Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Disclaimer and references Aluminum oxynitride (AlON) is a transparent ceramic composed of aluminum, oxygen and nitrogen. It is marketed under the name ALON™ and described in U.S. Patent 4520116. The material remains solid up to 1200°C, and is harder than glass. When formed and polished as a window, the material curr ...

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A bicycle frame is the main component of a bicycle, onto which wheels and other components are fitted. The modern and most common frame design for an upright bicycle is based on the safety bicycle, and is made of two triangles, a main triangle and a paired rear triangle. This is known as the diamond frame. The main triangle consists of the head tube, top tube, down tube and seat tube. The rear triangle consists of the seat tube, and paired chain stays and seat stays. The head tube contains the headset, the interface with the fo ...

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• Bicycle frame - Frame tubes
• Bicycle frame - Head tube
• Bicycle frame - Top tube
• Bicycle frame - Down tube
• Bicycle frame - Seat tube
• Bicycle frame - Chain stays
• Bicycle frame - Seat stays
• Bicycle frame - Frame geometry
• Bicycle frame - Frame size
• Bicycle frame - Road and triathlon bicycles
• Bicycle frame - Mountain bicycles
• Bicycle frame - Variations
• Bicycle frame - Frame materials
• Bicycle frame - Steel
• Bicycle frame - Aluminum alloys
• Bicycle frame - Titanium
• Bicycle frame - Carbon fibre
• Bicycle frame - Thermoplastic

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Bronze is the ancient name for a broad range of alloys of copper, but usually with tin as the main additive. First used in the Bronze Age, it made tools, weapons and armor harder or more durable than their stone and copper predecessors. In early use, the impurity arsenic made the alloy even harder. The earliest bronzes date to the late 4th millennium BC in Susa (Iran) and some ancient sit ...

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The Bayer process is the principal industrial means of producing alumina, itself important in the Hall-Héroult process for producing aluminum. Bauxite, the most important ore of aluminum, contains only 40-60% alumina, Al2O3, the rest being a mixture of silica, various iron oxides, and titanium dioxide. The alumina must be purifed before it can be refined to aluminum metal. In the Bayer process, bauxite is washed with a hot solution of sodium hydroxide, NaOH, at 250°C. This converts the alumina to alumini ...

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• Bayer process - History

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Anodising, or anodizing, is a process used to protect aluminum from abrasion and corrosion and to allow it to be dyed in a wide range of colors. The process derives its name from the fact that the part to be treated forms the anode portion of an electrical circuit in this electrolytic process. Anodized aluminum can be found on paintball guns, carabiners, and other extreme sports equipment due to its aesthetic propertie ...

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• Anodising - Chemistry
• Anodising - Dyeing
• Anodising - Related processes

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An abrasive is usually a material that is used to smooth, machine, or, in some cases, roughen another softer material through extensive rubbing. Some common examples of abrasive minerals and objects are: Coated abrasives Aluminum Oxide Zirconia Alumina Silicon Carbide Ceramic Borazon or Cubic Boron Nitride (CBN) Diamond dust Emery (mineral) (impure corundum) Grinding wheel Powdered glass Pumice dust ...

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The Baschet Brothers, Francois and Bernard, a sculptor and an engineer, respectively, collaborate on creating sound sculptures and inventing instruments. Beginning in 1952 the Baschets started research into all existing musical instruments and put this knowledge to work in creating dozens of "structures sonores" ('sonorous sculptures'). Their visually striking instruments are crafted out of steel and aluminum and amplified by large curved conical sheets of metal, and are most often easy to play ...

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Armor piercing ammunition is used to penetrate hardened armored targets such as body armor, vehicle armor, concrete, tanks and other defenses, depending on the caliber of the fire arms. Armor piercing ammunition consists of a hardened steel, tungsten carbide, or depleted uranium penetrator enclosed within a softer material, such as copper or aluminum. Armor piercing ammunition can range from rif ...

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Can may refer to: A usually cylindrically shaped object used for storing other materials, especially liquids and foodstuffs. The most familiar examples are the aluminum beverage can (or aluminium drinks can) and the tin can for storing food. The latter normally needs to be opened with a can opener (or tin opener). The buttocks. A toilet. A musical band with the name Can

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The chemical formula for transparent aluminum plays a key role in the plot of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. In the movie, the formula is traded for Plexiglas sheets thick enough to create water tanks suitable for transporting two humpback whales through time, from the 20th century to the 23rd century, inside a Klingon Bird of Prey. Since the crew was temporarily stranded in the past without money appropriate to the period, they had to barter with the owner of the Plexicorp company (a fictional manufacturer of Plexiglas). Scotty trades the chemical formula for ...

