Sentences with phrase «lighter than metal»

The 5A sports a metal - like matte texture which Xiaomi claims is «much lighter than the metal».

Yes, there are lighter more portable options out there for a crate, made from materials lighter than metal.

Lithium ion batteries are 50 percent lighter than the metal - hydride batteries and also up to 30 % smaller.

Certainly lighter than a metal one.

Later this summer Hilburger and team will feed the crusher a can made of carbon - fiber material that is 25 percent lighter than the metal alloy.

The high pressure sodium lamp emits more lumens of light than a metal halide lamp.

Not exact matches

But because lithium is the lightest metal, lithium - based batteries can store more energy at a given weight than any other variety.

Carbon - fiber materials are many times stronger than steel and about 50 % lighter than aluminum (a metal commonly used by aerospace companies).

The Arcadia music festival and its giant scrap metal spider landed at Elizabeth Quay last weekend and lit up Perth's dance scene, but there is more to the fire - breathing robot than meets the eye.

Lighter weight, higher performance and more cost - effective than traditional metal or glass packaging, rigid plastic is seeing innovations that challenge its rivals.

By 2016, the global flexible packaging market is expected to be worth more than $ 70 billion as brands move to replace metal cans, glass, and plastic bottles with low cost, lighter weight alternatives.

In an ambush that lasted for less than 20 minutes near Sabil Huda, the troops recovered a G3 Rifle magazine, 1 Life jacket, a Light Machine Gun metal link, 4 rounds of anti-Aircraft ammunition, 4 rounds of 7.62 mm (NATO) ammunition and 3 rounds of 7.62 mm (Special) ammunition.

It is called metallic glass, or amorphous metal, and it appears to be nothing less than an entirely new class of material that can be used to build lighter, stronger versions of anything.

«In cars where every kilo of reduced weight is important, a transition to magnesium, which is 30 percent lighter than the most common lightweight metal today, aluminium, would mean a great step forward to reduce fuel consumption,» says Mohsen Esmaily.

Such OLEDs — diodes made from organic material such as polyacetylene rather than semiconducting metals — may prove an even more intriguing future solution, because they can be crafted into ceiling panels or even windows (they are often translucent) and are potentially even more efficient at producing light (though not yet).

Dielectric materials have melting points much higher than metals, and we're now quickly trying to move this technology into the infrared to demonstrate a lighting system.»

«We can dramatically improve fuel efficiency by making our cars lighter, including the greater use [of] carbon fiber, which is also stronger than metal.

In November researchers showed off the lightest material ever created: a strong metal mesh about 25 percent less dense than the wispiest aerogel, a foamlike material that was the old record holder.

If the metal were perfectly conducting, it would reflect all of the light, but the conductivity of real metals is less than perfect.

That suggests that when fed the same diet and housed under the same conditions, darker birds remove more zinc — and possibly other noxious heavy metals — from their bloodstream than light - colored birds do.

Darker colored pigeons may be able to better detox heavy metals from their bloodstreams than their lighter kin, leading to their prevalence in urban environments.

Metals are more efficient at focussing light than traditional transparent materials, and are also used to direct electrical signals.

The research focuses on guiding light through nanometer - thick metal films — about a thousand times thinner than a human hair — to propagate light with plasmon waves, a cumulative electron oscillation.

Upending accepted theory, he discovered that light could be transmitted very efficiently through holes smaller than its own wavelength with the involvement of surface plasmons, the interaction of light with electron waves on metal surfaces.

During the past experiments, EAST's upper and lower divertors were coated with light and porous carbon rather than the heavy metal tungsten.

They are also suitable only for much lighter loads and materials than metal.

This allows me to use metal, mirrors, and lucite to reflect light to give the allusion of a space that is larger than it really is.

The Light Between Oceans paints Tom and Isabel's romance in elliptical glances — a seductive strategy, but also one that leaves them feeling less like fully fleshed human beings than objects as symbolic as that lighthouse, the broken piano in their seaside home, or a metal rattle that becomes integral to the plot.

Floorboards creak and metal pipes clang as you snake your way through darkness with little more than a lighter and your dwindling courage.

