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2. Melamine - Wikipedia

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   Melamine and its salts are used as fire-retardant additives in paints, plastics, and paper. [12] A melamine fiber, Basofil , has low thermal conductivity, excellent flame resistance and is self-extinguishing; this makes it useful for flame-resistant protective clothing, either alone or as a blend with other fibres.

3. Bakelite - Wikipedia

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   Making Bakelite is a multi-stage process. It begins with the heating of phenol and formaldehyde in the presence of a catalyst such as hydrochloric acid, zinc chloride, or the base ammonia. This creates a liquid condensation product, referred to as Bakelite A, which is soluble in alcohol, acetone, or additional phenol. Heated further, the ...

4. Lead-based paint in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   Similar red lead-based compounds were also widely used as a jointing compound in engineering, to form steam- or oil-tight flanged joints in pipework. Red lead in paint was not banned by the 1992 legislation [4] or by more recent EU REACH regulations [5] and the SPAB confirm it is technically available in the UK but only by special licence. [6]

5. Sgraffito - Wikipedia

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   Enamel: In the realm of enamelwork, sgraffito techniques are utilized to carve designs into the enamel surface, adding texture and dimension to the finished pieces. Ceramics and Pottery : Sgraffito is perhaps most commonly associated with ceramics and pottery, where artists scratch through layers of glaze or slip to reveal contrasting colors or ...

6. List of UN numbers 1201 to 1300 - Wikipedia

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   Paint-related materials including paint, lacquer, enamel, stain, shellac solutions, varnish, polish, liquid filler, and liquid lacquer base, or paint related material including paint thinning, drying, removing, or reducing compound UN 1264: 3: Paraldehyde: UN 1265: 3: Pentanes: UN 1266: 3: Perfumery products with flammable solvents UN 1267: 3 ...

7. Oil paint - Wikipedia

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   View of Delft in oil paint, by Johannes Vermeer. Oil paint is a type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. For several centuries the oil painting has been perhaps the most prestigious form in Western art, but oil paint has many practical uses, mainly because it is waterproof.