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Electrochemical Machining (ECM)
Science, Maths & Technology

Electrochemical Machining (ECM)

...aluminium and graphite are also used. Tool life is long compared with EDM and USM, since there is no appreciable tool wear. Tool material depends on component numbers, material and design, electrolyte composition and pressure, spark resistance, cost, etc. Most common electrolytes are sodium chloride (60–240 g l – 1) and sodium nitrate (120–480 g l –1), which...
Transfer moulding
Science, Maths & Technology

Transfer moulding

...domestic utensil handles, electric appliance parts, electronic components, electric plug moulds and other electric connectors (particularly with fragile metallic inserts), and small rubber components. Mould-making costs are higher than for comparable compression moulds. See Also: Compression moulding, Injection moulding, High pressure die casting and Acurad process....
Cold isostatic pressing
Science, Maths & Technology

Cold isostatic pressing

...densities and green strengths (x10) compared with their die compacted counterparts. Complex undercut and threaded shapes can be produced with CIP. Ceramic billets are machined before final hot pressing, i.e. HIP or reaction bonding, e.g. silicon nitride. See Also: Hot isostatic pressing, Cold pressing and sintering of powders, Slip-casting and Pressureless sintering....
Past-Time Lover: Albert Einstein
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Albert Einstein

...recommendations and the marriage ended, but not before I began my relationship with my first cousin Elsa, who became my second wife. I am looking for: If you feel that the aforementioned requests could be fulfilled by yourself, then please make yourself known and we can discuss a potential agreement. Can you relate to Einstein? Cast your vote! Illustrator: Neil Arnold...
Past-Time Lover: Amelia Earhart
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Amelia Earhart

...want you to understand I shall not hold you to any midaevil [sic] code of faithfulness to more nor shall I consider myself bound to you similarly’. I believe in equal responsibility and will be known by my own name, as I always have done. My life is my own and I intend to make the most of it. Does Amelia make your heart soar? Cast your vote! Illustrator: Neil Arnold...
Past-Time Lover: Cleopatra
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Cleopatra

...as I do – if not more. What benefits might our alliance bring to me and my many children? Be warned, I abhor betrayal, and crossing me is a deadly mistake. If you think you could treat me like the Queen I am, and honour me until your dying day, I will gladly join forces with you, ‘til death do us part. Is Cleopatra to die for? Cast your vote! Illustrator: Neil Arnold...
Past-Time Lover: Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof

...I am looking for: Someone with whom I could dream of a better, more egalitarian world. Someone, who, like me, would “imagine all the people, living life in peace”. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one! I really hope someday, you’ll join me and the world will live as one! Does Ludwik speak your language? Cast your vote! Illustrator: Neil Arnold...
Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love
Society, Politics & Law

Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love

...cast of Homeland] Dominic Lewis & Claire Danes in an event promoting Homeland, 2012 If you want to understand the politics of Homeland the first thing you should know is that the show’s creators, Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, formerly wrote the hit television series 24, a cultural artefact from the early days of the war on terror. In my opinion, 24 did more than any...