The positions of the lines
reveal the chemical composition of the material in question.
Not only does a red or blue shift reveal its velocity but the details of the spectrum often
reveal its chemical composition, its temperature and sometimes even its approximate size.
But moon rocks — some of them analyzed with ever more powerful spectroscopy to
reveal chemical composition here on Earth and some by robotic craft on the lunar surface itself — are still full of surprises.
Not exact matches
A star's size can
reveal information about how quickly the object cooled, which is linked to its
composition, which would
reveal something about the
chemical composition of the universe at the time, Hewitt said.
This plot of roughly 45,000 asteroids that orbit between Mars and Jupiter
reveals «families» of asteroids that share characteristics such as
chemical composition (colors), orbit size (horizontal axis) and orbit tilt (vertical axis).
For each part of the galaxy the light has been split up into its component colours —
revealing not only the motions of different parts of the galaxy but also clues to its
chemical composition and other properties.
Then they ran those batteries through many charge / discharge cycles, took them apart and examined the electrodes with an electron microscope and an X-ray technique that
reveals their morphology and
chemical composition.
That suggests thin films of water have formed at the location in the past, so studying the
chemical composition can
reveal much more about the martian past.
A new technique that provides both
chemical composition and molecular orientation information at subsecond timescales could
reveal new information about what occurs on the molecular level as diseases such as Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis progress.
These studies
revealed that the new template's ability to mediate the attachment of a new functional group to a distant carbon atom can be «tuned» by making slight changes to its
chemical composition, including the choice of the proper metal catalyst at its working end.
Now, scientists have studied the sparkling wine's
chemical composition and performed aroma and taste analyses to
reveal details about the champagne - making process in times past.
Ten exoskeleton specimens were studied, and experimental analyses were performed using laboratory techniques including scanning electron microscopy and electron diffraction spectroscopy,
revealing details about the structure and
chemical composition.
A similar comparison between other planets in the solar system
reveals similar relationships between the planets» various distances from the Sun and the planets» various atmospheric pressures, regardless of
chemical compositions of the planets» atmospheric gases,... regardless of those atmospheric gases» abilities to produce «back radiation».