Sentence examples for specimens were first from inspiring English sources

Fixed specimens were first deparaffinized.

When specimens were first shipped back from Australia, it was thought to be a taxidermic hoax.

AE characteristics from the specimens were first examined to distinguish the different AE signals from various possible damage mechanisms.

The test specimens were first heated to a temperature level (ranging from 300 °C to 900 °C), and then cooled down to ambient temperature.

In two experiments, to check the influence of the dislocation structure, the specimens were first fatigued prior to the irradiation and then only fatigued under beam.

The concrete specimens were first efficiently heated in a specially designed industrial microwave oven, and then rapidly loaded after quickly rolling to the SHPB system.

GFRP-SFRSCC specimens were first subjected to accelerated ageing, involving thermal and wet-dry cycles, and then subjected to push-out tests.

Fatigue tests of three conventional connection specimens were first conducted to evaluate the fatigue resistance and the associated failure mode for comparison with field observations.

Aluminum specimens were first anodized in a sulfuric acid bath, and then silver was electrodeposited into pores of the anodized aluminum by using alternating current.

In the present paper some specimens were first subjected to freeze thaw cycles and then experimental debonding tests were performed in order to investigate the effects of the bonding length and environmental conditions.

Specimens were first subjected to various degrees of fatigue damage in air, then immersed in a corrosive solution for a fixed amount of time, and subsequently further fatigued in air to failure.