Sentences with phrase «only noble gas»

Not exact matches

Almost the only elements present in interstellar space are hydrogen and helium — and the latter, being an inert or noble gas, is not a component of life in any form known to man.

Only with this experimental set - up is it possible to measure the tiny forces between microscope tip and noble gas atom, as a pure metal surface would allow the noble gas atoms to slide around.

While argon comprises only a tiny fraction of the gases lost to space from Mars, it is special because it's a noble gas.

It is technically possible to build an electrocatalyst that avoids HER, but only by using gold, platinum or one of a couple of noble gases — an approach that is far too costly to carry out on any scale.

However, immobilizing noble gases on a surface at room temperature and above is challenging, and to our knowledge it has only been achieved by ion implantation17 by accelerating ions onto a surface.

The extreme temperatures and gas pressures in carbon stars are perhaps the only way extraterrestrial noble gases could be forced inside a fullerene, she explained.

While argon makes up only a tiny fraction of the gas lost to space from Mars, it is special because it's a noble gas.