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  2. Drinking straw - Wikipedia

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    Plastic drinking straws in a container. The most common form of drinking straw is made of the thermoplastic polymer polypropylene. This plastic is known for its durability, lightness, and ability to be manufactured at a low cost. [28] Other plastic polymers that exhibit these traits include polyethylene (PE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). [29]

  3. Hagen–Poiseuille equation - Wikipedia

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    It can be successfully applied to air flow in lung alveoli, or the flow through a drinking straw or through a hypodermic needle. It was experimentally derived independently by Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille in 1838 [1] and Gotthilf Heinrich Ludwig Hagen, [2] and published by Hagen in 1839 [1] and then by Poiseuille in 1840–41 and 1846. [1]

  4. Poise (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The poise (symbol P; / p ɔɪ z, p w ɑː z /) is the unit of dynamic viscosity (absolute viscosity) in the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS). [1] It is named after Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille (see Hagen–Poiseuille equation).

  5. Bombilla - Wikipedia

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    A bombilla , bomba or massasa is a type of drinking straw, used to drink mate. [1] In metal bombillas, the lower end is perforated and acts as a metal filter which is used to separate the mate infusion from leaves, stems, and other mate debris, and functions in a similar fashion to the perforated metal screen of a teapot . [ 2 ]

  6. Marvin Stone - Wikipedia

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    Later, Stone developed the modern drinking straw. [2] Prior to Stone's invention, people used natural rye grass straws, which imparted an undesirable grassy flavor in beverages. [ 6 ] To combat the problem, Stone made the first drinking straw prototypes by spiraling a strip of paper around a pencil and gluing it at the ends. [ 7 ]

  7. Extrusion moulding - Wikipedia

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    Extrusion is a manufacturing process used to make pipes, hoses, drinking straws, curtain tracks, rods, and fibre. [1] The granules melt into a liquid which is forced through a die, forming a long 'tube like' shape. The shape of the die determines the shape of the tube. The extrusion is then cooled and forms a solid shape.

  8. Woman dies after 10-inch metal drinking straw impales her eye

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    A coroner has issued a warning following the death of a 60-year-old British woman, who was reportedly killed in November 2018 when a metal straw she was using impaled her eye, causing severe ...

  9. Pentagon to consider honorable discharges for gay veterans ...

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    The U.S. Department of Defense will consider granting honorable discharges to more than 30,000 gay and bisexual veterans who were barred from serving in the military because of their sexual ...

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