Sentence examples for prone to combustion from inspiring English sources

This confirms that the sample propellant is prone to combustion instability.

The grasses that are particularly well adapted to grow in savannahs are unusually prone to combustion when they are dry, says William Bond at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

Situated in the stark center of Wyoming's energy-rich but otherwise empty Powder River Basin, Gillette grew up around wildcat wells and coal mines — dry as a bone except in its saloons, prone to spontaneous combustion from the underground fires burning perpetually beneath it.

Lean premixed combustors produce lower NOx emissions, but are particularly prone to damaging combustion instabilities.

In addition, steam-dried coals appear to be less prone to spontaneous combustion.

It had never occurred to me that shirts and hangers were prone to spontaneous combustion, but the union and the sprinkler companies apparently did not believe in taking chances.

One additional benefit of the company's breakthrough: An alkaline battery would not be as prone to the combustion issues that have plagued lithium-ion batteries in a range of products, most notably some Samsung smartphones.

The longwall gob (mined-out) area is one of the main places that are prone to coal spontaneous combustion and most of the residual coal in it is in oxygen-depleted air as it is a semi-enclosed space.

In China, the longwall gob area is the main places that are prone to coal spontaneous combustion due to excessive residual coal in the gob and severe air leakage during underground mine ventilation.

"I'd want to know if these microbatteries would be more prone to the self-combustion issues that plagued lithium-cobalt oxide batteries which we've seen become an issue of concern with Boeing's Dreamliner jets".

Results show that lacking of protection of slenderer struts leads that the flame coming from cavity is prone to be quenched; thus combustion efficiency for cavity-only fueling conditions is relative lower.