rusting


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Synonyms for rusting

the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water

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In order to do that you need a solution to start the metal rusting evenly and a humid atmosphere to continue it.
Key words: Breeding; resistance; slow rusting genes; phenotypic markers; Triticum aestivum; leaf and stripe rust.
The results indicated that the most prominent lines i.e., V-11211, V-11212, V-11218, V-11227, V-11262, V-11288, V-11296, V-11304, V-11308, V-11319, V-11338, V-11353, V-11365 and V-11396 showed the combination of three designated slow rusting genes.
Running a patch wet with mineral spirits down the bore keeps the inside of the barrel from rusting. This is important because the bore isn't going to have any other protection for several days.
e, high temperature adult-plant (HTAP) resistance and slow rusting resistance have been intensively investigated [13].
Because of this, the company began looking for something to prevent the steel from rusting so quickly.
A three year- old car should not be rusting beneath its paint, so it's clearly a manufacturing defect.
The dryer has now been in service for about a year, and it has completely eliminated rusting problems on spindles and air motors.
For the ESCCs of process equipments, we have noticed much rusting around the SCC observed.
In what it calls a "growth phase," Opus Communications Inc., a division of HCPro Corporation, last week acquired the health security publishing assets of Rusting Publications of Westbury, N.Y.
Shypula said when there are leaks, the water begins rusting the rebar.
Of course, Faulkner was seduced by the romance of the sagging front porch of the abandoned "big house," and Drew is drawn in by the poignant tangle of farm equipment rusting behind the slave quarters.