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A group of hardwoods in which the pores are comparatively large at the beginning of each annual growth ring and decrease in size, more or less abruptly, toward the outer portion of the annual growth ring. The large pores are springwood and the smaller pores are summerwood.
Industry:Construction
Small, tunnel-like raised areas over underlayment joints. They are approximately 1/4" wide and similar in cause to tunnels.
Industry:Construction
A slowly evaporating solvent that decreases the evaporation rate or slows up the drying of lacquers and similar materials.
Industry:Construction
The ability of a material to resume it's former shape after mechanical deformation.
Industry:Construction
A non-textile floor surfacing material made in sheet or tile form or formed in place. Materials include but are not limited to asphalt, cork, linoleum, rubber, vinyl, vinyl composition, and poured polymeric systems.
Industry:Construction
Resilience is a property involving the elastic energy in a material, which causes it to regain its original shape after having been indented by a high pressure load. Resilience, in its broadest sense, consists of properties beyond recovery from indentation.
Industry:Construction
One piece of Armstrong resilient flooring material that is free from manufacturing defect in material and workmanship. This material is covered under Armstrong's material warranty.
Industry:Construction
Ratio of the amount of water vapor present in the air to that which the air would hold at saturation at the same temperature. It is usually considered on the basis of the weight of the vapor, but for accuracy should be considered on the basis of vapor pressures.
Industry:Construction
A teardrop shaped molding accessory for hardwood flooring, normally used at doorways, but sometimes at fireplaces and as a room divider. It is grooved on one edge and tapered or feathered on the other edge.
Industry:Construction
