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  2. Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National ...

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    The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA; pronounced 'Smack'-'Nah') is an international trade association with more than 4,500 contributing contractor members [1] in 103 chapters [2] throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and Brazil.

  3. Stain - Wikipedia

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    The material that is trapped coats the underlying material, and the stain reflects backlight according to its own color. Applied paint, spilled food, and wood stains are of this nature. [5] A secondary method of stain involves a chemical or molecular reaction between the material and the staining material. Many types of natural stains fall into ...

  4. Mechanical plating - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical plating, also known as peen plating, mechanical deposition, or impact plating, is a plating process that imparts the coating by cold welding fine metal particles to a workpiece. Mechanical galvanization is the same process, but applies to coatings that are thicker than 0.001 in (0.025 mm). [ 1 ]

  5. Chromate conversion coating - Wikipedia

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    The chromate coating process starts with a redox reaction between the hexavalent chromium and the metal. [2] In the case of aluminum, for example, Cr 6+ + Al 0 → Cr 3+ + Al 3+ The resulting trivalent cations react with hydroxide ions in water to form the corresponding hydroxides, or a solid solution of both hydroxides: Cr 3+ + 3 OH − → Cr ...

  6. Thickening agent - Wikipedia

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    Potato starch slurry Roux. A thickening agent or thickener is a substance which can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties. Edible thickeners are commonly used to thicken sauces, soups, and puddings without altering their taste; thickeners are also used in paints, inks, explosives, and cosmetics.

  7. Preconditioner - Wikipedia

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    In linear algebra and numerical analysis, a preconditioner of a matrix is a matrix such that has a smaller condition number than .It is also common to call = the preconditioner, rather than , since itself is rarely explicitly available.

  8. Power conditioner - Wikipedia

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    A power conditioner (also known as a line conditioner or power line conditioner) is a device intended to improve the quality of the power that is delivered to electrical load equipment. The term most often refers to a device that acts in one or more ways to deliver a voltage of the proper level and characteristics to enable load equipment to ...

  9. Mapuche - Wikipedia

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    Stand.earth, a conservation group, has led an international campaign for preservation, resulting in the Home Depot chain and other leading wood importers agreeing to revise their purchasing policies to "provide for the protection of native forests in Chile". Some Mapuche leaders want stronger protections for the forests.