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critical properties

[′krid·ə·kəl ′präp·ərd·ēz]
(physical chemistry)
Physical and thermodynamic properties of materials at conditions of critical temperature, pressure, and volume, that is, at the critical point.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The new approach requires only the critical properties of the PCM as input instead of detailed enthalpy-temperature data.
One of the critical properties of a plug/pusher material is low heat transfer so that chilling of the sheet during contact with the assist is minimized.
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It's hard to see the stock topping our $17 target price in convincing fashion without any clarity on how these two critical properties might improve."
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The content of step 5 is now the conceptual design (variants) of the innovations to the analyzed TS, not only focusing on the identified 'critical' construction organs, but on the whole TS focusing on all 'critical properties' identified in step 3.
If only one single-valued property is requested (presently, this includes any single property from the "Critical Properties" group and the normal boiling temperature) and all other property class searches are set to "None requested", the final search result will be presented as a single table.
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Two years ago, voters approved an urban renewal district in Glenwood, and since then the city has secured purchase options on several critical properties.
A new group contribution method to evaluate the critical properties (temperature, pressure and volume) is presented and applied to estimate the critical properties of biomolecules.
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