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Examples of adapters include one end BSP threaded with the other NPT threaded, and one end threaded with the other a plain socket for brazing. A coupling whose ends use the same connection method but are of different sizes is called a reducing coupling or reducer. An example is a 3/4" NPT to 1/2" NPT coupling.
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A reducer reduces the pipe size from a larger to a smaller bore (inner diameter). Alternatively, reducer may refer to any fitting which causes a change in pipe diameter. [15] This change may be intended to meet hydraulic flow requirements of the system or adapt to existing piping of a different size. The reduction length is usually equal to the ...
Water reducers are special chemical products added to a concrete mixture before it is poured. They are from the same family of products as retarders.The first class of water reducers was the lignosulfonates which has been used since the 1930s.
Sodium Lignosulfonate; Sulfonated Naphthalene Formaldehyde; Polycarboxylate Superplasticizer; Polycarboxylate superplasticizer (PCE), the third generation of high-performance superplasticizer, [9] follows the development of ordinary plasticizers and superplasticizers.