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What Are the Best High Expansion Materials for Art Projects?

  • John Tomlinson
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Can I Use Carbon Fiber to Strengthen Gas Powered Scooter Parts?

  • oldunion
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Steel & Earthquakes: Low Carbon Steel for Quake Resistance

  • physicsss
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Solving the Overheating Problem of My Battery Load Tester

  • sisigsarap
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Yield Strength of Metal Plate: Rolling, Heating, and Cooling

  • TSN79
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Atomic Structure: "Long Range" and "Short Range" Translation

  • tony_engin
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Why is an oxide layer needed when bonding aluminium alloys?

  • brewnog
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What is the boiling point of Steel?

  • mecheng
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Does my elongation vs. load graph look right?

  • physicsss
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Simulate Nanowires: Physics, References | 65 Chars

  • khangee
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How does the elastic modulus affect the melting temperature?

  • physicsss
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S235 Steel: Tension/Pressure & Bending Values

  • TSN79
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Understanding g mol in Unit Operations Course

  • conSCIous
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Can Nanotubes Revolutionize Lubricants and Bearings?

  • Erich
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Maximizing Solar Energy: Multi-Layer Cells & Silicon Absorption

  • Jake
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Benefits of ceramics in engineering?

  • z-component
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Hydrazine in Water: Health Risks & Benefits

  • Dayle Record
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Difference Between a Chemist & Chem Engineer: Preparing for Grad School

  • gravenewworld
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Practical Ceramics: Affordable Microwave Thermos Bottle?

  • jimbot
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Expansion and contraction of Materials

  • derekmohammed
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Justification for non-local and gradient constitutive models

  • PerennialII
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Crystal Structure: Properties of Materials Depend on Structure

  • mecheng
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Stress-Strain Diagrams: Comparing Cast Iron & Stainless Steel

  • mecheng
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Heat treatment of mild and stainless steel

  • ballballisicious
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Calculating Material Properties with Hooke's Law

  • amoayeri
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Material characterization correlations over several scales - E

  • PerennialII
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Internal structure <->property?

  • ballballisicious
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Basic Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

  • SkepticJ
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How to increase the temperature of the ball mill in the lab?

  • tuyetanh
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Tribological problem involving a MoS2 coating

  • PerennialII
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Understanding the Strength of Alloy Metals: A Lesson in Materials Science

  • primarygun
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Test Methods for Li Alloy Powders: Li-Al Alloy Content

  • Mertas
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Units of mg/Nm3 for gas concentrations

  • Billy_w
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Marine Clays - Passing AC currents

  • wildwildwest
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Source for degenerate semiconductor?

  • Jonathan
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Heating a Small Quantity: Ideas & Solutions

  • asfd
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Solving Rusty Fences at the Beach

  • Makiavel
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Atomic Packing Factor of Simple Hexagonal Unit Cell

  • forstajh
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Chemical engineering sounds interesting

  • Muon12
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Where to download lecture notes for Mechanics of Materials

  • Saint
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What is the difference between HY 80 and HLES 80 steel?

  • Outcast
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Boric acid used to provide heat protection?

  • ngilman
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What Are Ultra-Hard Ceramics and Their Potential Uses?

  • amp
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What Are the Best Materials for Reflecting Low-Frequency Sound?

  • leka
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Half life measurements on foams

  • Telmerk
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Galvanizing and cathodic protection

  • peachy
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Connection between ppm and length?

  • mjdwyer23
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Calculating Punch Through Force for Aluminum 7075

  • Str8phaded22
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How Do Diamagnetism and Paramagnetism Relate to Lenz's Law?

  • apiri
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Carbon fibre is used in formula one cars

  • scuderia
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Bizarre Attractive Force Found In Mayonnaise

  • Ivan Seeking
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Additive that can be used in cleaning water and detergent

  • wolram
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How Can You Modify a Regular Oven to Bake Perfect Pizza?

  • Les Sleeth
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How Do Metal Specs, Wire Size, and Voltage Interact in Welding?

  • Eng_Luqman
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Material analysis via sound absorption

  • alpha_wolf
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Zero gravity produced materials

  • Ivan Seeking
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Magnetic Induction vs. Field Strength

  • vptran84
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Any gas volume vs field interaction?

  • wimms
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Material Dielectric Properties: Charging 4th Grader Science Fair

  • cqarcl1948
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Why does the resistivity of a metal increases

  • vptran84
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Lightweight Ceramic Solutions for Large Electrical Projects

  • Arctic Fox
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Exploring Industrial Production of Compounds: A Research Report

  • RuiMonteiro
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Help with reverse siphon break?

  • Raavin
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Questions about Carbon Nanotubes

  • Bunting
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Do many asteroids contain materials useful to civilization in abundance?

  • caumaan
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Coolant Systems For Armor Design: Efficiency & Performance

  • maximus
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How to melt Steel with Electricity?

  • wj
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Information about laminated materials?

  • Adam
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What Are the Potential Applications of Buckminsterfullerene (C60)?

  • caumaan
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What Role Do Cementite and Heat-Treating Play in Steel Hardening?

  • cucumber
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I'm probably posting in the wrong area, but where can i find the

  • omgitsroy326
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Let's Create Amazing Playgrounds with Liquid Metal Golf

  • enigma
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Sun-Orbiting Optics: Feasibility & Effects

  • aeroegnr
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How is oil extracted from porous reservoirs

  • bishwa
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Fuel Cell Rust: Myth or Reality? A Guide to Maintaining Your Fuel Cell

  • My User Name
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