Sentences with phrase «less material overall»

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And by using less film overall, visual packaging manufacturers can reduce their source material usage.

They were able to demonstrate that even though the total amount of the graphene added to the material was minuscule — less than 1/10 of a percent by weight — it led to a clear - cut improvement in overall strength.

Using abundant inexpensive material means less need for such expensive metals as cobalt, currently used in lithium ion batteries» cathodes, lowering overall cost.»

Cadmium - telluride, however, has an advantage over silicon because it can absorb the same amount of sunlight with 98 percent less semiconducting material, thus reducing the overall cost of the solar panel.

«A low - yielding reaction is problematic because this means that less material is made, thus increasing overall production costs.

Wessells noted that the battery is very stable, its materials are abundant, its overall cost is competitive with conventional lead - acid batteries, and it has a lesser environmental footprint than conventional batteries.

But in the case of photovoltaic (PV) materials, Kurchin explains, it is actually the minority carriers — those that are far less abundant in the material — that are the limiting factor in a device's overall efficiency, and those are much more difficult to measure.

Processing of the high - level waste therefore would need fewer high - level glass canisters overall, while the less radioactive material could be immobilized in less costly wasteform (e.g., concrete, bitumen).

(1) It's a flowy material so the overall effect is less strict than I'd assume.

Because of the tone of the material, the uniquely detailed front isn't as clearly seen on a black design, but this can help to soften the overall look and give the boot a less intense finish.

While that is less than a fourth of the instructional materials market as a whole, the electronic sector's growth has been vigorous — up 4.4 percent from 2005 to 2006, as compared with the 2.6 percent growth rate of the overall instructional products market.

Priced at $ 19,995, the Neon is $ 4000 less than the Subaru, and its overall structure and interior trim materials seem better.

Yes, the last chapter tries to pull it all together, but given the breadth of the material, it gets pulled together in terms of the attitudes you need to do this right, but less of a «how do you structure an overall investment process to put these principles into practical action.»

But since experiences are, by definition, less predicated on material possessions they are likely, overall, to create less environmental harm.»

In the overall scheme of things, I think that if one is going to build genuinely sustainably, using low carbon, low embodied energy materials sourced fairly close to the site, the issue of excess consumption I would argue is potentially less important, particularly when space isn't an issue.

The headphone's overall character was smooth but darker and with less air than I know is contained in familiar source material.

The higher the hardness rating the more dense the material is and the less prone it may be to denting and overall wear.