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  2. High explosive nuclear effects testing - Wikipedia

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    3 TNT Underwater Determine effects of a 20-kt nuclear explosion in water depths typical of harbor areas. Sevier Bridge NOL 24 Nov 1953 Sevier Bridge Reservoir, Salt Lake City, Utah United States 90,000 1 TNT Mk 14 Demolition Underwater -11.1 Scale the base surge of a high-explosive in shallow water with Test Baker of Operation Crossroads at Bikini.

  3. Roundness (geology) - Wikipedia

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    F=f(Sh, A, R, Sp, T) where f denotes a functional relationship between these terms and where Sh denotes the shape, Sp the sphericity and T the micro-scale surface texture. [ 2 ] An example of this practical use has been applied to the roundness of the grains in the Gulf of Mexico in order to observe the distance from the source rocks.

  4. Torino scale - Wikipedia

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    ("Torino scale" is the proper usage, not "Turin scale.") [2] This version was published in a subsequent peer-reviewed article. [ 3 ] Due to exaggerated press coverage of Level 1 asteroids, a rewording of the Torino scale was published in 2005, adding more details and renaming the categories: in particular, Level 1 was changed from "Events ...

  5. Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale

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    Intensity 7 (震度7, Shindo-nana) is the highest level on the JMA seismic intensity scale. At Intensity 7, movement at will is almost impossible, and people may be thrown through the air. [3] The intensity was created following the 1948 Fukui earthquake. It was observed for the first time in the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake.

  6. Grain size - Wikipedia

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    Size ranges define limits of classes that are given names in the Wentworth scale (or Udden–Wentworth scale named after geologists Chester K. Wentworth and Johan A. Udden) used in the United States. The Krumbein phi (φ) scale, a modification of the Wentworth scale created by W. C. Krumbein [1] in 1934, is a logarithmic scale computed by the ...

  7. Seven Coloured Earths - Wikipedia

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    The Seven Coloured Earths are a geological formation and prominent tourist attraction found in the Chamarel plain of the Rivière Noire District in south-western Mauritius.It is a relatively small area of sand dunes comprising sand of seven distinct colours (approximately red, brown, violet, green, blue, purple and yellow).

  8. TORRO scale - Wikipedia

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    The scale was tested from 1972 to 1975 and was made public at a meeting of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1975. The scale sets T0 as the equivalent of 8 on the Beaufort scale and is related to the Beaufort scale (B), up to 12 on the Beaufort scale, by the formula: B = 2 (T + 4) and conversely: T = B/2 - 4

  9. Thermal barrier coating - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, general requirements for an effective TBC can be summarized as needing: 1) a high melting point. 2) no phase transformation between room temperature and operating temperature. 3) low thermal conductivity. 4) chemical inertness. 5) similar thermal expansion match with the metallic substrate. 6) good adherence to the substrate.