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2. Window screen - Wikipedia

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   Window screen. A window screen (also known as insect screen, bug screen, fly screen, flywire, wire mesh, or window net) is designed to cover the opening of a window. It is usually a mesh made of metal, fibreglass, plastic wire, or other pieces of plastic and stretched in a frame of wood or metal. It serves to keep leaves, debris, bugs, birds ...

3. Space sunshade - Wikipedia

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   Space sunshade. A space sunshade or sunshield is a parasol that diverts or otherwise reduces some of the Sun's radiation, preventing it from hitting a spacecraft or planet and thereby reducing its insolation, which results in reduced heating. Light can be diverted by different methods. The concept of the construction of sunshade as a method of ...

4. Window covering - Wikipedia

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   Window coverings comprise materials used to cover a window to manage sunlight, privacy, additional weatherproofing or for purely decorative purposes. Window coverings are typically used on the interior side of windows, but exterior solutions are also available. Window coverings may be used to manage overheating and glare issues due to sunlight.

5. Awning - Wikipedia

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   Grand Hotel with numerous awnings in Toledo, Ohio. An awning or overhang is a secondary covering attached to the exterior wall of a building. It is typically composed of canvas woven of acrylic, cotton or polyester yarn, or vinyl laminated to polyester fabric that is stretched tightly over a light structure of aluminium, iron or steel, possibly ...

6. Indium tin oxide - Wikipedia

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   ITO is a mixed oxide of indium and tin with a melting point in the range 1526–1926 °C (1800–2200 K, 2800–3500 °F), depending on composition. The most commonly used material is an oxide of a composition of ca. In 4 Sn. The material is a n-type semiconductor with a large bandgap of around 4 eV. ITO is both transparent to visible light and ...

7. Shading coefficient - Wikipedia

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   Shading coefficient (SC) is a measure of thermal performance of a glass unit (panel or window) in a building . It is the ratio of solar gain (due to direct sunlight) passing through a glass unit to the solar energy which passes through 3mm Clear Float Glass. [ 1] It is an indicator of how well the glass is thermally insulating ( shading) the ...