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Glossary of Greenhouse Gas Terms

Green Building Law Update

Biofuels Gas or liquid fuel made from plant material. Includes wood, wood waste, wood liquors, peat, railroad ties, wood sludge, spent sulfite liquors, agricultural waste, straw, tires, fish oils, tall oil, sludge waste, waste alcohol, municipal solid waste, landfill gases, other waste, and ethanol blended into motor gasoline.

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Welding 101: 6 Different Types

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In Germany, thermite welding was used on railroads and gas welding and cutting were perfected during this era. Stick welding uses a source of power that sends out a constant current electric arc. Essentially, the process consists of a high-velocity electron beam being applied to the materials that need to be joined.

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Instructions to Lay Pipe Culverts

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Pipe culvert is a passage structure built utilizing pipes under roads or railways to give cross seepage or to take electrical or different links starting with one side then onto the next. Pipe culvert, box culvert, and curve culvert are the normal sorts of culverts utilized under roadways and railroads.

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5 Best Railroad Work Boots

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If you are one of the many professionals that work for the railroads, you know well enough the challenges and issues regarding personal safety that you face every day you go to work. Railroad professionals deal with the heaviest of machinery daily, so good PPE is a given and this includes a good pair of protective work boots. 

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Steel Dynamics Chooses Texas For New Flat Roll Steel Mill

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has named Sinton, TX, as the site for the company’s previously announced new state-of-the-art, electric-arc-furnace (EAF) flat roll steel mill. and Mexico market regions, bringing numerous competitive customer and raw material advantages to the project. Steel Dynamics, Inc.

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ASTM vs ASME Standards: Whats the Difference?

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They all stand for different societies and organizations that came into existence to make the quality of materials and products better than what it used to be many years ago. ASTM stands for American Society for Testing and Materials and was first founded in the year 1898. What is ASTM? Functions of ASTM vs ASME.

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15 Different Types of Cement and Their Uses

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Water pipe , reservoir, and electric duct construction. Railroad and rail sleeper construction. Post, milestone, and electric pole construction. Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC): Portland pozzolana cement is used in prestressed and posts tensioning structural material. Monolithic concrete houses and concrete block houses.