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  • 1Aluminium oxide — Alumina redirects here. For the company, see Alumina Limited. This article is about aluminium(III) oxide Al2O3. For other uses, see Aluminium oxide (disambiguation). Aluminium oxide …

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  • 2river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …

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  • 3Photographic lens — A photographic lens (also known as objective lens or photographic objective) is an optical lens or assembly of lenses used in conjunction with a camera body and mechanism to make images of objects either on photographic film or on other media… …

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  • 4Materials science in science fiction — Material science in science fiction is the study of how materials science is portrayed in works of science fiction. The accuracy of the materials science portrayed spans a wide range – sometimes it is an extrapolation of existing technology,… …

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  • 5Keratin — Not to be confused with kerogen, carotene, chitin, or creatine. Microscopy of keratin filaments inside cells. Keratin refers to a family of fibrous structural proteins. Keratin is the key structural material making up the outer layer of human… …

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  • 6Iceman (comics) — Superherobox caption= comic color= background:#ff8080 character name = Iceman real name= Robert Bobby Louis Drake species= Human Mutant publisher= Marvel Comics debut= Uncanny X Men vol. 1 #1 (September 1963) creators= Stan Lee Jack Kirby… …

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  • 7Adirondack (Mars) — MarsGeo name=Adirondack caption=An approximate true color view of Adirondack, taken by Spirit s pancam. type=Rock latitude=14.6 N or S=S longitude=175.5 E or W=EAdirondack is the nickname for Mars Exploration Rover Spirit s first target rock.… …

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  • 8Diamond-like carbon — A ta C thin film on silicon (15 mm diameter) exhibiting regions of 40 nm and 80 nm thickness …

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  • 9metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… …

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  • 10Ceramic engineering — Simulation of the outside of the Space Shuttle as it heats up to over 1,500 °C (2,730 °F) during re entry into the Earth s atmosphere Ceramic engineering is the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, non metallic… …

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