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An elastomeric material made from silicone elastomers. Silicone rubber is compatible with fluids that attack other natural or synthetic rubbers.
Industry:Aviation
The registered trade name for a synthetic, nonflammable, phosphate ester-base hydraulic fluid used in modern high-temperature hydraulic systems.
Industry:Aviation
A thermoplastic resin used in the manufacture of transparent tubing for electrical insulation and fluid lines which are subject to low pressures.
Industry:Aviation
A low portion in an aircraft structure in which water and contaminants collect. The area under the cabin floorboards is normally called the bilge.
Industry:Aviation
A shaft used in the mechanism of a pressure measuring instrument to change the direction of movement by 90º and to amplify the amount of movement.
Industry:Aviation
The component in a vapor-cycle cooling system in which the heat taken from the aircraft cabin is given up to the ambient air outside the aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
A drying agent used in an air conditioning system to remove water from the refrigerant. A desiccant is made of silica-gel or some similar material.
Industry:Aviation
Electrical wire enclosed in a braided metal jacket. Electromagnetic energy radiated from the wire is trapped by the braid and is carried to ground.
Industry:Aviation
The position of an ADF loop antenna when the signal being received is canceled in the two sides of the loop and the signal strength is the weakest.
Industry:Aviation
Water in its liquid form at a temperature well below its natural freezing temperature. When supercooled water is disturbed, it immediately freezes.
Industry:Aviation
