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fireproofing
fireproofing method of making normally combustible materials as nearly noncombustible as possible. Fireproofing generally applies to textiles and construction materials that are treated with a solution or coating of some substance that will tend to retard their ignition. Fireproofing of Textiles... Read more |
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latent heat
latent heat heat change associated with a change of state or phase (see states of matter ). Latent heat, also called heat of transformation, is the heat given up or absorbed by a unit mass of a substance as it changes from a solid to a liquid, from a liquid to a gas, or the reverse of either of... Read more |
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welding
welding process for joining separate pieces of metal in a continuous metallic bond. Cold-pressure welding is accomplished by the application of high pressure at room temperature; forge welding (forging) is done by means of hammering, with the addition of heat. In most processes in common use, the... Read more |
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Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution BACKGROUND THE REVOLUTION HEATS UP EFFECTS BIBLIOGRAPHY A revolution is a mass movement that aims to establish a new political regime by violently transforming the existing government. The Iranian Revolution of 1978–1979 violently ended the monarchy of Shah... Read more |
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fusion
fusion in physics. 1 The change of a substance from the solid to the liquid state, also known as melting. The heat given up by a unit mass of a substance during fusion is called the latent heat of fusion. See also melting point . 2 The combining of two light atomic nuclei to form a single... Read more |
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Bayer Heats up in Flame Retardants.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
...halogenated phosphoric acid ester flame retardants--used in plastics, polyurethanes...nonhalogenated phosphoric acid ester flame retardants is estimated at 5...about 83,000 m.t./year. Flame retardants are part of Bayer's... |
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Mattress ruling lights fire under nonwovens manufacturers: Flame retardant...
...manufacturers are gearing up or already producing...coming. The flame retardant properties of those...200 kilowatts of heat for the next 30 minutes...a bed without any flame retardants would have a maximum...minutes before ... |
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Flame retardants return to hot seat
Flame retardants are generating some heat of their own as concerned...environment and are stepping up efforts to ban them...bedding products any flame retardant made with bromine or...banned individual flame ... |
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Flame retardants spur bans
Flame retardants are generating some heat of their own as concerned...environment and step up efforts to ban them...bedding products any flame retardant made with bromine or...banned individual flame ... |
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Rising levels of flame retardants spur bans
Flame retardants are generating some heat of their own as concerned...environment and step up efforts to ban them...bedding products any flame retardant made with bromine or...banned individual flame ... |
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Regulators put the heat on key polyurethane flame retardants. (FR report).
...shortening list of flame retardants available to them...Specialities Division, set up the Phosphate Ester Flame Retardants Consortium (PEFRC...issue. The flame retardant makers are also...the European ... |
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Flame retardant and UV stabiliser combined 'for the first time'. (Process...
...introduction of a combined flame retardant and UV stabiliser...between halogenated flame retardants and HALS stabilisers...was that efficient flame retardants used for...polyolefins had limited heat ... |
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(Don't) burn, baby: Retardant biz heats up.(VARIETY)
...Shield, a fire retardant company. Soeffker...keep hay from going up in flames, Soeffker saturates the bale with a spray flame-retardant formula...straw by holding a flame to the edge. It...won't burst into ... |
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Activists renew campaign to ban flame retardants
Flame retardants are generating some heat of their own as concerned...environment and step up efforts to ban them...bedding products any flame retardant made with bromine or...banned individual flame ... |
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Melamine phosphates and pyrophosphates in flame-retardant coatings: old...
...been known as flame-retardants for over 40 years...usage in flame-retardant coatings. The...nonhalogen flame-retardant polymer systems...phosphorus flame-retardants, we found that...the ... |