A Curtain Wall Can Only Be Used on a Building

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Short Answer

A curtain wall can only be used on a building with a reinforced concrete frame structure or a steel frame structure. There is a required, standard width of air space between the curtain wall and the structural frame of the building. What is that width?

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Definitions:

Synthesizes

The process of combining simpler substances chemically to form more complex substances.

Messenger RNA

A type of RNA that conveys genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where it specifies the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression.

Transcription

The process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA).

Kinetochore

Structural portion of the chromosome to which microtubules attach.