Sentence examples for materials decay from inspiring English sources
Q In radioactive decay, different materials decay at different rates, giving different half lives.
First, the group of buildings was surveyed in its geometry, materials, decay phenomena, structural disorders.
As these radioactive materials decay, they produce heat, which is converted into electricity to power the probes' instruments.
RADIOACTIVE materials decay at a predictable rate so predictable, in fact, that scientists widely use them to date artefacts and geological objects.
Scientific knowledge of Earth's geologic history has advanced significantly since the development of radiometric dating, a method of age determination based on the principle that radioactive atoms in geologic materials decay at constant, known rates to daughter atoms.
Moreover, consolidation might even result in an acceleration of materials decay [5,6], if unsuitable materials or treatment conditions are selected.
For him, the material decay of Rome was the effect and symbol of moral decadence.
Holding on to pictures was, for most of the history of photography, a matter of material decay and physical storage.
The material decay that had inspired him in Rome was the effect and symbol of moral decadence.
On the other hand, ductility, toughness and strength of the material decay during hydrolytic degradation.
The conservator of paintings aims above all at "true conservation," the preservation of the objects in conditions that, as far as possible, will arrest material decay and delay as long as possible the moment when restoration is needed.
