Sentence examples for layers of lead from inspiring English sources

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.

Workers spent seven months picking away at the heavy layers of lead paint on the walls with chisels and hammers, finishing the job with a calcium oxide wash that accentuated the chiseled effect.

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

In this journal, a relatively simple deposition process has previously been shown to produce layers of lead carboxylate on polished lead which are protective against a range of environments [10].

In a number of cases where the results of MA-XRF do not significantly differ from those obtained by XRR, for example in the case where very thick overpainted layers of lead white are present, this system has allowed to obtain contrast-rich imaging information.

If one or more balconies of the home had layers of lead-based paint and XRF measurements were positive, an additional flake of paint was collected if possible, with the permission of the occupant.

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.

A layer of lead chromate with some lead sulphate was between the alloy and the support.

The yellow layer of lead tin yellow type II is located on the white ground layer of chalk.