Sentences with phrase «hexagonal forms»

Their work clearly showed the graphite sample transformed into the hexagonal form of diamond before being obliterated into dust.

The flat contours of the headlight tubes help to give the classical BMW twin circular look a more hexagonal form.

First, the size and flat, hexagonal form of the individual modules were necessary to make the concrete units transportable by highway or barge because it was not possible to build a factory in close proximity to the original site, as had been done in Montreal.

A fine hall lantern in the neoclassical Adam Manner Constructed in bronze, of hexagonal form, containing a central column issuing three arms, with «s» form faux candleholders; each pil...

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These needles are slender hexagonal columns that form at mid-humidity and relatively warm temperatures, around 23 degrees Fahrenheit.

To make a spool - shaped flake, a crystal begins to form into a hexagonal pillar in a region that's about 20 degrees Fahrenheit before it drifts into another zone and «has a crystal midlife crisis,» Libbrecht says.

Those areas grow faster than the «smooth» patches, and soon a basic hexagonal shape with six points and six facets has formed.

Now researchers have coaxed typically hexagonal 3 - D ice crystals to form the most cubic ice ever created in the lab.

Simulations by first author Zhuhua Zhang, a postdoctoral researcher in Yakobson's group, showed that hexagonal vacancies in borophene help soften the material to facilitate its corrugated form.

Fullerene is an interesting molecule: it is formed of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal network shaped like a hollow sphere.

But graphite, the form of carbon found in pencil lead but also found coating the surface of many particles of interstellar dust, is also made of one - atom - thick sheets of carbon atoms arranged into hexagonal rings.

Whereas Earth ice, like snowflakes, always form hexagonal crystals, space ice can form many different crystal shapes, such as this «palm tree» formation [right].

The surface is pulled in towards the ordered collection of rods, and the exterior of the drop begins to conform to the hexagonal packing pattern of the columns, forming facets.

Molecular - level simulations suggested that these droplets almost immediately began forming two stacked layers of hexagonal 2 - D ice, a form that Zeng previously discovered and dubbed Nebraska Ice.

Hexagonal ice, and the occasional bit of cubic ice in our upper atmosphere, are the only two forms that occur naturally on Earth.

The intriguing revelation that 12 pentagonal «defects» convert a planar hexagonal array of any size into a quasi-icosahedral cage explains why some intrinsically planar materials form quasi-crystalline particles, as appears to occur in the case of soot.

Using diamond anvil cells (DAC), the team applied 2.5 GPa of pressure (25 thousand atmospheres) to pre-compress water into the room - temperature ice VII, a cubic crystalline form that is different from «ice - cube» hexagonal ice, in addition to being 60 percent denser than water at ambient pressure and temperature.

If the high, partially obscuring clouds contain tiny hexagonal ice crystals, a halo will form around the sun or the moon.

«The interlocking of hexagons provides two unique features — hexagonal arrangement introduces metallic character, and the interlocking form with tetrahedral bonding guarantees stability,» said co-lead investigator Puru Jena, Ph.D., distinguished professor of physics in the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences.

Twenty - two carbon atoms (gray balls) form five interconnected hexagonal rings.

Changes in temperature and humidity can switch the ice crystals from growing in narrow spikes to forming broader hexagonal «leaves», and back again.

Here's another finding, courtesy of Juno: Unlike Saturn's enigmatic hexagonal (six - sided polygon) cloud structure over the ringed gas giant's north pole, Jupiter's northern cyclones form an octagonal (eight - sided) grouping.

The neuronal firing in this cell is spaced at regular distances, with the active areas forming a triangular or hexagonal grid pattern within the box.

Grid cells are brain cells that act as an internal coordinate system, firing at a series of locations that form a hexagonal grid across our environment as we move around it.

Now, a team of WSU researchers has for the first time observed and recorded the creation of hexagonal diamond in highly oriented pyrolytic graphite under shock compression, revealing crucial details about how it is formed.

Scientists reported that a large meteorite, called Canyon Diablo after the crater it formed on impact in northern Arizona, contained a new form of diamond with a hexagonal structure.

It's made of 95 % chalk — hexagonal plates of calcium carbonate in a crystalline form called aragonite, and they interlock rather like Lego blocks.

Graphene is a single - atom - thick layer of carbon atoms structured in a hexagonal honeycomb form.

We report the room - temperature trapping of individual Ar atoms within hexagonal prism (alumino) silicate nano - cages forming a two - dimensional framework on a flat Ru (0001) surface.

The addition of open field tower defense gameplay required some changes from the original geoDefense and what was once a fairly free - form placement of towers is now locked in to a hexagonal grid.

There are also sprigs of «garnish» in the form of hexagonal black mesh accents on either side of the bumper.

The front of the vehicle is an aggressive form of Hyundai's signature hexagonal front grille, with hood scoop detailing and LED daytime running lights.

The optional eye - catching full - LED headlights, with their hexagonal design, and the slightly forward - slanting BMW kidney grille form a single unit and strengthen the athletic presence of the BMW 4 Series Convertible on the road.

In the front is an aggressive form of Hyundai's signature hexagonal front grille, hood scoop detailing, and unique Hyundai - signature LED position lights.

Short overhangs and powerfully formed, subtly hexagonal wheel arches emphasize the nearly perfectly [KRA1] balanced 50:50 distribution of weight between the front and rear axle.

The optional eye - catching full - LED headlights, with their hexagonal design, and the slightly forward - slanting BMW kidney grille form a single unit and strengthen the athletic presence of the BMW 4 Series Coupe on the road.

Up front, the headlights will keep the same shape and form, and even the weird little eyelid at the top of the light, but the LED adaptive lights will now take on a more angular look with clearly defined points that creates a broken hexagonal look.

Another tease in the form of the cover for the April issue of the Swedish edition of video game magazine Game Reactor contains that trademark hexagonal webbing from Crytek's power - suit shooter franchise.

Designed by the Norwegian firm Snøhetta, the 150,000 - square - foot building has a distinct glass facade comprising numerous hexagonal panels, a recurring geometric motif that shaped the theme of «Evolving Geometries: Line, Form, and Color,» curated by Margo Crutchfield.

There, at the center, is a hexagonal opening, forming a «core» around which the painting revolves.

The roof lights of the space are in neon and in a hexagonal shape that brought to the artist's mind to the form of a bee hive,» Sichel elaborates.

Fullerenes are composed of 60 carbon atoms joined together in hexagonal rings to form a sphere that resembles a soccer ball.

The design uses 12 flat pieces for each unit, which slot together to form a series of hexagonal and triangular shapes, yielding a sturdy and stable shelf.

Fitbit got rid of last year's angular - hexagonal design for a «squircle» form, which is the trend among wearables these days.