In the world of portable sewing machines, mini handheld sewing machines represent the smallest category. You can literally operate the machine with one hand while holding the fabric with the other hand. They are designed primarily for performing emergency repairs when you are away from home or don’t have a standard sewing machine. Most of … Read more
Potassium is not something that we encounter a lot in everyday life. That’s probably because it’s highly reactive and it takes a bit of work to extract the pure element and it can’t be left …
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Everyone has probably had some silver in their hands at some point in their lives. It’s popular in jewelry, it used to be popular in household wares such as jugs, cups, etc. and it is …
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Until fairly recently, lithium popped into our lives only in school science lessons and in movies about mental health issues. Today, of course, lithium has revolutionized the tech industry and it’s in the batteries of …
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The job of an emergency medical technician (EMT) is a qualified and skilled one. An EMT can be the starting point for a career in the fire service or as a paramedic, it can also …
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Polyurethane is a “commodity plastic” that is, it’s produced in huge quantities (about 25 million metric tons annually) and used for an extraordinary variety of applications. That means all of us have polyurethane within our …
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Nitrogen is one of the most common elements in the galaxy and it’s the biggest component of the Earth’s atmosphere. In fact, with every breath you take more than three-quarters of each lungful is nitrogen. …
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Iodine is a funny element. Most of us have probably encountered it only once or twice in high school chemistry, where we made it turn into a purple gas in the heat of a flame. …
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Grease can be a confusing topic when it comes to how it interacts with fire. This is, of course, because there’s no such thing as “grease” but rather many different substances that produce a chemical …
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There may be no substance on earth as desired and sought after as gold. The soft yellow-red metal is relatively rare and has been used for currency and jewelry for millennia. Nearly everyone has or …
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