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  2. Water gel explosive - Wikipedia

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    A water-gel explosive is a fuel-sensitized explosive mixture consisting of an aqueous ammonium nitrate solution that acts as the oxidizer. [1] Water gels that are cap -insensitive are referred to under United States safety regulations as blasting agents.

  3. Fire retardant gel - Wikipedia

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    To do so, the gel is applied to an area of the body. Next, a fuel is placed on top of the gel. When ready to film the scene, the fuel is lit on fire. The gel insulates the person from the energy released from the burning fuel. The energy from the burning fuel goes into the gel, but not the stunt person.

  4. Calcium fluoride - Wikipedia

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    The compound crystallizes in a cubic motif called the fluorite structure.. Unit cell of CaF 2, known as fluorite structure, from two equivalent perspectives.The second origin is often used when visualising point defects centred on the cation.

  5. Fluorite - Wikipedia

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    Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, CaF 2. It belongs to the halide minerals . It crystallizes in isometric cubic habit , although octahedral and more complex isometric forms are not uncommon.

  6. Blue John (mineral) - Wikipedia

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    Bowl made from Derbyshire Blue John, on display in Castleton Visitor Centre French candelabra crafted of Blue John, c. 1860. Blue John (also known as Derbyshire Spar) is a semi-precious mineral, a rare form of fluorite with bands of a purple-blue or yellowish colour.

  7. Liquid-feed flame spray pyrolysis - Wikipedia

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    In spray head, purple, orange and blue correspond to auxiliary oxygen, ignition torch, and aerosol generator, respectively. The precursor, typically a single- or mixed-metal alkoxide , or carboxylate dissolved in ethanol at 1–10 wt% is introduced to the combustion chamber via twin, high-shear fluid (Bernoulli) aerosol generators with oxygen ...

  8. Aerosol spray dispenser - Wikipedia

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    Aerosol spray is a type of dispensing system which creates an aerosol mist of liquid particles. It comprises a can or bottle that contains a payload, and a propellant under pressure. When the container's valve is opened, the payload is forced out of a small opening and emerges as an aerosol or mist. Aerosol spray can

  9. Freeze spray - Wikipedia

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    Medical cryotherapy gun with liquid nitrogen. In medical applications, spray cans containing dimethyl ether [4] or tetrafluoroethane may also be used to freeze and destroy tissue, for removal of warts and skin tags, or other uses in cryosurgery. Liquified petroleum gas including propane and butane is sometimes used.