- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
Pigment used in a paint which can absorb either visible or nonvisible electromagnetic radiation and release it as energy of the desired wavelength.
Fluorescent pigments are used for painting pointers and numbers on instrument dials. When ultraviolet light strikes the fluorescent pigment, the dial and pointers glow with a highly visible light.
Industry:Aviation
Place the fingers of the right hand around a current-carrying conductor in such a way that the thumb points in the direction of conventional current flow (from positive to negative). The fingers encircle the wire in the same direction as the lines of flux.
Industry:Aviation
Place the fingers of the right hand around a current-carrying conductor in such a way that the thumb points in the direction of conventional current flow (from positive to negative). The fingers will encircle the wire in the same direction as the lines of flux. This rule is also known as Fleming’s rule for the direction of magnetic flux.
Industry:Aviation
Portions of the arrival route between the transition point and the vertex along the optimum flight path for which speeds and altitudes are specified. There is one set of arrival speed segments adapted from each transition point to each vertex, and each set may contain up to six segments.
Industry:Aviation
Positive integers (numbers, such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.). Natural numbers are also called counting numbers.
Zero, negative numbers, and fractions are not natural numbers.
Industry:Aviation
Powdered nickel used as a base for the active elements in both the positive and negative plates of an aircraft nickel-cadmium battery. Plaque is forced by heat and pressure to bond to a nickel wire mesh screen to form the plates for the battery.
Industry:Aviation
Powdered or granulated charcoal. Because activated charcoal is full of tiny pores, it has an extremely large surface area for its volume. Activated charcoal is used as a filter for liquids and as a medium to absorb gases.
Industry:Aviation
Power dissipated in an electrical circuit computed by multiplying the square of the current by the circuit resistance.
Industry:Aviation
Power loss caused by ionization of the gas surrounding a high-voltage conductor.
Industry:Aviation
Precipitation consisting of white, opaque ice particles that are approximately round or sometimes conical. The particles have a snow-like structure and are about 0.08 to 0.2 inch in diameter. Snow pellets differ from snow grains in that they are crisp and easily crushed, and they rebound from a hard surface and often break up.
Industry:Aviation
