Sentences with phrase «contact with the water surface»

By deploying the fan, the insects can increase their leg's contact with the water surface and can push against the water more forcefully.

In theory, the CO2 dissolves through diffusion, which takes place when the gas comes into contact with the water surface.

Also known as the Jesus Christ Lizard, for obvious reasons, slow motion photography has shown that it rears up on its hind legs and moves its legs in a free wheeling manner so quickly, that its feet are not in contact with the water surface long enough to break its surface tension.

The rate of evaporation always increases in proportion to the supply of extra energy to water molecules at the surface or to molecules of air that are in contact with the water surface so that no warming of the ocean by the air can occur.

Not exact matches

The solution: Poo - Pourri, whose proprietary formula creates a protective barrier across the surface of the toilet - bowl water, halting foul odors from coming into contact with the air.

Condensation is a phase transition of matter that occurs when water vapor contained in hot, humid air comes in contact with a cold surface.

The finer the powder, the faster the phytic acid disappears because more water comes into contact with the surface area of the powder.

Onondaga County on Friday issued a blue - green algae advisory for Skaneateles Lake, urging people to «avoid contact with any algae blooms, surface scums, and colored water.»

Onondaga County today issued a blue - green algae advisory for Skaneateles Lake, urging people to «avoid contact with any algae blooms, surface scums, and colored water.»

Just a center divider which increases the surface area the water comes into contact with.

The Whillans system is different in that it has been in periodic contact with surface waters.

By creating nanometre - thick arrays of metal - organic frameworks, Zhao's team was able to expose the pores and increase the surface area for electrical contact with the water.

First, water adheres to many surfaces with which it comes into contact.

Combining superhydrophobic surfaces with Leidenfrost levitation — picture a water droplet hovering over a hot surface rather than making physical contact with it — has been explored extensively for the past decade by researchers hoping to uncover the holy grail of water - repellent surfaces.

Snapshots of contact line configurations when water droplets slide on surfaces with micro-pillars.

When water comes into contact with an extremely water - repellent, or «superhydrophobic» surface, droplets bead up and roll off easily.

Their mucosal surfaces — their skin, digestive tract and gills — are in constant contact with water, including any pathogens that that water may contain.

This increases the surface area of the metal in contact with water, generating a vigorous reaction.

The resulting roughness increases the surface area of glass in contact with water, enhancing the attractive forces between the two and overcoming some of the surface tension.

Mavrikakis, assistant scientist Guowen Peng and Ph.D. student Carrie Farberow, along with researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark and Lund University in Sweden, investigated how hydroxyls affect water molecules around them, and how that differs from water molecules contacting a pristine metal oxide surface.

To go to Enceladus, she added, any lander would need to be very clean as liquid water is in contact with the moon's icy surface, so contamination of the subsurface ocean would be a very real possibility.

This means that skin needs to touch soil, sand, water, or a conductive surface that is in contact with the earth.

When water flicked from your fingers sizzles on contact with the surface of the oil, use tongs to lay each slice of plantain in the oil, being careful not to splash yourself.

When the exposed surface area of a vegetable makes direct contact with water that has been heated, there is an increased chance for loss of water - soluble nutrients into the water.

Because tire grooves help channel water out from underneath the tire, they help keep more of the tire in contact with the road surface to minimize hydroplaning.

If your puppy becomes infected, the virus can contaminate everything your pet comes in contact with including food and water bowls, collars and leashes and the surfaces of his kennel.

Canine influenza is a highly contagious viral respiratory disease that is spread just like the common cold, through direct contact (sniffing, licking, nuzzling), through the air (coughing or sneezing), through contaminated surfaces (sharing water bowls or toys), or contaminated people (with virus on hands or clothing).

Dogs become infected when their mouths, or abraded skin, or a wound comes in contact with contaminated soil, water, food or other surfaces that may have been urinated on by wildlife.

Wash working surfaces, bowls, and utensils that come in contact with raw meat with hot, soapy water.

The dog flu virus is spread through air, contaminated surfaces (food and water bowls) and humans that have had contact with infected dogs.

Bleach is one of the only cleaners effective against parvovirus, and surfaces such as flooring as well as bedding, food and water bowls, and toys in which an infected puppy has been in contact should be thoroughly cleaned with bleach in order to clean these materials.

Canine influenza is a highly contagious viral respiratory disease that is spread just like the common cold, through direct contact (sniffing, licking, nuzzling), through the air (coughing or sneezing), contaminated surfaces (sharing water bowls or toys), or contaminated people (with virus on hands or clothing).

The water is heated through contact with the rock and is then returned to the surface through a second borehole where it is used to generate electricity.

Without the increased water movement due to the storm, there would be a tendency for the meltwater to stay at the surface due to its relatively low density, which would prevent saltier water (with its depressed freezing point) from coming in contact with the ice.

So, the saltier and more dense Atlantic water sinks below the surface and a colder fresher layer of water above it acts as a insolation blanket that limits the amount of ocean heat in contact with the ice above.

And older climate models did not include dynamic ice sheet vulnerabilities — like high latent - heat ocean water coming into contact with the submerged faces of sea - fronting glaciers, the ability of surface melt water to break up glaciers by pooling into cracks and forcing them apart (hydrofracturing), or the innate rigidity and frailty of steep ice cliffs which render them susceptible to rapid toppling.

An El Nino is a change in the movement of water that has been warmed with contact with the surface, so that warm water that has been building up at depth over time changes its movement pattern and moves closer to the surface (and to a different horizontal location) where heat is released.

A warming surface ocean is also likely to increase the density stratification of the water column (i.e., Steinacher et al., 2010), altering the circulation and potentially increasing the isolation of waters in an OMZ from contact with the atmosphere, hence increasing the intensity of the OMZ.

Now we have 0.5 m3 of water vapor at 373.15 K in contact with water that must then have a surface temperature equal to 373.15 K.

* Reduce the surface tension of water that comes in contact with the reservoir, to improve gas production.

Unlike the surface ocean, which is in contact with the warming atmosphere, these abyssal waters are thousands of meters below the surface.

When coal ash comes into contact with water, these hazardous materials leach out of the waste and contaminate groundwater and surface water.

In a nutshell, the Nebia atomizes the water into tiny droplets that have «10 times more surface area» than the water drops from a conventional showerhead, allowing users to get just as clean («more water comes into contact with your body» than with a traditional model») while also warming the air around them more efficiently.

What this coating does is repel water that makes contact with the screen and prevent dust and dirt from sticking on the surface as well.

Analyze samples for particle size, percent solids and painted surface for contact angel with water.