(n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.
Example Sentences:
(1) ASF-II was purified to apparent homogeneity by using concanavalin A-agarose affinity chromatography, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, alumina gel adsorption, and isoelectric focussing techniques.
(2) The free nucleoside IV was obtained by removal of blocking groups by sodium methoxide catalyzed deacylation, deionization under reducing atmosphere, and chromatography on neutral alumina.
(3) Breath was passed through a cooled loop of alumina to adsorb, concentrate, and release, on heating, pentane.
(4) After catecholamines are adsorbed on alumina, the amino groups not responsible for adsorption are dansylated by a solid-phase reaction.
(5) Subarachnoid alumina may be a good model for human arachnoiditis.
(6) However, ascorbic acid, a potent antioxidant, is extracted with the catecholamines onto the alumina and prevents such destruction.
(7) Sporulating cells of Bacillus sphaericus 9602 containing fully engulfed forespores at different stages of maturity were broken by ultrasonic disruption, followed by grinding with alumina.
(8) Alumina, Kieselguhr and various grades of silica gel have been tested as supports.
(9) From the unsaponifiable fraction (63 g) of linseed oil (25 kg), two terpenic alcohols were isolated by alumina column, thin-layer, and gas-liquid chromatography.
(10) The salient elements of the methods are extraction of the residues as the free amine with benzene, rapid cleanup on an alumina column, and quantification of the free amine in methanol via SPF.
(11) Aluminas, silicas and aluminosilicates were evaluated for their ability to sorb radiolabeled aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) from aqueous solution (in vitro).
(12) In the current research, the average coefficient of kinetic friction for the stainless steel couple (0.139) was less than that for the stainless steel arch wire against a polycrystalline alumina bracket (0.174).
(13) The method entails blender extraction of 10 g liver with ethyl acetate, column chromatography through Sephadex LH-20 and neutral alumina, and LC analysis on a C18 column with UV detection at 260 nm.
(14) Dry ground feed is Soxhlet extracted with hexane and passed through a 2% deactivated alumina column for initial cleanup.
(15) Increasing the amount of alumina proportionally increased composite strength.
(16) Condensation of 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-acetyl-beta-D-galactopyranose with benzyl 2-azido-4,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-beta-D-galactopyranoside in the presence of trimethylsilyl triflate gave crystalline benzyl 2-azido-4,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-3-O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-ga lactopyranosyl)-beta-D-galactopyranoside (76%), which was converted into benzyl 2-azido-4,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-3-O-(2,6-di-O-benzyl-beta-D-galactopy ranosyl)-beta-D-galactopyranoside and condensed with 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-azido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl bromide in the presence of silver silicate on alumina and molecular sieve 4 A to give 61% of benzyl O-(3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-azido-2-deoxy-beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-(1----4)- O-(2,6-di- O-benzyl-beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-(1----3)-2-azido-4,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deo xy- beta-D-galactopyranoside.
(17) However, these compounds were not recoverable using the alumina column method, so no comparisons between the two methods were possible.
(18) The cementless alumina total knee prosthesis, which uses alumina in the portions coming in contact with the bone and a combination of alumina and ultra-high molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) in the sliding portions, is referred to as a total condylar.
(19) In the monkey with an alumina focus in the primary motor area, proprioceptive afferents are crucial in triggering or modulating seizures.
(20) This study, a 4-month follow-up period of a 12-month treatment study by the present authors, was concerned with the permanent effects of treatment with diphenylhydantoin and phenobarbital in the alumina-gel monkey model.
Clay
Definition:
(n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.
(n.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.
(v. t.) To cover or manure with clay.
(v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.
Example Sentences:
(1) Radioactive gas was released from the medium solution used in the Viking Labeled Release (LR) experiment when interacted with the clays, at rates and quantities similar to those measured by Viking on Mars.
(2) Raindrops on Roses Photograph: Felix Clay This boutique style, high-end gift shop in St Albans is one of a new breed of charity shops.
(3) Two long-term tillage studies on fine-textured, clay loam soils were sampled in July and November 1977 following 2 years of limited rainfall.
(4) The extent catalysis of phosphodiester bond formation varied with the particular clay mineral used.
(5) An additional 30 cm of clay covered the tailings on one plot and each plot was subdivided into bare soil and vegetated subplots.
(6) The supernatant of soil suspension in water mainly contained isolated bacteria, while ultrathin sections of aggregates frequently revealed groups of bacteria surrounded by a sheath of mucilage with adhering clay minerals on the outside.
(7) It was a good, fair deal, and three days after signing, on 29 October 1960, Clay made his debut as a pro and defeated in six one-sided rounds Tunney Hunsaker, a former chief police officer, in Louisville’s packed Freedom Hall.
(8) Experimentally, vascular clay model was used to estimate its efficacy.
(9) If an indictment were returned, Clay would have to go for trial.
(10) This requirement is one that Americans comply with every day to engage in mundane activities like cashing a check, opening a bank account or boarding a plane,” said Reed Clay, a special assistant under Abbott.
(11) Carbofuran (Curater 5G) behavior was studied in two drained cornfield soils, clay and loamy-clay, for 2 successive years.
(12) The businesses that bring clay and laterite for landfill.
(13) Results are reported of epidemiological studies in six groups of miners, who work in U mines, Fe mines and shale clay mines.
(14) Adsorption and movement of carbofuran (a systemic nematicide) were studied using two Indian soils (clay loam and silt loam) of alluvial origin.
(15) Plotting average molecular weights obtained against c-spacings of the clay platelet aggregates which widened as a result of polypeptide addition and adsorption before the polymerization, does not permit an obvious explanation of these observations.
(16) Adult, male rats were gavaged with an aqueous suspension of 14C-toluene in the presence or absence of either an Atsion (sandy soil) or a Keyport soil (clay soil).
(17) The orderly village of Agulodiek in Ethiopia's western Gambella region stands in stark contrast to Elay, a settlement 5km west of Gambella town, where collapsed straw huts strewn with cracked clay pots lie among a tangle of bushes.
(18) The rustic rooms have clay tiles and wooden furniture, and the walls are brightened up with local fabrics.
(19) 1.06am GMT Red Sox 0 - Cardinals 0, bottom of the 3rd And Clay faces Lance Lynn to start off the third, and the Superman-character named pitcher works a decent at-bat, working the count to 2-2 and then fouling off the next two pitches and taking ball three to a full count.
(20) The Dallas Morning News reported that the Highland Park school district sent a note aiming to reassure parents that their children could not contract Ebola through contact with the daughter of Clay Jenkins, a judge who is in charge of emergency management for Dallas County and who drove Troh and her family from her apartment to a temporary home in an undisclosed location.