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Filler: Any compound used to fill large cracks in walls that can be sanded when dried.

Wood Filler: There are two kinds of fillers-paste and liquid. Paste fillers are something like a very thick paint and are composed of some solid powdered substance, usually silica or powdered quartz, mix . . . View Full Definition

Filler Strips: Strips made from specially treated wood, metal. Fiber or plastic in the center of a paintbrush, creating a reservoir of paint, thereby greatly increasing the paint carrying capacity.

Filler Material: The material, metal, or alloy to be added in making a welded, brazed, or soldered joint.

Fusion: The change of state from a solid to a liquid at the same temperature. The heat of fusion is the number of gram calories of heat necessary to change one gram of a substance from the solid to . . . View Full Definition

Industrial Crops: Crops that primarily have industrial applications in contrast to food or livestock feed uses. Industrial uses account for a relatively small but a growing and potentially much larger share o . . . View Full Definition

Solder: The metal or alloy used as a filler metal in soldering, which has a liquidus not exceeding 840ºF (450ºC) and below the solidus of the base metal.

Brazing: A group of welding processes that produces coalescence of materials by heating them to the brazing temperature in the presence of a filler metal having a liquidus above 850°F (450°C) and bel . . . View Full Definition

Cohesion: The force that holds molecules of the same substance together.

Joint Cement: Cement used for drywall construction; also used as a bedding compound for joint tape and as a filler for nail holes.