Unlike steel, bronze struck against a hard surface will not generate sparks, so it ( along with beryllium copper ) is used to make hammers, mallets, wrenches and other durable tools to be used in explosive atmospheres or in the presence of flammable vapors.

Unlike older carbon steel barrels, which were limited to around 1, 000 shots before the extreme heat caused accuracy to fade, modern stainless steel barrels for target rifles are much more resistant to wear, allowing many thousands of rounds to be fired before accuracy drops.

Unlike stainless steel, however, these artifacts owe their durability not to chromium but to their high phosphorus content, which, together with favorable local weather conditions, promotes the formation of a solid protective passivation layer of iron oxides and phosphates, rather than the non-protective cracked rust layer that develops on most ironwork.

Unlike barbed wire, which usually is available only as plain steel or galvanized, barbed tape is also manufactured in stainless steel, to prevent the points from rusting to bluntness.

Unlike hockey skates, they have toe picks on the front of the blade, which are usually made out of stainless steel or aluminium with a steel runner.

Unlike the contemporary Chevrolet Corvette, which used fiberglass for only exterior bodywork, the Elite also used this glass-reinforced plastic material for the entire load-bearing structure of the car, though the front of the monocoque incorporated a steel subframe supporting the engine and front suspension, and there was a hoop at the windscreen for mounting door hinges and jacking the car up.

Unlike some other uses of iron and steel, railway rails are subject to very high stresses and have to be made of very high-quality steel alloy.

On modern yachts, standing rigging is often stainless steel wire, stainless steel rod or synthetic fiber. Semi rigid stainless steel wire is by far the most common as it combines extreme strength, relative ease of assembling and rigging with reliability. Unlike rigid stainless steel rod, it is comparatively easy to recognise wear and stress as individual strains ( normally 18 ) break often near a swage fitting, and can be inspected while standing.

Unlike traditional steel or titanium, this material dissolves in organisms at a rate of roughly 1 millimeter per month and is replaced with bone tissue.

Unlike home-cut phonograph records, which could accommodate only a few minutes of audio on each side, the steel wire could be repeatedly re-recorded and allowed much longer uninterrupted recordings to be made.

Unlike modern guitars, which often use steel and bronze strings, vihuela were gut strung, and usually in paired courses.

Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name " pedal " steel guitar.

Unlike a conventional guitar, the strings are not pressed to a fret when sounding a note ; rather, the player holds a metal slide called steel ( or tone bar ) in the left hand, which is moved along the strings to change the instrument's pitch while the right hand plucks or picks the strings.

Unlike other similar TV towers, it is not a concrete, but a steel tubular structure.

Unlike its predecessor, the Audi V8 model, which was built on an existing steel platform, the A8 debuted on the then-new Volkswagen Group D2 platform, an all aluminium monocoque, marketed as the ( ASF ), which helped to reduce weight and preserve structural rigidity.

Unlike most other steel producers, Algoma had no access to local coal, forcing it to import coal and coke from the United States.

Unlike earlier adaptations that were set during the time in which the novels were written, however, these TV movies were set in the contemporary era.

Unlike pure metals, most alloys do not have a single melting point, but a melting range in which the material is a mixture of solid and liquid phases.

Unlike other hobbyist computers of its day, which were sold as kits, the Apple I was a fully assembled circuit board containing about 60 + chips.

Unlike gingerbread (), which is sweetened with honey, Printen are sweetened with sugar.

Unlike his translation of the Pastoral Care, Alfred here deals very freely with his original and though the late Dr. G. Schepss showed that many of the additions to the text are to be traced not to Alfred himself, but to the glosses and commentaries which he used, still there is much in the work which is solely Alfred's and highly characteristic of his style.

Unlike the Israelite worship assembly, which was only able to look on during Temple worship as the Levitical Priest sang, played, and offered animal sacrifices, in the New Testament, all Christians are commanded to sing praises to God.

Unlike most Common-law jurisdictions, the majority of civil law jurisdictions have specialized courts or sections to deal with administrative cases which, as a rule, will apply procedural rules specifically designed for such cases and different from that applied in private-law proceedings, such as contract or tort claims.

Unlike France or Germany, there are no special administrative courts of first instance in the Netherlands, but regular courts have an administrative " chamber " which specializes in administrative appeals.

Unlike these states, which were ruled by local nobles who acknowledged British suzerainty, Ajmer-Merwara was administered directly by the British, until 1858 by the East India Company and after 1858 by a chief commissioner who was subordinate to the Governor-General of India's agent for the Rajputana Agency.

Unlike a sacrifice bunt, which may be scored if a runner advances from any base to any base, a sacrifice fly is only credited if a runner scores on the play.

Unlike deer, which have branched antlers that they shed annually, bongos and other antelopes have pointed horns that they keep throughout their lifespan.

