(n.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus.
Example Sentences:
(1) Heat vulcanized Silastic 372 or 373 was used, and seems to be satisfactory.
(2) Accelerators, mainly of the thiuram group, antioxidants, vulcanizers, organic pigments, and, presumably, glove powder ingredients are known responsible allergens.
(3) Positive patch tests were found most frequently with antioxidants--16.6% (including IPPD--8.6%), followed by vulcanization accelerators--10.6%, and other rubber components--11.4% in all.
(4) We need to give them the space and freedom of Africa.” The unprecedented survey, carried out by Allen’s company Vulcan with £7m of funding, is the first continent-wide aerial survey of African elephants using standardised data collection and technical validation methods, involved more than 90 scientists, six NGOs and many volunteers and conservationists on the ground.
(5) Indomethacin was vulcanized in dimethylpolysiloxane, an inert silicone suitable for tissue implantation.
(6) The Vulcan, flown by the flight lieutenant who led the famous raid on Port Stanley's runway, twice passed over the memorial to commemorate those who fell during the south Atlantic campaign.
(7) The results indicate the usefulness of postmortem angiography with contrast medium vulcanizing at room temperature for postmortem diagnosis of rare causes of gastrointestinal haemorrhage.
(8) The most probable environment for the assembly of the various forms of protolife would be on mudbanks forming either at the mouth of streams draining regions of active vulcanicity, or round the edge of hot volclanic pools.
(9) They called themselves “ the Vulcans ”, not as a tribute to Spock, but to demonstrate they were as tough (or as Bush Sr might say, “iron-ass”) as the Roman god of fire.
(10) Primitive condoms were known as early as 1564, but it was not until the discovery of the vulcanization of rubber that the widespread production of condoms and diaphragms was feasible.
(11) CLF's laser, called Vulcan, is the most powerful laser in the world: it can focus 500 joules of energy (about the same required to lift 50 apples by 10m) into a laser burst just 40 femtoseconds (40 x 10-15) long - equivalent to one second in a million years.
(12) Air samples from the vulcanization process and the pressing of rubber goods showed BaP levels of up to 1.43 micrograms.m-3.
(13) The problem resulted from the physicochemical properties of the rubber, not the concentration of zinc used in the vulcanization process.
(14) We determined tissue tolerance to in situ vulcanizing silicone histologically in 30 rats by inserting prevulcanized and in situ vulcanized material in paired subcutaneous pockets.
(15) It was a lovely, short service and that Vulcan coming over was a wonderful ending."
(16) A histopathologic study was done on the larynx of a patient who had been injected 12 years before in the right vocal fold with room temperature vulcanizing silicone.
(17) During about 3 years of follow-up in 4 manufacturers contact allergic eczema was noted and polyvalent hypersensitivity to antioxidants and vulcanization accelerators without clinical manifestations of this hypersensitivity was diagnosed in 3 other subjects.
(18) A proved carcinogen, benzo[a]pyrene (BP), was incorporated into liquid silicone rubber polymer which was then vulcanized into solid form.
(19) Keen on photographing vintage aircraft, he was at Shoreham to capture one of the last flights of the Vulcan bomber.
(20) All the studied professional groups (assemblers, millers, vulcanizers) experienced a rise in osteomuscular morbidity and only vulcanizers had higher rates of respiratory, skin and subcutaneous diseases.
Vulcanian
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; hence, of or pertaining to works in iron or other metals.