metal foil

collocation in English

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metal
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmet.əl/us
/ˈmet̬.əl/
a chemical element, such as iron or gold, or a mixture of such elements, such as steel, that is generally hard and strong, and through which electricity and heat ...
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foil
noun
uk
/fɔɪl/us
/fɔɪl/
a very thin sheet of metal, especially used to wrap food in to keep ...
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(Definition ofmetalandfoilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Moreover, foil metals may be invented which are considerably cheaper, in which case themetalfoilwould not be dearer than the chocolate.
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They deduced this by observing how alpha particles are scattered when they strike a thinmetalfoil.
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High-frequency (typically 20,000 hertz) ultrasonic vibrations are locally applied tometalfoilmaterials, held together under pressure, to create a solid-state weld.
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Metal fibre,metalfoil, and metal wire have a variety of uses, including the production of cloth-of-gold and jewellery.
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Ametalfoilsubstrate is used as the working electrode in industrial processes.
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Program starts and stops were signaled by a one-inch-longmetalfoilthat activates the track-change sensor.
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The production of wound film/metalfoilcapacitors withmetalfoilinstead of metallized films is done in a very similar way.
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The highest surge-current rated film capacitors are film/foil capacitors with ametalfoilconstruction.
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Sometimes wooden drums are partly covered withmetalfoil.
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In 2003 this note was upgraded with a holographicmetalfoilstripe.
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Thin and flat particles, like those produced by millingmetalfoil, have higher reaction surface and therefore are ideal when faster reaction is desired.
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He considerably improved his gems' brilliance by gluingmetalfoilbehind them.
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Tinsel wire is produced by wrapping several strands of thinmetalfoilaround a flexible nylon or textile core.
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Flexible batteries can be made by printing onto plastic, thinmetalfoil, or paper.
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The tape consists of a pressure-sensitive adhesive coated onto a backing material such as paper, plastic film, cloth, ormetalfoil.
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The holes were covered withmetalfoilof varying thickness, or none for the sake of control.
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Usually, it is made ofmetalfoil, but sometimes of plastic.
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However,metalfoilcapacitors "do not have self-healing properties".
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Film/foil capacitors ormetalfoilcapacitors use two plastic films as the dielectric.
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