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Babbitt metal and PET

Hello, folks! I was researching babbitt metals for use in bushing-bearings, and noticed that none advertised on materia...
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posted by ttk
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Reshaping Flexon memory metal spectacle frames?

Are these adjustable at all? I tried to bend the ear hook but of course it goes back to the original shape. Google turn...
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posted by somene
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Materials Information book online

Philip Sargent View profile follow up to post on Aug 13 1998, [due to website hosting changes] My book on Materials Inf...
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posted by philip.sargent
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Induction Heating Machine

The induction heating machines, induction heater cover Automatic Surface Induction Hardening & Induction Tempering Mach...
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posted by malhotratechnologys
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Discovery of Hydraulic Cement (4400YA)

Discovery of Hydraulic Cement (4400YA) It has been known for millennia that the mixture of volcanic ash or pulverized t...
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posted by GDenke
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which materials are not dissolved by liquid Si?

hi all, melting temperature of Si is 1688 K, and is said to dissolve almost all materials in liquid form. Are there any...
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posted by dmitrey15
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Shock/impact absorbing materials?

I've seen demonstrations of both d3o (http://www.d3o.com/) and Sorbothane (http://www.sorbothane.com/). Unfortunately,...
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posted by shazlikd
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Making knee inserts - Neoprene? EVA? Polymers?

I'm going to be making some of my own knee inserts for my paintball pants, along with some openable pockets out of canv...
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posted by shazlikd
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Japanese Make Superconductors With Booze

Iron Compounds Require Red Wine, Beer or Saki http://tinyurl.com/3g9g8jv Yoshihiko Takano (R), professor of Japan's Nat...
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posted by joe.snod
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Rare Earth Elements

The pickup to my timing light is made from some kind of [ultra brittle] rare earth element. Is this $80/lb crap _really...
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posted by BretCahill
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