epoxy
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Avcoat is a mix of silica fibers, phenolic microballoons, and epoxy resin that chars and erodes, removing heat away.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Made from sleek ceramic epoxy over fiberglass, the stacked dishes are piled tilting this way and that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
You can DIY a short-term solution for a leak with epoxy putty, pipe clamps or good old-fashioned duct-tape, but that should be a stopgap measure only.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
It was essentially a collection of 17 fuel tanks in a sheath of carbon fiber cloth, epoxy and paper — a skin so fragile that it could be damaged by an elbow poke.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
The walls were painted with thick, gobby epoxy paint, and all the electrical outlets were plugged around the edges with a gooey material.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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The basic materials -- usually epoxies or acrylics -- come mostly from petrochemical feedstocks.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
The QuikSteel epoxies harden within five minutes and fully cure within an hour.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2017
Carbon nanotubes: These extremely strong structures made from sheets of rolled graphene have been used in everything from bicycle components to industrial epoxies.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2016
Still, it was here where Mr. Kern was introduced to epoxies that were left as samples by traveling salesmen.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2016
Profit increased 16 percent in the performance-systems unit on sales of synthetic rubber and automotive materials, and performance products advanced 17 percent amid gains in epoxies and polyurethanes.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 27, 2011
The small stage in the corner sat empty; the sticker-covered windows, Knupp indicated, would be taken out, epoxied and saved for posterity.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
A new pair of circular mirrors were epoxied in place.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2020
The demonstrators clasped hands with one other and then epoxied themselves in the doorjambs.
From Fox News ● Jul. 27, 2019
The sections are epoxied together and lashed with steel cables.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2014
I sat in the back middle seat and remained still, as if epoxied to the burgundy vinyl.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2014
Together, they cleaned up the seams and did all the caulking and epoxying.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021