- 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 ...
A material formed of iron between steel surfaces, or of steel-located iron.
Industry:Mining
A material intended to prevent the passage of water vapor through a building wall to prevent condensation within the wall.
Industry:Mining
A material made by sintering together lumps of limestone and certain kinds of iron oxide, such as iron ore or mill scale, at a temperature of 1,450 degrees C in a rotary furnace. Though fusion does not occur, the iron oxide rapidly penetrates the limestone completely and forms dicalcium ferrite.
Industry:Mining
A material or body consisting of ceramic particles bonded with a metal. According to the American Society for Testing and Materials, the ceramic phase must be present in 15% or more of the body. A ceramic foam or porous ceramic is not a cermet because the bonding of the ceramic structure is not dependent on or due to the metal.
Industry:Mining
A material that readily yields oxygen or other oxidizing substances needed for an explosive reaction to take place; solid oxidizers common in industrial explosives are ammonium nitrate and sodium nitrate.
Industry:Mining
A material that yields oxygen and causes or enhances the combustion of other materials; previously designated by the U.S. Department of Transportation as an oxidizer.
Industry:Mining
A material, usually organic, capable of imparting plastic properties to nonplastics or improving the plasticity of ceramic mixtures.
Industry:Mining
A material, usually organic, capable of imparting plastic properties to nonplastics or improving the plasticity of ceramic mixtures.
Industry:Mining
