The more common thicker photovoltaics contain iridium and other rare and expensive materials. From Wordnik.com. [BRITISH TEAM DEVELOPS THIN SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS | Inhabitat] Reference
Let's start looking for iridium in the soil, shall we?. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Heorot]
Some iridium is also precipitated as a similar compound. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Platinum-iridium compounds are used to make biomedical devices. From Wordnik.com. [Platinum] Reference
I went ashore with a landing party to look for iridium ore for repairs. From Wordnik.com. [Bread And Circuses] Reference
We used platinum, and alloys of platinum and iridium, abandoned them as. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882] Reference
"Especially if some of it turns out to be gold or platinum or iridium?". From Wordnik.com. [Warhorse]
Engraving of the casting of the platinum-iridium alloy called the "1874 Alloy.". From Wordnik.com. [Meter] Reference
Most naturally occurring platinum is actually a mixture of platinum and iridium. From Wordnik.com. [Platinum] Reference
Squirt that into a nugget of iridium and the chemicals react, vaporizing the H 2 0 2. From Wordnik.com. [Rocket-Powered Prosthetic Arm Nearly Ready for Liftoff] Reference
The exhaust passes through the catalytic converter that contains platinum and iridium. From Wordnik.com. [Platinum] Reference
She had been trained in music, as had the three of them, and had her own iridium flute. From Wordnik.com. [Phaze Doubt]
The rare metal iridium affords a blue which is a mixture of the oxide and the sesquioxide. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
PowerNova plans to market its catalyst, which contains iridium and iron, within five years. From Wordnik.com. [Clean Cars Lean on Dirty Old Gas] Reference
The pink tone to the twinkle is the iridium based particle beams cooking off a fusion drive. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
Sacks had several buttons of super-dense iridium that he wanted to melt into a single ingot. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: August 15, 2004 - August 21, 2004 Archives] Reference
The famed Platinum Flute had merged the frames-but what was the purpose of these iridium flutes?. From Wordnik.com. [Phaze Doubt]
The three, playing lovely iridium flutes together, generated quite pretty and intricate melodies. From Wordnik.com. [Phaze Doubt]
We even had some whiskey in our hot chocolate and watched an iridium reflection in the night sky. From Wordnik.com. [Another Cool Pocket] Reference
But I have never panicked that we are going to run out of oil or tungsten or iridium or whatever. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » 2009 » May] Reference
"Would access to a virtually unlimited supply of iridium enhance your holdings?" asked Naras Sharaf. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Used the Universe]
Veqq construction techniques made extensive use of the platinum group of metals, particularly iridium. From Wordnik.com. [Jed the Dead]
It is so heavy because it is filled with shame ..... tightly packed shame made of iridium and lead. From Wordnik.com. [Teacher apologizes for achievement gap: 'My fault'] Reference
Even with their iridium armor, the heat of the stars and the far greater endlessness of space defeat them. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
It was no better for the elves, who on the surface had mined iridium and fashioned it into assorted artifacts. From Wordnik.com. [Phaze Doubt]
Do you think that the K-T boundary could ever have been established via iridium deposition upon that assumption?. From Wordnik.com. [All those liars for Jesus] Reference
After it is formed and programmed, it is iridium-coated and ejected through a waterspout high into the atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
It's an espresso-shot-sized, platinum-iridium cylinder that is the perfect embodiment of the kilogram -- almost perfect. From Wordnik.com. [The Ethical Hoax] Reference
Similar iridium flutes are being crafted, only one of which is magic, so that if any are destroyed, they will be decoys. From Wordnik.com. [Phaze Doubt]
That there are 11 elements that it could be but primarily rhodium and iridium are the elements that are in your body right now. From Wordnik.com. [Lecture] Reference
Extensive use of cobalt 60, iridium 192, caesium 134 as well as sodium 24, gallium 72 and lanthanum 140 is now an accepted practice. From Wordnik.com. [The Peacetime Applications of Atomic Energy] Reference
Researchers describe how they make a finely textured surface of the metal iridium that can be used to extract hydrogen from ammonia. From Wordnik.com. [End of this Minicon] Reference
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