Sentences with phrase «simple compounds such»

Biodegradable plastics: not to be confused with degradable plastic, they are often derived from renewable material that can be broken down into simple compounds such as carbon dioxide and water, by naturally occurring microorganisms.

Not exact matches

One such scenario is the simple math of compound interest.

Even complex biochemical compounds, such as the red respiratory pigment hemoglobin, are found in simple single - celled animals and in some plants.

The dust consists of elements such as carbon and simple, heat - resistant compounds such as titanium dioxide and calcium oxide (lime).

Using hydrothermal liquefaction, organic matter such as human waste can be broken down to simpler chemical compounds.

By carefully controlling physical and chemical conditions, the elements can be recombined to form simple, and relatively harmless, compounds such as carbon dioxide, water and hydrochloric acid.

In the monophyletic model, these variations are less illustrative of non-vertebrate types such as the arthropod (compound) eye, but as those eyes are simpler to begin with, there are fewer intermediate stages to find.

«What we decided to do was not to use a complex mixture such as sweat that we can not control very much,» she says, «but, on the other end, try to use a simple component that we know is in sweat and assess how much smelling this compound can affect the physiology of the woman.»

To achieve this, researchers selected a set of bacteria capable of transforming complex substrates such as methanol, dairy waste, starch and glycerol, into simpler compounds which could, in turn, be degraded by exoelectrogens.

«It never ceases to amaze me how a simple molecule, such as saccharin — something many people put in their coffee everyday — may have untapped uses, including as a possible lead compound to target aggressive cancers,» says Robert McKenna, Ph.D., who is at the University of Florida.

Moreover, chemical reactions in the outer disk may have transformed simple carbon compounds into more complex molecules essential to Earth - type life, such as amino acids (Lee et al, 2010; and David Shiga, New Scientist, January 19, 2010).

The simplest way to break through any plateau is by doing big, compound movements, such as the squat, bench and deadlift.

They can become familiar with such terms as simple and compound interest, return on investment, quotes, and net asset value.

After students have mastered the basics of the simple machines they can move on to the tool shed to see how these machines are combined to make more complex compound machines by exploring such familiar items as a wheelbarrow, stapler, and can opener.

Students begin to recognize and understand simple compound words, such as airplane and toothbrush, in first grade, then progress to more complex compound words.

You can create these scaffolding cheat sheets with examples of anything students need reinforcement in, such as parts of speech or types of sentences (simple, compound, and complex).

Different insurance companies provide different options, such as 3 %, 4 % or 5 % compound interest growth or 3 %, 4 % or 5 % simple interest growth.

The one thing that needs to be highlighted when comparing the M1 account to a mortgage is the fact that mortgage interest is compounded semi-annually and is not simple interest calculated daily such as the Manulife One account.

It's such a simple thing to continually invest in solid companies that have a history of rising dividends and wait for the power of compounding to do its work.

Here are some juice - sucking compound prepositions, followed by simpler substitutes: am in receipt of [have], as to [about], at this point in time [now], despite of the fact that [although], during such time as [while], for the purpose of [to], in addition to [besides], in accordance with [under, according to], in connection with [about, for], in furtherance of [to advance], in light of the fact that [because], in order to [to], in the course of [while], in the event that [if], in the instant case [here], prior / previous to [before], subsequent to [after], until such time as [until], and with regard to [regarding, with].

Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, the arbitral tribunal may order that pre-award and post-award interest (either simple or compound) be paid by any party on any sum awarded at such rates as the arbitral tribunal decides to be appropriate (without being bound by rates of interest practised by any state court or other legal authority).

Different insurance companies provide different options, such as 3 %, 4 % or 5 % compound interest growth or 3 %, 4 % or 5 % simple interest growth.

Such bonuses can be further classified as simple reversionary bonus and compound reversionary bonus on the basis of difference in the way they are accrued.

performed basic chemistry procedures such as Fractional and simple and steam distillation, identifying compounds using Thin Layer Chromatography.