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Transparent aluminum, Transparent aluminum - Transparent aluminum, Transparent aluminum - Transparent alumina, Transparent aluminum - Nanophase aluminium, Transparent aluminum - Aluminum oxynitride ALON, Transparent aluminum - Star Trek appearance

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The materials definition of a glass is a uniform amorphous solid material, usually produced when a suitably viscous molten material cools very rapidly to below its glass transition temperature, thereby not giving enough time for a regular crystal lattice to form. A simple example is when table sugar is melted and cooled rapidly by dumping the liquid sugar onto a cold surface. The resulting solid is amorphous, not crystalline like the sugar was originally, w ...

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• Glass - Properties and Uses
• Glass - Glass Ingredients
• Glass - Glass as a polymer
• Glass - Colors
• Glass - History of glass
• Glass - Glass tools
• Glass - Glass art
• Glass - Architectural glass
• Glass - Float annealed glass
• Glass - Sheet glass
• Glass - Plate glass
• Glass - Cylinder glass
• Glass - Insulated glazing
• Glass - Toughened glass
• Glass - Laminated glass
• Glass - Low-emissivity glass
• Glass - Self-cleaning glass
• Glass - Evacuated glazing
• Glass - Glass as a liquid
• Glass - Evidence against glass flow

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The stove is made from two aluminum can bottoms. An inner wall is cut and rolled from can material. A ring of holes is pierced into the top with a pin. Parts are glued with high temperature epoxy, or sealed with thermal foil tape. Total height is less than two inches (50 mm), though dimensions can be increased to hold more fuel or decreased to take up even less space. The choice of aluminum has several advantages; light weight, low cost, and good thermal conductivity to aid vaporization of fuel. Alternative construction materials have been used, including stoves made of tin cans such as cat food tins, tuna ...

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Beverage can stove, Beverage can stove - History and design, Beverage can stove - Aluminum can construction, Beverage can stove - Operation and performance, Beverage can stove - Operation, Beverage can stove - Ratings, Beverage can stove - Comparison to other stoves, Beverage can stove - Variations

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From 1961 to 1963 Oldsmobile manufactured its own version of the Buick-designed, all-aluminum 215 engine for the F-85 compact, known as the Rockette. This was a compact, lightweight engine with a dry weight of only 350 lb (159 kg). The Oldsmobile engine was very similar to the Buick engine, but not identical: it had larger combustion chambers with flat-topped (rather than domed) pistons, six bolts rather than five per cylinder head, and slighly larger intake valves. With a 8.75:1 compression ratio and a two-barrel carburetor, the Olds ...

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Oldsmobile V8 engine, Oldsmobile V8 engine - Generation 1, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 303, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 324, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 370, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 371, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 394, Oldsmobile V8 engine - Aluminum 215 Rockette, Oldsmobile V8 engine - Turbo Jetfire, Oldsmobile V8 engine - Generation 2, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 330, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 400, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 425, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 455, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 350, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 403, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 260, Oldsmobile V8 engine - 307, Oldsmobile V8 engine - Generation 3

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Cadillac V8 engine - HT-4100. A new engine was introduced for 1982, the HT-4100 (option code LT8). This engine, designed for transverse, front wheel drive applications, originally was slated for 1983 and a new line of 'downsized' Cadillac sedans. With the failure of the V8-6-4, however, and delays in the downsizing program (shared with Buick and Oldsmobile) that ultimately delayed those cars until 1986, the new V8 ...

