Sentences with phrase «repel the water -lsb-»

It will also remove protective treatments used in the manufacturing process to repel water, and therefore, it will boost the cloths» absorbency.

Teak's natural oils help it repel water and resist warping.

My understanding — 2nd hand, but from reliable «sciency» food writers, is that when you salt the bean soaking liquid, the salt gets in the bean and then causes the bean to repel water — which has explained a period of time when EVERY SINGLE time I tried to make black bean - something - or - other the little buggers came out hard, no matter how long they soaked or cooked.

This means that the cell repels water but loves fat.

It is known by its trade name, Equitrack, and it is made of sand bathed in what one of its developers calls «our cocktail of polymers,» which coats each grain of sand to make it repel water and, thereby, drain almost instantly.

Not only does it look like something I would wear to a fashion show, the technology is incredibly innovative: it repels water at a molecular level, is antimicrobial and breathable and dries in a snap.

This bag repels water, can be easily wiped clean, and is made of durable polyester that can stand up to repeated and prolonged use.

The material is a high - quality stain resistant material that repels water and dirt.

The best diaper bags are now designed to repel water and stains irrespective of the material used.

It repels water and sand, is reasonably priced, and comfortable to sit upon while in a wet bathing suit.

-LSB-...] woolen gear are not repelling water, you may need to re-lanolize them.

It also appears to repel water & moisture well.

There is pillow that repels water or liquids, and with an easy wipe, it should be clean enough again.

Soap scum on diapers makes them repel moisture rather than absorb it and it is also harsh on the laminates used in your diaper covers, making them absorb rather than repel water.

If you choose to paint over the message the crayon repels the water based paint, again allowing you to see the message.

Most often the materials used in the best waterproof backpacks are known to repel water.

We like the Lemonda Outdoor as our favorite waterproof bunting because it is compatible with most strollers and the outside fabric repels water while the inside fleece feels warm and snuggly to be baby.

Windpro Windpro is a polar fleece that is often used for diaper covers and AIO diapers because of its ability to repel water while maintaining breathability.

Cotton has natural oils in it that will repel water causing the urine to roll off and leak.

It is also harsh on the laminates used in your diaper covers, making them absorb rather than repel water.

«You can repel water with a rough surface that creates tiny pockets of air between the water and the surface, but those surfaces don't always repel oils or alcohols because of their lower surface tension,» Tuteja said.

This ultra light, down sleeping bag repels water and keeps you warm.

Nanofur is superhydrophobic and superoleophilic and, like the aquatic ferns, can selectively absorb oil while repelling water.

But two years ago, a pair of NASA scientists levitated a mouse using a superconducting magnet that repelled the water molecules in the creature's body.

The gels can also be imprinted with patterns such as the microscale architecture found on the surface of lotus leaves, which allows them to repel water.

Troy, N.Y., - based Ecovative Design is testing the ability of its Greensulate — a sustainable building material made from mushroom fibers, rice hulls and recycled paper — to resist temperature change, stop fire and repel water in accordance with American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International standards.

The new oleic acid coating is inherently hydrophobic, repelling water and any pollutants, and it allows the material to react to temperature fluctuations naturally.

This allowed them to investigate the phenomena of hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity at the molecular level, i.e. why certain parts of organic molecules attract or repel water.

These molecules repel water at one end and attract it at the other, properties that cause them to self - assemble into spherical structures, which can encapsulate large payloads of biological molecules.

In contrast, the cell membrane that the ion channel passes through is built from a bilayer of lipids, which are a form of fat that repels water - soluble substances.

C. Jeffrey Brinker of Sandia National Laboratories and his colleagues repeated this experiment with rougher silica surfaces that repel water more than smooth ones do.

But the wires have a coating that repels water.

«We chose (RADA) 2 because it contains alternating amino acids that repel water and mix with water; that imparted the property of self - assembly,» said first author Ashwani Narayana, postdoctoral scholar in the College of Pharmacy.

«Superhydrophobic» surfaces, such as anti-icing or self - cleaning windows, are remarkably effective at repelling water molecules.

Weiqing Ren from the A * STAR Institute of High Performance Computing and the National University of Singapore used a «climbing string» computational technique to model a micropatterned surface that uses microfabricated pillars to trap air pockets and so repel water molecules.

The butylammonium ion, which naturally repels water, forms spacer layers between the 2 - D sheets and stops water from permeating into the crystal.

Though perhaps best known as a cookware coating, Teflon has a wide range of applications, from insulating data communications cables to repelling water and stains from clothing and upholstery.

Their findings suggest that applying water - repellent coatings to windshields before winter storms — or engineering surfaces that inherently repel water — could enable a strong breeze to handle the burden of ice removal.

A nanostructure inspired by the natural world repels water droplets and could prevent icing on airplane wings and other structures

It requires two ingredients: low air pressure and a «superhydrophobic» surface that fiercely repels water.

No matter how well it repels water, a single ant doesn't explain how a whole colony stays afloat.

Graphene floating on water does not repel water, as many researchers believe, but rather attracts it.

(These chemicals are related to additives that manufacturers sometimes use to make rain gear repel water.)

But the secretions that animals use to stick to things (or to stick other things together) often contain agents that are hydrophobic — that repel water.

But few teams have studied how flexible structures such as hair affect a material's ability to repel water, says Alice Nasto.

A new molecule, nicknamed EH44 and developed by Alan Sellinger at the Colorado School of Mines, was incorporated as a replacement to spiro - OMeTAD because it repels water and doesn't contain lithium.

It is often used as a cloth diaper cover because of its ability to repel water.

The first time it didn't work out very well because the recipe was complicated, involved dedicated pots and pans, and ended up making my towels repel water instead of absorb it.

Fats, also known as lipids, are a diverse group of molecules with a «non-polar» characteristic that repels water.

The fabric prevents stains at a molecular with tiny fibers that repel water, oil, and alcohol - based stains!