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  2. Bentonite - Wikipedia

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    Bentonite slurry walls (also known as diaphragm walls [43]) are used in construction, where the slurry wall is a trench filled with a thick colloidal mixture of bentonite and water. [44] A trench that would collapse due to the hydraulic pressure in the surrounding soil does not collapse as the slurry balances the hydraulic pressure.

  3. Bain-marie - Wikipedia

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    A bain-marie on a stovetop. A bain-marie (English: / ˌ b æ n m ə ˈ r iː / BAN-mə-REE, French: [bɛ̃ maʁi]), also known as a water bath or double boiler, a type of heated bath, is a piece of equipment used in science, industry, and cooking to heat materials gently or to keep materials warm over a period of time.

  4. Fuller's earth - Wikipedia

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    The English name reflects the historical use of the material for fulling (cleaning and shrinking) wool, by textile workers known as fullers. [1] [2] [3] In past centuries, fullers kneaded fuller's earth and water into woollen cloth to absorb lanolin, oils, and other greasy impurities as part of the cloth finishing process.

  5. Slurry - Wikipedia

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    A mixture of pyroclastic material, rocky debris, and water produced in a volcanic eruption and known as a lahar; A mixture of bentonite and water used to make slurry walls; Coal slurry, a mixture of coal waste and water, or crushed coal and water [5] Slip, a mixture of clay and water used for joining, glazing and decoration of ceramics and pottery.

  6. The Bathtub - Wikipedia

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    Manually removing water from this area would have severely altered the water levels surrounding the World Trade Center site and thus would have jeopardized the foundations of nearby buildings, causing them to sink. This is why the Bathtub method was used. [2] The "Bathtub" at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum

  7. Smectite - Wikipedia

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    Smectites are commonly used in very diverse industrial applications. In civil engineering works, it is routinely used as a thick bentonite slurry when excavating deep and narrow trenches in the ground to support the lateral walls and to avoid their collapse. It is also used as mud for drilling fluids.

  8. Simply Recipes / Ali Redmond. ... Drain, reserving 1/4 cup of the pasta cooking water. Turn off the heat. Return the drained pasta to the pot and set on the warm burner. Quickly add the crab ...

  9. Water bath - Wikipedia

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    A method of home canning; A steam bath can refer to: A steambath; ... See also. Sous-vide, a cooking technique that uses a water bath; Bathwater (disambiguation)