The point was avoiding writing about nickels and dimes and writing about things that had some kind of relevance to us.
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Heavy-metal cations, such as cadmium,nickel, lead, manganese and mercury, may be bound to colloidal particles in the soil.
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A major omission for geologists exploring in 2006 is the general lack of discussion of iron, manganese,nickel, uranium and tungsten deposits.
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The enzyme acts as the motor and is mounted on anickelsupport.
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The program was then adapted to prevent contact betweennickelatoms.
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Chemically treated agricultural fields also give rise to heavy metal pollutants such and lead, cadmium,nickeland mercury in water.
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Also, steel, which rusts when in contact with oxygen and water, can be prevented from doing so when alloyed with chromium andnickel.
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At both ends of a titanium core pin four crosswise orientated legs (titaniumnickelalloy) with titanium heads are anchored.
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In other words, the second language can be disrupted from anickel-sized site rather than a dime-sized site.
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The dry green product (0.9986g) was fused in anickelcrucible with white potassium hydrogen sulphate (2g) to form a black bubbling mass.
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The heavy metals in the ash included arsenic, cadmium, chromium, manganese,nickel, cobalt, copper, zinc, and lead.
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Results were obtained for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead,nickel, and zinc.
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The items include gold jewelry, silver flatware, copper wiring, steel wool, lead piping,nickelplating, zinc tubing, and aluminum siding.
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Thirty-five holes are drilled into the board in a grid pattern; each hole has anickel-plated neodymium iron boron disc inserted into it.
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The scope for substitution is limited because for many applications there are performance specifications which can only be met by nickel's unique properties.
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