Sentence examples for led to a slight decrease from inspiring English sources

The existence of membrane support layer led to a slight decrease of permeate flux.

The aged alloys showed improved elongation at break, which led to a slight decrease in yield strength and ultimate strength.

At a lower soaking time, the increase in firing temperature led to a slight decrease in compressive strength and then increasing thereafter.

The presence of nanometer-sized CaCO3 particles led to a slight decrease in the tensile strength but improved the impact energy, the storage modulus and the fracture toughness.

Surface chemistry varied with different oxygen flow ratios and the presence of excess surface lattice oxygen led to a slight decrease in hydrophobicity.

Furthermore, annealing led to a slight decrease in the cyclic softening rate, giving a slight increase in the fatigue life of cryo-rolled Al.

Deletion of LRO1, ALE1 or the genes of the CDP-Etn pathway led to a slight decreased ergosteryl ester level compared to wild type (see Fig. 2).

The modification process leads to a slight decrease of the scaffold mechanical performance mainly caused by polymer crystallization.

The Committee on Climate Change concluded that the development of shale gas could actually lead to a slight decrease in UK emissions, since it is likely to be cleaner than imported Liquefied Natural Gas from Qatar.

Increasing the initial droplet diameter leads to an increased extinction diameter, while increasing the carbon-dioxide concentration leads to a slight decrease in the extinction diameter.

The post oxidation step leads to a slight decrease in the corrosion rate because it partially seals the porous nitrided layer.