Tiny ice granules build up, growing into feathery white forms known as rime.

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The microbes used in the granules are able to tolerate the highly alkaline environment of the concrete.

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In technical terms, raw dough is a stiff suspension of starch granules, gluten proteins and live yeast cells.

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Mention fennel pollen, the potent granules harvested from the buds of flowering fennel plants, and they may make an exception.

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Products include respirators, surveillance equipment, radio frequency identification equipment, insulation, weatherproofing materials, cleaning products, mats, and granules for asphalt shingles.

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It is currently cheaper, an Indian businessman says ruefully, to export plastic granules to China and then import them again in bucket-form, than it is to make buckets in India.

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The credit is 10% of the cost of the building materials (labor excluded) for insulation, exterior windows and doors that meet Energy Star requirements, and roofs (metal roofs with pigmented coating, or asphalt roofs with cooling granules).

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