| 1. The state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces or interlocking action, or both; bonding strength; the attraction of a coating to the substrate, or of one coat of paint to another. 2. The soil quality of sticking to buckets, blades, and other parts of excavators.
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| A means of applying gypsum board utilizing adhesives and supplemental mechanical fasteners.
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| A relationship between two materials in contact with each other causing them to stick or adhere together by means other than cohesion.
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| Failure of an adhesive joint when the plane of separation is at the adhesive-adherend interface.
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| A notched trowel used in the application of laminating adhesives.
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| Special clips or nails with large perforated bases for mastic application to most firm surfaces.
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| Used for bonding tile to a surface; rubber solvents; rubber- and resin-based emulsions used as adhesives.
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| An adhesive that will adhere to a surface at room temperature by briefly applied pressure alone.
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| A bonding agent used to cement roof materials.
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| An adhesive having a volatile organic liquid as a vehicle, not including water-based adhesives.
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| Organic adhesive used for bonding tile to a surface; rubber solvents and resin-based and rubber emulsions can be used as adhesives.
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| 1. A material capable of holding other materials together by surface attachment; glues, cements, pastes, epoxy, and mucilage are some of the common adhesives. 2. A compound, glue, or mastic used in the application of gypsum board products to framing or for laminating one or more layers of gypsum boards.
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| Compressing refrigerant gas without removing or adding heat.
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| The maintenance of ambient conditions during the setting and hardening of concrete so that heat is neither lost nor gained.
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| 1.Impassable to heat. 2. Occurring without gain or loss of heat.
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| Nearby or adjoining.
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| A metal hanger that can be made to fit the varying distances between floor and ceiling joists or rafters to securely hold electrical outlet boxes and devices.
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| Metal items to support shelves usually in the form of strips attached to vertical surfaces.
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| A shelf that can be adjusted to different heights.
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| One in which the speed can be varied gradually over a considerable range, but when once adjusted remains practically unaffected by the load, such as shunt motors designed for a variation of field strength.
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| A transparent plastic drafting tool that can be adjusted and set for any angle.
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| An open faced wrench which can be adjusted to different sizes.
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| 1. A material other than water, aggregates, and hydraulic cement used as an ingredient of concrete or mortar, and added immediately before or during its mixing. 2. A chemical additive used to alter the normal properties of concrete. 3. Any substance added to a plaster component or to plaster mortar for the purpose of altering its properties.
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| Construction that utilizes unburned (unfired) clay masonry units.
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| Unburned or unfired brick, dried in the sun.
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| Alternative Dispute Resolution; includes mainly negotiation, mediation, and arbitration.
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| Water held on surfaces in a material by either physical and/or chemical forces.
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| Usually of a solid, having the ability to attract molecules of liquids, solutions, or gasses that adhere to its surface.
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| The process of attraction to a surface; the attachment of foreign molecules on the surface of a substance.
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| The addition of unwanted materials.
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