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  2. List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic ...

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    In-game, Bavarium (at least in refined form) is shown to be highly volatile and prone to big explosions; a small Bavarium-based charge can instantly destroy all but the largest of the game's Chaos Objects. Berynium: Screamers: Berynium is a minable isotope discovered by NEB (New Economic Block) at New Alamo on Sirius 6B on 16 July, AD 2064 ...

  3. Paraffin wax - Wikipedia

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    After the solvent is recovered by distillation, the resulting products are called "product wax" (or "press wax") and "foots oil". The lower the percentage of oil in the wax, the more refined it is considered to be (semi-refined versus fully refined). [18] The product wax may be further processed to remove colors and odors.

  4. List of Star Wars air, aquatic, and ground vehicles - Wikipedia

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    The All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) is a two-legged mech walker introduced briefly in The Empire Strikes Back and featured extensively in Return of the Jedi.These vehicles were designed to screen and protect the flanks of slower moving AT-ATs and the larger tanks used by the Empire.

  5. Refining - Wikipedia

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    Gases and liquids can also be refined by extraction with a selective solvent that dissolves away either the substance of interest, or the unwanted impurities. Many solids can be refined by growing crystals in a solution of the impure material; the regular structure of the crystal tends to favor the desired material and exclude other kinds of ...

  6. Smelting - Wikipedia

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    Electric phosphate smelting furnace in a TVA chemical plant (1942). Smelting is a process of applying heat and a chemical reducing agent to an ore to extract a desired base metal product. [1]

  7. Francium - Wikipedia

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    Francium is a chemical element; it has symbol Fr and atomic number 87. It is extremely radioactive; its most stable isotope, francium-223 (originally called actinium K after the natural decay chain in which it appears), has a half-life of only 22 minutes.

  8. Zinc smelting - Wikipedia

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    Zinc smelting is the process of converting zinc concentrates (ores that contain zinc) into pure zinc. Zinc smelting has historically been more difficult than the smelting of other metals, e.g. iron, because in contrast, zinc has a low boiling point.

  9. White spirit - Wikipedia

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    A 2-litre (3.5 imp pt) container of white spirit. White spirit (AU, UK and Ireland) [note 1] or mineral spirits (US, Canada), also known as mineral turpentine (AU/NZ/ZA), turpentine substitute, and petroleum spirits, is a petroleum-derived clear liquid used as a common organic solvent in painting. [1]