Sentence examples for bring about a reaction from inspiring English sources

In 1895 the French chemist Henri Moissan, who discovered elemental fluorine in 1886 and was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1906 for that discovery, failed in an attempt to bring about a reaction between fluorine and argon.

The IUPAC definition, "a test substance that is added to a system in order to bring about a reaction or to see whether a reaction occurs" [38], does not match the common usage of the term which further includes the chemical species involved in a reaction, i.e. reactants, solvents, catalysts, etc.

Enzymes are the biological substance or biological macromolecules that are produced by a living organism which acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction.

There are at least two possibilities: a) praise or blame is appropriate in the sense that the agent deserves such a response, given his behavior and/or traits of character; or b) praise or blame is appropriate in the sense that such a reaction is likely to bring about a desired consequence, namely an improvement in the agent's behavior and/or character.

First-time VR experiences seem to bring about a pretty wide variety of emotional reactions from the people who try it, but right now there aren't too many ways to actually convey how you're feeling inside virtual reality.

A pagan reaction against Christianity combined with revolt against fiscal and administrative burdens to bring about a popular uprising.

This leads to incomplete reaction of the fuel in the catalyst layer of MFC and will bring about a decrease in its performance.

The relatively higher rate constant exhibited by Xa, Ao, Pg and Nl is an index of requisite optimum bioreducing molecule in the plant extracts that brought about a fast reaction leading to 2 min nucleation onset time.

Terrorism thus promotes a cycle whereby an attack feeds a reaction that contributes to bringing about a further attack.

The energy needed to bring about this reaction can be expressed as a reduction potential.

"This kind of extreme language often brings about a reaction, but I haven't seen that reaction kick in yet because the public disgust is still running its course," Mr. Levitt said.