Books
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Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Food, the weak link that brought down earlier civilizations, is the sector most affected by climate change. And it could bring our own civilization down if we stay with business as usual. We are entering a new food era, one marked by higher food prices, growing numbers of hungry people, and an intensifying competition for land and water that has now crossed national boundaries as food-importing ...
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Electrical Insulation (I): D 69 - D 2484
Volumes 10.01 and 10.02 include standards covering: Ceramic and mica products Composite and textile materials Flexible sheet, tape, and tubing Plates, rods, and molded materials Electric heating unit insulation and electrical tests Hook-up and magnet wire insulation Insulating papers and film board Battery separator ...
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Electrical Insulation (I): D 69 - D 2484
Volumes 10.01 and 10.02 include standards covering: Ceramic and mica products Composite and textile materials Flexible sheet, tape, and tubing Plates, rods, and molded materials Electric heating unit insulation and electrical tests Hook-up and magnet wire insulation Insulating papers and film board Battery separator ...
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Electrical Insulation (II): D 2518 - latest
Volumes 10.01 and 10.02 include standards covering: Ceramic and mica products Composite and textile materials Flexible sheet, tape, and tubing Plates, rods, and molded materials Electric heating unit insulation and electrical tests Hook-up and magnet wire insulation Insulating papers and film board Battery separator ...
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Electrical Insulation (II): D 2518 - latest
Volumes 10.01 and 10.02 include standards covering: Ceramic and mica products Composite and textile materials Flexible sheet, tape, and tubing Plates, rods, and molded materials Electric heating unit insulation and electrical tests Hook-up and magnet wire insulation Insulating papers and film board Battery separator ...
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Energy Portfolios: Customization and Management
Report on energy as of one of the most important issues of the twenty-first century. It discuses how countries deal with the composition of their energy portfolio, consistent with the endowment of energy resources, technologies and social, economical and environmental impacts, like CO2 emissions. In detail, the diversification of energy sources is treated. The role of non-carbon emitting sources ...
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Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment
Due to the mounting demand for energy and increasing population of the world, switching from nonrenewable fossil fuels to other energy sources is not an option—it is a necessity. Focusing on a cost-effective option for the generation of electricity, Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment covers all facets of wind energy and wind turbines. The book begins by outlining the history of ...
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Petroleum Products and Lubricants (III): D 5769 - D 6729
Together these 4 volumes provide 670 standards, including specifications and test methods for fuels, oils, lubricants, and solvents. They feature standards for the development and use of alternative diesel fuels and diesel fuel blend components, including biodiesel, one of the most successful new blend components.These volumes also feature standard procedures for evaluating the properties of ...
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Petroleum Products and Lubricants (IV): D 6730 - latest
Together these 4 volumes provide 670 standards, including specifications and test methods for fuels, oils, lubricants, and solvents. They feature standards for the development and use of alternative diesel fuels and diesel fuel blend components, including biodiesel, one of the most successful new blend components.These volumes also feature standard procedures for evaluating the properties of ...
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Refractories, Activated Carbon; Advanced Ceramics
Refractories standards establish procedures for evaluating chemical behaviors, thermal properties, and strength. Others cover monolithics and refractories for glass.Activated Carbon specifications and test methods evaluate the properties of activated carbon, including gas phase evaluation tests and liquid phase evaluation.Advanced Ceramics standards cover thermal systems ...
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Refractories, Activated Carbon; Advanced Ceramics
Refractories standards establish procedures for evaluating chemical behaviors, thermal properties, and strength. Others cover monolithics and refractories for glass.Activated Carbon specifications and test methods evaluate the properties of activated carbon, including gas phase evaluation tests and liquid phase evaluation.Advanced Ceramics standards cover thermal systems ...
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Petroleum Products and Lubricants (IV): D 6730 - latest
Together these 4 volumes provide 670 standards, including specifications and test methods for fuels, oils, lubricants, and solvents. They feature standards for the development and use of alternative diesel fuels and diesel fuel blend components, including biodiesel, one of the most successful new blend components.These volumes also feature standard procedures for evaluating the properties of ...
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Petroleum Products and Lubricants (II): D 3427 - D 5763
Together these 4 volumes provide 670 standards, including specifications and test methods for fuels, oils, lubricants, and solvents. They feature standards for the development and use of alternative diesel fuels and diesel fuel blend components, including biodiesel, one of the most successful new blend components.These volumes also feature standard procedures for evaluating the properties of ...
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Petroleum Products and Lubricants (II): D 3427 - D 5763
Together these 4 volumes provide 670 standards, including specifications and test methods for fuels, oils, lubricants, and solvents. They feature standards for the development and use of alternative diesel fuels and diesel fuel blend components, including biodiesel, one of the most successful new blend components.These volumes also feature standard procedures for evaluating the properties of ...
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Petroleum Products and Lubricants (III): D 5769 - D 6729
Together these 4 volumes provide 670 standards, including specifications and test methods for fuels, oils, lubricants, and solvents. They feature standards for the development and use of alternative diesel fuels and diesel fuel blend components, including biodiesel, one of the most successful new blend components.These volumes also feature standard procedures for evaluating the properties of ...
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Petroleum Products and Lubricants (I): D 56 - D 3348
Together these 4 volumes provide 670 standards, including specifications and test methods for fuels, oils, lubricants, and solvents. They feature standards for the development and use of alternative diesel fuels and diesel fuel blend components, including biodiesel, one of the most successful new blend components.These volumes also feature standard procedures for evaluating the properties of ...
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Petroleum Products and Lubricants (I): D 56 - D 3348
Together these 4 volumes provide 670 standards, including specifications and test methods for fuels, oils, lubricants, and solvents. They feature standards for the development and use of alternative diesel fuels and diesel fuel blend components, including biodiesel, one of the most successful new blend components.These volumes also feature standard procedures for evaluating the properties of ...
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Combustion Characteristics; Manufactured Carbon and Graphite Products; Catalysts
This volume covers test methods that are used to determine the knocking or detonation characteristics of motor and aviation fuels and the ignition characteristics of diesel fuels. Some tests evaluate catalytic materials, while others feature standard tests and practices for performing chemical and physical tests on manufactured carbon and graphite products. ...
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Combustion Characteristics; Manufactured Carbon and Graphite Products; Catalysts
This volume covers test methods that are used to determine the knocking or detonation characteristics of motor and aviation fuels and the ignition characteristics of diesel fuels. Some tests evaluate catalytic materials, while others feature standard tests and practices for performing chemical and physical tests on manufactured carbon and graphite products. ...
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Warm Homes
Government efforts to improve energy efficiency in the existing housing stock have been slow and expensive. The grants available are too complicated to administer and have had to be applied for on a household-by-household basis, with those that do wish to upgrade required to cover a large part of the upfront costs. This has resulted in millions of homes not applying for the grants to which they ...
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