This different relationship of sulphur and phosphorus to the oxidizable. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
When heated with oxidizable substances it gives up a part of its oxygen, as shown in the equation. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Attempts have hitherto been made to protect the iron by covering it with other and less easily oxidizable metals. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883] Reference
He believes the hydrocarbons exert a direct influence only; being more oxidizable than fats, they guard the latter from oxidation. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
Fabroni found that under the above circumstances his oxidizable metals dissolved in the water, and in some cases salts were formed which crystallized out. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
All nutritive substances fall into two classes: the one serves for the repair of the unoxidizable constituents of the body, the other is destined to replace the oxidizable. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884] Reference
The first two series suffered no marked change, while in the latter series the more oxidizable metal became visibly covered with oxide in a few instants after the contact was made. '. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
Chlorine reacts immediately with all the oxidizable substances which may be present in the water (organic matter and certain mineral substances as well as pathogens and other organisms). From Wordnik.com. [1. Water in camps of Displaced people] Reference
Plants containing volatile oils, which are readily converted into resins by the action of oxygen, or those containing tannin or other readily oxidizable substances, take up the largest quantity. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference
I found that the action of non-oxidizable electrodes was most efficacious after the temperature of the fluid acted upon rose 4° or 5°; but the cost of working made it impossible on a large scale. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891] Reference
The simulation of N2O emissions requires consideration of the combined N and C cycles, because the substrates of denitrification include electron acceptors (NO3) as well as oxidizable C substrates. From Wordnik.com. [Effects of changes in climate and UV radiation levels on function of arctic ecosystems in the short and long term] Reference
These substances are the fats and oils of various kinds, less powerful sources of energy than the proteins, but they contain more potential energy than the carbohydrates because they are more oxidizable. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
Chlorine also reacts with many other oxidizable water constituents such as iron and manganese compounds, ammonia, and compounds thereof (forming chloramines), as well as numerous types of organic particles. From Wordnik.com. [3. Technologies] Reference
It may be that development in the near future will reveal the importance for our organism of copper concerning oxidation and of vitamin C with certain followers in plants, viz. oxidating enzyme, and oxidizable and reducible substances. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1937 - Presentation Speech] Reference
My first electrolytical experiments were conducted with non-oxidizable plates of platinum and carbon, but the cost of the first and the impossibility of obtaining carbon plates that would stand long-continued action of nascent chlorine and oxygen made it desirable that some modification should be tried. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891] Reference
Simpson suggests the presence of much oxidizable material. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
This dating method works by measuring the ratio of oxidizable carbon to organic carbon. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Over time this will change and the amount of organic carbon will decrease to be replaced by oxidizable carbon at a linear rate. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The wet in that country destroys practically anything except wool, rubber and non-oxidizable metals, unless it be packed in airtight containers. From Wordnik.com. [Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure] Reference
For if the oxidizable miasma are destroyed by atmospheric ozone, they, in turn, cause the latter to disappear, and we have seen that it is itself a miasm. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852] Reference
Plants and algae, as well as cyanobacteria, use photosynthesis to produce oxygen and "fuels," the latter being oxidizable substances like carbohydrates and hydrogen. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
The first two series suffered no marked change, while in the latter series the more oxidizable metal became visibly covered with oxide in a few instants after the contact was made. From Wordnik.com. [The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915] Reference
We can brutely confidently validate your Car Phone Hands Free With Gps into the global market place and help a veneer customer coriander in a interestingly oxidizable alreadyhave of time. From Wordnik.com. [Wii-volution]
This is doubtless the reason why ozone does not accumulate in the atmosphere in greater proportion than the oxidizable miasma, notwithstanding the constant formation of one and the other. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852] Reference
It is possible, and even probable, that sometimes, in particular localities, there may not be a just relation between the ozone and the oxidizable miasma in the air, and that the latter cannot be completely destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852] Reference
'All my observations agree in shewing, that the proportion of ozone in the air increases with the height; if this fact be general, as I am disposed to believe, we must consider the upper regions of the atmosphere as purer, with regard to oxidizable miasma, than the lower. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852] Reference
'There is one fact which should particularly engage the attention of physicians and physiologists, which is, that, of all seasons, the winter is distinguished by the greatest proportion of ozone; whence it follows, that during that season the air contains least of oxidizable miasma. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852] Reference
Another improvement that followed along the lines adopted by Edison for the commercial development of the phonograph was making the recording and reproducing styluses of sapphire, an extremely hard, non-oxidizable jewel, so that those tiny instruments would always retain their true form and effectively resist wear. From Wordnik.com. [Edison, His Life and Inventions] Reference
To prove these findings conclusively the scientists used an elegant trick: The methionine molecules were replaced with isosteric, chemically stable, non-oxidizable analogs, i.e. with the more hydrophobic norleucine (simulates non-oxidized methionine) and the highly hydrophilic methoxinine (simulates oxidized methionine). From Wordnik.com. [innovations-report] Reference
The oxidizable substance, the luminescent sheet, is in direct communication with the surrounding atmosphere; the flow of oxygen through an air-tube is not necessary; and the luminous emission continues to take place, in the same way as when it is produced by the contact of the air with the real phosphorus of the chemists. From Wordnik.com. [The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles] Reference
"fuels," the latter being oxidizable substances like carbohydrates and hydrogen. From Wordnik.com. [ Analysis] Reference
(burning of the skin and risk of explosion when brought in contact with an easily oxidizable material). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
"The treatment causes a reduction in the oxidizable matter in the sewage, varying from 60 to 80 per cent. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891] Reference
A rule, the air contains free ozone, though in very variable proportions; from which we may conclude that no oxidizable miasm -- sulphuretted hydrogen, for example -- can exist in such an atmosphere, any more than it could exist in air containing but a trace of chlorine. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852] Reference
(2) In other similar vessels I put pieces of the same metals in pairs, a more oxidizable and a less oxidizable metal in each pair 'but separated from each other by strips of glass. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
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