Silicone rubber and glass microfluidic devices.

In addition, conventional rubber undergoes a glass transition, ( often called a rubber-glass transition ).

The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was caused by rubber O-rings that were being used well below their glass transition temperature on an unusually cold Florida morning, and thus could not flex adequately to form proper seals between sections of the two solid-fuel rocket boosters.

When cooled below the glass transition temperature, the quasi-fluid chain segments " freeze " into fixed geometries and the rubber abruptly loses its elastic properties, although the process is reversible.

Screenprinting may be adapted to printing on a variety of materials, from paper, cloth, and canvas to rubber, glass, and metal.

However, rubber ( and of course cork ) are not as chemically inert or heat-resistant as glass and degrade with age.

In the case of glass plugs, the joint contact is always a rubber O-ring but they are still prone to shattering.

Other examples of materials that can acquire a significant charge when rubbed together include glass rubbed with silk, and hard rubber rubbed with fur.

* Suction devices are generally either rubber or glass, fit around the nipple, and cause nipples to become more sensitive due to engorgement.

Dildos are generally made of silicone rubber, but can be made of other materials such as metals or glass.

One or more funnel-like metal horns was used to concentrate the energy of the airborne sound waves onto a recording diaphragm, which was a thin glass disc about two inches in diameter held in place by rubber gaskets at its perimeter.

Paints, pigments and dye inks create different effects, extending the use of rubber stamping from paper to fabrics, wood, metal, glass, and so on.

They were replaced with windshields made of toughened glass and were fitted in the frame using a rubber or neoprene seal.

Aluminum, titanium, steel, rubber and glass were among the materials tested.

A pick is generally made of one uniform material ; examples include plastic, nylon, rubber, felt, tortoiseshell, wood, metal, glass, and stone.

Materials that machinists work with occasionally are plastics, rubber, glass, and wood products.

UL also recommends that dryers not be used for glass fiber, rubber, foam or plastic items, or any item that has had a flammable substance spilled on it.

: In huge rectangular halls filled with shiny, lacquered tables, women with rubber tips on their fingers — " nickel throwers ," as they became known — in glass booths gave customers the five-cent pieces required to operate the food machines in exchange for larger coins and paper money.

Examples include white paper, light bulps, heaps of keys, surgical scissors, glass bottles, rubber stamps and Coca-Cola cans.

Lewis argued that the AFL was too heavily oriented toward traditional craftsmen, and was overlooking the opportunity to organize millions of semiskilled workers, especially those in industrial factories that made automobiles, rubber, glass and steel.

His performances involved the consumption of metal, glass, rubber and other materials.

Other examples of materials that can acquire a significant charge when rubbed together include glass rubbed with silk, and hard rubber rubbed with fur.

Some examples of these substances are rubber, plastic, glass, and pith.

These are commonly made of ceramic or stone, although recent technological advances have resulted in rubber or glass tiles for floors as well.

Kaye's rubber face and fast patter were an instant hit, and rival producer Robert M. Savini cashed in almost immediately by compiling three of Kaye's old Educational Pictures shorts into a makeshift feature, The Birth of a Star ( 1945 ).

The discovery of the rubber-sulfur reaction revolutionized the use and applications of rubber, and changed the face of the industrial world.

The two would face one another in a rubber match 10 years later, which Chávez would win.

Ball Band made rubber garments and was hit by a major strike in 1931, but flourished in the 1940s, finally closing in 1997 in the face of cheaper imports.

The neck is sealed with a rubber gasket so that the patient's face ( and airway ) are exposed to the room air.

Gillette had to spend hours in a chair as they applied rubber forms all over his face, and had to keep one eye closed while the " droopy eye " application was in place.

As Pulp's front-man, part of his trademark image was his glasses, which seemed to " stay magically on his face " no matter his antics on stage, apparently this was achieved with " a huge rubber band round the back ".

To increase the grip of the foot on a climbing wall or rock face due to friction, the shoe is covered with a vulcanized rubber layer.

In face of a greater threat, the riot police will be backed up with other officers equipped with riot guns to fire tear gas, rubber bullets, plastic bullets or " beanbag " rounds.

After much experimentation — first with a cigar box and then a tomato can — he arrived at a solution using a microphone inside a rubber Air Force face mask, paired with a coffee pot filled with sound-absorbing material.

It is provided with a padded sealing surface around the frame edge which is held firmly against the diver's face by a rubber " spider ", a multiple strap arrangement with a pad behind the diver's head, and usually five straps which hook onto pins on the band.

Diving masks may have a single, durable, tempered glass plate in front of the eyes and a " skirt " of rubber or silicone to create a watertight seal with the diver's face.

The rigid plastic main frame of the mask has a rubber skirt which seals around the eyes and nose like a standard half-mask, and the nose may be held through the rubber nose pocket to equalise in the same way as with a half mask, and there is an extension to ths skirt which seals around the lower part of the face and encloses the mouth.

Champion's most recognized cards were playing cards with experimental poems of John M. Bennett rubber stamped on the face.

The rubber boom of the 1880s caused a severe change in the architectural face of Iquitos.

Gordy spent almost an entire episode (" Gordy in a Plastic Bubble ") wearing rubber gloves and a face mask, refusing to leave his house, after looking at an eyelash under a microscope.

Chaney then went to makeup man Jack Pierce's office, where Pierce, using grease paint, a rubber snout appliance and a series of wigs, glued layers of yak hair to Chaney's face.

This character has a rubber face which can assume the lineaments of anybody, using this capability for criminal intents.

Conn patented his rubber-rimmed mouthpiece in 1875 ( with patents to follow through 1877 ) described as " an elastic face a rubber rim where the mouthpiece comes in contact with the lips, the object being to prevent fatigue and injury to the lips.

It was also popular to accessorize the watch with a neon-colored protective ' Swatch Gaurd ' -- a thin rubber band, which had hoops on both ends that were slipped over the straps of the watch, which protected the watch's face.

Then, in the face of Japanese sniper fire only partially suppressed by the circling aircraft, a rubber boat was sent in to retrieve the navy pilot, Ensign John Galvin, who was brought to safety in what soon became a legendary rescue.

He had a face seemingly made of rubber that could make a thousand shapes and launch a thousand ships.

On February 4, 2006, at UFC 57, Liddell faced Randy Couture in a rubber match, After an action packed first round, Liddell landed a big punch to Couture's face causing him to bleed, Couture bounced back with a take down of Liddell, but he was able to get up right away.