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External combustion engine (1730 bytes)
3: ...pact and less powerful than [[internal combustion engine]]s, but are sometimes more efficient, and are muc...
5: ...rn, can be changed into mechanical energy by heat engines.
7: ...reciprocating steam engines. Internal-combustion engines produce hot gases whose heat energy is changed d...
9: ...ine]] is a good example of an external-combustion engine. Heat from burning fuel or from a nuclear reacto...
11: [[Category:Engines]]

Internal combustion engine (12656 bytes)
1: ...and combustion chamber, directly accelerating the engine forwards.
3: ...]] such as a [[steam engine]], does work when the combustion process heats a separate working fluid, such as w...
5: ...hinery]], the most common subtype of this kind of engine.
8: Internal combustion engines are most commonly used for mobile propulsion sys...
14: ...ts in a typical [[four-stroke cycle|four-stroke]] engine]]

Controlled Combustion Engine (2366 bytes)
1: ...d a quarter the size and weight of a conventional engine of similar output, and doesn't experience a gyros...
6: ...g a third prototype with the aim of producing CCE engines for cars sold on the domestic Chinese market.
8: ...Diesel]] and CNG ([[Compressed Natural Gas]]) CCE engines are being developed mainly for Indian auto manuf...
13: ==External Links==
16: ... Design and Production: Cams Replace Crank in new Engine Design]

Combustion (1750 bytes)
1: ...seous O<sub>2</sub>) to form [[oxide]]s, However, combustion can also take place in other gases like [[chlorin...
5: ==Rapid combustion==
6: Rapid combustion is a form of combustion in which large amounts of heat and [[light]] ener...
8: ==Slow combustion==
9: ...lace at low temperatures. [[Respiration]] is slow combustion.

Spontaneous combustion (419 bytes)
1: ...ble materials, such as a pile of oily rags; see [[combustion]].
2: *[[Spontaneous human combustion]] is the alleged phenomenon of a human being sudd...

Combustion (computers) (533 bytes)
1: '''combustion 3''' (spelled with a [[lowercase]] [[c]]) is a [[...
5: ...ved January 27, 2004 from http://www.discreet.com/combustion/
6: ...27, 2004 from http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/26/combustion

Discreet combustion (265 bytes)
1: ...screet [[desktop]] effects [[program]]. Discreet Combustion is a small version of the big [[inferno]] and [[f...

Heat of combustion (2167 bytes)
1: ... as [[heat]] when a compound undergoes complete [[combustion]] with [[oxygen]]. The chemical reaction is typic...
6: The heat of combustion is traditionally measured with a [[Calorimeter|Bo...
9: The heat of combustion for fuels is sometimes expressed as the '''HHV'''...
13: ...r, and includes liquid water in the fuel prior to combustion. This value is important for fuels like [[wood]]...
15: ...r combustion, in which case the water produced by combustion is liquid.

Combustion chamber (528 bytes)
1: ...d out of a [[nozzle]] as in a [[rocket]] or [[jet engine]].
5: [[category:engine technology]]

Spontaneous human combustion (6860 bytes)
1: ...ernal source of ignition. While the cause of such combustion remained for many years a complete mystery it is ...
42: ... includes several references to spontaneous human combustion, as two of the ficticious band's drummers, in the...
53: * [[combustion]]
55: ==External links==
56: ...9611/shc.html CSICOP article on spontaneous human combustion]

Fluidized bed combustion (3864 bytes)
1: ...id fuels on upward-blowing jets of air during the combustion process. The result is a turbulent mixing of gas ...
3: ...0 degrees F, the nitrogen and oxygen atoms in the combustion air combine to form nitrogen oxide pollutants). T...
8: ...nd the mixture of sorbent and burning coal during combustion, converting the mixture into a suspension of red-...
10: ...nd the mixture of sorbent and burning coal during combustion. However, these systems operate at elevated pr...
14: ...or advanced circulating pressurized fluidized-bed combustion combined cycle systems. An APFBC system is entir...

Staged combustion cycle (rocket) (2008 bytes)
1: ...bustion_rocket_cycle.png|thumb|right|240px|Staged combustion rocket cycle. Some of the fuel and oxidizer is b...
3: ...hamber, along with the rest of the propellant and combustion is completed.
5: ...er, creating very high chamber pressures and high engine efficiency at low altitude. The disadvantages are...
7: ...on engines are the most difficult types of rocket engines to design. A simplified version is called the [[...
9: ...ain engine]] is an example of a staged combustion engine.

Standard enthalpy change of combustion (300 bytes)
3: The standard enthalpy change of combustion is commonly denoted <math>\Delta H ^{\circ} _{com...

External debt (659 bytes)
3: '''External debt''' is the part of a country's [[debt]] owed ...
8: ==External links==
9: ...l Summary Data Pages] (see "External Debt" under "External Sector")
10: *[http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2003/02/index.htm IMF World Economic ...

External cost (1406 bytes)
1: ...y economic transaction between person X and Y, an external cost may be imposed involuntarily on individual Z...
3: ...lso the pollution produced by the paper-mill (the external cost).
5: ...nly does producing something sometimes involve an external cost, but consumption can also have this kind of ...
7: If the production of an item involves an external cost, even a totally competitive market suffers f...
9: ...y affect the lives of others, while ''pecuniary'' external costs work through markets. As an example of the ...

External ballistics (8182 bytes)
1: '''External ballistics''' is the part of [[ballistics]] that ...
9: ...el]] are the most common method used to work with external ballistics. Bullets are described by a [[ballist...
67: Other factors that affect external ballistics are wind and air density. Wind has th...

External sorting (2658 bytes)
1: ...ms]] that can handle massive amounts of [[data]]. External sorting is required when the data being sorted do...
3: One example of external sorting is the [[mergesort]] algorithm. For the s...
15: If carefully implemented, external sorting can be done in-place (with no additional ...

External Hijab (4714 bytes)
1: '''''External [[Hijab]]''''' is a phrase used to denote garment...
5: == Glossary of External Forms of Hijab for Women ==
30: == Glossary of External Forms of Hijab for Men ==

MoveOn/External links (11042 bytes)
1: The following '''external links''' point to news stories and other informat...

External total reflection (972 bytes)
3: ...ace outside of the material it is termed ''total external reflection''.

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