• Continuous foam separation is a chemical process closely related to foam fractionation in which foam is used to separate components of a solution when...
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    Foams are two-phase material systems where a gas is dispersed in a second, non-gaseous material, specifically, in which gas cells are enclosed by a distinct...
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    Polystyrene (redirect from Polystyrene foam)
    monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene. Polystyrene can be solid or foamed. General-purpose polystyrene is clear, hard, and brittle. It is an inexpensive...
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    insulating foam broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank and struck the thermal protection system tiles on the orbiter's left wing. Similar foam shedding...
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    Foam latex or latex foam rubber is a lightweight form of latex containing bubbles known as cells, created from liquid latex. The foam is generally created...
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    widespread use of foam concrete as a building material. More recently, foam concrete is being made with a continuous foam generator. The foam is produced by...
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  • bubble separation processes, of which foam fractionation is one example. Until the mid-2000s, there was very little further development of foam fractionation...
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    Mattress (redirect from Foam mattress)
    usually of heavy cloth, containing materials such as hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, or a framework of metal springs. Mattresses may also be filled with...
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    Distillation (category Separation processes)
    and continuous distillations can be improved by making use of a fractionating column on top of the distillation flask. The column improves separation by...
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  • deformation of and transmission of forces through materials modeled as a continuous medium (also called a continuum) rather than as discrete particles. Continuum...
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  • the separation of the oil and vinegar components of vinaigrette, an unstable emulsion that will quickly separate unless shaken almost continuously. There...
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    patterns of dunes. Foams obey Plateau's laws, which require films to be smooth and continuous, and to have a constant average curvature. Foam and bubble patterns...
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    Laser (redirect from Continuous wave laser)
    This issue is exacerbated when there is fog, smoke, dust, rain, snow, smog, foam, or purposely dispersed obscurant chemicals present. The United States Navy...
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    Colloid (redirect from Continuous phase)
    colloidal aerosols, colloidal emulsions, colloidal suspensions, colloidal foams, colloidal dispersions, or hydrosols. Aerogel Jello cubes Colloidal silica...
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    The West Bank barrier, West Bank wall or the West Bank separation barrier, is a separation barrier built by Israel along the Green Line and inside parts...
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    mold before casting. The two main processes are lost-foam casting and full-mold casting. Lost-foam casting is a type of evaporative-pattern casting process...
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    produces foam. As the fat clumps increase in size, there are also fewer to enclose the air cells. So the bubbles pop, run together, and the foam begins...
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    One of the most common and versatile is the foam pig which is cut or poured out of open cell polyurethane foam into the shape of a bullet and is driven through...
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  • Conical plate centrifuge (category Liquid-liquid separation)
    as disc stacks) increase the surface settling area which speeds up the separation process. Different stack designs, arrangements and shapes are used for...
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    Natural patterns include symmetries, trees, spirals, meanders, waves, foams, tessellations, cracks and stripes. Early Greek philosophers studied pattern...
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    parameter, addition of excess or insufficient heat to the column can lead to foaming, weeping, entrainment, or flooding. Figure 3 depicts an industrial fractionating...
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    Tire (redirect from Belt separation)
    have large tread features. Some industrial tires are solid or filled with foam. Motorcycle tires provide traction, resisting wear, absorbing surface irregularities...
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    a mixture of fibreglass and carbon fibre composites. The wings have PVC foam cores. In plan the wings have parallel chord inner panels and two outer sections...
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  • Cohn process (category Biochemical separation processes)
    into additional products, including liquid fibrin sealant, solid fibrin foam and a fibrin film. Gamma globulins are found in Fractions II and III and...
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  • Stripping (chemistry) (category Separation processes)
    Stripping is a physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream. In industrial applications...
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    office paper would be converted into new office paper, and used polystyrene foam into new polystyrene. Some types of materials, such as metal cans, can be...
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  • Liquid carryover (category Gas-liquid separation)
    treatment plant. Improper separation allows liquid carryover to contaminate the desulfurization stage, triggering foaming and fouling, leading to unplanned...
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    concrete forms (ICFs) are hollow blocks or panels made of either insulating foam or rastra that are stacked to form the shape of the walls of a building and...
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    operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms...
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    Many separation processes do not operate at room temperature (e.g. distillation), which greatly increases the cost of the process when continuous heating...
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