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  • vapor reforming

    a high-temperature reaction between a fuel and water that produces a hydrogen-rich gas from a hydrocarbon compound (methanol, ethanol, methane or petrol) in air and/or water.

  • viscosity

    in the case of crude oil, viscosity is a function of the length of the carbon chain in its components : the longer the chain, the "heavier" the crude.

  • vitrification

    stabilization technique for long-lived high-level waste. The waste, consisting of fission products from used fuel treatment, is incorporated into an unalterable glass matrix.

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All industrial methods of generating electricity supply alternating current.