Sentences with phrase «heated by friction»

When the fillings containing 50 % mercury are heated by the friction of a dentist's drill, toxic mercury vapors are released that are invisible, colorless and odorless.
The gas in the disk is heated by the friction it experiences rubbing against other gas in the disk and also by the release of gravitational potential energy as it falls inward onto the black hole.
Material from the bow shock gets heated by friction and then is whipped around and behind the star.
This modified orbit causes Io to flex as it moves around Jupiter, causing material within Io to shift position and generate heat by friction, just as rubbing your hands together briskly makes them warmer.
This stretches and squeezes the moon's rocky core, producing heat by friction.
This contrasts with conventional braking systems, where the excess kinetic energy is converted to unwanted and wasted heat by friction in the brakes, or with dynamic brakes, where energy is recovered by using electric motors as generators but is immediately dissipated as heat in resistors.

Not exact matches

Traditional Matcha is ground slowly by a stone mill in order to minimize friction and heat which can cause the deterioration of its color and flavor.
Of course, the extra heat trapped by human greenhouse gas emissions is likely to play a bigger role than raindrop friction in any atmospheric changes.
Heat from the friction of rocks caused by tidal forces could be the «engine» for the hydrothermal activity on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
In that view the disk islit up by only gravitational energy, which is converted into heat andlight by means of friction.
The car's momentum, instead of being grabbed by high - friction brake pads and thrown away as useless heat, is mopped up in the form of electricity that replenishes the batteries.
That is not much but, given that the average vehicle loses roughly 70 % of the energy supplied to it by its fuel to waste heat and friction, recovering even a small percentage of this with thermoelectric technology would be worthwhile.»
These oceans were formed by tidal heating, that is, warming of the ice caused by friction between the surface ice and the core as a result of the gravitational interaction between the planet and the moon.
A new study that incorporates various findings by NASA's Cassini mission regarding Saturn's moon Enceladus proposes that the moon has a porous core in which rocks flex and rub together, producing sufficient heat via friction to power its global subsurface ocean.
These fragments would then be vaporized by friction as they pass through the hot, thin gas flowing onto Sgr A *, similar to a meteor heating up and glowing as it falls through Earth's atmosphere.
Emulsify formula by rubbing between fingers; friction and heat will melt the balm.
Emulsify formula by rubbing between fingers; friction and heat will melt the balm into a creamy oil texture.
Because this torque is transmitted by means of friction rather than direct mechanical contact, considerable power is wasted as heat (which is dissipated by the clutch).
You can possibly friction fit a sleeve on there by heating the sleeve and getting it onto the axle fairly quickly.
Turbocharging can improve the fuel economy [88] of diesel engines by recovering waste heat from the exhaust, increasing the excess air factor, and increasing the ratio of engine output to friction losses.
CVT V - belts are subject to extremely high temperatures due to heat produced by the friction between the belt and pulleys, as well as from the engine oil.
The heat recovery device contributes to the third - generation i - MMD's efficiency by helping to reduce power - robbing friction, particularly during cold - weather startup and initial operation, prior to engine warmup.
In order to maximize the dissipation of heat, the steel friction rings are perforated and connected by pins to the aluminum brake discs.
Both disc brakes and drum brakes work by using friction and resistance to convert kinetic energy into heat energy.
The new heat recovery device contributes to the second - generation i - MMD's efficiency by helping to reduce power - robbing friction particularly during initial cold weather operation.
The efficiency of the power train is further significantly improved by the fuel - economy converter, reduced - friction bearings and transmission oil heat management.
The new TCe engine incorporates the latest Alliance - developed innovations, including Mirror Bore Coating, a cylinder coating technology used for the Nissan GT - R engine to improve energy efficiency by reducing friction and optimizing heat conduction.
They also help distribute heat produced by friction.
Testing showed that this can occur if the mats are moved forward from the clipped position approximately two inches into a position in which the rear edge of the mats will abut the retention clip (s) when installed singly and align with the clip (s) when stacked on another floor mat.The pedal interference incidents reviewed by the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) include 1 crash and 9 incidents with allegations of brake friction materials smoking and / or requiring repair for heat related damage.The crash incident occurred after the parking brake was applied at speed, resulting in loss - of - control vehicle yaw event caused by lock - up of the rear tires.The spin - out resulted in a side impact collision with an oncoming vehicle in an opposing lane of traffic.
«Heat is caused by friction.
In the long run this energy surplus is necessarily dissipated as heat generated by friction, turbulence, and fracturing.
Microwave oven heating is by friction.
The 20 Hz subsonic ELFs generated by your selfish, «if it feels good, do it» splurge just loosened the friction bond between tectonic strata where, unbeknownst to all you clowns here, the missing heat has been «hiding in plain sight,» to borrow Connolley's fave expression.
Convective patterns driven by heat transport in the interior of the Earth push one crustal plate under another (subduction) and the friction heats up the magma necessary for volcanic action — which in turn releases CO2 into the atmosphere.
Water melted at the bed, by geothermal heating and by friction between the ice and the bed, is insignificant, and the pressure of the void - filling water on the overlying ice is likely to depend entirely on how fast water is arriving at the bed from above.
To this regard, the way heat can flow down is through the turbulent friction between different layers of water mixed by tides, eventualy enhanced near the continental platforms.
The difference is that radiation transports energy (that can facilitate work which creates motion which can create friction which does create heat or heat - energy, as it is sometime called, the strength of which can be measured by its temperature.
Finally, Prof. Chilingar appeared to attack global heating by concluding that direct heating of the air by human activity (aircraft air friction, power plant thermal plumes, etc.) couldn't possibly cause the observed heating — which every serious climate scientist (Prof. Chilingar is a petroleum scientist) would agree with completely.
Burns are injuries to the flesh or the skin that are caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, friction, or radiation.
Burns caused by friction — Friction burns, such as road rash, are a combination of a heat burn and an abrasion caused by scraping against a hard frictionFriction burns, such as road rash, are a combination of a heat burn and an abrasion caused by scraping against a hard Friction burns, such as road rash, are a combination of a heat burn and an abrasion caused by scraping against a hard surface.
A burn can be caused by heat, harsh chemicals, radiation, electricity, friction or light.
The fluid has a high boiling point to withstand the heat caused by friction.
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