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Ash is the name given to a few northern European trees and shrubs of the Fraxinus genus. They belong to the same family as the olive, lilac, and jasmine. Ashes generally have a compound leaf with leaflets arranged on either side of a stem and a winged fruit.

Any tree of a worldwide group belonging to the olive family, with winged fruits. The mountain ash or rowan, which resembles the ash, belongs to the family Rosaceae. (Genus Fraxinus, family Oleaceae.)



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APPLICATION: This study demonstrates the effects of thermal treatment on the structure of PCC particles and evaluates the potential of the ashing method to isolate these particles from filled papers.
Matthews, North Carolina, recently donated a Phoenix Microwave Ashing System to CMI'S sand testing laboratory.
Photo: (1) Claudia Riegler of New Zealand dons a Santa's cap after d ashing through the snow to win a World Cup slalom race in Switzerland.
 
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