Sentence examples for hard scale from inspiring English sources

They secrete a hard scale about their soft bodies, insert their mouthparts into a plant, and remain sessile.

Commonly, chemical treatment is applied to remove the hard scale.

The present work demonstrates that hard scale deposits can form even under conditions where aragonite precipitates predominantly, and that MWT can also affect the crystallization of this polymorph in a manner conducive to scaling control.

For a calcium carbonate type scale, it has been established that a magnetic field caused preferential formation of a removable soft scale consisting of aragonite (orthorhombic, space group Pmcn) and minor vaterite (μ-CaCO3, hexagonal, optically uniaxial positive), rather than a hard scale of calcite (trigonal, space group, optically uniaxial negative) [[15][16]].

Another was Gulf of Mexico redfish ($22) cooked "fisherman's style," with its skin and hard scales left on, to keep it moist and plump.

The hard scales provide an abrasive surface to the skin of sharks and some rays, giving it a special value, as a leather called shagreen, for polishing hard wood.

The inner surface of the prepuce is moistened by preputial glands, and the external surface is sometimes covered with spines or hard scales, as in the cat, guinea pig, and wombat.

In this work, we explore how the geometry and arrangement of hard scales can be tailored to promote scale-scale interactions.

In this manuscript, we propose a novel carrier gas based desalination cycle which can use steam at a high temperature (> 120 °C) without causing formation of hard scales.

The extreme contrast of stiffness between hard scales and surrounding soft tissues gives rise to unusual and attractive mechanisms, which now serve as models for the design of bio-inspired armors.

But no — it's just an ounce heavy on the trying-too-hard scale".