Archive for the ‘Alcohol’ Category
Friday, December 14th, 2007
According to a recent British study published in the March 2007 issue of Lancet magazine, it's been determined that alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous than illegal drugs such as marijuana or ecstasy.
The research, conducted by Professor David Nutt of Britain's Bristol University and his colleagues, proposes that a new ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
The consumption of even a small quantity of alcohol while on medication will seriously aggravate a health condition. There are around 150 known types of medication that can seriously deteriorate a health condition while consuming alcohol. A good example would be antihistamine, whose sedative effect is increased to a point ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Alcohol and drug dependence is not a problem that is restricted to adults. Many youngsters find themselves addicted to alcohol and drugs. The pressure to fit in with others and the stress to be trendy among friends may play a significant role in drug and alcohol abuse among this population. ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Drinking can have quite a cost and the price tag involves more than money. Alcohol is an expensive proposition and abusing it makes the endeavor even more so. Let’s add up some of the costs of overusing alcohol. We’ll start with the monetary costs and move on to the emotional ...
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Laminates are combinations of polymers that combine the benefits and properties of the various polymers used in the laminate to create a better material. Polymer laminates have a multitude of uses including packaging for food and other products. Laminates act as moisture and/or oxygen barriers and as such are commonly ...
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
The sole purpose of a refractory binder is to gel materials together in the green state. At elevated temperature binders then either dehydrate, volatise or sinter leaving behind a refractory material.
There are a number of binders which are commonly used for refractory applications, the most common of which is high ...
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Silica-polymer hybrids manufactured by the sol-gel process are frequently nanocomposites, with phase sizes on the nanometre scale. These types of products are becoming increasingly well established.
A relatively new type of hybrid is based on the silsesquioxane cage structure, which can be regarded as one of the smallest forms of silica ...
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Saturday, July 7th, 2007
No one likes handling unpleasant or dangerous materials, such as toxic herbicides, hospital infected laundry, or biohazard materials. Dust producing powders such as dyes and pigments particularly equally unpleasant. But at some point all these things have to be removed from their packaging which is why a new PVOH material ...
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Saturday, July 7th, 2007
Corrosion Resistance
The corrosion resistance of titanium is well documented. A stable, substantially inert oxide film provides the material with outstanding resistance to corrosion in a wide range of aggressive media. Whenever fresh titanium is exposed to the atmosphere or to any environment containing oxygen, it immediately acquires a thin tenacious ...
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Saturday, July 7th, 2007
Titanium was first used in chemical plant in the mid-1960’s. Its outstanding resistance to corrosion in oxidising chloride environments, sea water and other aggressive media were rapidly established. In several processes titanium was the first and only choice for effective plant performance and acceptable levels of life cycle cost.
Performance of ...
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