Sentence examples for sensitive to clay from inspiring English sources

A sensitivity analysis showed that infiltration rates were most sensitive to clay hydraulic conductivity, not clay layer thickness.

The amounts of clay platelet separation and dispersion of clay aggregates in the epoxy matrix were found to be sensitive to clay and toughener concentration, and clay platelets preferentially adsorb to the rubber particles.

It is sensitive to clay-catalyzed reactions.

The nanostructure and the resulting thermal, mechanical and conductive properties of the salt-containing PEO/clay nanocomposites were found to be highly sensitive to the clay type, i.e. aspect ratio of the clay, to the presence of an organic modifier in the intergallery spacing, and to the salt concentration.

Laboratory testing showed that the HOBS was most sensitive to coarse clay and fine silt fractions, the dominant particle sizes transported in proglacial streams.

Nevertheless, as shown in Fig. 5a, c, resistivity is more sensitive to porosity change than to clay content.

Neglecting the small differences in the actual clay content between these clays (4 5 vol% of inorganic matter), this suggests that rheology may be sensitive to strong interactions between the clay surfactant and the polymer.

Fine sediments can impact river biota, with egg and larval stages of lithophilic fish particularly sensitive to deposition of sand- to clay-sized particles ('fines') in spawning gravels.

Water-based mud (WBM) is the most commonly used type of drilling fluid, and shale is highly sensitive to the additives and the clays present in the WBM (Gomez and He 2012; He et al. 2014).

Because clay minerals are sensitive to water, special attention has been paid to characterize the behavior of the shale with a natural water content to account for in situ conditions; the natural water content of the rock specimens lies between 4 and 7 %.

Clay roofing tiles are sensitive to frost action and require testing by repeated freezing and thawing cycles.