Sentences with phrase «n't hydrophobic»

Cats aren't hydrophobic by nature, in fact some like getting wet, but for some reason felines tend not to drink as much water as they should.

Cellulose acetate loses strength as it absorbs water, so the skin is waterproofed by adding a protein found in paper wasp saliva that makes their nests hydrophobic.

Not exact matches

, and is «hydrophobic» (meaning it does not absorb water).

Gum is a hydrophobic material, which means it doesn't like water and it won't dissolve in water.

It's not just the earbud design, which is made of hydrophobic materials to keep out sweat and moisture while creating a gentle seal that stays put.

It is super hydrophobic, which means water won't know what hit it as it is swept right off.

Just as oil balls up in water, hydrophobic regions of a protein clump together for protection, and the parts of the protein that don't mind water fold over them.

Most set - ups use vertical hydrophobic surfaces, on which some droplets — but not many — condense until gravity...

While silica does not participate directly in the catalysis, the surface molecular composition of the silica grains can influence its effectiveness if the chemical group is predominantly hydrophilic or hydrophobic.

The secretions of the anal glands, an oily substance, present an ideal hideout for the bacteria, which doesn't thrive in a water - based environment (hydrophobic).

On the other hand, water isn't as attracted to hydrophobic materials, making the molecules easier to move and producing lower viscosity.

In fact, they often contain hydrophobic agents but are not necessarily hydrophobic as a whole.]

The sodium dodecyl sulfate not only solves the hydrophobic / hydrophilic incompatibility problem, it also provides a molecular template for the crystals to form and grow.

Due to their hydrophobic nature vitamin Bs can't be stored in significant amounts — baring the case of vitamin B12 which is stored in the liver.

Since this product is hydrophobic, its permeance will not increase when exposed to high moisture loads.

Terraces, hugelkultur, floodbreak (aka windbreak) plantings, diversion channels, maintaining wild wetlands as sinks, building creekbed pathways, using orchards as buffers, impregnating poorer - quality soils with hydrophobic biochar, progressively alternating such features with dykes laid out to fractionally draw overflows and slow flow, proper programs of dredging and berming, and on and on, there is no reason a flood plain could not be made so robust by industrious (as opposed to industrial), intelligent, conscientious (as opposed to council consultant) planning as to be impervious to a 1,000 year flood, and oh by the way, make the land more profitably productive and lucratively livable, and more resistant to drought, wildfire, invasive species and extinction of native species too.

Now as far as sweat - proofing goes these don't officially have an IPX rating, but they do have a double hydrophobic coating to prevent sweat from eating away at them.

Waterproofing will presumably come via a simple hydrophobic coating inside and outside of the device, but it's not yet clear how Apple plans to execute the wireless charging feature.

Of course, the downside to glass on the back panel is that it is a fingerprint magnet, and because it is not coated in a hydrophobic layer like that front, the smudges appear more severe.