What's the difference between catalyst and impervious?

Catalyst


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The radioprotective action in E. coli ATCC 9637 of ascorbate added to media containing the weak sensitizer, tetracycline (effect described by Pittillo and Lucas (1967)), was found to be dependent on the presence of metal catalysts of the autoxidation of ascorbate.
  • (2) "If I hadn't scored that goal, I might still have ended up playing in Italy [Platt went on to play for Bari, Juventus and Sampdoria] but, realistically, I'm sure it was the catalyst.
  • (3) Enzymes are good catalysts in terms of high catalytic and specific activity with ability to function under mild conditions.
  • (4) The main aim of this brief contribution is to suggest that our understanding of the general principles of osmochemistry may provide useful insights into the type of mechanism by which solute-translocating catalysts work.
  • (5) Shelby Quast, of Equality Now, said the gathering could be a “tipping point” and act as a catalyst for change, so that girls in the US could finally be protected: “It’s the first time that members of the government are coming around the table to meet with civil society, survivors and members of the diaspora – this is the first step towards putting together a comprehensive action plan to tackling FGM.” Campaigners are calling for the government to look at practical ways that FGM could be wiped out in the United States – such as engaging with paediatricians and other doctors, immigration officers and visa offices.
  • (6) With different oxidation catalysts most antioxidants and amino acids tested enhanced polymerization.
  • (7) The high sites' density with basic character, evidenced by use of various probe molecules, is very similar for the two asbestos types (chrysotile and crocidolite) and on the same order as the density encountered in some catalysts.
  • (8) Fillings were made of Concise composite resin, without applying an intermediary resin (1), after applying the resin layer (2), after diluting the mix with one (3) or two (4) drops of catalyst resin but without an intermediary resin, and after diluting the mix and applying the resin layer (5).
  • (9) Monoclonal antibodies elicited to haptens that are analogs of the transition state for hydrolysis of carboxylic esters behaved as enzymic catalysts with the appropriate substrates.
  • (10) Rapid addition of purines and pyrimidines to alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds (such as acrolin) is a general phenomenon which does not require an amine catalyst.
  • (11) Time acts as a catalyst for members to learn to respect and appreciate each other.
  • (12) The resulting solution is directed into tubes containing a catalyst that is activated by UV light and causes the dissolved CO2 to react with water (H2O) to form methanol (CH3OH).
  • (13) Manganese therefore acts as a catalyst for the non-enzymatic reaction, but magnesium does not.
  • (14) When the reaction was done in dimethyl sulfoxide, with 1-methylimidazole as the catalyst, a third compound was observed, and identified as 1,2,4-tri-O-acetyl-3-C-(acetoxymethyl)-3-O-(methylthiomethyl)-D-glycero- tetrito l [3-O-(methylthiomethyl)apiitol tetraacetate] by gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry.
  • (15) Russell also described the Commonwealth Games as a catalyst but was realistic enough not to claim they immediately changed an area with long, deep-rooted problems, or miraculously roused a poor, generally unhealthy local population into vigorously playing sport.
  • (16) The device limits the amount of oxygen entering with the sample to a maximum of 2%, which is rapidly removed by reacting with hydrogen in the presence of a palladium catalyst.
  • (17) The yields of Thf-FU and more especially of Thf2-FU were greatly dependent on the relative amount of SnCl4, and 0.01-0.1 equiv of the catalyst with respect to Me3Si-FU gave the best results.
  • (18) Some officers close to the case believe George and Allen may have always harboured paedophilic thoughts but Blanchard provided a "catalyst" which encouraged them to act out their fantasies.
  • (19) Dusan Tadic was introduced at the break and looked a catalyst for a comeback.
  • (20) These findings may indicate that trace amounts of acidic catalysts remaining after production of IPM are responsible for the toxic effect.

Impervious


Definition:

  • (a.) Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Placement of impervious knitted Dacron velour aortic grafts in baboons reproduced platelet consumption that progressively normalized over six weeks postoperatively.
  • (2) Below-zero temperatures crowned the top of the US from Idaho to Minnesota, where many roads still had an inch-thick plate of ice, polished smooth by traffic and impervious to ice-melting chemicals.
  • (3) There is all sorts of opacity which makes it easy for an employee to suffer retaliation.” Despite recent reforms to improve transparency and accountability, the organisation remains impervious to public scrutiny, with no established mechanism for freedom of information – a right which more than 100 governments around the world have enshrined in law, and is openly advocated by UN bodies such as Unesco.
  • (4) Persons suffering from major narcissistic problems generally are assumed to be impervious to time-limited treatments.
  • (5) Or you can do it at the desk with your smartphone if you can remember the website address, don’t mind the data roaming charges, can remember your national insurance number and are impervious to the long queue developing behind you”.
  • (6) On the other hand, the performance of a material that is liquid-proof is absolute--it is impenetrable and can be accurately described as impervious.
  • (7) A mathematical solution has been obtained for the indentation creep and stress-relaxation behavior of articular cartilage where the tissue is modeled as a layer of linear KLM biphasic material of thickness h bonded to an impervious, rigid bony substrate.
  • (8) This is the essence of the problem, and sadly, Festinger's words ring true today: the conviction of humans is all too often impervious to the very evidence in front of them.
  • (9) The amplitude of quantal events is impervious to marked changes in presynaptic depolarization and is not affected by experimental procedures which promote accumulation of calcium ions in the terminals.
  • (10) Many such cases prove impervious to extensive articulation therapy, yet physical management may constitute "over-correction" with undesirable sequelae.
  • (11) Purified thymidylate synthetase can be assayed radiochemically using labelled deoxyuridine monophosphate as substrate, but cells are impervious to deoxyuridine monophosphate and so intracellular thymidylate synthetase activity cannot be assayed in this way.
  • (12) Heseltine's achievements have been matched by conspicuous failures, but his self belief is almost thrillingly impregnable, making him quite impervious to any such impression.
  • (13) It is rife with secrecy, top-down managerial manipulation, impervious to any outside scrutiny, contemptuous of any questioning, and has embraced extensive surveillance and discriminatory policing of religious and racial minorities.
  • (14) These actions of YM14673 were not due to a direct interference with brain TRH binding or a nature impervious to a TRH-degrading enzyme.
  • (15) The numerous tight junctions, impervious to the tracer, are always accompanied by a profusion of microfilaments.
  • (16) A newborn baby with a large unruptured omphalocele was successfully treated by covering the sac with a skin-like polymer membrane that is flexible, elastic, and impervious to bacteria and water.
  • (17) Bateman's unspeakable imaginings are the disease of an imperviously complacent world.
  • (18) In these measurements with an impervious, plane-ended indenter, the equilibrium deformation was systematically greater than values predicted from the instant response by the linear biphasic theory.
  • (19) "He appears impervious even to input from top Afghans."
  • (20) A tractor owned by a member of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn is parked outside of a shelter and a dozen young men from Afghanistan rest against its wheels, grateful for the shade and impervious to the protest.