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What is the highest paid athletic contract?
Tiger Wood's contract with Nike.
Is Tiger Wood moving to Sweden?
yes, when the ferry contract is signed.
Can you glue wood flooring to concrete subfloor?
I would not. The wood has to expand and contract with temp changes. Your floor will buckle if you do.
What happens to wood when it's cooled?
When wood is cooled, its molecules lose energy and move closer together, causing the wood to contract or shrink. This can lead to changes in the wood's dimensions and density. Extreme cooling can also make wood more brittle and prone to cracking.
Does wood flooring need grooves on the underside?
Yes. They allow the flooring to expand and contract without breaking.
Why does wood shrink?
Wood shrinks as it loses moisture content due to evaporation or drying out. This causes the cells in the wood to contract, resulting in a decrease in size. Changes in humidity levels can also affect the amount of moisture in the wood, leading to further shrinkage.
What causes wood to expand and contract?
Wood expands and contracts due to changes in humidity and temperature. When the air is humid, wood absorbs moisture and swells. Conversely, in dry conditions, wood loses moisture and contracts. This fluctuation in moisture content causes the cells in wood to swell and shrink, resulting in expansion and contraction.
What is thermal coefficient of balau wood?
The thermal coefficient of Balau wood, also known as Shorea balau, is approximately 0.000011 per degree Celsius. This coefficient determines how much the wood will expand or contract with changes in temperature. Balau wood is known for its stability and durability, making it a popular choice for outdoor applications.
Does wood shrink when it dries?
Wood shrinks due to loss of water within the wood cells as it dries out, making the cells thinner, and therefore reducing the total volume of the cells. When furniture is made properly, the wood is pre-dried to about 7 percent moisture content (freshly cut live wood is 25 percent moisture content or more) before made into furniture. Throughout the moist summer seasons and the dry winter seasons, wood can expand and contract from absorbing and releasing moisture from the air. Applying finish to the wood helps to reduce the amount the wood absorbs and releases, and constructing furniture so that it can expand and contract throughout the seasons helps furniture last longer.
Can you use elmers glueall max glue to bond stainless steel to a wood substrate?
I would use contact cement instead. Because the metal and wood will expand and contract to different degrees, you want something that has some give to it.
What is capital in financial terms?
If a business is exposed to a risk of any kind (interest rates, currency fluctuation, commodity prices, etc.) they can partially offset that risk by hedging. In hedging they would enter into a contract whose value will fluctuate in the opposite direction of their business risk position. If they build things from wood, they may want to buy wood future contracts. If the price of wood goes up their business costs rise but that should be partly offset by a profit on their futures contract.
What expands most when the temperature is lowered water or helium or iron or wood?
Iron expands the least when the temperature is lowered, followed by wood and then water. Helium does not expand or contract significantly with changes in temperature due to its unique properties as a gas.
