Aluminum building wiringAluminum building wiring is a type of electrical wiring for residential construction or houses that uses aluminum electrical conductors. Aluminum provides a better conductivity to weight ratio than copper, and therefore is also used for wiring power grids, including overhead power transmission lines and local power distribution lines, as well as for power wiring of some airplanes. Utility companies have used aluminum wire for electrical transmission in power grids since around the late 1800s to the early 1900s.
Courbure principaleEn géométrie différentielle des surfaces, les deux courbures principales d'une surface sont les courbures de cette surface selon deux directions perpendiculaires appelées directions principales. On montre que ce sont les courbures minimale et maximale rencontrées en faisant tourner le plan de coupe. Les courbures principales sont les valeurs propres de l'endomorphisme de Weingarten. Elles caractérisent la géométrie locale des surfaces à l'ordre 2.
Constant curvatureIn mathematics, constant curvature is a concept from differential geometry. Here, curvature refers to the sectional curvature of a space (more precisely a manifold) and is a single number determining its local geometry. The sectional curvature is said to be constant if it has the same value at every point and for every two-dimensional tangent plane at that point. For example, a sphere is a surface of constant positive curvature.
Monelvignette|Valves en monel|241x241px Alliage monel, métal monel et monel désignent un groupe d'alliages à base de nickel principalement (jusqu'à plus de 67%) et de cuivre, avec de petites quantités de fer, de manganèse, de carbone et de silicium, et parfois de titane, d'aluminium et de soufre. Les alliages monel les plus courants en Europe dans les années 1990 sont le plus souvent à base de à en masse de Ni, de à en masse de Cu, ainsi que de plus faibles proportions massiques de Si entre et , de Mn entre et et de Fe entre et .
BioceramicBioceramics and bioglasses are ceramic materials that are biocompatible. Bioceramics are an important subset of biomaterials. Bioceramics range in biocompatibility from the ceramic oxides, which are inert in the body, to the other extreme of resorbable materials, which are eventually replaced by the body after they have assisted repair. Bioceramics are used in many types of medical procedures. Bioceramics are typically used as rigid materials in surgical implants, though some bioceramics are flexible.
