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    Wood's metal, also known as Lipowitz's alloy or by the commercial names Cerrobend, Bendalloy, Pewtalloy and MCP 158, is a metal alloy that is useful for...
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  • than Wood's metal. It can be used for small-run die casting and rapid prototyping. This alloy has been investigated as a possible liquid metal coolant...
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  • white metal alloys were historically used to cast typefaces. Britannia metal Nickel silver Pewter Pot metal Punchcutting Spelter Wood's metal Zamak "White...
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  • discovery of the fusible alloy known as Wood's metal. After briefly attending Albany Medical College in 1841, Wood began practicing dentistry in the company...
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    Rose's metal, Rose metal or Rose's alloy is a fusible alloy with a low melting point. Rose's metal consists of 50% bismuth, 25–28% lead and 22–25% tin...
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  • Fusible alloy (redirect from Fusible metal)
    making the "poor metals" from In to Zn a natural group. Some reasonably well-known fusible alloys are Wood's metal, Field's metal, Rose metal, Galinstan, and...
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    steel alloys are referred to as metals, while others such as polymers, wood or ceramics are nonmetallic materials. A metal conducts electricity at a temperature...
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  • silicone molds are suitable for casting low-melt metals and alloys (e.g. zinc, tin, pewter, and Wood's metal). RTV silicone rubbers are, however, generally...
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  • using powder metallurgy Cerrosafe (lead, tin, cadmium) Rose metal (lead, tin) Wood's metal (lead, tin, cadmium) Chromium hydride (hydrogen) Nichrome (nickel)...
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    heat-sensitive glass bulb (see below) or a two-part metal link held together with a fusible alloy such as Wood's metal and other alloys with similar compositions...
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  • Wood, Metal and Skin is a percussion concerto written in 2004 by the Scottish composer Thea Musgrave. It was commissioned by the National Youth Orchestras...
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  • Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States...
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    and the properties of herbal medicines. The agents are Fire, Water, Wood, Metal, and Earth. The wuxing system has been in use since it was formulated...
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    inhibits vaporization of the anode. Field's metal, has a table of low melting point alloys Rose's metal Wood's metal Hodes, Marc; Zhang, Rui; Steigerwalt Lam...
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    Bismuth (category Post-transition metals)
    cadmium-containing alternative. Bismuth is used in alloys with other metals such as tin and lead. Wood's metal, an alloy of bismuth, lead, tin, and cadmium is used in...
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    The Biography of Grant Wood's American Masterpiece. New York: Chamberlain Brothers, 2005. Milosch, Jane C., ed. Grant Wood’s Studio: Birthplace of American...
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  • 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2017. "CS Alloys Safe 165, Cerrosafe". Retrieved September 18, 2017. Examples of chamber casts using low-temp metal v t e...
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  • Metal Gear (Japanese: メタルギア, Hepburn: Metaru Gia) is a franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first...
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    legs, a flat or slightly angled seat and a back-rest. It may be made of wood, metal, or synthetic materials, and may be padded or upholstered in various...
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    multifunctional furniture. Their frames can be made out of wood, metal, or a combination of wood and metal. They are a cross between a chaise longue, a couch...
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  • Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played...
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    common being latex. Other materials used include silicone, neoprene, wood, metal, glass, stone, and many other materials. Silicone is a particularly good...
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    wide range of materials including wood, metal, brick, vinyl, and composite materials that can include aluminium, wood, blends of cement and recycled polystyrene...
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    Guitar pick (section Metal)
    of plastic (nylon, Delrin, celluloid), rubber, felt, tortoiseshell, wood, metal, glass, tagua, thermosetting plastic or stone. They are often shaped...
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    commonly, some garage doors slide or swing horizontally. Doors are made of wood, metal, or fiberglass, and may be insulated to prevent heat loss. A typical...
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  • released in 2015 by Other Music Recording Company. Their second album, Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock, was released in 2016 on the Los Angeles-based...
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    CNC router (section Metal)
    a spindle which is used for cutting various materials, such as wood, composites, metals, plastics, glass, and foams. CNC routers can perform the tasks...
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    Blacklight (redirect from Wood's lamp)
    a light source is referred to as a Wood's lamp, named after Robert Williams Wood, who invented the original Wood's glass UV filters. Although many other...
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  • Wood's glass is an optical filter glass invented in 1903 by American physicist Robert Williams Wood (1868–1955), which allows ultraviolet and infrared...
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    response, e.g., Wood's metal and Field's metal for fire sprinklers Non-toxic mercury replacements, such as galinstan Experimental glassy metals, with extremely...
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