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slurry, watery mixture or suspension of insoluble matter. In the manufacture of portland cement, a mixture of the raw materials with water is called a slurry. Cement may be piped as a slurry in building construction. Coal may be transported over long distances as a slurry via pipeline; this method of transmission is economical between large producing areas and markets in which large tonnages are used at a fairly uniform rate. The shipment of iron ore as slurry, by pipeline or tanker, also has increased. When slurry reaches its destination, the material is separated from the water before use or further processing.
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building construction (in building construction: Foundations)
...to harden; the spaces between are excavated by special clamshell buckets and also filled with concrete. During the excavation and drilling operations, the holes are filled with a high-density liquid slurry, which braces the excavation against collapse but still permits extraction of excavated material. Finally, the basement is dug adjoining the wall, and the wall is braced against earth...
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cement (in cement (building material): Crushing and grinding)
Soft materials are broken down by vigorous stirring with water in wash mills, producing a fine slurry, which is passed through screens to remove oversize particles.
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detergent production (in soap and detergent (chemical compound): Finishing synthetic detergents)
The largest quantities of synthetic detergents are consumed in the household in the form of spray-dried powders. They are produced from an aqueous slurry, which is prepared continuously or in batches and which contains all the builder components. Builders, consisting of certain alkaline materials, are almost universally present in laundry soaps. These materials give increased detergent action....
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shaft sinking and drilling (in tunnels and underground excavations (engineering): Shaft sinking and drilling)
...concrete caisson may be built on the surface and sunk by excavating inside as weight is added by extending its walls. More recently, large-diameter shallow shafts have been constructed by the “slurry trench method,” in which a circular trench is excavated while filled with a heavy liquid (usually bentonite slurry), which supports its walls until it is finally displaced by filling the...
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transportation by pipeline (in coal mining: Slurry pipelines;
Coal slurry is a mixture of crushed coal and a liquid such as water or oil. The traditional mixture, first patented in England in 1891, consists of 50 percent coal and 50 percent water by weight. So-called heavy coal slurries or slurry fuels consist of 65 to 75 percent coal, with the remainder being water, methanol, or oil. Unlike traditional slurry—which is transported by pipeline to the...
in pipeline (technology): Slurry pipelines )
Slurry is the mixture of solid particles and a liquid, usually water. The particles can range in size from greater than four inches in equivalent diameter to less than one-thousandth of an inch. When the solid particles in the liquid are small and finely ground, the mixture is called fine slurry, and when the particles are larger, it is called coarse slurry. Traditionally, the mining industry...
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