, which had been sold in a number of countries around the world since 2002, often marketed as incense.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fr-onl ...nabis Mimic Found in Herbal Incense. Royal Society of Chemistry: Chemistry World. 2009-01-15. Accessed: 2010-06-17]<!-- Archived by WebCite® at http://www
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• Cannabis (drug)
  ...n the world."<ref name='UN-WDR-2010'>{{cite book | last1 = UNODC | title = World Drug Report 2010 | publisher = United Nations Publication | page = 198 | ur ...binoids became [[legal issues of cannabis|illegal]] in most parts of the [[world]] in the early [[20th century]]. Since then, some [[countries]] have intens
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• Phencyclidine
  ...://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/drugs/pcp.pdf Development of PCP], 2006 ,CESAR (Center for Substance Abuse Research)</ref> it was first patented in 1952 by the [[ ...city |journal=Journal of Toxicology. Clinical Toxicology |volume=22 |issue=6 |pages=573–9 |year=1984 |pmid=6535849 |doi=10.3109/15563658408992586}}</r
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• Salvia divinorum
  ...gen.<ref name="Marushia2002p6">[[#refMarushia2002|Marushia 2002]], p.&nbsp;6.</ref> ...chers from the [[University of California]] and California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute conducted a survey of 500 salvia users which identified
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• Chloroform
  ...pieces of [[polymethyl methacrylate|acrylic glass]] (also known under the trade names Perspex and Plexiglas). A solvent of phenol:chloroform:isoamyl alcoho ...ase-Transfer Hofmann Carbylamine Reaction: tert-Butyl Isocyanide|collvol = 6|collvolpages = 232|year = 1988|prep = cv6p0232}}</ref> This reagent affects
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• Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
  [[File:GHB metabolic pathway.svg|thumb|center|600px|Metabolic pathway of GHB.]] ...ion|depression]], and to improve athletic performance. In Italy, under the trade name Alcover (ATC code N07BB), GHB is used in the treatment of [[alcoholism
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• History of general anesthesia
  ...nced the practice of [[Medicine in medieval Islam|medicine]] in the [[Arab World]] during the middle ages, while alchemists like [[Paracelsus]] made some ad ...ker1962/> The term ''gil'' is still used for opium in certain parts of the world.<ref name=Anslinger1953/> The Sumerian goddess [[Nidaba]] is often depicted
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• List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans
  * 1986 - On April 6, a [[1986 Berlin discotheque bombing|Berlin discotheque bombing]] killed a * 1993 - [[World Trade Center bombing]], February 26: 6 killed, 1,042 injured.
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