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The German boat, including now four-time sculling gold medalist Kathrin Boron, led the whole way and crossed the line in 6: 29.29, while Britain won silver and Ukraine bronze.
USATODAY.com - U.S. men's 8 swing gold; American women grab silver 2004
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Where conventional fission reactors use uranium which can be refined to make nuclear weapons, the University of Florida's concept uses hydrogen and an isotope of boron called Boron 11, both of which are abundant on earth and can't be used to make atomic weapons.
Peak Energy 2010
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Their research is not into how well the Boron Carbide performs.
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Boron is the material inserted into nuclear fuel rods, which slow down fission.
South Korea Steps Up Aid Effort to Japan After Disasters 2011
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W. Mauer, who had built the first ionization chamber used by Maier-Leibnitz, continued to use the chamber for his own studies of neutron emissions resulting from alpha bombardment of different isotopes of Boron and analysis of the related distribution of energy levels in the nucleus.
Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010
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Here is proof that among the real experts, university professors whose life is researching ceramic and (composite materials), there is open acknowledgment that Boron Carbide ballistic performance is “poor.”
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Boron is the material inserted into nuclear fuel rods, which slow down fission.
South Korea Steps Up Aid Effort to Japan After Disasters 2011
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Boron carbide has a hardness just short of diamonds.
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Focusing on 560 unionized borax miners in the desert town of Boron, California who faced off against Rio Tinto, a British-Australian multi-billion dollar global corporation.
Wyatt Closs: Best Films and More About Work, for Labor Day Wyatt Closs 2011
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Or, does it reinforce the views of the above cited ceramic materials professors who are doing research on the poor performance of Boron Carbide plates, and others researching defect “limits” in the microstructure of Silicon Carbide?
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