Sentence examples for layer of lead from inspiring English sources

Covered in a layer of lead, most of the shot was made of stone.

This weekend, with the northwest wind whistling off the Irish Sea and the dull gray clouds sticking to the sky like a thick layer of lead tape, Birkdale rolled its shoulders and stirred awake.

Mr. Seelbinder recalled months of navigating narrow paths formed by floor-to-ceiling plastic sheeting and breathing in plaster dust and the fumes of paint remover as layer after layer of lead paint was stripped away.

The coating consists of a compact and thick layer of lead ditetradecanoate, which is formed upon immersion of a lead substrate in a melted sample of tetradecanoic acid at 60 °C.

The detectors were self-assembled, high efficiency, and designed in two configurations: (1) a conventional moderated-type neutron detector based on a large cylindrical He-3 proportional counter; and (2) an extended-range version with an embedded layer of lead in the moderator to increase the detector's sensitivity to high-energy neutrons.

The characteristic potential/time curves, at constant current density, for the anodic oxidation of a lead surface in sulphuric acid correspond at first to oxidation at the Pb/PbSO4, potential until an insulating layer of lead sulphate is formed, then to a very sharp rise in potential due to the ohmic resistance, followed by a rapid fall as the sulphate is oxidized to the conducting PbO2.

Gerasimos Konstantatos and colleagues at the University of Toronto developed a photodetector that consisted of an unpatterned layer of lead-sulfide quantum-dot nanocrystals.

If the room you are using has been known to have had a layer of lead-based paints on it, check with officials to see if and how much is "safe" for the baby, and whether or not you should use it for your baby.

Four layers of lead zirconate titanate (PZT), deposited by sol gel method, constitute the actuation element of the microcantilever.

For sheer inconvenience, installing sprinklers is roughly equivalent to painting your apartment, except that it takes longer, makes more noise and generates more dust, including some from ancient layers of lead paint being drilled to make holes for pipes.

Mr. Hang says he worries that the federal cleanup will be superficial, taking only the most visible layers of lead and leaving contaminants beneath that might still work their way to the surface through erosion.