slurry

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DENMARK - Researchers at the University of Aarhus have found a significant decrease in emissions from slurry of the powerful greenhouse gas methane is seen when the slurry is acidified.

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  1. noun A thin mixture of a liquid, especially water, and any of several finely divided substances, such as cement, plaster of Paris, or clay particles.

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  • Streets that scored 60 and above are candidates for a surface treatment called a slurry seal, which officials say will extend their useful life by a decade or more. —  The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage
  • The discharge occurred when gypsum slurry, a byproduct of power production in a coal-powered boiler, escaped from an unused 30-inch standpipe allowing water and gypsum to drain into an adjacent retention pond at the facility causing it to overflow. —  The Daily Sentinel: News
  • All but the Westmoreland County facility contain coal ash slurry, a powdery coal ash in a mixture with water. —  post-gazette.com - News
  • An earthen dike at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant broke, unleashing about 1.1 billion gallons of coal slurry -- roughly enough to fill 798 —  Grist - the Latest from Grist
  • Capable of holding 200-5000cu m of slurry, the 0. 8mm-thick green pvc material lasts for 20 years. —  FWi - All News
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  1. Middle English slori, perhaps from sloor, mud.

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  1. Cf. slur, slur.
  2. from slurry, v.
 

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