Sentences with phrase «causes volatile substances»

Not exact matches

Some researchers have proposed that this difference is caused by photoevaporation, which strips planets of their surrounding envelope of so - called volatiles — substances like water and carbon dioxide that have low boiling points — creating smaller - radius planets.

As referred to above, the heavy rains added so much weight to the floating roof of an oil storage tank at ExxonMobil's Baytown facility that the roof partially sank, and caused the more volatile petroleum - based components — including known and suspected carcinogens and otherwise toxic substances — to evaporate and release harmful air emissions in sufficient quantities to require reports to be submitted to state environmental regulators.