(n.) A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon.
Example Sentences:
(1) A recently determined entity, hyperosmolar coma is a good example of a clinical candition attributable to a fundamental alteration, namely extracellular hyperosmolarity.
(2) Cellular retinol-binding protein and cellular retinoic-acid-binding protein, canditates for mediating the action of vitamin A, were found to be present in tissues of the fetal rat.
Spinel
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Spinelle
(n.) Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Disk-shaped implants of spinel, alumina, mullite, zircon, a cast Co-Cr-Mo alloy, and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), were implanted in the paraspinalis muscle of 12 adult, male, white New Zealand rabbits.
(2) The three major mineralogical matrices identified in fly ash are glass, mullite-quartz, and magnetic spinel.
(3) The intent of this project was to evaluate the susceptibility of a magnesia alumina spinel (Cerestore) to stress corrosion and degradation.
(4) ), followed by a grain growth of alpha-iron and finally the growth of the spinel, MgFe2O4.
(5) This study indicates that distilled water has a significant degradative effect on a magnesia alumina spinel, more likely affecting the mode of fracture rather than the stress corrosion characteristics.
(6) The oxides from the alloys not containing Be are corundum type Cr2O3 and spinel type NiCr2O4.
(7) This material has the following properties: chemical composition, 97% Al2O3, 2.5% MgO, and 0.5% CaO; mineral composition, alpha-Al2O3 corundum, MgAl2O4 spinel; open porosity, 70-80%; pore diameter, more than 90% of pores between 100 and 800 microns; bending strength, approximately 15 MPa.