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What once popular heat resistant material is no longer widely used in new home construction?
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What metal still has many uses because it is heat resistant but it is no longer widely used in new home construction.?
lead
What wood are both termite and rot resistant?
Although all wood will rot in due time but pine and oak will last longer
Simple experiment to compare steel and cast iron?
A steel specimen would give a longer or continuous sound when beaten by a hammer. This is due to the malleable nature of the material. In other words, sound takes longer to travel in a coarse-grained material. Whereas cast iron specimen gives sound of shorter duration. This is due to the brittle nature of the material. In other words, sound takes shorter to travel in a fine-grained material.
Advantages of Acid-resistant cast-iron pipe?
Durion is great for most acid system wastes Urine is highly acidic and will eventually eat through cast-iron pipe. Acid-resistant cast-iron would last longer. There are also laboratories and factories that flush highly acidic solutions down the drain and this would be another practical use for this product.They make glass pipe to use for special applications. Glass pipe does not deteriorate.
What advantage does galvanised pipe have over black mild steel?
Great material for oil lines /natural gas /steam / hydronics / condensate /chilled water piping /air
What still has many uses because it is heat-resistant but it is no longer widely used in new home construction.?
Asbestos
What still has many uses because it is heat resistant but it is no longer widely used in new home construction?
Asbestos
What heat resistant material still has many uses but is no longer used in new home construction?
Because of its carcinogenic effects, asbestos (fibers made from a natural mineral) is no longer used in most applications. It continues to present problems for workers involved in repairing or remodeling older structures.
What metal still has many uses because it is heat resistant but it is no longer widely used in new home construction.?
lead
What are the benefits of using a chlorine resistant swimsuit?
The obvious benefit of using a chlorine resistant swimsuit is that the swimsuit will last a lot longer. The chemicals in chlorine are strong and can often wear at the material of a bathing suit.
What element is fire resistant it's material no longer used due to its carcinogenicity?
Asbestos (particularly blue asbestos)
What is used to provide additional information about a person or thing previously identified in the same sentence and separated by commas?
The material that was use in the original construction is no longer available.
Which is a more resistant to slips and longer lasting material for mens shoe soles, rubber or EVA?
EVA, rubber tends to become slicker in the rain and against certain kinds of brick and concrete
Does granite or limestone last longer in normal rain?
Granite lasts longer as it is far more resistant to chemical weathering.
What change occurs when you do something to a material so that you no longer have that material anymore?
no
What is the abbreviation for 'construction?
The word construction is generally abbreviated as "const". However, it could be written in a slightly longer shorthand as "constn".
What is a mass movement that occurs when underlying material is weakened and can no longer support material on top of it?
till.
