Sentence examples for oxidise from inspiring English sources
These nanoparticles then oxidise back into silicon oxides, drawing oxygen from the surrounding air.
This is because once a bottle is open, the wine begins to oxidise and, as many readers would have doubtless discovered, soon turns to vinegar.
The researchers speculated that it might be ideal for stripping sebum from banknotes.They therefore soiled some notes deliberately with sebum and left them for eight days at a relative humidity of 65% and a temperature of 90°C, in order to oxidise the soiling.
Burning fossil fuels tends to oxidise nitrogen at the same time.
A healthy cell relies on its mitochondria (descendants of bacteria that took up residence in the single-celled ancestors of animals and plants about 2 billion years ago) to oxidise sugar molecules and release useful energy.
These hormones are called leptin and adiponectin.Leptin has several roles, but one is to encourage cells to oxidise lipids and thus destroy them.
It consumes a lot of energy, and the reactions that release this energy also generate oxidising chemicals.
This is unpleasant in itself, and also turns brown as it oxidises, making it harder for machines that handle and sort notes to recognise them.
A group of researchers at the University of Vermont, led by Christopher Landry, have already managed to combine silica gel with a vanadium catalyst to create a mixture that oxidises mustard gas, rendering it harmless.In the future, then, military paint will not only hide vehicles from prying eyes it will also help protect soldiers from one of the most feared forms of attack.
Glowing puppies have already been created, and there is talk of glowing trees and even glowing food.The simplest light-producing reactions require an organic molecule, known as a luciferin, to be oxidised by oxygen, a process that is helped along by an enzyme known as luciferase.
Capua's high-vacuum, low-temperature equipment removes bergaptene, an irritant, from the oil; and it is then stored under nitrogen gas to stop it oxidising.
