adj
Containing an acrylic resin.
n
(chemistry) activated carbon
adj
(toxicology, construction) Of asbestos: made wet for safety reasons, in order to prevent the escape of harmful particles, for example during demolition.
n
A type of asbestos with long, soft, thin fibers.
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Alternative spelling of amianthus [A type of asbestos with long, soft, thin fibers.]
adj
Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.
n
The process of asbestifying.
adj
(crystallography) Having a particular kind of fibrosity in which fibers have high tensile strength and flexibility
v
To convert into asbestos or into a mixture containing asbestos.
adj
Resembling or relating to asbestos.
n
A synthetic insulating material similar to bronzite.
v
To make or become asbestiform.
adj
(mineralogy) Resembling asbestos
v
To expose to asbestos; to cause to suffer asbestosis.
n
The introduction of the use of asbestos for insulation, fireproofing, etc.
v
To introduce the use of asbestos to.
adj
Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.
n
(medicine) A former surgical dressing made from lint soaked in a solution of borax and glycerine
n
A vessel used in calcination.
n
A natural or artificial reservoir that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period.
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Alternative letter-case form of carborundum [Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.]
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Lunar caustic; silver nitrate used for cauterizing.
n
Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.
n
A high-strength, high-performance, low-alloy, low-cost steel.
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A variety of feldspar remarkable for its transparent ice-like crystals.
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The graphite formed incidentally in iron smelting.
v
(transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
n
A proteinoid particle in raw rubber latex
n
Alternative spelling of melanchyme [(geology) A bituminous substance found in masses in the brown coal of Zweifelsruth, Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia.]
n
Any of various conductive plastic polymers with metal ions, having various desirable physical and chemical properties.
adj
Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate.
n
A variety of asbestos with a cork-like texture.
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A fibrous form of asbestos.
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An alloy of copper, nickel, tungsten, and zinc once used in heating elements
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A ceramic form of carbon formed at high temperature from the breakdown of a hydrocarbon gas
n
(historical) A fire-extinguishing chemical apparatus by which carbonic acid is generated and thrown on the fire.
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A variety of asbestos whose fibres are loosely interlaced, giving it a cork-like texture.
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(chemistry) a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products
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A hard form of silicon carbide with high electrical resistance.
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A chemical product created by two materials, isocyanate and polyol resin, which react when mixed with each other and expand up to 30-60 times its liquid volume after it is sprayed in place.
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(American spelling) a spring of naturally sulfurous water, often of volcanic origin and therefore hot
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An autocatalytic transformation of tin into a different allotrope that causes tin objects to become brittle and flaky. The phase transition conversion of β-tin (white tin) into α-tin (gray tin/grey tin).
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(uncountable) A fibre manufactured from cellulose triacetate
n
(mineralogy) A compact wood-like variety of asbestos.
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