Sentences with phrase «into slick surfaces»

Winter radials also feature deep, open tread patterns designed to push away slush, and generally contain small grooves called sipes that act as «teeth» to bite into slick surfaces.

Not exact matches

Dispersants have been applied to oil slicks on the ocean surface for half a century to break petroleum into smaller droplets that dissipate into waters of the open ocean so that less oil reaches ecologically sensitive coastlines.

Without any added oils, a moisturizer can be absorbed quickly into your skin without leaving a layer of slick grease on the surface.

Surface slicks may account for as little as 2 per cent of the oil now spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, according to a study of a controlled deep - water spill conducted in 2000 by the US Minerals Management Service and a consortium of oil companies, including BP.

With help from the ocean's natural wave action, the reduction in surface tension allows large surface slicks to separate into individual droplets that eventually sink to the sea floor.

The endangered whales have also been spotted surfacing into the slick.

Sprayed from planes or boats, dispersants reduce the surface tension at the oil - water interface, allowing waves to break the slick into tiny droplets.

I'm relieved to find that the Challenger will stop with authority even on slick surfaces, as the tires dig into the slush as the ABS chatters.

Pirelli slick tyres ensure the FXX K stays keyed into the track surface, while temperature, pressure and G - force sensors relay everything the engineers need to know about what's happening at the tyre - road contact patch.

Snow Mode, and the slightly less restrictive Wet Mode, impressed me the most, turning sloppy inputs into smooth, surprisingly quick progress on even the slickest surfaces.

Another safety concern — the slick road surface — has been addressed by polyurethane grout and resin, which were injected into tunnel cracks and joints to control the water seepage.

Slick surfaces reveal clouds of colors hovering, expanding, and streaming up into the air.

The painted surfaces have a slick and sensuous quality, inviting the viewer into an improbable hybrid environment.

In the second gallery, Mosaic Study IV and V (both 1978) both infuse oil into the graphite - and - beeswax retinue, the former featuring an intensely etched grid and the latter a slick, mottled surface contained on three sides by steely blue - gray paint.

Microsoft Surface Book has been one of the best products from the Redmond giant, but it seems that the slick machine is already running into initial niggles, which the users are finding it hard to cope up with.