enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Gypsum - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsum

    Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO 4 ·2H 2 O. [4] It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, drywall and blackboard or sidewalk chalk.

  3. Cone-in-cone structures - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone-in-cone_structures

    Often the cone-in-cone will be found as features of calcite layers within a shale, [5] and rarely within a dedolomite (calcitized dolomite). [6] Cone-in-cone structures should not be confused with either shatter cones such as are produced by meteorite impacts, or with shear cones like those developed in coals. Both these structures differ from ...

  4. Boundary layer thickness - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_layer_thickness

    The boundary layer thickness, , is the distance normal to the wall to a point where the flow velocity has essentially reached the 'asymptotic' velocity, .Prior to the development of the Moment Method, the lack of an obvious method of defining the boundary layer thickness led much of the flow community in the later half of the 1900s to adopt the location , denoted as and given by

  5. Concrete - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete

    The cone is placed with the wide end down onto a level, non-absorptive surface. It is then filled in three layers of equal volume, with each layer being tamped with a steel rod to consolidate the layer. When the cone is carefully lifted off, the enclosed material slumps a certain amount, owing to gravity.

  6. Conical plate centrifuge - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conical_Plate_Centrifuge

    Solid-liquid mixture leaving a three-phase reactor is separated using a conical plate centrifuge. The solid is sent to the solids separation system whereas the liquid is sent to the liquid separation system. [13] Product. Low moisture content in the wet cakes. [14] Solids are permitted in the mother liquor (sludge). [14] Material of construction

  7. US House to consider next steps on Gaetz ethics report - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/us-house-consider-next-steps...

    The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider on Thursday what to do with a report on alleged sexual misconduct and drug use by ex-congressman Matt Gaetz, who has dropped his bid to ...

  8. Do you overplan the holidays? You might be missing the point

    www.aol.com/overplan-holidays-might-missing...

    Finding the best gifts for friends and family members, decorating, planning and hosting get-togethers, and keeping up with traditions — all those tasks can make the holiday season overwhelming.

  9. Foundation (engineering) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_(engineering)

    Shallow foundations of a house versus the deep foundations of a skyscraper. Foundation with pipe fixtures coming through the sleeves. In engineering, a foundation is the element of a structure which connects it to the ground or more rarely, water (as with floating structures), transferring loads from the structure to the ground.