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• Textile recycling
  ===Conversion to rags=== ...e and color. The color sorting means no re-dying has to take place, saving energy and pollutants. The textiles are shredded into "shoddy" fibers and blende
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• Textile manufacturing
  '''Textile manufacturing''' is a major [[industry]]. It is based in the conversion of three types of [[fiber|fibre]] into [[yarn]], then [[fabric]], then [[te ...Power dominates consumption pattern in spinning and weaving, while thermal energy is the major factor for chemical wet processing.<ref name="Majeed">{{Citati
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• Lubricant
  ...ng surfaces to reduce the [[friction]] between them, improving [[Efficient energy use|efficiency]] and reducing [[wear]]. It may also have the function of di ...evious grade. Typically the efficiency is proved by showing a reduction in energy costs to operate the system. Guaranteeing improved efficiency is the goal o
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• Iron
  ...web| url=http://mdmetric.com/tech/hardnessconversion.html| title=Hardness Conversion Chart|accessdate=2010-05-23|publisher=Maryland Metrics}}</ref> Those measur ...r alpha particle would result in zinc-60, which requires a great deal more energy. This nickel-56, which has a half-life of about 6&nbsp;days, is therefore m
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• Ethylene oxide
  ...angles of about 60° and a significant angular stress corresponding to the energy of 105 kJ/mol.<ref>{{cite book ...en bonds in the molecule is revealed by the comparison in the table of the energy required to break two C–O bonds in the ethylene oxide or one C–O bond i
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• Arsenic
  Some species of [[bacteria]] obtain their energy by [[redox|oxidizing]] various fuels while [[redox|reducing]] arsenate to a ...with phosphate it uncouples [[oxidative phosphorylation]], thus inhibiting energy-linked reduction of [[Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide|NAD+]], mitochondri
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• Chromium
  ...electronic configuration of 4s¹3d⁵, due to the lower energy of the [[Spin states (d electrons)|high spin configuration]]. Chromium exhi ...s normally use acidic chromate or [[dichromate]] solutions. To prevent the energy consuming change in oxidation state, the use of Chromium(III) sulfate is un
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• Chlorine
  This conversion to the right is called [[disproportionation]], because the ingredient chlor ...problem of preventing mercury discharge into the environment and they more energy efficient. Membrane cell electrolysis employ [[Semipermeable membrane|perm
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• International System of Units
  ==Conversion factors== ...Conversion of units|conversion factor]]. There are several compilations of conversion factors; see, for example, Appendix B of NIST SP 811.<ref name=Taylor/>
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• Air knife
  ...plications, industrial blower powered air knives have proven to reduce the energy usage versus compressed air knives by 50-75% for most applications. Blower ...industry was still in its infancy, it was among the first to initiate the conversion to aqueous and semi-aqueous based parts cleaning systems.
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• Oxyanion
  ...t of [[Entropy (order and disorder)|entropy]] which makes the [[Gibbs free energy]] more negative and favours the forward reaction. It is an example of an [[ ...sion of ATP to ADP is an hydrolysis reaction and is an important source of energy in biological systems.
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• Sulfuric acid
  ...the chemical industry. For example, it is the usual acid catalyst for the conversion of [[cyclohexanone oxime]] to [[caprolactam]], used for making [[nylon]]. I ...e. This process is [[endothermic]] and must occur at high temperatures, so energy in the form of heat has to be supplied.
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• Haber process
  ...7351784.</ref><ref>''Fertilizer Industry: Processes, Pollution Control and Energy Conservation'' by Marshall Sittig (1979) Noyes Data Corp., N.J. ISBN 0-8155 ...uction was shifted from fertilizer to explosives, particularly through the conversion of ammonia into a synthetic form of [[Sodium nitrate|Chile saltpeter]], whi
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• Spin crossover
  ...rons fill the orbitals according to Hund’s Rule by populating the higher energy orbitals before pairing with electrons in the lower lying orbitals. An exam ...requencies and at higher temperatures, the CN stretching band increases in energy. In this figure, it is shown how the HS state CN stretching band at 2054&nb
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• Cyclopropane
  ...sup>3</sup> hybridised orbitals) reduces the compound's carbon-carbon bond energy, making it more reactive than other [[cycloalkane]]s such as [[cyclohexane] ...cause the energy released by the formation of propene is compounded by the energy released via the oxidation of the carbon and hydrogen present.
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• Ethylene
  ...e molecule is also relatively rigid: rotation about the C-C bond is a high energy process that requires breaking the π-bond. Ethylene undergoes oxidation by palladium to give [[acetaldehyde]]. This conversion remains a major industrial process (10M kg/y).<ref>{{cite book|last=Elschen
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• Margarine
  ...medicine of the national academies | title = Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Aci ...tter and traditional margarine (80% fat) are similar with respect to their energy content, but low-fat margarines and spreads are also widely available.
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• Phase-locked loop
  ...ency), but the number of laps (a distance) corresponds to a phase (and the conversion factor is the distance around the track loop). ...uperheterodyne receiver]], the [[Homodyne detection|Homodyne]] or [[direct-conversion receiver]]. In the homodyne or synchrodyne system, a [[local oscillator]] w
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• Superheterodyne receiver
  The diagram at right shows the minimum requirements for a single-conversion superheterodyne receiver design. The following essential elements are commo ...udio information is obtained from a second stage of intermediate-frequency conversion. Receivers which are tunable over a wide bandwidth (e.g. [[Scanner (radio)|
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• Impedance matching
  ...|electrical power]], but can be applied to any other field where a form of energy (not necessarily electrical) is transferred between a source and a load. An ...o be constant. For varying signals, it usually changes with frequency. The energy involved can be electrical, mechanical, magnetic or thermal. The concept of
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