- Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
Electrical cable with inner conducting wire covered by alternating layers of insulating and conducting material.
Industry:Mining
Electrical charge density due to gain or loss of one or more electrons.
Industry:Mining
Electrical energy, other than actual firing current or the test current from a blasting galvanometer, that is present at a blast site and that could enter an electric blasting circuit; such electricity can include lightning, current from high tension powerline, and static charge carried on a person.
Industry:Mining
Electrical exploration method in which an electrical transient is sent into the Earth and the change in shape of this transient is studied.
Industry:Mining
Electrical exploration methods in which electric current is introduced in the ground by means of contact electrodes and in which one determines the magnetic field that is associated with the current.
Industry:Mining
Electrical system earthed at key points to ensure a common potential and eliminate danger to personnel.
Industry:Mining
Electricity drawn at a period when the power station that supplies it is not fully loaded.
Industry:Mining
Electricity involved in thermoelectric phenomena. Specif., electricity accumulated or put in motion by thermoelectric action.
Industry:Mining
