A document required and issued by some national governments authorizing the importation of goods.

Material Safety Data Sheet

A wind scale adapted by the U.S. Forest Service for use in the forested areas of the northern Rocky Mountains (NRM). It is an adaptation of the Beaufort wind scale. The difference between these two scales lies in the specification of the visual effects of ...

Rinave Portuguesa (Portuguese class society).

Publications that describe features of particular sailing areas, such as hazards, anchorages, etc.

The process of converting materials that are no longer useful as designed or intended into a new product.

Caulking and weatherstripping to reduce air infiltration and exfiltration into/out of a building.

Name given to the metal point or ram fixed on the bows of old war galleys and used to pierce the hulls, and thus sink or disable enemy ships.

A container fitted with a solid removable roof, or with a tarpaulin roof so the container can be loaded or unloaded from the top.

Corrosion potential in the absence of net electrical current flowing to or from the metal surface.

The ability of a filter to remove specified test contaminants under specified test conditions from a specific test fluid, air, gas or liquid. Expressed as a percentage of the quantity of test contaminant introduced into the inlet of the filter test system

The region of an anodic polarization curve, noble to and; above the passive potential range, in which there is a significant increase in current density (increased metal dissolution) as the potential becomes more positive (noble).

Council of European & Japanese National Shipowners Associations

Safety Of Life At Sea (International Convention)

See CERCLA

This committee has jurisdiction on the oversight and legislative responsibilities for: coal, nuclear, and non-nuclear energy commercialization projects; DOE National Laboratories; global climate change; new technologies research and development; commercia ...

A type of incandescent lamp that contains a halogen gas in the bulb, which reduces the filament evaporation rate increasing the lamp life. The high operating temperature and need for special fixtures limits their use to commercial applications and for use ...

Components subordinate to the compressor.

(FICA)In the US, the federal law which directs employers to withhold a proportion of employees' salaries.

A box-like structure designed to protect certain meteorological instruments from exposure to direct sunlight, precipitation, and condensation, while at the same time providing adequate ventilation. Instrument shelters are painted white, have louvered side ...