While it is about 500 pounds heavier than a Giulia Quadrifoglio due to the additional sheet metal and all - wheel drive as well as lacking the sedan's carbon - fiber hood and roof, it still feels tossable and light, without the top - heavy tippyness that just about every SUV exhibits.

It's a larger structure than before, but trick welding, greater use of high - tensile steel and some tweaks to the manufacturing process mean it's about 19 kg lighter than the bare metal in the current car.

The gearshift is lighter than TVRs of old, but retains that delicious sense of oiled metal teeth meshing together, while the brakes have an almost unservoed level of pedal feel.

Using more high - strength steel and other lightweight metals, the new Edge is about 50 pounds lighter than the old, and the A-pillars aren't too thick.

My general knowledge tells me that an Alloy rim is an amalgam of multiple durable metals and therfore, lighter than usual rims and better for improving the performance of car suspensions and brakes (i.e. long - lasting brakes).

The nose, although obviously connected to current Mazda product like the new CX - 5, has a more intricate look, integrating elements like the lighting units into voids within the sheet metal rather than being pasted onto the bodywork.

Peruse our auto body parts online store and you'll see that we offer all the sheet metal body panels as well as bumpers, grilles, lights, glass, window components and interior parts, all at much lower prices than you'd pay at a local auto body parts store or dealer.

In pure electric mode — a paltry 24 kilometres though it may be — the i8 is almost too silent, BMW having managed to make carbon fibre construction not only semi-affordable but also comparatively silent (the rigid structure of carbon fibre tubs can render cabins a little boomy, not a huge issue with the supercars that currently employ the lighter - than - metal weave, but important if it is ever to revolutionize the garden variety sedan).

This makes it lighter than conventional sheet metal control arms.

Light - metal components are also used extensively in the new five - link rear suspension, which is even lighter and stiffer than in the previous model and provides precise wheel location and excellent tracking stability in all driving situations.

Developed in partnership with LG Chem., lithium polymer battery technology is 20 per cent lighter and 40 per cent more compact than a traditional nickel metal hydride battery.

The C - MAX Hybrid's advanced lithium - ion battery is 25 to 30 % smaller and 50 % lighter than nickel - metal - hydride (NiMH) batteries used in first - generation hybrid vehicles.

The HED - 5 also featured materials that are lighter and more adaptable than metal and glass, and self - healing finishes that help minor scratches essentially disappear.

The C - Max Hybrid features an advanced lithium - ion battery that is 25 to 30 per cent smaller and 50 per cent lighter than nickel - metal - hydride (NiMH) batteries used in first - generation hybrid vehicles.

This beneficial spiral of decreasing weight, reduced size and complexity and increased performance continues with the IMA nickel - metal hydride battery pack (a technology Honda pioneered in its EV PLUS electric car), which is also smaller and lighter in weight than the ones used in other hybrid systems.

Wider, longer, and lower than the DB9, the DB11's bonnet seems endless, its rear haunches are nearly horizontal shelves, its floating roof strake is like a stylist's swath of color in an aphotic hairdo, and its rear has been creased into slivers of light and metal.

The C - Max Energi was designed with total 188 hp (140 kW) in hybrid mode delivered by a 2.0 - liter Atkinson cycle four - cylinder gasoline engine plus an electric motor powered by a 7.6 kWh lithium - ion battery pack, which is smaller and lighter than nickel metal hydride batteries used in previous Ford generation hybrids.

Because, says Porsche, a cloth top is lighter, sits lower in the chassis and takes up less room than a metal roof, which enables all Cabrios to retain their 2 +2 configuration.

This time the German specialist has played with a different colour (red), and has limited the usage of carbon fiber at the back to only the rear wing, while other than that everything else is almost the same, meaning a wind tunnel shaped body kit, a carbon fiber bonnet, a stainless steel exhaust system, 21 inch light metal rims and also a host of interior modifications.

It is lighter and easier to assemble than the previous door panel, which included several metal parts.

It should also handle better than before, thanks to lighter and stiffer metals throughout its chassis and body.