Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS), a hard, tough, heat-resistant engineering plastic that is widely used in appliance housings, luggage, pipe fittings, and automotive interior parts.
Cemented carbides are formed by bonding the hard, heat-resistant particles together with a metal, usually cobalt.
The tandoors are dried, then baked at 2,000 degrees in a gas-fired kiln for seven hours, transforming the soft clay into hard, heat-resistant ceramic.
Given advances in the technology, certain experts argued, it would not be too long before entire engines could be mass-produced from the hard, heat-resistant material.
Corning's rich history of invention also includes silicone, which was created by Dr. J. Franklin Hyde in the 1930s as a result of his work to combine hard, heat-resistant silica glass with malleable plastics.
For die-hard heat seekers, triple-digit temperatures or stifling summer humidity aren't cause to flee to the coast or head north.
The die-hard Heat fans the Guardian spoke to on Wednesday accredited their poor reputation to jealousy, claiming people just love to hate the team that wins.
Titanium barrels are good for hair that is coarse, hard to heat, doesn't hold heat, or unmanageable.
Clean air filters save energy because heating and cooling systems do not have to work as hard to heat or cool a home.
"It was hard to heat," she said.
It was a summer of hard, yellowish heat.
