Sentences with phrase «using inert»

Hydroponics does not use soil, instead the root system is supported using an inert medium such as perlite, rockwool, clay pellets, peat moss, or vermiculite.

You could do about the same thing by using an inert atmosphere, but I imagine that would create even more questions.

«Swapping substrates improves edges of graphene nanoribbons: Using inert boron nitride instead of silica creates precise zigzag edges in monolayer graphene.»

They're using an inert gas with a few percent of oxygen.

Hydroponics is the science of growing plants without soil using an inert medium (sand or gravel) and a water and nutrient solution containing all the elements required by the plant for normal growth.

Not exact matches

Both Sartre and Merleau - Ponty build on Bergsonian along with Husserlian foundations and succeed in answering, to a significant degree the questions surrounding this first concern.77 The second aspect is the metaphysical issue of the concrete relation of the vital and the inert (or being and non-being, if you prefer a traditional vocabulary), including the role of consciousness treated as «a substance spread out through the universe,» to use Merleau - Ponty's description of Bergson.78 In the first aspect we ask what consciousness does and what it experiences or «knows» as a result, while in the second we ask about the relationship between what consciousness is (in relationship to everything else that is) and what that has to do with what it does.79

Indeed, to talk of «substance» here is in itself misleading; for the use of that term, despite all the protests of the neo-Thomists and others, is certain to bring us to think of God in terms of unchanging and unchangeable inert stuff — and to do that is to deny, ab initio, the possibility of a God who responds in complete faithfulness and with the utter integrity of His own nature, yet with deepest awareness and sympathy.

I would hesitate somewhat to use the term «novel» for this succession of inert present moments which allow us to see, from underneath, the mechanical economy of something deliberately staged» (LPE 41).

The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), which provides recommendations to the NOP, has been attempting to align the regulation of inert ingredients used in organic compliant pesticides with the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (OFPA) for over a decade.

As synthetic inert ingredients as classified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for use with nonsynthetic substances or synthetic substances listed in this section and used as an active pesticide ingredient in accordance with any limitations on the use of such substances.

The NOSB has reviewed the allowance for synthetic inerts during sunset reviews and recommended that the NOP continue to use the current annotations until the NOP implements the new language through rulemaking.

• substances on EPA List 3 — Inerts of Unknown Toxicity; allowed only for use in passive pheromone dispensers.

Nonsynthetic materials may also be used as inerts so long as they are not specifically prohibited.

The NOP regulations currently allow for synthetic inerts to be used in conjunction with approved active pesticide ingredients, provided that the synthetic inert substances are:

(iii) Inert ingredients that are exempt from the requirement of a tolerance under 40 CFR 180.1122 — for use only in passive pheromone dispensers.

(i) Substances permitted for use as inerts in minimal risk products exempt from pesticide registration under FIFRA section 25 (b).

However, the shelf life can be extended by using appropriate packaging technology, i.e. packing the powder under an inert gas such as N2.

Replacement of oxygen with sugar solution or inert gas, consuming the oxygen by glucose - oxidase and / or the use of vacuum and oxygen - impermeable films are some of the methods currently employed for packaging frozen fruits.

BTW, I used to have the same concerns but after looking into it I think silicon is probably inert, like glass.

Radiopaque and radiocontrast agents typically used in ductogram, CT / CAT, MRI, MIBI scan, or PET scan diagnostic tests are extremely inert and virtually unabsorbed when taken orally, so they do not pass into the milk and it is not necessary to interrupt breastfeeding when they are used.

The coin is suspended within the plastic shell using a soft inert plastic insert that prevents the coin from moving or vibrating and thus incurring damage.

However, plastic is not necessarily a bad material for the internal parts of a juicer like the auger, since the plastics used are food grade, inert materials that won't react with acidic fruits and vegetables like metals often do, like drinking orange juice from a steel thermos.

The team also found that N - methyl -2-pyrrolidone (NMP)-- an inert, or inactive, chemical commonly used as a pesticide additive — is highly toxic to honeybee larvae.

