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  2. Chrysotile - Wikipedia

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    Chrysotile [pronunciation?] or white asbestos is the most commonly encountered form of asbestos, [5] ... Chrysotile fibres have considerable tensile strength, and may ...

  3. Asbestiform - Wikipedia

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    The most common asbestiform mineral is chrysotile, commonly called "white asbestos", a magnesium phyllosilicate part of the serpentine group. Other asbestiform minerals include riebeckite , an amphibole whose fibrous form is known as crocidolite or "blue asbestos", and brown asbestos , a cummingtonite-grunerite solid solution series.

  4. Serpentinization - Wikipedia

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    Lizardite and chrysotile are stable at low temperatures and pressures, while antigorite is stable at higher temperatures and pressure. [31] Its presence in a serpentinite indicates either that serpentinization took place at unusually high pressure and temperature or that the rock experienced higher grade metamorphism after serpentinization was ...

  5. Strength of materials - Wikipedia

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    The strength of materials is determined using various methods of calculating the stresses and strains in structural members, such as beams, columns, and shafts. The methods employed to predict the response of a structure under loading and its susceptibility to various failure modes takes into account the properties of the materials such as its yield strength, ultimate strength, Young's modulus ...

  6. Asbestos - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos (/ æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ə s, æ z-,-t ɒ s / ass-BES-təs, az-, -⁠toss) [1] is a group of naturally occurring, toxic, carcinogenic and fibrous silicate minerals.There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre (particulate with length substantially greater than width) [2] being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into ...

  7. Chatter and rumors about ICE went on for days at school of ...

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    Email sent to parents. On January 29, several days after chatter about deportations allegedly spread at school, the district sent out an email to parents addressing President Donald Trump’s new ...

  8. Chrysolite - Wikipedia

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    Chrysolite may refer to: . Peridot, a gem-quality olivine; Archaically, any of several green or yellow-green-coloured gemstones including Topaz, a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine

  9. Trump administration eyes merging USAID with State Dept, Musk ...

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is considering merging the U.S. Agency for International Development with the State Department to boost its efficiency and ensure its spending is ...