What's the difference between espinel and spinel?

Espinel


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of ruby. See Spinel.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The broth dilution procedure of S. Shadomy and A. Espinel-Ingroff (p. 647-653, in E.H. Lennette, ed., Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 3rd ed., 1980) was the method most frequently cited, and therefore this method was used to test the susceptibility of five isolates of C. albicans and one of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to amphotericin B and flucytosine in seven research laboratories.

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.

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