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In the nitre bluing process, polished and cleaned steel parts are immersed in a bath of molten salts—typically potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate (sometimes with 9.4 grams (0.33 oz) of manganese dioxide per pound of total nitrate). The mixture is heated to 310 to 321 °C (590 to 610 °F) and the parts are suspended in this solution with wire.
A nitre bed is a similar process used to produce nitrate from excrement. Unlike the leaching-based process of the nitrary, however, one mixes the excrements with soil and waits for soil microbes to convert amino-nitrogen into nitrates by nitrification. The nitrates are extracted from soil with water and then purified into saltpeter by adding ...
Bluing (steel) is a passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust Bluing may also refer to: Bluing (fabric), a blue dye used to improve the appearance of fabrics; Bluing (hair), a blue dye used to improve the appearance of hair "bluing" of machine parts to check for tolerances, see engineer's blue
Word orders images on top of on another in the order that you draw them. Sometimes however you want to reverse the order of two[or more] objects. This can be done by selecting one of the objects and sending it forwards or backwards. The flip object is self explanatory. It is often very useful to use this feature if you are drawing a symmetrical ...
Jay-Z is accused in a lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl with fellow music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The lawsuit was first filed in October but did not list Jay-Z, whose given name is Shawn ...
The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament sold on Wednesday for $5.04 million, more than double its high estimate. The stone, which dates back around 1,500 ...
NFL Draft order. There is still movement to come with two weeks remaining in the regular season. As of now, the New York Giants currently hold the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Chalcanthum – the residue produced by strongly roasting blue vitriol (copper sulfate); it is composed mostly of cupric oxide. Chalk – a rock composed of porous biogenic calcium carbonate. CaCO 3; Chrome green – chromic oxide and cobalt oxide. Chrome orange – chrome yellow and chrome red. Chrome red – basic lead chromate – PbCrO 4 +PbO