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  2. Stopper (plug) - Wikipedia

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    With tubing inserted into the hole(s), when the tube is heated, water vapor will rise through the hole, make its way through the tubing, and into the collection chamber of choice. The water vapor would not be able to escape into the air, because the stopper and the tubing, if set up correctly, would be airtight. [citation needed]

  3. Damage control (maritime) - Wikipedia

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    A United States Navy damage controlman practices pipe-patching techniques. The USS Nevada is shown temporarily beached and burning after being hit by Japanese bombs and torpedoes on December 7, 1941. In navies and the maritime industry, damage control is the emergency control of situations that may cause the sinking of a watercraft. Examples are:

  4. Cathodic protection - Wikipedia

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    The test differed from the ASTM B117 insofar as the galvanized automotive steel panels were not entirely exposed to the salt spray. Instead, only the bare steel exposed by a 12-inch scratch at one end of the panel was exposed to the salt spray while the remainder of the panel was kept in a completely dry condition. [53]

  5. Stress corrosion cracking - Wikipedia

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    Stress corrosion cracking caused by tension developed in an unsuitably welded reinforcement collar A close-up of the surface of a steel pipeline showing stress corrosion cracking (two clusters of small black lines) revealed by magnetic particle inspection. Cracks which would normally have been invisible are detectable due to the magnetic ...

  6. Fisher-Porter tube - Wikipedia

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    The advantage over steel autoclaves is that the progress of a reaction can be followed by eye. The maximum pressure that can be achieved is much lower than that in a metal bomb . For example, typical pressure ratings are 7 bar for a large 335 mL Fisher-Porter vessel and 15 bar for a small 90 mL one, whereas the usual kind of bomb is safe to use ...

  7. Fender (boating) - Wikipedia

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    Two orange fenders protecting the side of a moored sailing vessel. In boating, a fender is an air-filled ball or a device in other shape and material used to absorb the kinetic energy of a boat or vessel berthing against a jetty, quay wall or other vessel. [1]

  8. Test tube rack - Wikipedia

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    Test tube racks are laboratory equipment used to hold upright multiple test tubes at the same time. They are most commonly used when various different solutions are needed to work with simultaneously, for safety reasons, for safe storage of test tubes, and to ease the transport of multiple tubes.

  9. San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock - Wikipedia

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    The San Antonio class is a class of amphibious transport docks, also called a "landing platform, dock" (LPD), used by the United States Navy.These warships replace the Austin-class LPDs (including Cleveland and Trenton sub-classes), as well as the Newport-class tank landing ships, the Anchorage-class dock landing ships, and the Charleston-class amphibious cargo ships that have already been ...