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National Fire Protection Association
Industry: Fire safety
Number of terms: 98780
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Established in 1896, NFPA's mission is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education.
A plate to cover the joint between the sections of multiple panel doors, usually applied to the front and back of the vertical or horizontal slide door.
Industry:Fire safety
A plate and frame press used in a unit process that is operated hydraulically and mechanically to produce a semisolid sludge cake from a slurry.
Industry:Fire safety
A plate adjacent to a grate through which no air passes and on which coal is placed for distilling the coal volatiles before the coal is moved onto the grate.
Industry:Fire safety
A plastic panel fastened to structural wall members that transmits light into the structure.
Industry:Fire safety
A plastic pallet incorporating a secondary reinforcing material (such as steel or fiberglass) within the pallet.
Industry:Fire safety
A plaster mix in which portland cement or combinations of portland and masonry cements or portland cement and lime are the principal cementitious materials mixed with aggregate.
Industry:Fire safety
A plant or that portion of a plant where liquids produced by fermentation are concentrated and where the concentrated products are also mixed, stored, or packaged.
Industry:Fire safety
A plant in which flammable or combustible liquids are produced on a commercial scale from crude petroleum, natural gasoline, or other hydrocarbon sources.
Industry:Fire safety
A plant in which drycleaning and associated operations are conducted, including the office, receiving area, and storage rooms.
Industry:Fire safety
A plane that runs diagonally through the headform from the intersection of the test line and midsagittal plane in the front of the headform to the intersection of the reference plane and midsagittal plane in the rear of the headform.
Industry:Fire safety