Sentence examples for molecular bonds from inspiring English sources

A variety of events can break the molecular bonds holding the clay particles together.

In a report published in the journal Science, a team of Japanese researchers described a species of bacteria that can break the molecular bonds of one of the world's most-used plastics - polyethylene terephthalate, also known as PET or polyester.

Such WTE plants burn garbage at temperatures high enough (over 850°C) to break the molecular bonds in dioxin and other toxic chemicals and thus render them harmless.

Such WTE plants burn rubbish at temperatures high enough (over 850°C) to break the molecular bonds in dioxins and other toxic chemicals and thus render them harmless.

The free electrons disrupt the molecular bonds of any particles in the air, causing them to break up into electrically charged pieces.

The resulting radiation-induced chemistry can break the molecular bonds needed for cell growth and can induce genetic damage (see radiation injury).

That is chiefly because petrol a far more complex fuel than methanol contains carbon-carbon molecular bonds that take a lot of energy to break.

The performance of tread rubber depends strongly on the quality of the molecular bonds formed by the 14 individual ingredients that go into making the rubber, and Michelin claims to have perfect control of these molecular interactions.

This could be due to the breakdown of molecular bonds and sample degradation.

"If you could see molecular bonds being broken and reformed," he says, "that would be fantastic".

Whether a polymer is flexible or stiff depends on how many molecular bonds link its strands.