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Sulfur vulcanisation is a chemical process for converting natural rubber or related polymers into more durable materials by heating them with sulfur. By this they achieve improved elasticity, resilience, tensile strength, viscosity, hardness and weather resistance.

Nominal money relates more to it's measure of counting - so nominal figure of what is written on bill, while "real" relates more to it's purchasing power (usually between some periods of time). For instance 100 units in nominal could buy 2 units of good in 1950 and 1 unit of good in 2005, at the same time real value of this 100 nominal units are 100 real units in 1950 and 50 real units in 2005.

Same is with GDP. In nominal it can rise due to inflation while it can stay the same or even decrease in real value.

When a company or corporation earns a profit or surplus, that money can be put to two uses it can either be re-invested in the business called retained earnings or it can be paid to the shareholders as a dividends.

A dynamometer wattmeter can be used for measuring both A.C and D.C currents.

Infrared radiation

The antagonist is the negative or opposing force in a story.

It could be a human enemy, or it could be non-human, like an animal or something less tangible, like fear.

The antagonist plays an important role in story development.

Estate Duty which was introduced in 1953, was withdrawn from March 1, 1985.