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  2. Paint adhesion testing - Wikipedia

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    In the paint and coating industries, paint adhesion testing is often used to determine if the paint or coating will adhere properly to the substrates to which they are applied. Several tests measure the resistance of paints and coatings from substrates: cross-cut test, scrape adhesion, pull-off test , and others.

  3. Bresle method - Wikipedia

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    A test patch should be as clean as possible. Contamination of a patch can influence the results significantly. Bresle patch injected with 15ml water as in ISO 8502-6 Annex A. The ISO 8502-6 standard prescribes in annex A that certified patches shall be used. This annex describes a stress test to ensure patch adhesion and wash ability.

  4. Environmental impacts of animal agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, the efficiency of meat production varies depending on the specific production system, as well as the type of feed. It may require anywhere from 0.9 and 7.9 kilograms of grain to produce 1 kilogram of beef, between 0.1 to 4.3 kilograms of grain to produce 1 kilogram of pork, and 0 to 3.5 kilograms of grains to produce 1 kilogram of ...

  5. Hegman gauge - Wikipedia

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    Determining the fineness of a paint's grind is important, because too coarse a grind may reduce the paint's color uniformity, gloss, and opacity. [7] The Hegman gauge is widely used for this purpose because it requires minimal skill and only a few seconds' work.

  6. Soil test - Wikipedia

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    A soil test is a laboratory or in-situ analysis to determine the chemical, physical or biological characteristics of a soil. Possibly the most widely conducted soil tests are those performed to estimate the plant-available concentrations of nutrients in order to provide fertilizer recommendations in agriculture.

  7. CWD findings in deer in Waushara County and Indiana highlight ...

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    On April 11 the Department of Natural Resources confirmed the first positive CWD test result in a wild deer in Waushara County. The 3-year-old buck was found dead in early February in the town of ...

  8. Precision livestock farming - Wikipedia

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    The development of quantitative methods for livestock production includes mathematical modelling based in plant-herbivore or predator-prey models to forecast and optimise meat production. An example is the Predator-Prey Grassland Livestock Model (PPGL) [7] to address the dynamics of the combined grass-animals system as a predator-prey dynamical ...

  9. Virus which causes EHD confirmed in three Wisconsin counties

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    MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirmed cases of viruses that cause epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in the counties of Chippewa, Jackson and Waukesha, according to ...