| Hard settling of pigment from paint.
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| California Occupational Safety and Health Act.
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| Containing calcium or calcium carbonate; chalky.
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| Buildup of calcium carbonate on swimming pool walls and equipment; caused by precipitation of calcium from hard water.
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| A white or tinted wash consisting of glue, whiting or zinc white, and water, used primarily on plastered surfaces; a type of tempera; sometimes written Kalsomine.
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| 1. To alter composition or physical state by heating. 2. To drive off or lose chemically combined water by action of heat thereby altering the chemical and physical characteristics of a material. 3. To release part or all of the water of crystallization from gypsum by the application of heat. 4. A ceramic mineral or mixture fired to less than fusion for use as a constituent in a ceramic composition.
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| Gypsum board which has been subjected to excessive heat.
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| Gypsum that has been partially dehydrated by heat.
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| Heated to high temperature in absence of air.
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| The product obtained by pulverizing clinker consisting essentially of hydraulic calcium aluminates resulting from fusing or sintering a suitably proportioned mixture of aluminous and calcareous materials.
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| Earth product obtained from deposits of chalk or dolomite; also called Whiting; used as extender pigment.
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| Used widely in combination with other metal driers to convert paint to hard films.
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| A dry powder, primarily calcium sulfate hemihydrate, resulting from calcination of gypsum; cementitious base for production of most gypsum plasters; also called Plaster of Paris; sometimes called Stucco.
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| A chemical compound of chlorine and calcium used as a bacteriacide in swimming pools; available in white granular or tablet form and releases 70 percent of its weight as available chlorine.
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| A type of insulation, made of hydrated calcium silicate, that can withstand 1200° Fahrenheit and is not affected by moisture.
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| A sand and lime solution.
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| 1. The chemical compound CaSO4. 2. White inert pigment which provides very little color or opacity. 3. A drying agent or desiccant in liquid line driers.
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| A method of computation or calculation in a special notation; the use of algebra to calculate changing quantities.
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| Each and every day on the calendar without dction for weekends or holidays.
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| Wallpapers with hard finish.
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| 1.The internal diameter of a tube. 2. The character and capacity of a firm.
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| To verify the graduations of an instrument and adjust them if necessary.
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| The room containing the warm bath in Roman baths, also called Thermae.
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| 405 Enfrente Drive #200, Novato, California 94949, (415) 382-0662, FAX (415) 382-8531.
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| 1.A measuring instrument with two legs resembling a divider, for measuring thicknesses, diameters, and distances between surfaces; with in-turned points to measure convex surfaces and out-turned points for measuring internal dimensions. 2. The precise measured thickness of gypsumboard. 3. The diameter of a tree trunk.
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| A communicating device to connect one place with another.
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| 1. Small calorie or gram calorie, used by medical science;the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius. 2. Large calorie or great calorie; used by engineering science; the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree Celsius; a kilocalorie equals 1,000 calories.
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| Device used to measure quantities of heat or determine specific heats.
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| A projection on a rotating part in machinery, shaped to impart reciprocal or variable motion to the part in contact with it.
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| A tension rod installed under a trussed beam.
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