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thaw pipe
A string of pipe lowered into a string of drill rods that is frozen in a borehole drilled into permafrost, through which water is circulated to thaw the ice and free the drill rods.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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