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    others such as lead or copper. Blast refers to the combustion air being supplied above atmospheric pressure. In a blast furnace, fuel (coke), ores, and...
    61 KB (7,252 words) - 04:58, 27 April 2024
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    The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB, /ˈmoʊæb/, colloquially explained as "mother of all bombs") is a large-yield bomb, developed for the United...
    21 KB (1,913 words) - 03:48, 28 April 2024
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    Air-blast injection is a historical direct injection system for Diesel engines. Unlike modern designs, air-blast injected Diesel engines do not have an...
    12 KB (1,558 words) - 10:26, 26 September 2022
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    Sandblasting (redirect from Blast cleaning)
    typically compressed air, or a centrifugal wheel is used to propel the blasting material (often called the media). The first abrasive blasting process was patented...
    31 KB (3,970 words) - 11:59, 1 April 2024
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    Hot blast refers to the preheating of air blown into a blast furnace or other metallurgical process. As this considerably reduced the fuel consumed, hot...
    8 KB (1,080 words) - 07:43, 19 February 2024
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    An air blaster or air cannon is a de-clogging device with two main components: a pressure vessel (storing air pressure) and a triggering mechanism (high...
    4 KB (547 words) - 06:35, 20 February 2024
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    A blast injury is a complex type of physical trauma resulting from direct or indirect exposure to an explosion. Blast injuries occur with the detonation...
    17 KB (1,990 words) - 23:40, 16 April 2024
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    serve properly: blast doors, air-filtration and ventilation equipment, secondary exits, and air-proofing. Improvised purpose-built blast shelters normally...
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    circuit breakers may be an alternative to SF6 types. air-blast oil vacuum CO2 Compared with air-blast breakers, operation with SF6 is quieter and no hot...
    18 KB (2,429 words) - 16:02, 15 January 2024
  • of blast waves is similar to that of sound waves or water waves. Blast waves cause damage by a combination of the significant compression of the air in...
    18 KB (2,458 words) - 00:22, 30 April 2024
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    withstand heat and high speed air streams as well as dust and debris carried by the turbulent air. Without a deflector, jet blast can be dangerous to people...
    10 KB (1,217 words) - 03:47, 31 May 2024
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    of All Bombs" in response to the American-developed Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb, which has the backronym "Mother of All Bombs" and once held...
    68 KB (6,668 words) - 00:26, 22 May 2024
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    well as through on-air advertisements featuring Dale Earnhardt Jr. In January 2014, Taco Bell released Mountain Dew Sangrita Blast, a non-alcoholic sangria...
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  • Thumbnail for Jet blast
    Jet blast is the phenomenon of rapid air movement produced by the jet engines of aircraft, particularly on or before takeoff. A large jet-engined aircraft...
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    Bellevue garage". Seattle Times. Retrieved 3 February 2024. MB-1/AIR-2 Genie page on Boeing.com "Film of ground observers viewing nuclear blast" on YouTube...
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  • A blast valve is used to protect a shelter, such as a fallout shelter or bunker, from the effects of sudden outside air pressure changes. A nuclear weapon...
    3 KB (395 words) - 17:28, 23 December 2023
  • since the release of the film. Attempts similar to hoverboats, which blast air at the ground, have been demonstrated, with a 2021 record distance of...
    62 KB (6,437 words) - 01:30, 30 May 2024
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    Drilling and blasting is the controlled use of explosives and other methods, such as gas pressure blasting pyrotechnics, to break rock for excavation...
    12 KB (1,455 words) - 10:46, 17 April 2024
  • The Meenambakkam bomb blast was the bomb blast that occurred on August 2, 1984 at Meenambakkam International Airport at Chennai in Tamil Nadu. A total...
    4 KB (580 words) - 03:22, 10 April 2024
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    (e.g. submarine, ground burst, air burst, or exo-atmospheric) determines how much energy is distributed to the blast and how much to radiation. In general...
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