Pykrete (/ˈpaɪkriːt/, PIE-creet) is a frozen ice composite, originally made of approximately 14% sawdust or some other form of wood pulp (such as paper)...
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Project Habakkuk (redirect from Pykrete aircraft carrier)
British during the Second World War to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete, a mixture of wood pulp and ice, for use against German U-boats in the...
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association with 70Hz Recordings. His later releases are via his own label, Pykrete Records. Cosmo was born in Peckham, Southeast London. He attended The Brit...
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MythBusters (2009 season) (section Pykrete Peril)
Geoffrey Pyke's proposed project of building an aircraft carrier out of pykrete during World War II, which was never put into practice because the war...
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During the Second World War, Pyke proposed the newly invented material, pykrete, for the construction of the ship Habakkuk. Pyke's father, Lionel Edward...
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(Pykrete) and its usability as a retaining structure. In addition, they developed an uncoupled thermo-hydro-mechanical approach to simulate a pykrete diaphragm...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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be an unsinkable 600-metre aircraft carrier made from reinforced ice ("Pykrete"); Habakkuk was never carried out due to its enormous cost. As commander...
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recently invented mixture of ice and woodpulp known as pykrete. He carried out early experiments on pykrete in a secret location underneath Smithfield Meat Market...
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Project Habbakuk was an Allied programme which investigated the use of pykrete (wood fibers mixed with ice) as a possible material for warships, especially...
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pop the slower it melts. This design was inspired by the material called pykrete, which was invented by Geoffrey Pyke. On June 22, 2005, Snapple tried to...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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unsinkable aircraft carrier from an ice-based composite material termed "Pykrete". Initial studies of natural lake ice had been carried out at Lake Louise...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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moisture, atmospheric changes, it acted very similarity to the material Pykrete. Hemacite was cheap to produce due to blood and sawdust both being cheap...
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armour Combination K Compound armour Kanchan armour MEXAS Plastic composite Pykrete "Leclerc Main Battle Tank". www.tanks-encyclopedia.com. Archived from the...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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Habakkuk proposed the construction of aircraft carriers made of ice-like Pykrete. Its size and speed made it more of an artificial iceberg or island than...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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Special" "Alaska Special 2" April 15, 2009 (2009-04-15) 129 Myths tested: Is pykrete tougher than ice, bulletproof, and durable enough to make a boat out of...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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wood plastic composite (recycled wood fibre in polyethylene matrix), Pykrete (sawdust in ice matrix), plastic-impregnated or laminated paper or textiles...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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was now in the UK. Max Perutz's work would lead to the development of Pykrete. In 1946, Mark established the Polymer Research Institute at Polytechnic...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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Ice-related activities Constructions Bar Bridge Hotel Igloo Palace Pier Pykrete Rink Road Work Cutting Icebox Icehouse Iceman (occupation) Pick Trade Yakhchāl...
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