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  • Will cars fly in the year 3000?
    answered 2 days ago by View user pageCattius
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    Quite possibly...but unfortunately no-one will know for certain until the year 3000, so we can't really answer this question ;)
  • What was the first ISP?
    answered 2 days ago by a curious user
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    [[1]]
  • What are the steps involved in installing a cable for Scheduling?
    answered 10 days ago by a curious user
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    Scheduling

    Installing Terminating Testing Documenting

  • Why mobile phone is called cell phone?
    answered 18 days ago by View user pageWhiteguru
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    Because the delivery of service is given in cells, which, when looked at graphically or symbolically, resemble a beehive honeycomb.

    All mobile delivery is via cells which broadcast over a given area.

  • How can you easily tell if a computer is designed to comply with green standards?
    answered 21 days ago by a curious user
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    You know the computers are compliant because they display the green Energy Star logo onscreen when the PC is booting.

    page 114 in A+ Guid to Hardware Fourth Edition Managing, Maintaining,and Troubleshooting.

  • How to learn techonolagy.........?
    answered 21 days ago by View user pageWhiteguru
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    Go to computer class.
  • When did they make the telephone?
    answered 29 days ago by View user pageJillids
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    In 1876.
  • How many songs can a 700 mb cd hold?
    answered December 22 by View user pageCastrator
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    depends on how big the song file is average is @ 15 songs.
  • What is a suitable application for the thermoplastic polyvinyl chloride?
    answered December 22 by View user pageCastrator
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    Polyvinyl chloride, (IUPAC Poly(chloroethanediyl)) commonly abbreviated PVC, is a thermoplastic polymer. It is a vinyl polymer consisting of vinyl groups (ethenyls) that are bound to chlorine.

    Polyvinyl chloride is the third most widely produced plastic, after polyethylene and polypropylene.[3] Over 50% of PVC manufactured is used in construction,[citation needed] because it is cheap, durable, and easy to assemble. PVC production is expected to exceed 40 million tons by 2016.[4]

    It can be made softer and more flexible by the addition of plasticizers, the most widely used being phthalates. In this form, it is used in clothing and upholstery, and to make flexible hoses and tubing, flooring, to roofing membranes, and electrical cable insulation. It is also commonly used in figurines and in inflatable products such as waterbeds, pool toys, and inflatable structures..................PVC has become widely used in clothing, to either create a leather-like material or at times simply for the effect of PVC. PVC clothing is common in Goth, Punk and alternative fashions. PVC is cheaper than rubber, leather, and latex and so it is more widely available and worn.

    PVC fabric has a sheen to it and is waterproof. It is commonly used in coats, shoes, jackets, aprons, and bags because of this.

    ....PVC is commonly used as the insulation on electric wires; the plastic used for this purpose needs to be plasticized.

    In a fire, PVC-coated wires can form HCl fumes; the chlorine serves to scavenge free radicals and is the source of the material's fire retardance. While HCl fumes can also pose a health hazard in their own right, HCl dissolves in moisture and breaks down onto surfaces, particularly in areas where the air is cool enough to breathe, and is not available for inhalation.[6] Frequently in applications where smoke is a major hazard (notably in tunnels) PVC-free LSOH (low-smoke, zero-halogen) cable insulation is preferred ....................Roughly half of the world's polyvinyl chloride resin manufactured annually is used for producing pipes for various municipal and industrial applications.[7] In the water distribution market it accounts for 66% of the market in the US, and in sanitary sewer pipe applications, it accounts for 75%.[8] Its light weight, high strength, and low reactivity make it particularly well-suited to this purpose. In addition, PVC pipes can be fused together using various solvent cements, or heat-fused (butt-fusion process, similar to joining HDPE pipe), creating permanent joints that are virtually impervious to leakage.

    In February, 2007 the California Building Standards Code was updated to approve the use of chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) pipe for use in residential water supply piping systems. CPVC has been a nationally accepted material in the US since 1982; California, however, has permitted only limited use since 2001. The Department of Housing and Community Development prepared and certified an Environmental Impact Report resulting in a recommendation that the Commission adopt and approve the use of CPVC. The Commission's vote was unanimous and CPVC has been placed in the 2007 California Plumbing Code.

    In the United States and Canada, PVC pipes account for the largest majority of pipe materials used in buried municipal applications for drinking water distribution and wastewater mains.[9]

    .............PVC is finding increased use as a composite for the production of accessories or housings for portable electronics. Through a fusing process, it can adopt cleaning properties possessed by materials such as wool or cotton which can absorb dust particles and bacteria. Its inherent ability to absorb particles from the LCD screen and its form fitting characteristics make it effective...............Polyvinyl chloride is formed in flat sheets in a variety of thicknesses and colors. As flat sheets, PVC is often expanded to create voids in the interior of the material, providing additional thickness without additional weight and cost. Sheets are cut using saw and rotary cutting equipment. Plasticized PVC is also used to produce thin, colored, or clear, adhesive-backed films referred to simply as vinyl. These films are typically cut on a computer-controlled plotter or printed in a wide-format printer. These sheets and films are used to produce a wide variety of commercial signage products and markings on vehicles.......................PVC Cements are available at plumbing supply houses. The cement softens the material to a gel state until the adhesive layer cures. This has another practical application of being able to hand-machine with a razor blade the PVC pipe to change the wall thickness to allow assembly of nonstandard radius arc segments of electrical conduit large radius elbows.......................PVC Ceiling Tiles are tin alternative ceiling tiles that are easy to install over any flat surface. They can be glued onto an existing ceiling with a reasonably flat surface.........................

  • What is the difference between aluminium and steel?
    answered December 19 by View user pageCastrator
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    The misconception arises from the partial truth that there are aluminum alloys that are as strong as, or stronger than, steel. It’s more accurate to say that there are some aluminum alloys that are stronger than some steel alloys.

    One of the most widely used high-strength aluminum alloys is alloy 6061 with T6 temper. Pound for pound, 6061-T6 is stronger than some steel alloys, but not as strong as others. The fact is, for any given high-strength aluminum alloy, there are higher-strength steels that outperform aluminum in strength-to-weight. Factors other than strength and weight eventually dictate which material is a better choice for a particular application..........Strength refers to the maximum load that a material can be subjected to without yielding.

    Stiffness refers to how much a material bends when a load is applied..............Stiffness is quantified by a parameter called Modulus of Elasticity. Without getting overly technical, we can look at the relative stiffness of steel versus aluminum by comparing this parameter:

    Aluminum’s modulus is about 10 million psi.

    Steel’s modulus is about 3 times that: 30 million psi...........Steel is about 3 times heavier than aluminum. (Steel is about .3 pounds per cubic inch, aluminum is about .1 pounds per cubic inch.) So the aluminum tube with the thicker wall ends up weighing the same as the thinner-walled steel tube, for the same length........

 

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