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11Refractory metals — are a class of metals that are extraordinarily resistant to heat and wear. Refractory metals are said to be poorly resistant to oxidation and corrosion. [UFL EMA 6625: Advanced Metal Processing, Summer 2008, Lecture 09] These properties make them …
12Thin film — A thin film is a layer of material ranging from fractions of a nanometer (monolayer) to several micrometers in thickness. Electronic semiconductor devices and optical coatings are the main applications benefiting from thin film construction. A… …
13Masking tape — Painter s tape, a type of masking tape usually used for wall painting …
14EEStor — is a company based in Cedar Park, Texas, United States that has developed a type of capacitor for electricity storage, which EEStor calls Electrical Energy Storage Units (EESU). [http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press releases/2008/010908… …
15abrasive — abrasively, adv. abrasiveness, n. /euh bray siv, ziv/, n. 1. any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc., as emery, pumice, or sandpaper. adj. 2. tending to abrade; causing abrasion; abrading. 3. tending to annoy or cause ill… …
16Galvanic corrosion — This new manifold for water meters has replaced the old one after 4 years of use, having been connected directly to a copper pipe in the building (0.85 V of potential difference, see the point of corrosion in the bottom left). With a PVC battery… …
17japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
18Photographic filter — Four photographic filters. Clockwise, from top left, an infrared hot mirror filter, a polarising filter, and a UV filter. The larger filter is a polariser for Cokin style filter mounts. In photography and videography, a filter is a camera… …
19cocoa — cocoa1 /koh koh/, n. 1. a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed. 2. cacao (def. 2). 3. a beverage made by mixing cocoa powder with hot milk or water. 4.… …
20Cocoa — /koh koh/, n. a city in E central Florida. 16,096. * * * ▪ food Introduction highly concentrated powder made from chocolate liquor a paste prepared from cocoa beans, the fruit of the cacao and used in beverages and as a flavouring… …
