Sentences with phrase «increasing the surface area of»

Cutting the cubes into smaller pieces also increases the surface area of the beef, making more room for the other flavors.

Spatchcocking the chicken increases the surface area of the meat that's exposed so you don't need to cook it for as long!

They effectively increase the surface area of the Deadenator Xs so that it can more effectively reduce both vibration and noise due to bow torque.

The increased surface area of the rippling «leaf» creates three times as many catalytic contact points as other molybdenum disulfide structures, and the new creation can handle higher temperatures than platinum without sintering and gumming up the cell.

Increasing the surface area of the filter and adding small amounts of platinum as a catalyst should speed up the process.

Aside from providing better grip to the two bone parts, so one half was not pulled off the other, the treads «increase the surface area of contact between the bones,» Fronimos says.

The nanotubes drastically increase the surface area of the ultracapacitor electrode, allowing it to hold 20 times as much energy.

But now a team of biologists and polymer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst show that increasing the surface area of gecko toe pads alone can not explain this.

This increases the surface area of the metal in contact with water, generating a vigorous reaction.

The protrusions, which biologists call microvilli, increase the surface area of cells and have a role in absorbing nutrients, for instance.

The resulting roughness increases the surface area of glass in contact with water, enhancing the attractive forces between the two and overcoming some of the surface tension.

By «crumpling» to increase the surface area of graphene - gold nanostructures, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign have improved the sensitivity of these materials, opening the door to novel opportunities in electronics and optical sensing applications.

Once activated, the increased surface area of the molecules can bind powerfully to any substance.

You can also increase the surface area of your foot that comes into contact with the ground — literally giving you a wider base and thus broader sensory input — by spreading your toes and releasing tension between the long, thin metatarsal bones.

I would agree that increasing the surface area of a food such as a whole fruit to smoothie would cause easier absorption.

As we chew our food we increase the surface area of food particles making the food more susceptible to digestive enzymes.

The increased surface area of the low - temperature radiator provides a 25 percent reduction in intake temperature and guarantees high power and torque output under all operating conditions and regardless of the outside temperature, even when the engine is operating at full load.

Mammals have faster rates of digestion than more primitive animals do thanks to small, finger - like projections called «microvilli» that increase the surface area of the intestines by about seven-fold.

This increases the surface area of the tongue and allows for more evaporation to happen, which helps keep your dog cool.

If they have identified a sink (increased fragmentation and hence increased surface area of ice sheets, mayhap?)

The Grayl works like a French press coffee maker, increasing the surface area of the filter to the size of the cup, reducing the pressure required significantly.

And A123 Systems, a spin - off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is now promoting a new lithium battery technology which combines a novel lithium - ion phosphate chemistry with nanoscale materials that increase the surface area of the electrodes.

This increases the surface area of exposed, dark ocean water, and promotes a self - reinforcing cycle of land and sea ice melting and climate warming.

It will increase the surface area of the display without increasing the size of the phone, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

Not exact matches

Make sure the carrots are evenly spread out, this will increase surface area exposed and allow edges to crisp up and the maple syrup to caramelize, giving a beautiful finish to the carrots, a small pinch of sea salt will also perfectly season the dish.

Customized particle morphology modified cellulose (CPM MC) is designed to hydrate faster in a coating system (for full functionality), with a controlled level of spherical particles and distribution of particles, leading to increased surface area for better / faster hydration and a smoother film.

I cut the chicken into slightly smaller pieces to increase surface area for the sauce, and therefore had just enough sauce for 1 1/2 lbs of chicken.

Saffitz points out one great reason to store in bags instead of containers: They take up less space in your freezer if you freeze them flat (not in a squishy lump blob), and they'll thaw quicker, thanks to the increased surface area.

The placenta then spreads further throughout the uterus, becoming thinner (increasing the risks of a placenta previa and placental abruption), trying to seek out more surface area of the uterus from which to draw oxygen and nutrient.

Sure, you can use a knife... and I do, a lot of the time... but this little gadget makes heavy chopping for salads and soups almost fun, the pieces are in perfect little squares, which increases the surface area for more flavor, and also makes for beautiful presentations.

«As the amount of breast milk increased, so did a baby's chances of having a larger cortical surface area,» Reynolds said.

The larger Soaker Pad incorporates channeled stitches to increase surface area and direct moisture down into the absorbent core of the diaper.

By creating nanometre - thick arrays of metal - organic frameworks, Zhao's team was able to expose the pores and increase the surface area for electrical contact with the water.

Although some lakes can also absorb CO2 at their surfaces similar to the way oceans do, the increases in these other sources of organic and inorganic carbon are likely the dominant factor, says Scott Higgins, a research scientist at the International Institute for Sustainable Development's Experimental Lakes Area, a natural laboratory of 58 small lakes in Ontario.

«Breaking down metal oxide into tiny particles increases its surface area and exposes lots of ultra-small, interconnected grain boundaries that become active sites for the water - splitting catalytic reaction,» Cui said.

Elastec, an established supplier of oil clean - up equipment based in Carmi, Illinois, won the competition with a system that overcame this problem by cutting groove patterns into the sides of the discs to increase the surface area.

«Psoriasis severity linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes: Measuring body surface area in psoriasis can identify highest risk cases, researchers say.»

For example, humans» small intestines are covered with microscopic folds known as villi, which increase the gut's surface area for more efficient absorption of food nutrients.

To increase the surface area surveyed, and quantify the largest pieces of plastic — objects that include discarded fishing nets several meters in size — a C - 130 Hercules aircraft was fitted with advanced sensors to collect multispectral imagery and 3D scans of the ocean garbage.

As the overall volume of an object increases, the relative amount of surface area decreases.

The researchers» biggest challenge was increasing the biofuel cell's energy density, meaning the amount of energy it can generate per surface area.

Governments plan to increase protected areas from 13 to 17 % of the land surface by 2020.

In all of these applications, particle size is critical to the utility and function of oxide nanoparticles — decreased particles size results in increased surface area, which can significantly improve the performance of the oxide nanoparticle.

«They tend to settle onto the cells representing the gastrointestinal tract and cause remodeling or loss of the microvilli, which are tiny projections on the surface of the intestinal absorptive cells that help to increase the surface area available for absorption,» said Mahler.

The greater surface area of cluster roots increases root exudates of organic acids and phosphatases.

«As animals increase in size, the amount of body surface area per volume decreases — an ant has a lot of surface area and very little volume, and a blue whale is mostly volume with not much surface area» explains Labonte.

He saw that surface area wasn't everything: By extending a leaf's overall size while keeping living, energy - greedy matter to a minimum, the plant increases the odds that at least some of the splotchy sunlight will strike each leaf.

The researchers designed the electrodes at the nanoscale — thousands of times thinner than the thickness of a human hair — to ensure the greatest surface area would be exposed to water, which increases the amount of hydrogen the device can produce and also stores more charge in the supercapacitor.

BP's refinements of the process increased by one thousand times the surface area of the crack, meant that much more oil flowed to the wellhead compared with earlier techniques.

«If ice caps and glaciers were to continue to crack and break into pieces, [the amount of] their surface area that is exposed to air would be significantly increased, which could lead to accelerated melting and much - reduced coverage area on the Earth,» Buehler said in a statement.