epoxy
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Avcoat is a mix of silica fibers, phenolic microballoons, and epoxy resin that chars and erodes, removing heat away.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Made from sleek ceramic epoxy over fiberglass, the stacked dishes are piled tilting this way and that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
It was essentially a collection of 17 fuel tanks in a sheath of carbon fiber cloth, epoxy and paper — a skin so fragile that it could be damaged by an elbow poke.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
Before returning to Camden in late May, the ship will have been sprayed with six coats of epoxy in three distinct colors — layering that will help museum officials track the underwater erosion process.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
The walls were painted with thick, gobby epoxy paint, and all the electrical outlets were plugged around the edges with a gooey material.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Conventional polymers like thermoset epoxies are typically used to permanently bond materials such as metal, carbon, concrete, glass, ceramic and plastic to form multicomponent materials such as composites.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
The QuikSteel epoxies harden within five minutes and fully cure within an hour.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2017
Sorry, not fair—if you want to be creepy, the market is full of head-wound-approximating unguents, coagulants, and epoxies.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2013
When Mr. Young first worked with epoxies, to simulate crocodile skin, he did not realize a gas mask was advisable.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2011
Profit increased 16 percent in the performance-systems unit on sales of synthetic rubber and automotive materials, and performance products advanced 17 percent amid gains in epoxies and polyurethanes.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 27, 2011
A new pair of circular mirrors were epoxied in place.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2020
The demonstrators clasped hands with one other and then epoxied themselves in the doorjambs.
From Fox News ● Jul. 27, 2019
Today, the cave home is a carefully epoxied science-fiction bunker of rock walls, smooth concrete surfaces, black steel and stalactites.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2018
The sections are epoxied together and lashed with steel cables.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2014
I sat in the back middle seat and remained still, as if epoxied to the burgundy vinyl.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2014
Together, they cleaned up the seams and did all the caulking and epoxying.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
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