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Browse Results: Q

Your search for "q" in "Material name or synonyms" returned 37 records.



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Qiana®

[DuPont] A former registered trademark for a silk-like nylon fabric composed of PACM-12 fibers....view more

Q-tips®

A tradmark for a cotton tipped applicator stick....view more

quadrel

An old name for a square made from stone, brick, or tile....view more

quadrille paper

A type of graphing paper with a faint grid patterned in ink or with a watermark....view more

quagga

A partially striped wild horse, Equus quagga, native to southern Africa, that became extinct near the end of the 19th century....view more

qualitative

Analysis used to determine what kind of material is present....view more

quantitative

Analysis used to determine how much of material is present....view more

Quantofix® test sticks

[Aldert Chemicals, Ontario] A registered trademark for a series of ion indicating papers....view more

quarrel

1) A small diamond-shaped pane of glass used in lattice windows....view more

quarry water

Native water in that is present in some dimension stones, such as limestone and sandstone, when they are cut from the quarry....view more

quarter-wave plate

A thin crystalline birefringent plate, usually made from mica, cut such that its optical axis is parallel to the front and back surfaces....view more

quartz

A hard, crystalline form of silicon dioxide....view more

quartz fiber

Pure silica fibers made by extruding molten quartz through a stream of hot air....view more

quartz glass

Pure quartz that has been melted then cooled to form a vitreous material....view more

quartz lamp

1) An incandescent lamp that uses a quartz bulb, rather than glass....view more

quartz paper

A felted paper made from quartz fibers....view more

quartz wedge

A quartz birefringent compensator plate used in microscopic analysis to provide a gradual change in retardation....view more

quartzite

A metamorphic rock composed of quartz grains....view more

quassia

The wood from a shrub or small tree, Quassia amara, that has bright scarlet flowers and is native to the Caribbean islands and northern parts of South America....view more

quaternary ammonium disinfectant

A series of surface-active, odorless, antiseptic compounds that are widely used as a disinfectants in detergents....view more


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