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  2. Soda straw - Wikipedia

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    Calthemite straws are on average just 40% the mass per unit length of speleothem straws of equivalent external diameter. This is because calthemite straws have a thinner wall thickness and less-dense calcium carbonate structure compared to speleothem straws. [7] A calthemite straw can vary in outside diameter as it grows in length. Changes in ...

  3. Drinking straw - Wikipedia

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    A drinking straw is a utensil that uses suction to carry the contents of a beverage to one's mouth. A straw is used by placing one end in the mouth and the other in a beverage. By applying suction with the mouth, the air pressure in the mouth drops, which causes atmospheric pressure to force the liquid through the straw and into the mouth.

  4. Straw - Wikipedia

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    Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield by weight of cereal crops such as barley , oats , rice , rye and wheat .

  5. Birmingham gauge - Wikipedia

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    The Birmingham gauge ranges from 5/0 or 00000, the lowest gauge number corresponding to the largest size of 0.500 inches (12.7 mm), to 36, the highest gauge number corresponding to the smallest size of 0.004 inches (0.10 mm). The increments between gauge sizes are not linear and vary. [2]

  6. LifeStraw - Wikipedia

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    Use of LifeStraw. The original LifeStraw is a plastic tube 22 centimetres (8 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) long and 3 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) in diameter. [8] Water that is drawn up through the straw first passes through hollow fibres that filter water particles down to 0.2 µm across, using only physical filtration methods and no chemicals.

  7. Suture materials comparison chart - Wikipedia

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    Straw: Brown: Violet and undyed: Violet and clear Size available: USP 6-0 (1 metric) to USP 5 (100 metric). ... Suture materials comparison chart. 1 language ...

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  9. Grain size - Wikipedia

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    Wentworth grain size chart from United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1195: Note size typos; 33.1mm is 38.1 & .545mm is .594 Beach cobbles at Nash Point, South Wales. Grain size (or particle size) is the diameter of individual grains of sediment, or the lithified particles in clastic rocks.