Sentence examples for pressurized from inspiring English sources

High-pressure oxygen rushed out into Bay 4, pressurized it, and blew off the side panel of the service module.

The measurement of electric and magnetic properties of materials in a high-pressure environment entails considerable experimental difficulties, especially those associated with attaching leads to pressurized samples or detecting small signals from the experiment.

Early on the evening of April 13, the astronauts pressurized the lunar module Aquarius, and Lovell and Haise passed from the command module Odyssey through the connecting tunnel while checking all systems for the forthcoming landing.

In both variants, the coolant consists of helium pressurized to approximately 100 bars, or roughly 100 standard atmospheres.

Explosions resulting from the buildup of pressurized hydrogen gas in the outer containment buildings enclosing reactors 1, 2, and 3, along with a fire touched off by rising temperatures in spent fuel rods stored in reactor 4, led to the release of significant levels of radiation from the facility in the days and weeks following the earthquake.

When they reached that critical point, the drill was pulled back, and lake water, which had been pressurized from the weight of the ice above, rushed up into the well bore.

Pumps used to transport or pressurize gases are called compressors, blowers, or fans.

One NASA plan was to have an Apollo spacecraft dock with a spent rocket stage, whereupon its crew would pressurize the rocket's empty hydrogen-propellant tank with air and install scientific equipment that would turn it into a laboratory for several weeks of occupancy.

The turbine, in turn, drives a compressor to pressurize the air for the process.

In the electrical industry nitrogen is used to prevent oxidation and other chemical reactions, to pressurize cable jackets, and to shield motors.

There are two basic types: the pressurized-water reactor (PWR) and the boiling-water reactor (BWR).