The fact that heart valves and other «inert» tissues from pigs are already successfully used in humans without rejection suggests that this will not be a big problem.

It was a subject - oriented adjective that was used to label the harmful, injurious, unpleasant or undesirable reactions (or responses) that a subject manifested - thus, nocebo reactions (or nocebo responses)- as a consequence of the administration of an inert, dummy drug, in cases where these responses had not been chemically generated, and were entirely due to the subject's pessimistic belief and expectation that the inert drug in question would produce harmful, injurious, unpleasant or undesirable consequences.

However, after meeting co-authors Pete, Colin, Amy and Suzanna at the ACA meeting, we decided to perform these much more complicated experiments using the very light and inert gas — neon.

For example, one idea is to use a solid propellant to generate an inert gas mixture — an approach identical to the systems in car air bags.

A colorless, nearly inert noble gas, neon gives a distinct reddish glow when used in vacuum discharge tubes and neon lamps and is found in air in trace amounts.

If Toby Pereira thinks xenon and argon are used by athletes as inert gases to simulate altitude training, he might...

Besides testing biocompatible fluids, the authors also tested ordinary sodium sulfate, a safe and fairly inert solution, as a liquid electrolyte suitable for use in external wearable devices.

The inert gas has been used for the first time to try and reduce the impact of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) caused by blasts such as those in conflict zones and terror attacks.

Halas, Rice's Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of chemistry, bioengineering, physics and astronomy, and materials science and nanoengineering, said hot electrons are particularly interesting for solar - energy applications because they can be used to create devices that produce direct current or to drive chemical reactions on otherwise inert metal surfaces.

They are strong, flexible, conductive, heat - resistant and chemically inert, and have been used in tennis rackets, bicycle frames and aircraft, among many other products.

«Although well - established and mature, the field of carbon fibers has largely remained inert to using and benefiting from the intensive theoretical development in the «young» field of low - dimensional nanocarbon,» said Evgeni Penev, a research scientist in Yakobson's lab and co-author of the paper.

Because the process developed by Mativetsky avoids the use of harmful chemicals, high temperatures or inert gas atmospheres, his work represents a promising step towards environmentally - friendly manufacturing with graphene oxide.

The team dated the water using the radioactive decay of elements in the rocks to inert gases.

As DTSC has learned from its analysis of SPF, there is no substitute for the multi-attribute performance of SPF, no drop - in alternative for MDI used in SPF systems currently available on the market, and the cured foam is chemically inert.

This generated a palette of inert green, cyan, yellow, and blue variants that can be used in various combinations.

It is an inert and stable emollient used in creams, ointments, lotions, and lipsticks.

But that's what people used to think about bone, body fat, and other «structural» tissues: that they are inert rather than metabolically active.

The reason why the cell membrane deteriorates and is not responsive to insulin is due to the prolonged use of damaged fats, such as polyunsaturated fats and cooking oils that are rendered biologically inert and may be toxic.

Inert, synthetic compounds generally used to improve make product glide smoothly over the skin.

A nocebo effect is when a similarly inert material is used in an intervention and causes...

But in recent years, killing a major character in your average blockbuster has become inert thanks to the increasing use of formulas to create stakes.

It's perhaps not as logical as a touchscreen set - up — you can't simply prod what you want on screen — but it's still very easy to use while the dial and buttons are less frustrating than a slow, inert interactive screen.

Thanks to the use of lighter construction materials like aluminum, some «body on frame» SUVs have significantly improved fuel economy ratings, therefore making their inert ability tow more weight and soak up unpaved terrain more accessible to those who like to explore.

The old Mercedes E63 used to feel more involving next to the RS6, which is rather inert by comparison.

Nervous, inert and unpredictable were other adjectives used when discussing both steering response and rear - end grip levels.

Motorists used to over-powered cars that mask an inert chassis with excessively grippy tires may need a few miles to adjust to the multilayered driving experience the rear - driven 86 provides.

And it is inert in the body, so it can be used as a dust on some desserts.