Sentences with phrase «as lubricant»

The only reason that the tires had not burned out due to friction was that it was raining and the water had served as a lubricant.

The water acts as a lubricant, making it easy for the snow and ice to fall quickly and abruptly in one big release, e.g., «avalanching.»

This water then serves as a lubricant between the glacier and the earth underneath it, allowing the glacier to shift to lower, warmer altitudes where more melt would occur.

Water at the base of sheet acts as a lubricant to assist sliding, so fewer moulins in the ice can slow the sliding effect.

A mature channel system would successfully remove the meltwater, instead of having the meltwater fill the channels and spread out as a lubricant over more of the glacier bed.

I think you can use graphite as lubricant.

Saliva acts as a lubricant and contains ptyalin, an enzyme which helps break down starch in the diet.

By applying wet, the alcohol serves as a lubricant, helping you «work» the ToeGrips into position with less resistance.

Tears keep the conjunctiva moist and the mucoid protein which which they contain acts as a lubricant.

Without natural tears as a lubricant, eyes start itching and might develop a discharge.

The tinge of yellow is the mucus that acts as a lubricant to help move the stool through the intestinal tract and out of the body.

ATF is also used as a hydraulic fluid in some power - assisted steering systems, as a lubricant in some 4WD transfer cases, and in some modern manual transmissions.

The WD - 40 SEMA Cares Camaro now features a powerful, high - performance entertainment system, thanks to Eclipse, which uses WD - 40 as a lubricant and corrosion inhibitor to maintain its industrial equipment.

Fuel on which an engine runs is as important as a lubricant as the latter helps the engine run for a longer duration and that too, efficiently.

Now, as you can imagine, the fluid within the differential can get very hot, which causes it to break down over time, reducing its ability to serve as a lubricant.

A team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Motors, led by ORNL researcher Dr. Jun Qu, has developed a new group of ionic liquids as lubricant additives that could help improve the energy efficiency of cars and trucks.

Drivers already know that oil basically acts as a lubricant for the engine, but the team at our Chrysler service center serving Huntington Beach knows that it is needed for far more that.

You can try using transfer case fluid (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/transfer-case-fluid-replacement) as a lubricant.

I was busy stuffing pistons into an LT4 block (using Mobil 1 as a lubricant) in the PBC and didn't quite get out as far onto the main production line floor.

Anti-seize does a lot more than act as a lubricant.

Use as lubricant for creaking doors: Want to silence creaky doors?

I'm thinking this might be due to the brake fluid on the clamp acting as a lubricant, any ideas on how I might unstuck it?

Now there IS good reason to think of it as a lubricant, starting with the title, «Anti Seize Lubricant», one of the primary ingredients being grease and graphite (graphite being a solid lubricant that shears easily), the datasheet, which describes it as such.

Dopamine: When a person feels pleasure, success, pride, dopamine is released into the brain and acts as a lubricant of sorts, increasing attention, motivation, and memory.

Midwives utilized it as a lubricant to ease child - birth, it became a food during times of famine, and was essential in wound dressings during the Revolutionary War.

Fiber helps to add substance to the colon while the healthy fats almost act as a lubricant in the colon.

Mechanism of action: Hyaluronic Acid enhances skin moisture (hydration) and functions as a lubricant between the collagen matrix of the skin.

Pre-Seed ™ Fertility - Friendly Lubricant is most effective as a lubricant when its isotonic formula is deposited inside near the cervix.

Though there hasn't been research that focuses on the safety of coconut oil as a lubricant, it seems to work just fine, according to some experts.

Use it as a lubricant to keep the motors running and humming at peak performance.

Ghee has been used for centuries as a digestive and elimination aid, for energy, sexual vitality, skin and eye health, as a lubricant for the joints and for alkalizing the blood.

Rapeseed oil first appeared during the Industrial Revolution, where it served as a lubricant in ships, steam engines, and other machinery.

Synovial fluid acts as a lubricant for your joints helping you move effortlessly and without pain.

The cartilage found at the ends of long bones and between the spinal discs contains high percentage of water, which serves as a lubricant during the movement of the joint.

Coconut oil as a lubricant isn't necessarily a good idea if you're prone to vaginal infections, such as yeast infections.

Although silicone products can be collected by specialized recycling companies that will typically down - cycle it into oil used as lubricant for industrial machines, it is rarely accepted in municipal curbside recycling programs.

He added that studies showed that melt water had been penetrating the glaciers and was acting as a lubricant between the ice and the base rock.

Two different types of slippery surfaces infused with silicone oil as a lubricant were evaluated: a very thin, silica - based and nanostructured 2D coating applied layer - by - layer (i - LBL) and a thicker, matrix - like 3D coating made of the common polymer polydimethylsiloxane (i - PDMS).

«For example, the droplet can act either as a lubricant, targeting an area that needs lubrication.

They reason that with warmer temperatures, there was more water available to act as a lubricant beneath the glaciers, easing their inexorable slide to the ocean.

That thin layer of turbulence acts as a lubricant that allows the rest of the air to flow smoothly all the way around the ball, minimizing the size of the turbulent wake and the drag — a phenomenon known as the drag crisis.

«Water acts as a lubricant and is an absolute necessity in the initiation of a self - sustaining subduction,» says Gerya.

Much of a sperm whale's head is occupied by the spermaceti organ, a huge fibrous cask containing a milky, waxy material that was highly prized as a lubricant and lamp oil, and which to Nantucket whalers looked like nothing more than gallons and gallons of semen — hence the name.

«These new results are important for understanding plate tectonics, the theory of which argues that Earth's lithosphere consists of rigid plates that glide on the hotter and less rigid asthenosphere that serves as a lubricant, enabling plate motion.»

Lubricant: Some of the cleaners we chose double as a lubricant or come as a set with a corresponding lube.

It can be used as a lubricant during breast pumping, and as an anti-itch cream while your belly grows during pregnancy.

It also serves another purpose: it acts as a lubricant to help your baby slide out easier during birth.

Water acts as a lubricant for our joints, regulates our body temperature through sweating and respiration, and helps to flush waste.

The incoming raw material, the production machinery, and other inputs, such as lubricants, must next be examined to discover why results are trending in the wrong direction or fall outside the acceptable range.

RPC Promens Industrial Jagtenberg has launched a UN approved container ideal for the packaging of liquids which require easy and even emptying, such as lubricants and coolants.