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  2. USG Corporation - Wikipedia

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    USG Corporation, also known as United States Gypsum Corporation, is an American company which manufactures construction materials, most notably drywall and joint compound. The company is the largest distributor of wallboard in the United States and the largest manufacturer of gypsum products in North America.

  3. Drywall - Wikipedia

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    Various sized cuts of 1 ⁄ 2 in (13 mm) drywall with tools for maintenance and installation . Drywall (also called plasterboard, dry lining, [1] wallboard, sheet rock, gib board, gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board, gypsum panel and gyprock) is a panel made of calcium sulfate dihydrate (), with or without additives, typically extruded between thick sheets of ...

  4. Chinese drywall - Wikipedia

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    Drywall, also known as plasterboard, is a building material typically consisting of gypsum-based plaster extruded between two thick sheets of paper and kiln-dried.. Drywall was imported by the United States during the construction boom between 2004 and 2007, spurred by a shortage of American-made drywall due to the rebuilding demand of nine hurricanes that hit Florida from 2004 to 2005, and ...

  5. User guide - Wikipedia

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    Some usages are Installation Guide, Getting Started Guide, and various How to guides. An example is the Picasa Getting Started Guide. [5] In some business software applications, where groups of users have access to only a sub-set of the application's full functionality, a user guide may be prepared for each group.

  6. CertainTeed - Wikipedia

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    CertainTeed plant in Norwood, Massachusetts. CertainTeed operates 65 manufacturing plants in the United States and Canada. [2] Certainteed manufactures products for four industries : Roofing, Siding, Insulation, Gypsum and Ceilings. [3]

  7. 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 ...

  8. MODFLOW - Wikipedia

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    MODFLOW-USG Transport. An update of MODFLOW USG including multiple solute species transport, density dependent flow and transport, use of the Richard's equation for flow and transport in the unsaturated zone and air-water interface sorption. Some of the updates to the model have also been made to accommodate for transport of PFAS. [14] [15]

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