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Reaction injection moulding (RIM) and Reinforced reaction injection moulding (RRIM)
Science, Maths & Technology

Reaction injection moulding (RIM) and Reinforced reaction injection moulding (RRIM)

...economic alternative to injection and compression moulding, particularly large surface area components, due to low capital costs and energy requirements. RIM equipment costs approximately 30% less than comparable injection moulding equipment, and product energy requirements are low compared with other materials, although RRIM would increase these. Critical process...
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Brazing
Science, Maths & Technology

Brazing

...economics and the fit of the joints. Brazing alloys available as wire, foil, powder, clad sheet, deposited coatings, paste and specially-prepared preforms. Alloy Forms Joint gap (mm) Braze temp. (˚C) Properties and uses Ni Cr P Powder, paste 0 - 0.1 960 Fills tight joints. Little alloying with parent material Ni Cr Si B Fe Powder, paste 0.03 - 0.3 1040 High strength...
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Why has Sweden tightened its borders?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Sweden tightened its borders?

...economic considerations. The current asylum situation is unprecedented, even comparable to the Balkan crisis in the 1990s. In 2015 Sweden received a total of 160,000 asylum seekers. This was the highest ever number for a single year. In fact, it was almost twice the previous high of 84,000 in 1992. Over the course of 2015, it became increasingly difficult to find...
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The dilemma of tourism and the Irish language, 1983
OpenLearn Ireland

The dilemma of tourism and the Irish language, 1983

...economic development but what impact does it have on local culture and the Irish language?...Explore the articles in this collection . Transcript: Tourism, crafts and the Irish language? PAT JESS Tourism has recently developed as an important aspect of the local economy. Some of the areas characteristics like its remoteness and its traditional culture are precisely what...
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The importance of alternative household arrangements
Society, Politics & Law

The importance of alternative household arrangements

...economic situation provides one important reason why there may be an increase in people looking to live in such ways. An alternative to adult children remaining at home, or retired parents moving in with adult children, is a situation where non-related adults share accommodation. However, people may also deliberately choose such alternative forms of living for other...
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Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?

...economic situation are being medicated for their distress. In the UK psychiatrists assert that they do take a holistic rather than purely bio-medical approach to their work, taking into account the wider social and psychological factors affecting their clients’ lives (see the article ‘Do we need to change the way we are thinking about mental illness?’). There is...
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Too much of a good thing? Choice challenges in sustainable clothes shopping
Money & Business

Too much of a good thing? Choice challenges in sustainable clothes shopping

...to understand how their purchases achieve real benefits in addressing the harms caused by the social, environmental and economic impacts of business. Enforcing standardized labelling across the textile and clothing sector might also generate a deeper understanding and greater amount of public awareness of responsible business and consumption than seems to currently exist....
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Design from the inside
Science, Maths & Technology

Design from the inside

...economics. Different materials behave differently (mechanically, thermally, electrically, etc.) and the function and manufacture of a product are highly dependent on the materials that are available and the properties they exhibit. A third consideration, perhaps less obvious (because it lies beyond external form and material choice), is the internal structure of an...
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