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Ski lifts would probably be the most familiar example of this technology.
You're wrong about cable weight being a major limiting factor. The important factors are the distance between supports and drive points. There are three significant forces acting on a system:
The weight of cable and cargo
The pulling force exerted on the cable
Side loads produced by ...
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Sodium azide has some shortcomings
an electronic controller detonates this mixture during an automobile crash:
$2 NaN_3 → 2 Na + 3 N_2$.
The same reaction occurs upon heating the salt to approximately 300 °C. The sodium that is formed is a potential hazard alone and, in automobile airbags, it is converted by reaction with other ingredients, such as ...
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