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  • 1Surface analysis tools — include AES (Auger Electron Spectroscopy); ESCA (Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis), also known as XPS (X ray photoelectron spectroscopy); and SSIM (Static secondary ion mass spectrometry). Surface analysis tools are most often used to… …

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  • 2surface hardening — ▪ metallurgy       treatment of steel by heat or mechanical means to increase the hardness of the outer surface while the core remains relatively soft. The combination of a hard surface and a soft interior is greatly valued in modern engineering… …

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  • 3outer — outer, outward, outside, external, exterior mean being or placed without something. Although in many cases interchangeable, they are more or less restricted in their applications and are therefore clearly distinguished in their implications.… …

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  • 4Outer membrane protein OpcA — Identifiers Symbol OpcA Pfam PF07239 …

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  • 5Outer ear — External and middle ear, opened from the front. Right side. The auricula. Lateral surface …

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  • 6surface — [sʉr′fis] n. [Fr < sur (see SUR 1) + face,FACE, based on L superficies] 1. a) the outer face, or exterior, of an object b) any of the faces of a solid c) the area or extent of such a face …

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  • 7surface — [adj] external apparent, covering, depthless, exterior, facial, outer, outside, outward, shallow, shoal, superficial, top; concepts 485,583 Ant. central, core, inside, interior, middle surface [n] external part of something area, cover, covering …

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  • 8outer — [adj] external, exposed alien, beyond, exoteric, exterior, extraneous, extrinsic, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outward, over, peripheral, remote, superficial, surface, without; concepts 484,583 Ant. central, inner, interior …

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  • 9Outer space — For other uses, see Outer space (disambiguation). The boundaries between the Earth s surface and outer space, at the Kármán line, 100 km (62 mi) and exosphere at 690 km (430 mi). Not to scale Outer space is the void that exists beyond any… …

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  • 10Outer core — Earth cutaway from core to exosphere. Partially to scale The outer core of the Earth is a liquid layer about 2,266 kilometers thick composed of iron and nickel which lies above the Earth s solid inner core and below its mantle. Its outer boundary …

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