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• Building insulation materials
  The materials are used to reduce heat transfer by [[Heat conduction|conduction]], [[Radiant energy|radiation]] or [[convection]] and ...led a [[radiant barrier]] is added to a material to reduce the transfer of heat through radiation as well as conduction. Following is a table of materials,
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• Building insulation
  ...nvolve a range of designs and techniques to address the main modes of heat transfer - conduction, radiation and convection materials.<ref>[http://www.buildings ...uilding needs to be based on a careful consideration of the mode of energy transfer and the direction and intensity in which it moves. This may alter througho
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• Insulated glazing
  ...potential thermal stress and breakage and tends to re-radiate the absorbed heat.<ref>http://na.en.sunguardglass.com/SpecificationsResources/TechnicalLibrar ...e/BusWaystoSave_28.html]. Glass performance is measured in two ways: Solar Heat Gain Co-efficient (SHGC), which expresses the proportion of incidental sola
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• Thermal insulation
  ...side of a container cold. Insulators are used to minimize that transfer of heat energy. In home insulation, the R-value is an indication of how well a mate ...can be reduced by addressing one or more of the three mechanisms of [[heat transfer]] and is dependent on the physical properties of the material employed to d
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• Random close pack
  ...ozeny model]] predicts that:<ref name="Kav">M.Kaviany, "Principles of Heat Transfer in Porous Media", Springer-Verlag, 1991</ref>
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• Gunpowder
  ...G.|1862|pg. 8}}</ref> Because of its burning properties and the amount of heat and gas volume that it generates, gunpowder has been widely used as a [[pro ...http://www.history-science-technology.com/Articles/articles%2072.htm|title=Transfer of Islamic Technology to the West: Part III|last=Hassan|first=Ahmad Y|autho
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• AirDye
  ...be done in the traditional [[Dye-sublimation printer|sublimation]] or heat transfer process. Paper, which can be recycled, continues to be the medium for tran
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• Polyphenyl ether
  ...ne lubricants, high-temperature hydraulic lubricants and greases, and heat transfer fluids. In addition, because of excellent optical properties these fluids ...properties make them ideally suited for use as heat transfer fluids and in heat sink applications as well<ref>Hamid, S. and Burian, S. A., “Polyphenyl Et
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• Cutting fluid
  ...stead be accomplished with a flood of liquid, which can "keep up" with the heat generation. ...g edge and the chip. By preventing friction at this interface, some of the heat generation is prevented. This lubrication also helps prevent the chip from
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• Lubricant
  ...nction of dissolving or transporting foreign particles and of distributing heat. *Transfer heat
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• Seed bead
  ...ries are less uniform in shape, hole size and finish. Dyed seed beads may transfer the dye to clothing or skin. Other seed beads have an external coating tha Seed bead machinery uses glass rods softened to a red heat, fed into a steel [[Die (manufacturing)|die]] stamp that forms the shape of
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• Cold formed steel
  ...oists]]) to each other or to the primary structure for the purpose of load transfer and support. Since an assembly is only as strong as its weakest component, ...is part of the manufacturing process of cold-formed steel sheet. It is a [[heat treatment]] technique that alters the microstructure of the cold-reducing s
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• Adobe
  ...ition, the exterior of an adobe wall can be covered with glass to increase heat collection. In a [[passive solar heating|passive solar]] home, this is cal ...than the familiar steeped roof as the native climate yielded more sun and heat than mass amounts of snow or rain that would find use in precipitous roofs.
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• Drywall
  ...exposed to [[heat]] or [[fire]], this water is vapourised, retarding heat transfer. Therefore, a fire in one room that is separated from an adjacent room by a ...bove that, which is caused by the expansion of metallic penetrants, due to heat exposure in a fire. Both types of motion occur in reality, because metal fi
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• Tile
  ...rograms. Specialized custom-tile printing techniques permit transfer under heat and pressure or the use of high temperature kilns to fuse the picture to th
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• Dry cleaning
  ...transfer. The solvent used must be distilled to remove impurities that may transfer to clothing. Garments are checked for dry-cleaning compatibility, including ...nt left after the spin cycle. The air temperature is controlled to prevent heat damage to the garments. The exhausted warm air from the machine then passes
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• Benzene
  ...and on Certain Other Products Obtained during the Decomposition of Oil by Heat ...f benzene from tobacco smoke, wood smoke, automobile service stations, the transfer of gasoline, exhaust from motor vehicles, and industrial emissions.<ref>[ht
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• Wildfire
  ...he [[Amazon rain forest]], damaging ecosystems not particularly suited for heat or arid conditions.<ref>{{vancite web|url=http://e360.yale.edu/content/feat ...r temperatures are required to evaporate any water within the material and heat the material to its [[fire point]].<ref name = NIFC /><ref name = FireBehav
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• Equilibrium chemistry
  ...ressure (or volume) and composition. It will be insulated from exchange of heat with the surroundings, that is, it is a [[closed system]]. A change of temp where C_p is the [[Specific heat capacity|heat capacity]] at constant pressure.<ref>{{cite book|last=Blandamer|first=M.J.|
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• Scientific equations named after people
  | journal = J. Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer | [[Churchill-Bernstein equation]] || Heat Transfer || [[S. W. Churchill]] and [[M. Bernstein]]
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