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Cadillac V8 engine, Cadillac V8 engine - L-Head, Cadillac V8 engine - Monobloc, Cadillac V8 engine - LaSalle, Cadillac V8 engine - OHV, Cadillac V8 engine - 331, Cadillac V8 engine - 365, Cadillac V8 engine - 390, Cadillac V8 engine - Redesigned OHV, Cadillac V8 engine - 390, Cadillac V8 engine - 429, Cadillac V8 engine - World's Largest, Cadillac V8 engine - 472, Cadillac V8 engine - 500, Cadillac V8 engine - Downsized OHV, Cadillac V8 engine - 425, Cadillac V8 engine - 368 and V8-6-4, Cadillac V8 engine - Aluminum OHV, Cadillac V8 engine - HT-4100, Cadillac V8 engine - HT-4500, Cadillac V8 engine - HT-4900, Cadillac V8 engine - Cadillac use of non-Cadillac V8s, Cadillac V8 engine - Northstar

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The weldability of steels is inversely proportional to a property known as the hardenability of the steel, which measures the ease of forming martensite during heat treatment. The hardenability of steel depends on its chemical composition, with greater quantities of carbon and other alloying elements resulting in a higher hardenability and thus a lower weldability. In order to be able to judge alloys made up of many distinct materials, a measure known as the equivalent carbon content is used to compare the relative weldabilities of different ...

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Weldability, Weldability - Steels, Weldability - Aluminum

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The basic design dates back more than one hundred years2. It consists of a double wall gas generator, a perforated burner ring, and an inner pre-heat chamber. A similar design was patented in 1904 by New York coppersmith J. Heinrichs3. Trangia has been selling a commercial version of the design since the 1950s, Safesport marketed a stainless steel stove in the 1990s. Interestingly the Trangia stove burner is made from brass, even though all the other associated parts that come with it are aluminum. A plastic bag is provided for the burner so that when packed ...

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Beverage can stove, Beverage can stove - History and design, Beverage can stove - Aluminum can construction, Beverage can stove - Operation and performance, Beverage can stove - Operation, Beverage can stove - Ratings, Beverage can stove - Comparison to other stoves, Beverage can stove - Variations

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The length of the tubes, and the angles at which they are attached define a frame geometry. In comparing different frame geometries, designers often compare the seat tube angle, head tube angle, (virtual) top tube length, and seat tube length. To complete the specification of a bicycle for use, the rider usually specifies: saddle height, the distance from the center of the bottom bracket to the point of reference on top of the saddle 13cm from the rear of the saddle. reach, the distance from the sad ...

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Bicycle frame, Bicycle frame - Frame tubes, Bicycle frame - Head tube, Bicycle frame - Top tube, Bicycle frame - Down tube, Bicycle frame - Seat tube, Bicycle frame - Chain stays, Bicycle frame - Seat stays, Bicycle frame - Frame geometry, Bicycle frame - Frame size, Bicycle frame - Road and triathlon bicycles, Bicycle frame - Mountain bicycles, Bicycle frame - Variations, Bicycle frame - Frame materials, Bicycle frame - Steel, Bicycle frame - Aluminum alloys, Bicycle frame - Titanium, Bicycle frame - Carbon fibre, Bicycle frame - Thermoplastic

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The stove is designed for one or two people. When used to cook larger meals (greater than 2 cups (0.5 l), it is less efficient than a more powerful stove that delivers more heat to a pot. This is because a longer cooking time is required, during which more heat is lost to the surroundings. A more powerful, pressurized version is shown below. Beverage can stove - Operation. To use the stove, a small amount of fuel is poured into the stove and ignited. The pot is then placed above the stove, on a w ...

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Beverage can stove, Beverage can stove - History and design, Beverage can stove - Aluminum can construction, Beverage can stove - Operation and performance, Beverage can stove - Operation, Beverage can stove - Ratings, Beverage can stove - Comparison to other stoves, Beverage can stove - Variations

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Mercury is used primarily for the manufacture of industrial chemicals or for electrical and electronic applications. It is used in some thermometers, especially ones which are used to measure high temperatures (In the United States, non-prescription sale of mercury fever thermometers was banned by a number of different states and localities). Other uses: Mercury sphygmomanometers. Thimerosal, an organic compound used as a preservative in vaccines and tattoo inks (Thimerosal in vaccines). Mercury barometers, dif ...

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Mercury element, Mercury element - Applications, Mercury element - History, Mercury element - Dentistry, Mercury element - Medicine, Mercury element - Mineral occurrence, Mercury element - Compounds, Mercury element - Isotopes, Mercury element - Occurrence in the environment, Mercury element - Health and Environmental Effects, Mercury element - Precautions and regulation, Mercury element - Occupational exposure, Mercury element - Mercury in fish, Mercury element - Release of mercury into the environment, Mercury element - Mercury and aluminum

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