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  2. DC-10 Air Tanker - Wikipedia

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    The DC-10 Air Tanker is a series of American wide-body jet air tankers, which have been in service as an aerial firefighting unit since 2006. [1] The aircraft, operated by the joint technical venture 10 Tanker Air Carrier, are converted wide-body McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 passenger jetliners, and are primarily used to fight wildfires, typically in rural areas.

  3. Ozone - Wikipedia

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    Ozone in the ozone layer filters out sunlight wavelengths from about 200 nm UV rays to 315 nm, with ozone peak absorption at about 250 nm. [55] This ozone UV absorption is important to life, since it extends the absorption of UV by ordinary oxygen and nitrogen in air (which absorb all wavelengths < 200 nm) through the lower UV-C (200–280 nm ...

  4. Quantum dot - Wikipedia

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    This corresponds to about 2 to 10 nanometers, and at 10 nm in diameter, nearly 3 million quantum dots could be lined up end to end and fit within the width of a human thumb. Idealized image of colloidal nanoparticle of lead sulfide (selenide) with complete passivation by oleic acid, oleyl amine, and hydroxyl ligands (size ≈5 nm)

  5. Water - Wikipedia

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    Earth's approximate water volume (the total water supply of the world) is 1.386 billion cubic kilometres (333 million cubic miles). [24] Liquid water is found in bodies of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, river, stream, canal, pond, or puddle. The majority of water on Earth is seawater. Water is also present in the atmosphere in solid ...

  6. Solar panel - Wikipedia

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    Solar array mounted on a rooftop. A solar panel is a device that converts sunlight into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) cells. PV cells are made of materials that produce excited electrons when exposed to light.

  7. Montopolis, Austin, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The population density per square miles is 4,825 people per square mile, just above Austin's citywide average of 3,893 people per square mile. The racial breakdown is Hispanic or Latino 67.1%, White 19.7%, Black 7.7%, Two or more races 3.2%, Asian 1.4%, American Indian 0.6%, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.3%, Some other race .04%.

  8. Electric bicycle laws - Wikipedia

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    Oklahoma defines an Electric-Assisted Bicycle in 47 O.S. 1-104 [164] as "Two or three wheels; and Fully operative pedals for human propulsion and equipped with an electric motor with a power output not to exceed one thousand (1,000) watts, incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than thirty (30) miles per hour on level ground, and ...