Sentences with phrase «contain much heat»

Not exact matches

The worst you could do is heat them too much and boil off some of the water contained within, but that would take an excessive amount of heat.

If that's difficult to envision, get this: Trinidad Moruga Scorpion peppers contain about as much capsaicin — the chemical compound in peppers that makes them burn by activating heat receptors in human nerve endings — as a shot glass full of law enforcement - grade pepper spray.

Water is an excellent substance for absorbing the energy of fast neutrons and thereby producing heat, because water is cheap and contains so much hydrogen.

The general consensus among scientists is that the young Earth's atmosphere contained much larger quantities of greenhouse gases (such as carbon dioxide and / or ammonia) than are present today, which trapped enough heat to compensate for the lesser amount of solar energy reaching the planet.

The reason is because it contains a much larger percentage of heat unstable fats.

Also, lemon juice doesn't contain much vitamin C, so adding it for that purpose is pointless, and yes, the heat would damage its nutrients.

For example, heat treated milk contains much lower levels of vitamin C and B vitamins.

But consider that cooked tomatoes contain more acne - clearing antioxidants than raw ones, and that heating cocoa beans makes the magnesium in chocolate much more bioavailable.

The reason that extra virgin olive oil is good for you is that it is generally cold pressed without the use of heat and solvents to aid extraction, and also contains MUCH LESS polyunsaturated fats than canola oil, so is therefore more stable.

A calorie is an absolute measure of how much heat energy a foodstuff, or anything else for that matter, actually contains.

The suitcase does however contain: a nifler (a platypusial creature with a fondness for snatching shiny objects); an erumpent (rhino - like when it comes to size and temperament and, inconveniently, in heat); several occamy (winged serpents with an aptitude for size - shifting); a demiguise (simian, and blessed with powers of invisibility and precognition); a thunderbird (pretty much what is sounds like, only larger); and a variety of other, shall we say, fantastic beasts.

Brushing helps keep the coat in tip - top shape, so that it contains as much body heat as possible.

They have low recycling rates (due to the potentially hazardous materials they contain), a mere 20 - year lifespan and they absorb too much heat.

The oceans, though, hold much more heat than the atmosphere; e.g. the top 15 cm (6 inches) of ocean waters contain more heat than the entire atmosphere.

It is widely known within the energy community that there is enough solar energy reaching the earth each hour to power the world economy for one year, but few people know that the heat in the upper six miles of the earth's crust contains 50,000 times as much energy as found in all the world's oil and gas reserves combined.

Bigger houses use much more materials to build, contain more cubic space to heat and cool, and represent an indulgance that many see as opposed to what green building is all about.

Since the ocean surface temperature changes precede surface air temperature changes by several months, and since the top two metres of ocean contain as much heat capacity as the entire atmosphere above it, it is clear that surface temperature and atmospheric temperature is strongly influenced by the ocean, which is heated by the sun, not by back radiation.

The PT article contains some totally surprising claims; but then Peter Humbug is a Professor of Geophysical Sciences; and not just any Professor, but THE Louis Block Professor, at the University of Chicago, so I would take everything he says as gospel; even thoguh I don't undertand much of it; such as the earth heating to 800,000 K in a billion years, if it had no means of ridding itself of the energy it gets from the sun.

When that happens, you have to resort to heating up the back side of the device to soften up the adhesive and then slowly pry the battery off, making sure not to bend it too much — lithium - ion batteries are fairly dangerous, since they contain harmful chemicals and can possibly light on fire if punctured or damaged in any way.

Solar reflective glass lanterns and gables contain a sufficient amount of glass to illuminate the water and other specified areas, allowing views of the sky without excessive glare or too much solar heat gain.