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epoxy

[ih-pok-see] / ɪˈpɒk si /


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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

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

In terms of glue, Barnes has evolved from the schoolhouse version to an epoxy resin — if you can shake her out of the bottle.

From Seattle Times Mar. 16, 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

Conventional polymers like thermoset epoxies are typically used to permanently bond materials such as metal, carbon, concrete, glass, ceramic and plastic to form multicomponent materials such as composites.

From Science Daily Feb. 8, 2024

The QuikSteel epoxies harden within five minutes and fully cure within an hour.

From Washington Post Oct. 20, 2017

Sorry, not fair—if you want to be creepy, the market is full of head-wound-approximating unguents, coagulants, and epoxies.

From Slate Oct. 30, 2013

When Mr. Young first worked with epoxies, to simulate crocodile skin, he did not realize a gas mask was advisable.

From New York Times Sep. 9, 2011

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




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