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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing
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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing

by Alireza Bahadori, Chikezie Nwaoha, Malcolm William Clark
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
478 pages
16h 29m
English
CRC Press
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Babbitt: A soft metal alloy used in some seals and bearings.
Backbite: A backlash of tongs that results in a grip in the wrong direction.
Backll: Waste rock materials that support the roof once the ore has been
removed.
Backow: (1) A ow condition, caused by differential pressure, resulting in
the ow of liquid into the potable water supply system from sources other
than those intended; or the backing up of liquid, through a conduit or chan-
nel, in a direction opposite to normal ow. (2) Return ow from injection of
a uid into a formation.
Backow Preventer: Any effective device, method, or construction used to
prevent backow into a po ...
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