Sentences with phrase «by iridium»

The Iridium constellation was originally developed by Iridium SSC, with first - generation satellites deployed between 1997 to 2002.

A study commissioned by Iridium found that between the service's proposed start in 2017 and 2030, the technology should save airlines about $ 7 billion on fuel and cut carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions by 35 million tonnes.

Within seconds the gas streaming around the plummeting probe will reach temperatures hot enough to melt its aluminum chassis, followed by the iridium cladding that shields its plutonium power source.

Not exact matches

To see if these deaths were linked with the KT extinction, the researchers tested for iridium, the rare metal found throughout the world near the KT boundary, thought by most to be evidence of a cosmic impact.

That's because the higher speed of comets and the high volatility of their constituents would create giant plumes on impact, so more of the iridium would escape into space, compared with impacts by rocky asteroids.

The calculations also predicted lunar rocks should have iridium levels of 10 parts per trillion or less — a figure that moon rocks returned by NASA's Apollo missions have already confirmed (Icarus, DOI: 10.1016 / j.icarus.2009.07.015).

Unexpectedly, the researchers discovered that the iridium was laid down before the pinna layer, which means that the ammonites and other creatures there died after the event «by 10 to maybe 100 years,» Landman concludes.

But the cost of producing it by using electricity to split water is high, because the most efficient catalysts developed so far are often made with precious metals, like platinum, ruthenium and iridium.

The kilogram is a holdout, still defined by a cylinder of platinum - iridium kept in a vault near Paris since 1889.

The researchers experimented with iridium oxide samples synthesized by Boston College (BC) graduate student Tom Hogan, working in the lab of former BC and current University of California, Santa Barbara, Assistant Professor Stephen Wilson.

In the sea of graphene (over an iridium crystal), electrons» spin - orbit interaction is much lower than that created by intercalating a Pb island.

Here we report an iridium oxide / strontium iridium oxide (IrOx / SrIrO3) catalyst formed during electrochemical testing by strontium leaching from surface layers of thin films of SrIrO3.

Several research teams have reduced corrosion by coating the silicon with iridium and other precious metals.

Among the new components developed by the researchers are a copper - silver nanocoral cathode, which reduces the carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons and oxygenates, and an iridium oxide nanotube anode, which oxidizes the water and creates oxygen.

The researchers customized the anode by growing the iridium oxide nanotubes on a zinc oxide surface to create a more uniform surface area to better support chemical reactions.

When he and his colleagues at Scripps and Brigham Young University ran a methane reaction with thallium — a main group metal — alkanes pushed the solvent molecules aside 22 orders of magnitude faster than when the reaction was run with iridium, reducing the overall energy required by about one - third, they report online today in Science.

In 2011, researchers led by Richard Masel, a chemist and CEO of Dioxide Materials in Boca Raton, Florida, tested a setup with silver and iridium oxide catalysts and a liquid electrolyte to promote the CO2 to CO reaction.

The team disrupted the material's magnetic order by substituting iridium ions for ruthenium, then used neutron scattering to characterize the resulting magnetic behavior.

The sediment contained iridium and glassy debris that formed from rock vaporized by the impact.

The team further explored increasing the speed of the hydrogen - producing reaction by evaluating rhodium and iridium catalysts on a magnesium aluminum spinel support.

I don't think you'll gain much by using the precious metal spark plugs (like platinum / iridium / yttrium).

Fuel and ignition are controlled by a precision Motec management system that also has a data - logging facility, and there are HKS iridium spark plugs and a high - pressure fuel pump.

Finished in Iridium Silver metallic with Black full leather interior this beautiful example boasts a full service history having been carried out most recently by ourselves at 51951 miles on 25/11/2017.

The front section of the G63 is characterized by the AMG - specific radiator grille and the AMG bumper with large side air inlets and trim in matt iridium silver.

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This S AMG GT is beautifully finished in Iridium Silver Metallic and complimented by Red Pepper Red / Black w / Nappa Exclusive Leather Uphostery.

Spark is supplied to iridium - tipped, long - life spark plugs by six coil units positioned directly over the plugs in the cylinder - head access bores.

The engine also features increased cylinder block height (from the previous 3.5 - liter design), ladder frame construction for greater rigidity, large crank journal and pin diameters, asymmetric piston skirts, twin knock sensors, an electronically controlled «drive - by - wire» throttle system, molybdenum coated lightweight pistons, Iridium spark plugs and a symmetric twin air intake system.

This will enhance the sporty appearance with the help of a new front spoiler, a larger Mercedes logo flanked by two iridium blades and a meshed grille.

Porsche Boxster 2000, Iridium TT ™ Spark Plug by Denso ®.

Over 45 % of the ENZN shares are held by independent investment funds (Baupost, Iridium, Perry, Renaissance, New Mountain, della Camera, etc.),

Iridium is also drained by the simple process of running so laps around IR's tracks are an amalgamation of Mario Kart's «shoot, drive, and slide your way across the line» and Gauntlet «s «collect food if you want to live» gameplay concepts.

Second, Iridium Runners is a piece of new intellectual property in a genre dominated by Nintendo's Mario Kart: the arcade racer.

Developed by Cambridge Consultants, the new motion - triggered cameras send images of animals (or poachers) over the Iridium satellite network in near - real - time, allowing for early detection of poaching activity and identification of endangered or rare species.