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Metallic corrosion, although seemingly innocuous, indeed affects many sectors of a nation s economy. The National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in collaboration with Battelle Columbus Laboratory (BCL) studied the costs of corrosion in USA using the input/output model.7 Some elements of the costs of corrosion used in the model are... 

A number of studies in various nations have determined the cots of these degradative process (1-17). Perhaps the most complete are those carried out for corrosion and fracture by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in collaboration with Battelle Columbus Laboratories (BCL). In addition to these referenced works there are a large number of studies, particularly in corrosion, of the costs in limited, more specialized circumstances. 

In response to a congressional directive, the National Bureau of Standards (NBS, now the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) studied the cost of corrosion in the United States. The analysis required in the study was contracted to Battelle Columbus Laboratories (BCL). The results of this work were published as NBS reports (4-6). 

The intrinsic dielectric losses of pure polyethylene and polypropylene are very small at 4.2 K (i.e., 5 x 10 ) The higher values of tan 6 measured for commercially produced polyolefins are due to the presence of additives placed in the polymer during the manufacturing process to protect the polymer in its intended air environment. Early work by King and Thomas disclosed that the antioxidant may be one of the major sources of dielectric loss at temperatures of 6 to 8 K. A subsequent study of the effects of antioxidant on tan 6, carried out jointly by Battelle Columbus Laboratories (BCL), the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), and BNL, also showed that the 60 Hz loss tangent of polyethylene, in the region of 4 to 10 K, was strongly dependent upon both type and... 

Although many processes are reported for biomass gasification, BCL (Battelle-Columbus Laboratory) Process is applied for this analysis [5]. According to the report, the system is fast-fluidized bed and indirectly heated. The temperature is 863 C and the operating pressure is 0.101 MPa. As for product gas characteristics, the yield of (kmol/ton-dry feed) is 45.8, and HHV (MJ/Nm3 raw gas) is 15.19. Cold gas efficiency is 80.1%. 

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