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Ilmenite is more abundant than mtile. Ilmenite world suppHes are estimated to meet the requirements of the Ti02 industry into the twenty-second century. The largest sources of ilmenite are in AustraHa, Canada, South Africa, Russia, and the United States. Large, unexplored sources also exist in China. About 9 million metric tons of ilmenite are mined aimuaHy. Long-term atmospheric effects weather ilmenite into leucoxene [1358-95-8], which contains most of its iron as Fe " . The majority of the world s supply of mtile comes from the beach sands of AustraHa, Florida, India, Bra2H, and South Africa. The total worldwide supply is estimated to be about 50 million metric tons. About 0.5 million tons are mined a year. The supply should last at least until the end of the twenty-first century. 

CPA. Copolymer alloy membranes (CPAs) are made by alloying high molecular weight polymeries, plasticizers, special stabilizers, biocides, and antioxidants with poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC). The membrane is typically reinforced with polyester and comes in finished thicknesses of 0.75—1.5 mm and widths of 1.5—1.8 m. The primary installation method is mechanically fastened, but some fully adhered systems are also possible. The CPA membranes can exhibit long-term flexibiHty by alleviating migration of the polymeric plasticizers, and are chemically resistant and compatible with many oils and greases, animal fats, asphalt, and coal-tar pitch. The physical characteristics of a CPA membrane have been described (15). 

The 215-nm band may be intrinsic to sihca. This band can be produced in Coming Code 7940 glass by long-term x-ray irradiation (210). This band is attributed to an E center, which may also be observed in irradiated a-quart2. Stmcturahy, the E center is assumed to be a pyramidal SiO unit having an unpaired electron in the dangling orbital of Si (207). 

Let s consider an industrial boiler. You may need at least three of these previous mentioned o-rings just to prevent leaks and drips in a simple hydronie or steam boiler. Raw water comes into the boiler room with pipes, gauges, valves and instrumentation. All these fittings would probably use Nitrile rubber o-ring seals to give long-term leak free service. 

Frozen meat coming out of long-term storage to be sold chilled must be thawed out under controlled conditions. This is usually carried out by the retail butcher, who will hang the carcase in a chill room (-1°C) for two or three days. On a large scale, thawing rooms use warmed air at a temperature below 10°C. 

Does this call for a cancellation of antiviral interventions Definitely not But it calls for a courageous long-term analysis of the COl of AIDS and of the cost-ejfectiveness of certain interventions, and it calls for the political will to reallocate public budgets towards the health care sector, as the highest socio-economic costs are most likely still to come. 

Lever Brothers, since it had to decide how to obtain the sodium citrate, had another host of alternatives to consider. It could produce or buy the product. If it chose to produce the builder, it could purchase the process from another firm or it could develop its own process. It could make the product from basic raw materials or from intermediate compounds. If it decided to let some other firm be the producer, it could buy the material on the open market or enter into a long-term agreement with another company. It might even do both by forming a joint company, such as Dow Coming, that would manufacture the builder. It could even buy a company that was currently producing it. All these possibilities must be economically evaluated to determine the best course of action to take. 

Because process heating is expensive, lagging is invariably applied to heated process vessels to minimise heat loss, particularly during long-term hot storage. Such adiabatic or near-adiabatic systems are potentially hazardous if materials of limited thermal stability, or which possess self-heating capability, are used in them. Insufficiently stabilised bulk-stored monomers come into the latter category. 

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