Sentences with phrase «becoming brittle»

The sand has a water soluble binder that is quickly washed away by water jets that also cool the part and keep it from becoming brittle.

The original bolts were prone to becoming brittle and breaking, causing loss of steering control.

Carbon fiber's ability to tolerate a wide range of temperatures without becoming brittle or deformable depends not on the carbon itself but on the epoxy that surrounds it.

Carbon fiber's ability to tolerate a wide range of temperatures without becoming brittle or deformable depends not on the carbon itself but on the epoxy that surrounds it — and wheelmakers like Carbon Revolution have put a lot of science into their secret sauce, including the plasma coating inside the wheel to protect the epoxy from brake heat.

Even with regular trims, the ends of my hair were becoming brittle.

During the 505th Brookhaven Lecture, Lynne Ecker explains the molecular process for materials inside nuclear reactors becoming brittle over time.

Charcoal kept the beeswax from becoming brittle, the investigators suspect.

Be sure to protect your nails when cleaning and use a hand moisturizer if you notice them becoming brittle.

Cabbage helps protect bones from becoming brittle with its high potassium, magnesium, and calcium content.

Hopperburn is rare in pepper, but the symptoms are tips and sides of pepper leaves turning yellow to brown and becoming brittle.

How we found our safety and security in doing, and eventually became brittle with the loneliness of trying to become the savior, instead of listening to him.

We can become brittle, resentful of the spontaneities of others, self - righteous.

Without protein your hair can become brittle and weak.

Rice pasta can become brittle and dry if refrigerated overnight.

Wrap each disk in wax paper and chill 2 hours in refrigerator; if chilled much longer the dough will become brittle.

While everyone's technique, timing, and workflow will differ, I like to slide the cookies off the iron onto a piece of parchment paper and immediately put more batter on the iron; by this time my krumkaker have cooled just enough to be workable (though still hot), but not so much that they become brittle.

While those were made of clay and became brittle during use, the newer cookers are constructed with space - age ceramics that resist cracking.

The parchment become brittle when baking, so you can't lift it out by that alone.

However, foods that are overdried may become brittle and turn brown.

Parchment does become brittle when it's used - especially when baking at 450F or higher - but it can usually be re-used.

Car seats are made of plastic which breaks down over time and becomes brittle.

The softened candy cane was very stretchy, but then became brittle again once hardened.

Emotionally resilient children may become brittle.

After that six to ten year period, plastic can become brittle and not provide adequate protection.

Plastic bottles and component parts become brittle when frozen and may break when dropped.

When drying, avoid long periods in direct sunlight as this can cause the fiber to become brittle and lose its firmness.

It can become brittle and faded over time, especially if exposed to soaps and creams, perfumes, chlorine or heat.

The teeth can become brittle, chipped or «pitted».

This is important because it helps the buckles and other plastic parts not become brittle and breakable when put under extreme force.

Indeed, if we take some samples while cooking, we obtain syrups that are thicker and thicker once cooled, so much so that you can eventually manipulate them with your fingers, until the syrups become brittle.

The remaining mineral crystals then can fuse together, according to lead researcher Melinda Duer at the University of Cambridge, and the bones become brittle.

Evaporation makes the material more and more rigid until it becomes brittle.

But since enough time had passed for it to become brittle again, the tectonic plates were able to rapidly slip past each other for a much greater distance during the quake.

«Spider silk becomes brittle at about -50 °C to -60 °C, which is much lower than most polymers,» Fossey says.

Minor added that while many metals have the potential to become brittle with oxygen, titanium is particularly sensitive to even tiny bits of the element.

The material became brittle, dramatically demonstrating the cause of the accident.

Pulmonary inflammation can cause shallow breathing and the lungs to become brittle in patients who experience multiple blood transfusions, sepsis, lung surgery and acute lung trauma.

In this edition of Science Xplained, materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez of Yale University demonstrates how the metal rivets that held the ship together became brittle in the frigid waters and broke apart on impact with the iceberg, likely contributing to the enormity of the tragedy.

Rather than soft, pliable red blood cells that travel easily through blood vessels, the sickle cell mutation leaves patients with red blood cells that can become brittle and banana - shaped.

By simulating the damage caused by high energy neutrons and alpha particles produced during the fusion process, the Huddersfield researchers have discovered that tungsten — a favoured choice of metal within the reactor — is liable to become brittle, leading to failure.

1) Alkaline water electrolysis: In alkaline electrolysis the membrane prevents the hydrogen and oxygen products from mixing, however commonly available membrane separators often become brittle and crack with low pH. The membranes developed at SNL are stable under basic environments and have been tested by LANL and ProtonOnsite.

This acronym couldn't be more appropriate: Not only do AGEs trigger an inflammatory reaction, but they also cause collagen and elastin to become brittle and break, promoting skin aging.

My hair began falling out, my scalp always itched, and the texture of my hair became brittle and dull.

What the alendronate drugs do is by stopping the normal breakdown of bones, they favor the buildup of old bone that becomes brittle over time and becomes so hard and dense that the normal blood supply can not get into the bone.

They will notice their muscles atrophy, their hair becomes thinner, nails become brittle and do not grow well and their skin loses its shine and elasticity.

We are taught that if we don't drink milk our bones will become brittle and we will generally become weak due to a lack of calcium.

Nails become brittle and crack and skin loses elasticity.

My hair became brittle dry and shedding so I ended up cutting it all off.

They may also find that their skin becomes thinner, their bones become brittle and they may experience vaginal dryness.

Without enough vitamin D, which helps your body absorb calcium, your bones can become brittle and weak.