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Extreme DIY: Building a homemade nuclear reactor

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10385853 Mark Suppes is part of a growing community of amateur "fusioneers" Many might be ala...
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posted by turtoni
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resin instead of resorcinol-formaldehye.?

Hi all, I try to imitate physical properties such as good adhesion of resorcinol formaldehyde resin to polyester textil...
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posted by serkan2005
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How to identify types of plastics?

I want to do some plastic welding using hot air tool. I have rods for several types of plastic. My problem is that the...
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posted by invalid
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welding & materials knowledge

Dear All if you need information about materials and welding, please visit the link below http://frepd.com/category/weld...
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posted by mr.achmed10
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Artificial Reflective Duckweed for Swimming Pools

This would certainly be the cheapest way to get the pool temperature down a few degrees. The "duckweed" must be somethi...
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posted by BretCahill
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How to get PE out of beaker corners?

Hello gents, Is there a solvent or acid anyone can recommend for getting solidified polyethylene out of the corners of...
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posted by ttk
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Problem with magnetron sputtering of SiO2

Hello All, Recently I am trying to produce SiO2 thin film using magnetron sputter method. I am using the Torus sputter...
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posted by luyang.han
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Yes, of course, amalgams are alloys

Yet again Keith P. Walsh has been a source of ignorance and confusion. He contends that an alloy should be narrowly def...
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posted by metalengr
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Passive Earthquake Proofing w/ Dry Stone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_engineering#Friction_pendulum_bearing "People of Inca civilization were masters...
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posted by BretCahill
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World's Largest Wheatstone Bridge

String a wire back and forth across / along a fault line to measure very small displacements in the earth's surface. If...
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posted by BretCahill
40 comments posted 16yrs posted by BretCahill