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  2. Blasting mat - Wikipedia

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    Blasting mats are used when explosives are detonated in places such as quarries or construction sites. The mats are placed over the blasting area to contain the blast, suppress noise [1] and dust as well as prevent high velocity rock fragments called fly rock (or flyrock) from damaging structures, [2] people or the environment in proximity to the blast site. [3]

  3. Drilling and blasting - Wikipedia

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    Rock blasting in Finland. Drilling and blasting is the controlled use of explosives and other methods, such as gas pressure blasting pyrotechnics, to break rock for excavation. It is practiced most often in mining, quarrying and civil engineering such as dam, tunnel or road construction. The result of rock blasting is often known as a rock cut.

  4. Access mat - Wikipedia

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    Access mats are a category of matting that are generally used to provide temporary roads and worksites. Access mats are often used to access work sites in remote or environmentally sensitive areas, [5] such as bogs, wetlands or fens. For that reason, they are often referred to as swamp, bog or wetland mats.

  5. List of Roblox games - Wikipedia

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    Rift Royale is a battle royale game developed by Easy.gg, the developers behind BedWars and Islands. The game was inspired by Fortnite Battle Royale, and was an attempt to create an "awesome competitive game" within the Roblox platforms limitations. In August 2022, the game was shut down following a mass wave of exploiters rendering the game ...

  6. Sandblasting - Wikipedia

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    Sand blasting is also known as abrasive blasting, which is a generic term for the process of smoothing, shaping and cleaning a hard surface by forcing solid particles across that surface at high speeds; the effect is similar to that of using sandpaper, but provides a more even finish with no problems at corners or crannies.

  7. Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll - Wikipedia

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    Authorities had promised the Bikini Atoll's residents that they would be able to return home after the nuclear tests. A majority of the island's family heads agreed to leave the island, and most of the residents were moved to the Rongerik Atoll and later to Kili Island. Both locations proved unsuitable to sustaining life, and the United States ...

  8. Removal of Hell Gate rocks - Wikipedia

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    The blast was felt as far away as Princeton, New Jersey (50 miles or 80 kilometres). [3] It sent a geyser of water 250 feet (76 m) in the air. [ 4 ] The blast has been described as "the largest planned explosion before testing began for the atomic bomb", [ 4 ] although the detonation at the Battle of Messines in 1917 was larger.

  9. Soda blasting - Wikipedia

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    Soda blasting can be used for cleaning timber, wood, oak beams, oak floors, doors, stairs & banisters, cars, boat hulls, masonry, and food processing equipment. Soda blasting can also be used to remove graffiti [2] and to clean structural steel. Soda blasting is very effective for mold and fire/smoke damage cleanup as it cleans and deodorizes.