Sentences with phrase «sized oil droplets»
They then submerged them in a mixture of silicone oil and water that they blasted with ultrasonic sound waves to generate micrometer - sized oil droplets.
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Due to the consistency and size of the microparticles, SIMPLESSE behaves similarly to emulsified oil droplets in terms of mouthfeel and light scattering.
His most recent is a cylindrical «submarine,» about the size of a red blood cell and made of gold, nickel, platinum, and a polymer, that can collect oil droplets in water.
She peers into the microscope and reveals a blue crab larva (Callinectes sapidus), about the size of a pinhead, with droplets of dispersed oil wedged between its skin and outer shell.
And, unfortunately, the microbes» speed is limited not by the availability of oil — or even its droplet size, which is why chemical dispersants have been used to break up the oil into microbe - friendly globules — but by the availability of various nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus that wash into the ocean via rivers carrying sediments from the continents.
That's because seawater chemically transforms the oil into a denser type of oil, which disperses into micrometer - sized droplets that are too heavy to float.