kerf

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The new study found that the "kerf" - which is the amount of germanium wasted during the slicing process - was 22 percent less when a 75-micron diameter electrified wire was used to cut the wafers, compared with the conventional wire saw method.

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  1. noun A groove or notch made by a cutting tool, such as a saw or an ax.
  2. noun The width of a groove made by a cutting tool.

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  • The new study found that the "kerf" - which is the amount of germanium wasted during the slicing process - was 22 percent less when a 75-micron diameter electrified wire was used to cut the wafers, compared with the conventional wire saw method. —  Kansas City infoZine Headlines
  • The kerf-free nature of the PolyMax system enables savings of material and the development of a new category using thinner mono c-Si wafers and foils. —  Renewable Energy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com
  • I would rip it apart, though, rather than trying to heat the glue joint, but I have a thin kerf blade. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • Do you have to shift your cut the width of the kerf on one of the plates? —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • I installed a Freud thin kerf combination blade and now I get very nice cuts. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
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  1. Middle English, from Old English cyrf, a cutting; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English kerf, kyrf, from Anglo-Saxon cyrf, a cutting (= OFries. kerf = Middle Dutch kerf kerve, Dutch kerf= Middle Low German kerf, kerve, Low German kerw, karfe = Middle High German kerp, kerbe, German kerb, kerbe, kerb, a notch, dent, = Icelandic kjarf, a bundle, kerfi, a bunch), from ceorfan, carve, cut: see carve.
  2. kerf, n.
 

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