Sentences with phrase «stable configurations of»

Motivated by evidence that electrons in groups of aluminum atoms might form closed «shells,» physicists A. Welford Castleman Jr. at Pennsylvania State University and Shiv N. Khanna at Virginia Commonwealth University began searching for stable configurations of these atoms.

Atoms of most elements, such as hydrogen, oxygen and carbon, form tight chemical bonds by sharing electrons with their neighbours in order to give each atom a stable configuration of electrons.

The supposed stable configuration of geography, with relatively predictable climate patterns, coastlines and icepacks in familiar locations, and clear demarcations of territorial control on land are increasingly dubious assumptions as weather patterns change, sea levels rise and ice packs disintegrate while technological innovations, communications and global markets cause rapid fluctuations in the price in food and other essentials across boundaries.

This is the more stable configuration of CO2.

Not exact matches

In addition, the forms and motor forces of anti-Semitism are not stable but assume at times new configurations.

The four positions» first base consists of an individual's mind and body which, when their «give and take» are centered on God, produce as the fourth component a perfect individual and thus a stable configuration.

Even in the inanimate realm things persist through time by virtue of stable energy configurations.

the ordering principle which originated life is the potentiality of a stable open system; while the inanimate matter on which life feeds is merely a condition which sustains life, and the accidental configuration from which life had started had merely released the operations of life.

To do this, the cells are driven to a region of instability — like climbers on a mountain ridge line — and they are then left to evolve freely towards one of the two possible stable configurations.

We have previously shown that the new configuration will be less stable than it was prior to the rift, and that Larsen C may eventually follow the example of its neighbour Larsen B, which disintegrated in 2002 following a similar rift - induced calving event.

That may not seem surprising, but the team did note one shocker: Craters left by high - speed drops started out with relatively steep sides but within seconds they avalanched to form slopes with a more stable configuration — a previously unstudied process that widened the crater and made it shallower (image above, where depth is exaggerated by a factor of three).

As long as the gold atoms, or cations, are stabilized in a single - site form configuration, irrespective of the type of support, the precious metal will be stable and operate for many hours at a range of practical temperatures.

Another configuration, «the friend of my friend is my friend,» is considered to also be a stable configuration in the social network.

The study also found that contrary to classical structural balance theory, the «enemy of my enemy is my enemy» configuration was actually a stable configuration.

And, once changed, the new configuration remains stable until it is flipped back by a second application of voltage.

The researchers conducted density functional theory calculations for different atomic configurations of the interface, finding that the SrO layer was less stable than TiO2 and that it could be lost by forming oxygen vacancies.

Test simulations of the orbits of the three planets around 61 Virginis suggest that the planetary system's orbital configuration is dynamically stable because of low orbital eccentricities for at least 365 million years.

However, the orbital configuration probably has been stable for much longer given the estimated system age of 6.3 to 9.0 billion years (Vogt et al, 2009).

No one has a clue if this sort of configuration would even be stable.

I won't get into all of the complex anatomy of the SIJ, but know that its anatomical configuration, along with extremely strong ligaments, make the joint very stable.

Accommodation consists of three uniquely decorated self - catering studio apartments in a stable - like configuration and two spacious apartments on the upper and lower level of a separate free - standing building.

The ground floor, with its existing configuration, is reminiscent to that of a country house, and inside rooms include a living - room and cooking area within one space, which are attached to the stables, with the bedrooms located on the upper floor.

In the status update, Kunos Simulazioni has announced that work on the first 1.0 build of the Assetto Corsa demo is «in progress», and the beta of the demo seems to be «stable and smooth on different configurations».

Although in each of these pieces the shafts of yarn are all of identical height (stretching from floor to ceiling) and evenly spaced in relation to each other, they appeared to differ wildly thanks to the vagaries of perspective, steadfastly refusing to cohere into a stable configuration, let alone the outline of an implied plane or object.

Venus is hardly a closed system, and my article addresses only one thing: Is a lapse rate a stable equilibrium configuration of an isolated ideal gas.

Only certain mirror configurations produce stable multiple reflections that retain the energy within the resonator, except for small transmission losses that let light leak out of the business end of the laser.

Motorola has a stable track record of staying on task with its Android configurations, only adding features that its users like.