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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
The candlepower of a light source divided by the area of the source, and expressed in candles per square inch or candles per square foot.
Industry:Mining
The capacity of a material to resist high temperature. In the refractories industry, the pyrometric cone equivalent (PCE) is a comparative value used to determine the refractoriness of a material.
Industry:Mining
The capacity of a material to retain a portion of the magnetic field set up in it after the magnetizing force has been removed.
Industry:Mining
The capacity of a switch, circuit breaker, or other similar device to break an electric circuit under certain specified conditions. Compare: breaker capacity
Industry:Mining
The capacity of anything. It may be expressed as a tonnage or as so many hours of normal production. Bunkering capacity may be provided at the surface and at critical points underground.
Industry:Mining
The capacity of the hoisting mechanism on a drill machine. May be expressed in terms of the number of lineal feet of a specific-size drill rod a hoist can lift on a single line or in terms of the total weight it can handle, figured in pounds or tons.
Industry:Mining
The carbonate component of water hardness, which can be destroyed by boiling.
Industry:Mining
The cardboard tag placed in the cartons, boxes, or cases of blasting supplies; used for identifying the date and place of manufacture.
Industry:Mining
