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121Ceramic colorants — are added to a glaze or a clay to create color. Carbonates and oxides of certain metals, characterize most colorants including the commonly used cobalt carbonate, cobalt oxide, chrome oxide, red iron oxide, and copper carbonate. These colorants… …
122wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …
123Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …
124Constructed wetland — Vertical Flow type of Constructed Wetlands A constructed wetland or wetpark is an artificial wetland, marsh or swamp created as a new or restored habitat for native and migratory wildlife, for anthropogenic discharge such as wastewater,… …
125Nitrogen asphyxiation — For the method of slaughtering farm animals, see Controlled Atmosphere Killing. Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues …
126electric generator — ▪ instrument Introduction also called dynamo, any machine that converts mechanical energy to electricity for transmission and distribution over power lines to domestic, commercial, and industrial customers. Generators also produce the… …
127Compagnie maritime d'expertises — COMEX (or Compagnie Maritime d Expertises) is a company specializing in engineering and deep diving operations, created in November 1961 and run ever since then by Henri Germain Delauze. This company is known worldwide for its technology in… …
128Nuclear binding energy — is the energy required to split a nucleus of an atom into its component parts. The component parts are neutrons and protons, which are collectively called nucleons. If the binding energy for the products is higher when light nuclei fuse, or when… …
