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adj. - Resulting from transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat

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  • In 1969 a new allotropic form of carbon was produced during the sublimation of pyrolytic graphite at low pressures.
  • The fuel was in microspheres of thorium carbide and Th/235U carbide coated with silicon oxide and pyrolytic carbon to retain fission products.
  • It can be replaced by a wide variety of solid fuels, including wood and charcoal; pyrolytic char; rice hulls (several generating plants in Thailand are fueled this way);...
  • This gradient centers the pyrolytic graphite material of the magnets for levitation.
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