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Asbestos mineral relates to certain minerals that have a fibrous structure, are heat resistant and chemically inert, possess high electrical insulating qualities, and are of sufficient flexibility to be woven.
Armor-piercing ammunition is by US federal definition, a projectile or projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium. This ammunition excludes a shotgun.
Deutsch: Landwirtschaft/ Español: Agricultura/ Português: Agricultura/ Français: Agriculture/ Italiano: Agricoltura/
The term agriculture refers to the science, art or occupation of farming, including but not limited to the cultivation of land, the growing of crops, and the rearing of livestock and poultry for their various products in order to sustain and enhance human life.
Deutsch: Altern im industriellen Kontext / Español: Envejecimiento en el contexto industrial / Português: Envelhecimento no contexto industrial / Français: Vieillissement dans le contexte industriel / Italiano: Invecchiamento nel contesto industriale /
Aging has something to do with a change in the properties of certain metals and alloys that occurs at ambient or moderately elevated temperatures after a
Aerosol sprays (e.g., furniture polish, deodorant, and air freshener) contain an active ingredient and a liquid or gaseous propellant that is packed under at least 275 Kilopascals (kPa) (This is in the US-non-SI-system 40 pounds per square inch (psi) ).
Aerating is a term for:
1. Exposing to the chemical action of air;
2. Causing air to bubble through;