Sentences with phrase «by electrical discharges»

According to Wikipedia, ozone is «a colorless unstable toxic gas with a pungent odor and powerful oxidizing properties, formed from oxygen by electrical discharges or ultraviolet light.

These zircons and their contents probably formed in the plasma channels «drilled» by the electrical discharges at the beginning of the flood.

One well - known model for the beginnings of life on Earth posits that terrestrial life sprang from complex molecules such as amino acids and sugars produced by electrical discharges in a primeval atmosphere replete with gases such as methane, hydrogen, ammonia and water.

Not exact matches

It can be generated either by detonating explosives (the first systems developed during the 90s) or discharging electrical currents under water (current second generation).

By observing these natural stimuli, professor Holtmaat's team was able to demonstrate that sensory stimulus alone can generate long - term synaptic strengthening without the neuron discharging either an induced or natural electrical pulse.

Ever since Benjamin Franklin's time lightning has been understood to be a large electrical discharge similar to that seen when a conductive object (like a metal doorknob) is touched after a static electric charge is picked up (by feet scuffing across carpet, for example).

Of the fishes able to generate an electrical discharge, electric eels are by far the champions, producing up to 600 volts!

Ozone is formed from dioxygen by the action of ultraviolet light and also atmospheric electrical discharges, and is present in low concentrations throughout the Earth's atmosphere.

Ads for the Pain Erazor pen claim it offers drug - free pain relief through «the science of electro - analgesia» by discharging an electrical current onto your skin up to 40 times.