The steel used in the pipes, however, is usually alloyed with cobalt to make it stronger.

但用来制造管道的钢中通常掺入了合金成分钴来增强材料的强度。

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Thorp’s team adapted an ancient Chinese technology that used bamboo for pipes and sisal rope and discs of leather to bring buckets of water from hand-dug wells.

索普领导的团队采用了中国的一种古老技术，用竹制管道、麻绳和皮革吸盘从人工井中抽水。

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Today, pipes are used to siphon carbon dioxide-rich water from the bottom of Lake Nyos.

今天，用管道从尼奥斯湖底抽取含有丰富二氧化碳的湖水。

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Thirty years ago some contractors used brittle PVC pipes that burst when they froze.

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In another incident in Bala, Gwynedd, a fire was started after water dripped into an electric heater used to defrost pipes.

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The American Cancer Society is pushing to make New York the first state to enact a comprehensive restriction on the sale of candy- and fruit-flavored cigarillos, chewing tobacco and tobacco used in water pipes.

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