Sentence examples for a strengthening agent from inspiring English sources

The mine employed 200 people in 1906; the ore was used as a strengthening agent for steel.

The outbreak of the First World War resulted in a great demand for manganese as a strengthening agent for steel.

It is also used in cement, in gemstones, as an optical opacifier in paper, and a strengthening agent in graphite composite fishing rods and golf clubs.

A lawyer for Mr. Gest, Raoul L. Felder, said that the lesson to derive from the lawsuit was that men can be victims of domestic violence, but he also addressed the issue of vodka as a strengthening agent.

On the contrary, the HA composite with 10 vol.% 3YSZ content appeared to be weakened little by YSZ as a strengthening agent.

In Ponca City, Okla., black mist from a factory that makes a strengthening agent for tires settled on people's clothes, pets, cars and lawns for decades -- and still occasionally falls.

The effect of the chemical environment on the architecture of single-layer graphene (SLG) or its oxide derivative (SLGO) is important when considering its possible applications as a polymer strengthening agent, in heterogeneous catalysis, manipulation of electrical conductivity, drug delivery, or wastewater cleanup.

Clay, says Lee, is also an ideal strengthening agent because of its low cost.

For PA 6, ternary nanocomposites have been designed with the addition of nanoclay as strengthening agent and ethylene-octene elastomer grafted maleic anhydride (POE-g-MAH) elastomer as toughening agent.

Desizing is the process where removal of starch from the fabric takes place and acts as the strengthening agent to prevent breaking of the warp thread during the weaving process.

A number of researchers have been pursuing various types of nanoparticles as strengthening agents for plastic foams, while others have been looking at different substitutes for the banned CFCs; Lee, along with fellow associate chemical engineering professors Kurt W. Koelling and David L. Tomasko, decided to tackle both aspects at once.