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  2. Stainless steel - Wikipedia

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    Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), and rustless steel, is an iron-based alloy containing a minimum level of chromium that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. Stainless steel's resistance to corrosion results from the 10.5%, or more, chromium content which forms a passive film that can protect the material ...

  3. Airframe - Wikipedia

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    Because heat-resistant titanium is hard to weld and difficult to work with, welded nickel steel was used for the Mach 2.8 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 fighter, first flown in 1964; and the Mach 3.1 North American XB-70 Valkyrie used brazed stainless steel honeycomb panels and titanium but was cancelled by the time it flew in 1964. [3]

  4. SpaceX Starship (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    In December 2018, the structural material was changed from carbon composites [80] [73] to stainless steel, [81] [82] marking the transition from early design concepts of the Starship. [ 81 ] [ 83 ] [ 84 ] Musk cited numerous reasons for the design change; low cost and ease of manufacture, increased strength of stainless steel at cryogenic ...

  5. Glock - Wikipedia

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    The short frame was originally designed to compete in the now cancelled U.S. military Joint Combat Pistol trials for a new .45 ACP pistol to replace the M9 pistol. Glock's entry featured an optional ambidextrous magazine release and MIL-STD-1913 rail along with a reduction in the size of the backstrap.

  6. Chernobyl New Safe Confinement - Wikipedia

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    The steel used in the construction of the tubular members has a yield strength of no less than 2,500 kg/cm 2 (250 MPa; 36,000 psi). To prevent corrosion of the structure, stainless steel was chosen as the material for the inner and outer walls. An air conditioning system also circulates warm, dry air at 50 Pa between the layers of the panels to ...

  7. Polymer80 - Wikipedia

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    Polymer80, Inc. was an American manufacturer of firearms parts kits that included unfinished receivers (also known as "80 percent" receivers) used for making privately made firearms. The company was founded in 2013 by Loran Kelley Jr. and David Borges and was headquartered in Dayton, Nevada .

  8. List of historic places in Allentown, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Home of the Diocese of Allentown. Constructed as a parish church, the building became a cathedral in 1961 with the diocese's founding. It was designed in a colonial style. The exterior is faced with a variegated salmon brick trimmed with Salem limestone. At the crossing formed by the transept, there is a tall spire topped with a stainless steel ...

  9. iPhone - Wikipedia

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    The iPhone 4 was announced on June 7, 2010, at WWDC 2010, and introduced a redesigned body incorporating a stainless steel frame and a rear glass panel. [24] At release, the iPhone 4 was marketed as the "world's thinnest smartphone"; [24] it uses the Apple A4 processor, being the first iPhone to use an Apple custom-designed chip.