Sentence examples for breakdown of iron from inspiring English sources
The processes involved the breakdown of iron minerals in a source rock by the action of groundwater and the formation of thin films of iron oxide (hematite), which coloured the rocks red.
Heat-induced breakdown of iron carbonates, which could have happened at Warrawoona, produces relatively simple organic materials; with time, García-Ruiz argues in today's issue of Science, these materials could combine into complex organics, much as happened in the lab.
However, in an alkaline borate solution, where the conducting polyaniline was converted to the emeraldine base, the coating had a clear beneficial effect on the local breakdown of iron by chloride anions; much higher pitting potentials were recorded following a 2 h immersion period for the polyaniline-coated substrate relative to the uncoated electrode.
While it's probably the breakdown of iron pipes that's to blame for the changes in water color, homes hooked up to the city's lead service lines were exposed to much more severe but invisible contamination.
Rust is the natural breakdown of iron and metal.
The production of new magnetite may have been from the breakdown of iron-containing silicates or clays (e.g., chlorite) as a result of the higher temperatures caused by frictional heating during a large earthquake.
The passivity and passivity breakdown of polycrystalline iron is investigated through electrochemical methods complemented with ellipsometry, by employing plain 0.04 M NaOH and saturated Ca(OH 2 solutions with the addition of chloride salt of concentrations up to 1 M.
The general attack of the passive layer may be seen as a simpler model for the local breakdown of passive iron by the other halides especially by the technically more important chloride.
But perhaps one of the coolest displays is the film's data-driven breakdown of the Iron Man suit.
Thiocyanate was found to cause passivity breakdown on iron but not on copper.
Discolouration of the dyed textiles was also observed during accelerated ageing due to the breakdown of the iron-tannate dye complex resulting in colours of cellulosic textiles being comparable to the colours of naturally aged cellulosic museum objects.
