(n.) Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.
Example Sentences:
(1) For gas chromatographic eluents a microwave induced plasma (MIP) emission detector has two important features for a wide range of nonmetals.
(2) Thus, transient resistance to cis-DDP can be produced by a nonmetal inducer of metallothionein in nontransformed cells.
(3) A cross-sectional survey of Canadian hospitals carried out in 1984 revealed a large diversity of practices in the use of blood glucose meters and nonmeter blood glucose reagent strips and of providers of this service.
(4) Some of this heterogenous group of metals and nonmetals have been shown to be essential for life or for the well-being of animals, including man; others possess toxic properties, while yet others are probably there as contaminants.
(5) Patients receiving the unicompartmental arthroplasty were treated with nonmetal-backed polyethylene tibial components.
(6) Nonmetal materials are used for the instrument construction in order to eliminate potentially disturbing eddy currents.
(7) A postal questionnaire was sent to men employed in the metal industry, certain other types of nonmetal industries, and other types of employment in which the factors suspected to influence sperm quality were not present.
(8) Liquid Crystals having color play centered at different temperatures are arranged on metal coated and nonmetal coated dielectric substrates and used to monitor electromagnetic radiation.
(9) Potassium ferrate (K2FeO4) is shown in this work to be an effective means to remove toxic metals and nonmetals from aqueous solution.
(10) The nonmetal biomaterials were placed in glass tubes containing the different fluids at room temperature for 5 days.
(11) Among them there were 109 eyes with nonmetal foreign bodies, 55 eyes with metal foreign bodies and three eyes with foreign bodies of unknown nature.
(12) (v) Transport was temperature-dependent with a Q(10) of greater than 2 between 3 and 40 C. Transport decreased rapidly above 40 C. (vi) Ethylenediaminetetraacetate (sodium salts, pH 6) had no effect, nor was there any stimulation by metal or nonmetal ions.
(13) A large stent diameter and a large open or nonmetal surface may cause less intimal hyperplasia, but nonturbulent, fast arterial flow is probably the most important factor in ensuring long-term patency of the vessel.
(14) Thus, for example, L-Phe binds close to the metal ion to form a 1:1 complex, whereas D-Phe binds stepwise, first to a nonmetal site and then to the metal ion to form a 2:1 complex.
(15) Among factors affecting the reliability of heart valve prostheses (HVP) the following ones are of a great importance: the temperature and the duration of soldering a big clamp of the HVP, the occurrence of nonmetal inclusions in the original material (the alloy 45KXBH), etc.
(16) The estimated rate constants for the metal- and nonmetal-catalyzed sulfuryl transfers differ by less than an order of magnitude and are approximately 1000-fold slower than the corresponding phosphate transfers.
(17) Heavy metals caused the acute phase within 24 hr, nonmetals and Metacid-50 within 48 hr exposure.
(18) High-grade titanium ports reportedly produce minimal artifacts, and those of nonmetal materials reportedly produce no artifacts.
Nonmetallic
Definition:
(a.) Not metallic.
(a.) Resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nonmetallic foreign bodies were embedded in cadaver feet.
(2) A total of 30 plaque samples from patients with metallic restorations, and 30 plaque samples from the patients with nonmetallic restorations obtained.
(3) The spreading of needle-like minerals in the country is studied, which are of no industrial importance, but are contained in some of course and nonmetallic mineral raw materials.
(4) The presented data provide the first evidence for the binding of a nonmetallic cellular component to MT.
(5) It also highlights the need for the emergency physician to be concerned about intracranial penetration when treating intranasal foreign bodies, particularly those of the nonmetallic type.
(6) The results demonstrated that not only are legionellae capable of colonizing various metallic and nonmetallic surfaces but that they are preferentially found on surfaces.
(7) Upon metallurgical examination, moderate to severe levels of gas porosity, interdendritic shrinkage, and nonmetallic inclusions were found in all of the devices.
(8) Hygienic requirements for the evaluation of nonmetallic materials are given.
(9) Statistical analysis revealed significant correlations between corrosion scores and the metallurgical properties of grain size and nonmetallic inclusion content.
(10) By embedding nonmetallic foreign bodies in cadaver feet and comparing standard x-rays to xerograms, the examiner should be able to confirm or disprove this premise.
(11) The nonmetallic inclusions in the fracture surfaces were identified as SiO2 (quartz) which was derived from an ingredient of an investment by comparing the inclusion with the reference standards on the characteristic X-ray O Kalpha spectra by EPMA.
(12) Menadione and n-hexane caused the greatest accumulation of hepatic MT among these nonmetallic compounds (about 13-fold).
(13) Using this analytic mode, nonmetallic intraocular and intraorbital foreign bodies can be differentiated from each other and from metallic foreign bodies, although individual metallic foreign bodies cannot be identified with respect to specific composition.
(14) The nonmetallic calcium phosphate glass and ceramics technology available today provides materials that may counteract the effects of initial device instability by not relying on mechanical means of retention, alone, but chemical as well.
(15) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technique that might allow the detection and localization of nonmetallic intraocular foreign bodies.
(16) For this purpose, we have developed a fiberoptic radiometer system which is based on a nonmetallic, infrared fiber probe, which can operate either in contact or noncontact mode.
(17) Computed tomography is necessary to determine the presence of a metallic foreign body, but when the CT scan is negative, MRI may still detect small nonmetallic foreign bodies.
(18) The radar cross-section was further reduced because the wings' leading and trailing edges were composed of nonmetallic honeycomb structures that do not reflect radar rays.
(19) We conclude that, when radiation therapy is necessary following mandibular reconstruction, homogeneity of dose is maintained and local soft-tissue reactions to excessive irradiation may be avoided by using a nonmetallic tray.
(20) Of the nonmetallic materials seen during biopsies, suture materials and vegetable matter are most often observed.