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ghost gum Austral a eucalyptus tree with white trunk and branches How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The architect used oiled white ash, rather than the usual steel, for the doorframes. On Thursday, as the 63-year-old surveyed the damage and a hot spot still smoldered nearby, the only traces of the wooden crosses were white ash outlines against the blackened earth. The entrained air-oxide-aluminum mix is quite sensitive to a more rapid rate of continued oxidation than a normal aluminum volume, and if allowed to enter the firing hearth area of the melter, may be converted to a white ash of aluminum oxide in a process known as "therrnitting"--the exothermic reaction of aluminum burning to oxide. |
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