(a.) Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron.
(a.) Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten image.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
(2) These flaws were controlled by cooling the metal mold assembly and the cast immediately after the pouring of the molten cerrobend alloy, evenly with water.
(3) Multiparametric kinetic study of bovine alpha-lactalbumin renaturation from the unfolded state has shown the existence of an intermediate which is formed within 10(-2) s with properties close to those of the molten globule.
(4) Bacteriocin producer strains were grown (37degrees C) anaerobically on brain heart infusion-yeast extract agar for 18 h. Bacteriocin indicator strains were suspended to molten brain heart infusion-yeast extract agar and then overlayed onto the producer strain.
(5) The changes of T1 and T2 were treated based on the assumption of two types of molecular motions: (1) isotropic "slow" motions with times approximately greater than 10(-8) s (including the rotation of a molecule as a whole) and (2) anisotropic "fast" motions with times approximately less than 10(-10) s. Experimental data show an essential increase of the scale of intramolecular mobility for the majority of side groups upon transition of the protein from the native to the molten globule state.
(6) Disks cut from each device were attached to the sawed-off ends of 10 ml syringes and dipped in a beaker containing either butoconazole nitrate cream or a molten wax insert.
(7) This model predicted that PEG enhanced refolding of CAB occurred by a specific interaction of PEG with the molten globule first intermediate to form a nonassociating complex which continued to fold at the same rate as the first intermediate.
(8) The following regimes are outlined: 1. the "wet" molten globule, i.e., the compact state with pores occupied by solvent; 2. the swollen globule ("wet," of course); and 3. the coil.
(9) The theory also predicts two populations of denatured species, one open and the other more compact, with densities in the range found experimentally for molten globular states.
(10) The model implies that protein folds by stage mechanism (secondary structure - molten) globule state - native state) in such a way that the results of previous stages are not reconsidered in subsequent ones.
(11) The molten globule has been assumed to be a major intermediate state of protein folding.
(12) We have, using fluorescence and fluorescence quenching, studied the molten globule state of bovine alpha-lactalbumin.
(13) The machine can make decimal dilutions of bacterial suspensions, dispense measured amounts into petri dishes, add molten agar, mix the dish contents, and label the dishes with sample and dilution numbers at the rate of 2,000 dishes per 8-hr day.
(14) These results are discussed in view of the molten globule structure of proteins.
(15) More challenging by far will be digging out the molten cores in the reactors themselves.
(16) When the molten surface of the earth solidified over 4 X 10(9) years ago the quantity of phosphorus to be contained in the storehouse of the new planet had already been resolved.
(17) The source of contamination was sought and it was found that the stone of the mill had been repaired with molten lead on the same day that the wheat of the family had been ground; while grinding the wheat some lead was mixed into the flour.
(18) This alternatively folded state exhibits certain characteristics of the molten globule but differs distinctly from it by its extraordinary structural stability that is characteristic for native protein structures.
(19) Molten metal burns of the feet remain a common injury to foundry workers.
(20) Updated at 8.09pm GMT 8.06pm GMT Falcons 20 - Seahawks 7, 2:20 3rd quarter Gonzalez is a hill of molten lava - get off him!
Slag
Definition:
(v. t.) The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.
(v. t.) The scoria of a volcano.
Example Sentences:
(1) I don't want to go on slagging groups like U2 or Simple Minds that aren't worth the words.
(2) In the Netherlands both Portland cement and blast furnace cement (slags from blast furnaces with about 30% Portland cement) are used for concrete.
(3) Meanwhile the Police Federation's attempts to extract retribution for the disputed p-word, in the form of Andrew Mitchell's sacking, have been roundly slagged off by former Labour minister Chris Mullin , who last week described the organisation as "a bully", "a bunch of headbangers" and "a mighty vested interest that has seen off just about all attempts to reform the least reformed part of the public service".
(4) As Miliband prepared to deliver his speech, whose contents were trailed over the weekend in an interview with the Mail on Sunday , Boris Johnson, the Conservative mayor of London, rounded on politicians who are "slagging off" a sector that is "crucial to the British economy".
(5) Mineral wool insulation, which is made from Tennessee phosphate slag, and commonly used insulation, which is made from blast furnace slag, had similar concentrations of these radionuclides.
(6) Quantities of land-disposed or stored residuals, including slags, sludges, and dusts, are given per unit of metal production for most primary and secondary metal smelting and refining industries.
(7) However, this hazard is not associated with any index of exposure to slag wool itself.
(8) Relatively thick rock and ceramic fibres (median greater than 1 micron) induced tumours, but slag and wollastonite fibres did not, probably because of their better solubility.
(9) The radioactivity levels of coal ash and slag in Hong Kong are about the average values in other countries.
(10) The US president might be all mouth in slagging off the Russians behind their backs, but Vlad was confident he was no trousers face to face.
(11) Long-term inhalation studies using several animal species and dust preparations of fibrous glass, rock wool or slag wool have produced little evidence of pulmonary fibrosis or pulmonary tumors.
(12) Mr Cameron can hardly slag off Mr Clegg as "not fit for government" when they will have spent five years sitting in the same cabinet.
(13) Who cares?” tweeted former congressman Anthony Weiner, and slagged off Philadelphia as a “2nd tier city”: Anthony Weiner (@anthonyweiner) Honestly, who cares?
(14) Concrete blocks made with phosphate slag had enhanced 226Ra and 228Ra contents when compared to ordinary concrete block.
(15) The present study is concerned with the pulmonary pathological changes in the rats following intra-tracheal administration of sintering dust and vanadium slag separately.
(16) Now I'd love to stay and chat all night, but unfortunately I have to correct all the typos in this report, insert gags where appropriate and remove all the bits where I slagged off Steven Gerrard, who is about to lift the Champions League trophy for Liverpool.
(17) Something sticks in the throat about having the word “lad” associated with a rapist, or an abuser, or even someone who might see fit to call me a slag.
(18) 2.09pm GMT In an unusual turn of fate, the front-page headline in today’s Bild is basically “Guardian live blogger slags off German Olympic uniform”.
(19) I have lost count of the number of times I have been called a slag for refusing to accept a man's advances or to respond to street harassment.
(20) This is a band that doesn't want to be slagging off the biggest pop station in the country.