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Austenitic stainless steel is referrring to one of the major classes of stainless steel which is described as the largest category of stainless steel, accounting for about 70% of all production.

Axle refers to a beam supporting a vehicle on which one or more wheels turn. Axles also house and support the differential, shafts, and wheels that propel the vehicle.

Aseptic packaging is referring to a echnique for creating a shelf-stable container by placing a commercially sterile product into a commercially sterile container in a commercially sterile environment. The sealed container is designed to maintain product sterility until the seal is broken.

Anthracite is characterized as the highest rank of coal used primarily for residential and commercial space heating. It is a hard, brittle, and black lustrous coal, often referred to as hard coal, containing a high percentage of fixed carbon and a low percentage of volatile matter.

Air fresheners is a term used to which work in one of the following four ways: by interfering with your ability to smell by way of a nerve-deadening agent; by coating your nasal passages with an undetectable oil film; by covering up one smell with another; and (rarely) by breaking down the offensive odor.

The manila plant or abaca fibre is described as a
vegetable leaf fiber derived from the Musa textilis plant that is cultivated in the Philippines, but is also found, in smaller amounts, in Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia and Costa Rica, where its long stalks and leaves are harvested for paper production.

Aid is a general term used to denote:

1. Help or something that helps, as in hearing aid or crunches;
2. Assistance as in financial aid to developing countries or financial aid to deserving poor kids

Alarm system is a kind of security system that is described as a warning device that is installed or free-standing. It consists of any mechanism that triggers an audio or visual alert to warn of a problem, such as a fire or a burglar entering.