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White phosphorus is used in smoke, illumination, and incendiary munitions, and is commonly the burning element of tracer ammunition. [1] Other common names for white phosphorus munitions include WP and the slang terms Willie Pete and Willie Peter, which are derived from William Peter, the World War II phonetic alphabet rendering of the letters ...
Scalding is a form of thermal burn resulting from heated fluids such as boiling water or steam. Most scalds are considered first- or second-degree burns, but third-degree burns can result, especially with prolonged contact. The term is from the Latin word calidus, meaning hot. [1]
Fat Quality Smoke point [caution 1]; Almond oil: 221 °C: 430 °F [1]: Avocado oil: Refined: 271 °C: 520 °F [2] [3]: Avocado oil: Unrefined: 250 °C: 482 °F [4]: Beef tallow: 250 °C: 480 °F
The representation is made on a temperature-relative humidity, instead of a standard psychrometric chart. The comfort zone in blue represents the 90% of acceptability, which means the conditions between -0.5 and +0.5 PMV, or PPD < 10%.
A substance is characterized by a burn rate vs. pressure chart and burn rate vs temperature chart. Higher burn rate than the speed of sound in the material (usually several km/s): "detonation" A few meters per second: "deflagration" A few centimeters per second: "burn" or "smolder" 0.01 mm/s to 100 mm/s: "decomposing rapidly" to characterise it.
The temperature on a summer day may be in the 80s or 90s. So why does it feel so much hotter? That's the heat index. Here's how it works.
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Think of it as 12 rows, one for each month, with left column for average low temperature, middle column for average high temperature and right column for precipitation. maxprecip= Supply highest monthly precipitation number if the blue precipitation bars pop out of the chart (happens if any of the monthly numbers is greater than about 750 mm ...