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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION UNIFORM SAFETY ACT OF 1990 (HMTUSA), DOT IS NOW REQUIRED TO CREATE A CENTRALIZED DATABASE OF STATE-DESIGNATED HAZARDOUS MATERIAL HIGHWAY ROUTES. DOT IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR PERIODICALLY UPDATING AND PUBLISHING A LIST OF CURRENLY EFFECTIVE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS HIGHWAY ROUTE DESINGATIONS IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER. IN RESPONSE TO THIS NEED, AEGIS ...

PERSONAL SAMPLER PUMPS ARE WORN BY INDUSTRIAL WORKERS TO DETERMINE THE CONCENTRATION OF PARTICULATES TO WHICH THE WORKER HAS BEEN EXPOSED DURING A WORK SHIFT. USUALLY A PARTICULATE COLLECTION DEVICE, SUCH AS A FILTER, IS WORN IN THE BREATHING ZONE OF THE WORKER AND CONNECTED TO A BELT-MOUNTED PUMP THROUGH A FLEXIBLE TUBE. THIS IS CUMBERSOME, AND OCCLUSION OF THE TUBE CAN CAUSE AN ERRONEOUS MEASU ...

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CERAMIC CROSS-FLOW FILTERS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HIGH TEMPERATURE, HIGH PRESSURE REMOVAL OF PARTICULATES FROM HOT GAS STREAMS IN COAL FUELED POWER SYSTEMS, WITH THE BENEFIT OF HIGH SURFACE AREA PER UNIT VOLUME. HOWEVER, FURTHER CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY IS NEEDED ON CROSS-FLOW FILTERS TO IMPROVE BOTH EFFECTIVENESS AND RELIABILITY. AN IMPORTANT NEED HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A ONE-PIECE MONOLITHIC ...

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X-RAY AND NEUTRON SCATTERING ARE POWERFUL TECHNIQUES FOR STRUCTUAL MEASUREMENTS ON SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS. ALTHOUGH STRUCTURAL ANALYSES OF HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS ARE IMPORTANT, THEY HAVE BEEN LIMITED BY TWO SOURCES OF ERROR. FIRST, THE MATERIALS OF INTEREST BECOME CONTAMINATED BY REACTION WITH THEIR CONTAINERS. SECOND, THE CONTAINERS PRODUCE UNWANTED SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION OF THE PROBE BEAMS ...

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