Nichrome


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Nichrome

(ˈnaɪkrəʊm)
n
(Elements & Compounds) trademark any of various alloys containing nickel, iron, and chromium, with smaller amounts of other components. It is used in electrical heating elements, furnaces, etc
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Noun1.Nichrome - an alloy of nickel and chromium with high electrical resistance and an ability to withstand high temperatures; used for resistance heating elements
trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product
nickel alloy, nickel-base alloy - an alloy whose main constituent is nickel
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Translations
مَعْدَن خَليط مِن نيكل وكروم وحديد
nikkel-króm-járn málmblanda; nikkróm
nihroms
nichróm

Nichrome®

(ˈnaikrəum) noun
an alloy consisting of 60% nickel, 16% chromium and 24% iron.
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Nichrome wire heating elements have 9 kW installed, while a 600 cfm, 1/2 hp recirculating blower provides universal airflow to the workload.
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Nichrome wire was passed through a predrilled hole of 1 mm among all the samples, then these samples were inserted through the soot blower dummy points at 34.5-m height from the base of the boiler and these specimens were exposed for 10 cycles to combustion environment.
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Titanium Filter Mesh will be added to BWC's long list of alloy possibilities, which already includes: Stainless steel, Nichrome, Plain Steel, Copper, Brass, Bronze, Galvanized, Aluminum, Silver, and many more.
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Depending on the power level, resistors are commonly constructed from steel plates, nichrome wire, or metal film.
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A nichrome burn wire cutting method was extensively used for the release of mechanical constraints on the deployable appendages of a CubeSat owing to its simplicity and low cost.
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9KW are installed in Nichrome wire heating elements, while a 600 CFM, Vz-HP recirculating blower provides vertical upward airflow to the workload.
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Owing to the fact that in the initial years, the furnace with nichrome heating elements could handle temperatures only up to 1100[degrees]C; the claybody (white earthenware) and set of glazes and stains were developed in a way that they could mature at this temperature.
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Another aspect of improved corrosion resistance in Ni-Cr sample is the nanocrystalline form of Nichrome powder used in the coating preparations.
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The semi-quantitative method was done on Cysteine lactose electrolyte deficient (CLED) agar with the help of calibrated sterile 4 mm Nichrome wire loop and then plates were incubated at 37[degrees] C aerobically for 24 hours and then these plates were observed macroscopically for the bacterial growth.
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As a high-resistance measuring element in this shunt structure, parallel-connected straight-line segments of nichrome wire were placed along the circumference between two massive coaxial cylindrical electrodes of the shunt internal brass and outer duralumin [9].
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