Sentences with phrase «like calcite»

They eat away at him while at the same time building up, like calcite, weighing on him, toughening him.

Minerals like calcite grow and dissolve in response to changes in the water composition, which can be characterized by its level of acidity (i.e., the pH).

Not exact matches

A mix of red mineral stone and calcite balance the pH of the purified water and reincorporate minerals like magnesium and potassium that are good for your body and can actually improve the taste of your water.

Both gypsum and calcite, found in drywall and cement, irritate mucus membranes, like those in the eyes, nose and throat.

As the X-rays pushed the calcite to more extreme levels of instability, researchers were surprised to see that the dissolving pits became distorted and formed ink splatter - like irregularities, indicating that some parts were dissolving quicker than others.

Piercing through water solution and reflecting off the calcite's surface like a mirror, focused X-rays changed the water's acidity level, starting a chain of reactions that lowered the pH and caused the calcite to dissolve.

Only later would scientists learn that coccoliths are calcite plates that surround some species of phytoplankton like armor.

Unlike typical crystal structures like shells, which incorporate thousands of smaller, geometrically symmetrical crystals attached to each other, each spine on a sea urchin is a single large calcite crystal with its own convoluted shape.

Calcite precipitates out of pressurized fluids that travel through rock near faults during some earthquakes and gets deposited in layers, like rings of a tree.

The team also showed that calcite associated with two seismic events in the earthquake cluster indicates very rapid carbon dioxide degassing, which can occur when fluid under high pressure is released — like opening the top of a shaken bottle of soda.

The calcite builds up in layers, creating uneven surfaces during growth, like steps and terraces on a mountainside.

These spheres called micelles are molecules that roll up like roly - poly bugs based on the chemistry along their bodies — pointing outwards are the parts of their molecules that play well chemically with both the surrounding water and the calcite, while tucked inside are the parts that don't get along with the watery environment.

Many artworks encourage interaction, such as Mr. Falls» Healing Pavilion, a seating area made from gemstones with healing properties like amethyst, orange calcite, jasper, lapis lazuli and rose quartz.

By ruling out the unsuitable elements on the periodic table and then through modeling of stratospheric chemistry, the team landed on calcite, a constituent of rocks like limestone, marble and chalk, and one of the Earth's crust's most common compounds.