Sentences with phrase «of volatile materials»

The GRS will also be able to detect the presence of volatile materials in the permafrost and the polar caps, such as water and carbon dioxide.

It also has an internal surface area of some 2 - 3 square metres which gives it the ability to adsorb some of the volatile materials in the wine.

Wes Wilson, a former EPA environmental engineer who, through Be the Change, leads anti-drilling activists in Colorado, said some of the volatile material leaking into water materials from industry facilities will evaporate quickly.

Not exact matches

The naive lender believes that these things are the material determinates of repayment, although just this level of exploration suggests how volatile global events can be.

Since the 1960's scientists thought that only in permanently shadowed areas in craters near the lunar poles was it cold enough to accumulate this volatile material, but recent observations by a number of spacecraft, including LRO, suggest that hydrogen on the moon is more widespread.

The hydrogen - bearing material is volatile (easily vaporized), and may be in the form of water molecules (two hydrogen atoms bound to an oxygen atom) or hydroxyl molecules (an oxygen bound to a hydrogen) that are loosely bound to the lunar surface.

«The results show that evaporation at high temperatures, similar to those at the beginning of planet formation, leads to the loss of volatile elements and to enrichment in heavy isotopes in the left over materials from the event,» said Day, a Scripps geoscientist and lead author of the study.

In a new study, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego Professor James Day and colleagues examined the chemical composition of zinc and other volatile elements contained in the green - colored glass, called trinitite, which were radioactive materials formed under the extreme temperatures that resulted from the 1945 plutonium bomb explosion.

New and very precise observations using the HARPS spectrograph at the ESO 3.6 - metre telescope at La Silla, Chile, have now not only detected the motion of the spots due to the rotation of Ceres about its axis, but also found unexpected additional variations suggesting that the material of the spots is volatile and evaporates in sunlight.

Its two faces differ strikingly in color, likely the result of thermal segregation: Over time, darker materials (like carbon) have absorbed more heat from the sun, warming up and sending lighter, more volatile materials (like ice) to the colder hemisphere.

When comets approach their host stars, their surfaces warm up, and volatile materials such as ice start to vaporize, forming long tails of gas and debris that absorb specific colors of light from their host stars.

Aromatherapy,, commonly associated with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), is the use of volatile liquid plant materials, known as essential oils (EOs), and other aromatic compounds from plants to affect someone's mood or health.

The authors suggest that the materials the Moon initially accumulates from the outer disk could be volatile - rich, followed by a final 100 - to 500 - kilometer layer of volatile - poor material.

«Scientists explain why moon rocks contain fewer volatiles than Earth's: Earth captured volatile - rich materials in final steps of moon's formation.»

An evaluation test with total volatile organic compounds (TVOC), such as acetaldehyde, nicotine and tar, which account for the largest volume of gaseous materials in cigarette smoke, is conducted to evaluate the performance of the newly - developed catalyst.

Materials known to exist at Pluto's surface from ground - based spectroscopic observations include highly volatile cryogenic ices of N2 and CO, along with somewhat less volatile CH4 ice, as well as H2O and C2H6 ices and more complex tholins that are inert at Pluto surface temperatures.

But as the liquid rushed from the trucks, it released a billowing vapor of far more volatile materials, including benzene and other flammable hydrocarbons.

When building or remodeling your home, ask for building materials and supplies that have the least amount of formaldehyde and other volatile organic compounds.

By focusing on the volatile relationship between brothers Micky and Dicky, Russell finds a wealth of emotional material, not to mention human comedy.

Avoid flooring with a short lifespan, made of non-recyclable materials, or those with installation methods that require lots of glue or other high - VOC (volatile organic compound) adhesives.

The new classroom spaces incorporated many green aspects in their design and construction ranging from the installation of energy efficient demand - controlled lighting and ventilation to the use of materials that are locally manufactured, high in recycled content, and low in volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

Industrial Transit operates five commercial trucks and principally transports automotive parts across the country, including passenger vehicle air bags and related air bag components — some of which are federally designated hazardous materials (HM) Class 1.1, 1.3, and 9 products that are volatile and potentially highly explosive.

Environmental technologies include extensive work to create an U-LEV certification in Japan for the 3.8 - liter twin turbo engine and reduced levels of volatile organic compound for materials used in the car.

The Forester utilizes interior materials and adhesives that release much smaller amounts of VOCs (volatile organic compounds).

Inside, the 2013 Outlander Sport offers a more environmentally friendly environment, thanks to improved cabin materials that also result in fewer volatile organic compounds (VOCs) being released into the atmosphere, and noise pollution also will be reduced as a result of the improved cabin insulation.

In this webinar, sponsored by Scotia iTRADE, and presented by Bianca Baumann, attendees will learn about how Canada makes up less than 5 % of global equity markets yet most Canadian investors have much more domestic equity exposure than that and thus are heavily exposed to volatile sectors like materials and energy.

Second, the sectors at the top of the table are more volatile than those toward the bottom (though basic materials would argue against that).

In rabbits, as the intestinal motility decreases, the material in the cecum is retained for excessively long periods of time, which then changes factors such cecal pH and volatile fatty acid production resulting in alterations in the flora.

He reinvented the practice of painting for himself by learning to excavate volatile new meanings from the medium's most essential materials: paint and cloth.

His spectacular frenzies of color and form become visual analogues of the very urban landscape from which he scavenged his materials — poetic visual kaleidoscopes of the communities and underground economies to which Bradford's inherently referential source material gestures, and the volatile emotional admixture of desires, concerns and vitality that make up the complex socio - economic layers of Bradford's worlds.»

«One intention of this project is to show how these pieces create a visual and conceptual tension between the volatile quality of light or electricity and the solid materials that convey it.»

As a material «insensibl [e] to contradiction», wax's ability to take imprints of the unique landmarks of the skin connects it to strategies of surveillance and data collection that measure visual, behavioural or chemical characteristics, connecting Hershman Leeson's hotel tableau to her later invented character.14 The artist described Roberta Breitmore as «my flippant effigy» and «a dark, shadowy, animus cadaver».15 Similarly, The Dante Hotel was for the artist simultaneously a scene of death and «a means of survival».16 As such Thek's and Hershman Leeson's volatile effigies connect two very different bodies of work and different political movements — the counterculture, gay rights, women's liberation — to make visible the restraints placed on the subject.

In his paintings, Hubbard uses the volatile, fast - drying materials of urethane, resin, and fiber - glass.

The risk of transporting volatile materials via barge was made evident on April 4, 2017, when a vessel carrying 60,000 barrels of gasoline ran aground on the river's west side just offshore the Village of Catskill.

Coal Classification: In the United States, coals are classified by rank progressively from lignite (least carbonaceous) to anthracite (most carbonaceous) based on the proximate analyses of various properties (fixed carbon, volatile matter, heating value, and agglomerating character), following methods prescribed by the American Society for Testing and Materials.

Osorb can absorb and capture a variety of organic materials from the water, both dispersed and dissolved, including hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and solvents.

Yoshimori teamed up with Showman Fabricators, building a sustainable stage with some of the following green building practices: low - or no - VOC (volatile organic compounds) paints, seating reclaimed and refurbished from Radio City Music Hall, and carpeting on the audience risers and the band platform are from recycled materials.

What you're about to see is a set of images that come from sources who wish to remain anonymous due to the highly volatile nature of the material they present.

The Note 7 crisis brought out the fact that smartphones could easily become volatile and potentially explosive materials, if the batteries are not properly taken care of.

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