Unlike other C-suite positions, which tend to be defined according to commonly designated responsibilities across most companies, the COO job tends to be defined in relation to the specific CEO with whom he / she works, given the close working relationship of these two individuals.

" Unlike utilitarianism, which views pleasure as a moral good, " the basic goods in Mohist consequentialist thinking are ... order, material wealth, and increase in population ".

Unlike earlier texts like Recipes for Fifty-Two Ailments, which was excavated in the 1970s from a tomb that had been sealed in 168 BCE, the Inner Canon rejected the influence of spirits and the use of magic.

Unlike the other proposition bets which are handled by the dealers or stickman, the field bet is placed directly by the player.

Unlike regular histology, which uses stains to identify cells, cellular components or protein classes, immunostaining requires the reaction of an antibody directed against the protein of interest within the tissue or cell.

Unlike Jane Eyre, which is written from the first-person perspective of the main character, Shirley is written in the third-person and lacks the emotional immediacy of Jane Eyre, and reviewers found it less shocking.

Unlike previous wars, which were often fought mainly from fixed lines and trenches, World War II was a highly mobile war, often fought in cities, forests, or other areas where mobility and visibility were restricted.

Unlike the V-2, however, the V-1 required stationary launch ramps which were susceptible to bombardment.

Unlike the Muslim world, which has a geo-political and cultural definition that provides a primary identifier for a large swath of the world, Christendom is more complex.

Unlike the related gray wolf, which is Eurasian in origin, evolutionary theory suggests the coyote evolved in North America during the Pleistocene epoch 1. 81 million years ago ( mya ) alongside the dire wolf.

Unlike Cygwin which requires " You rebuild your application from source if you want it to run on Windows ", the full Wine product supports executing unmodified Windows binaries.

Unlike Coronation Street which had a very nostalgic view of working-class life, Brookside brought together working and middle-class families in a more contemporary environment.

Unlike hoar frost, which has a feathery appearance, rime generally has an icy solid appearance.

Unlike the booths, the disks do not require an enclosed chamber, and somehow can differentiate between solid masses and air, for example.

Unlike representations designed for more detailed rendering, face information is not specified ( it must be calculated if required for solid rendering ).

Unlike adults, the kittens ' spots are " solid " — completely dark rather than dark rings.

Unlike previous Chinese ballistic missiles, the DF-11 use solid fuel, which greatly reduces launch preparation time ( 15-30 min ).

Unlike the offspring of most other rodents, which are altricial at birth, newborn pups are well-developed with hair, teeth, claws, and partial eyesight ; they are immediately mobile, and begin eating solid food immediately, though they continue to suckle.

Unlike the musicians in bands such as The Comets, or Elvis Presley's backing band, who had rockabilly or country music backgrounds, many musicians in Australian rock ' n ' roll bands – such as Johnny O ' Keefe's famous backing group The Dee Jays – had a solid background in jazz.

Unlike other spectrophotometric wet lab assay formats where the same reaction well ( e. g. a cuvette ) can be reused after washing, the ELISA plates have the reaction products immunosorbed on the solid phase which is part of the plate, so are not easily reusable.

Unlike many other cephalopods, they do not have good vision ; their eye structure is highly developed but lacks a solid lens.

Unlike adult bikes, children's trikes do not always have pneumatic tires ; instead, some trikes have solid rubber wheels.

Unlike the more common straight or cup mutes, the Harmon mute has a solid ring of cork that completely blocks all of the air leaving the bell, and forces all of the instrument's air column into the mute.

Unlike bamboo, rattan stems (" malacca ") are solid, and most species need structural support and cannot stand on their own.

Unlike dynamite, gelignite does not suffer from the dangerous problem of sweating, the leaking of unstable nitroglycerine from the solid matrix.

Unlike Venom, Carnage can launch parts of his symbiote at enemies in the form of solid weapons such as darts, spears, knives, axes, etc., although they disintegrate into dust within ten seconds of leaving Carnage's body.

Unlike The Isness, which featured almost 100 musicians over the course of it and the various alternative versions and remix albums, Alice in Ultraland featured a fairly solid band lineup throughout, which extended to live shows which the band had undertaken away from the ISDN cables from 2005 onwards.

Unlike previous years, station wagons used unique rear suspension using a solid axle with leaf springs as opposed to coil springs and trailing arms on sedans and coupes.

Unlike the L5 which had a solid carved spruce top and solid maple rims and back, the ES5 body was constructed of pressed plywood because Gibson felt that the best tonewoods were not necessary in an electric model.

Unlike other modifications of Delta IV, the Heavy variant does not use solid rocket boosters.

Unlike its predecessors, Landsat 7 has a solid state memory of 378 gigabits ( roughly 100 images ).

Unlike solid rivets, blind rivets can be inserted and fully installed in a joint from only one side of a part or structure, " blind " to the opposite side.

Unlike most other bamboos, the stems of these species are solid, not hollow.