When applied to human skin, they are capable of
slowing water evaporation and keeping the tissue hydrated for extended periods of time.
Not exact matches
The
evaporation process is much
slower in high latitudes because the
water is so cold; breaking down spilled oil would take many decades, says Peter Ewins, director of species conservation for World Wildlife Fund - Canada.
Bearded dragon prefer a low humidity environment, thus it helps
slowing down the
evaporation of the
water.
I make you angry: -RCB- It shows CO2's absorption in the longwave IR band, CO2
slows longwave radiation lost to space which increases temperature which increases
evaporation, increasing
water vapor in the atmosphere.
More
water by Danube to replenish the deficit from
evaporation in Mediterranean > gulf stream
slows.
Water entering endorheic basins only return to the sea via
evaporation, or by the extremely
slow route of groundwater discharge.
Trapping billions of gallons a day out of the
evaporation cycle or putting films on the surface also
slows the
evaporation by blocking
water being on the surface.
Warming of the skin layer, but not the
water below, will
slow as
evaporation and radiation increase with rising temperature.