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  2. Drink can - Wikipedia

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    A drink can (or beverage can) is a metal container with a polymer interior designed to hold a fixed portion of liquid such as carbonated soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, fruit juices, teas, herbal teas, energy drinks, etc. Drink cans exteriors are made of aluminum (75% of worldwide production) [1] or tin-plated steel (25% worldwide production ...

  3. Intermodal container - Wikipedia

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    Intermodal containers exist in many types and standardized sizes, but 90 percent of the global container fleet are "dry freight" or "general purpose" containers: [2] [5] durable closed rectangular boxes, made of rust-retardant weathering steel; almost all 8 feet (2.44 m) wide, and of either 20 or 40 feet (6.10 or 12.19 m) standard length, as ...

  4. Jerrycan - Wikipedia

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    At the beginning of the Second World War the British Army was equipped with two simple fuel containers: the 2-imperial-gallon (9.1 L; 2.4 US gal) container made of pressed steel, and the 4-imperial-gallon (18 L; 4.8 US gal) container made from tin plate. The 2-gallon containers were relatively strong, but were expensive to produce.

  5. Washing machine - Wikipedia

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    One of the first innovations in washing machine technology was the use of enclosed containers or basins that had grooves, fingers, or paddles to help with the scrubbing and rubbing of the clothes. The person using the washer would use a stick to press and rotate the clothes along the textured sides of the basin or container, agitating the ...

  6. Activated carbon - Wikipedia

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    The solid or skeletal density of activated carbons will typically range between 2000 and 2100 kg/m 3 (125–130 lbs./cubic foot). However, a large part of an activated carbon sample will consist of air space between particles, and the actual or apparent density will therefore be lower, typically 400 to 500 kg/m 3 (25–31 lbs./cubic foot). [49]

  7. Gas holder - Wikipedia

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    The 307-foot-tall (94 m), 170-foot-diameter (52 m) structure, which could hold 7 million cubic feet (200,000 m 3), was a landmark due to its unusual marking scheme, which had a red-and-white checkerboard pattern from 200 feet (61 m) up. The structure was demolished in July 1984.

  8. Orders of magnitude (volume) - Wikipedia

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    One cubic metre, one kilolitre or one stère—volume of a large domestic fridge-freezer (external dimensions) 3.85 × 10 1: External volume of a standard 20-foot ("TEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 33.1 cubic metres 7.7 × 10 1: External volume of a standard 40-foot ("FEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 67.5 cubic metres

  9. Diving cylinder - Wikipedia

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    An especially common rental cylinder provided at tropical dive resorts is the "aluminium-S80" which is an aluminum cylinder design with an internal volume of 0.39 cubic feet (11.0 L) rated to hold a nominal volume of 80 cubic feet (2,300 L) of atmospheric pressure gas at its rated working pressure of 3,000 pounds per square inch (207 bar). [9]