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sand
sand (pedol.)
1. Mineral particles of diameter 2–0.02 μm in the international system, or 2–0.05 μm in the
USDA system.
2. A class of soil texture.
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Sand reclamation = sand savings with proper planning.
Magazine article from: Modern Casting; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...original recycler (first metal, then sand), the rest of the world has caught up...Foundries also seem to have fallen off the sand recycling bandwagon. Like the situation...reduction strategies in this tenuous economy, sand reclamation, particularly green sand to...
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Sand fill and compaction: getting them right. (Foam Pattern Casting)
Magazine article from: Modern Casting; 11/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; Sand Fill and Compaction: Getting Them Right One...engineering the filling of the flask with sand. Sounds fairly straightforward. You place...cluster into a flask, fill the flask with sand, compact, and make your casting. No wonder...
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Maintaining sand quality requires frequent testing. (Successful Sand Testing System Design, part 2)
Magazine article from: Modern Casting; 3/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...Part 2: Maintaining Sand Quality Requires Frequent Testing Foundry sands vary widely, requiring...dilution. Heavy core sand influx can result in brittle molding sands. Cone jolt toughness...designates a brittle sand. Sands that have not been...
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SAND and Sun Microsystems Germany Enter Into a Reseller Arrangement to Offer the SAND/DNA Product Suite on Sun Platforms.
PR Newswire; 7/11/2007; 700+ words
; ...July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAND Technology, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SNDTF...Sun Microsystems Germany will resell the SAND/DNA product suite for all Sun Microsystems computing platforms. The combination of SAND/DNA running on Sun Servers with the Solaris...
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SAND Technology Expands in the Asian Market DBDSynergy to Resell SAND Products
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 10/10/2006; 700+ words
; ...CCNMatthews - October 10, 2006) - SAND Technology Inc. (OTCBB: SNDTF), an...announced that DBDSynergy will resell the SAND/DNA product suite in Japan, and will also work closely with SAND's major distributor TopEnd Technology...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News) "Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
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Sand mine near Freeport, Fla., whitens hurricane-damaged beaches.
Newspaper article from: Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 7/5/2005; 700+ words
; ...on the beaches in South Walton County lately has probably seen dump trucks hauling in loads of white sand for new sand dunes. Where that sand comes from is a mystery to many, but Eddie Chandler knows the secret. Chandler operates a sand mine...
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SAND Technology's SAND/DNA Solution Achieves 'Powered by SAP NetWeaver(R)' Status.
PR Newswire; 1/3/2007; 700+ words
; SAND One of First to Deliver Nearline Access to...MONTREAL, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAND Technology, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board...management solutions, today announced that its SAND/DNA(TM) version 2.3 software has achieved...
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Sand handling systems affect castings produced in green sand.
Magazine article from: Modern Casting; 2/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; Sand Handling Systems Affect Castings Produced in Green Sand For some 200 years, green sand has been the most widely used metal molding material because it is plentiful, reusable, easily worked and produces reliable results. But, in order for...
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Sand reuse is a prime foundry concern. (AFS Sand Reclamation Conference)
Magazine article from: Modern Casting; 5/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...s long experience with sand reclamation, quoted Roberto...that properly reclaimed sand works like new bank or lake sands, but with the advantages...cores. Ridding these core sands of bentonite dust without losing the sand fines is a problem not...
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Sand preparation affects quality. (preparing high quality molding sand)
Magazine article from: Modern Casting; 8/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...mulling process, each sand grain is smeared with...mixing of naturally bonded sands. Foundries have moved...sensitive bentonite molding sand, and the development...fusion point washed silica sand allows casting of iron...water-bearing molding sands. In naturally bonded...
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Sand
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...and feldspar. Quartz sand particles are colorless...pink, while feldspar sand has a pink or amber color. Black sands, such as those found...glass. When quartz sands are crushed they produce...smoothing wood. Some quartz sand is found in the form...
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sand
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...coral sands, shell sands, and foraminiferal sands—are organic in origin. Sand grains may be rounded or...chief agents in accumulating sands into deposits are winds...waves, and glaciers; sand deposits are classified...
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sand and sandstone
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...environment in which the sand is deposited, and hence...deposition. Coarse-grained sands are characteristic of...usually better sorted than sands deposited by a flash flood...only the finer-grained sands and leave a deposit with...fraction, whereas aeolian sand lacks coarser material...
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SIC 1446 Industrial Sand
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...sandstones or natural sands (such as beach or dune sand) are pure enough to...through processing. Glass sands are graded according...these synthetic molding sands continues. Spurred by...disposal of used industrial sand, the use of recycled...
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SIC 1442 Construction Sand and Gravel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...metric tons of construction sand and gravel worth an estimated...S. output of construction sand and gravel. In order of volume...percent for plaster and gunite sands; and 4 percent for roofing...Organization and Structure Sand is composed of particles of...
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