vitreous enamel


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vitreous enamel

n.
See porcelain enamel.
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Nexus, which owns and runs the network, said the bike racks at the station had been "destroyed", and there was also some damage to the station's vitreous enamel panels.
Second fire at Metro station within a week
This year we have added the following headings to make the classified buyers' guide more comprehensive: "Asbestos stripping and Vitreous enamel products".
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Improvements to the passenger waiting areas and platforms include new way-finding signage on new vitreous enamel panels.
Central Station Metro to be closed for five full weekends as refurbishment hits set-back; Nexus is closing the station over weekends in September and two in October -- but says it will be fully open for the Great North Run
The company has added vitreous enamel coating line equipment to this facility.
Tank Connection expands Galesburg manufacturing location
Exploration of vitreous enamel as an exciting, progressive medium.
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Enamelling is the art of coating the surface of gold and silver with vitreous enamel (made from molten glass) of different colours in an intricate design pattern.
Where Old Meets New
"The use of vitreous enamel coatings to improve bonding and improve corrosion in concrete reinforcing steel and stay--in place forms at army installations", DOD Corrosion Conf., Washington, U.S.
Effect of silica content on the acid resistance of enamels
Manufactured to the highest standard in heavy spun steel, vitreous enamel and cast-aluminium, the pendants are made in Birmingham and available in white, grey and black.
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Something with a vitreous enamel finish, like a pair of Union Jack flags, is pounds 185.
Hand-made in Birmingham - loved all over the world; Birmingham's cufflink-maker to the stars is making a belated entrance to the spotlight, writes Richard McComb
Mural at Eglinton subway station, Toronto, vitreous enamel, 18 x 20 feet, 1976
Painting the shapes of life
Vitreous enamel would probably have been just as appealing to him as oil paint, whilst in a number of drawings he adopts a hard, slick, caricaturist's line, which is difficult to love.
A lonely old volcano: Wyndham Lewis's masterful portraits suggest that his claim to despise humanity was true

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