As the gold-aluminum bead absorbed the gases, it became "supersaturated" with silicon and germanium, causing them to precipitate and form wires. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
As the melted gold-aluminum bead absorbed the silicon, it became "supersaturated" with silicon, causing the silicon to precipitate and form wires. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
This causes the particles to become "supersaturated" with silicon from the gas, which will then precipitate into a solid, forming a wire that grows vertically. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmodo] Reference
The scheme grew like precipitation in a supersaturated pond. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations]
Another way to consider them is as a supersaturated solution. From Wordnik.com. [Professor Radical Goes To Washington To Preview The Apocalypse] Reference
I have seen decade lists supersaturated with one particular kind of fiction. From Wordnik.com. [Possible Impossible: Best-of Book Lists] Reference
The world must be supersaturated with bloggers to have two at the same event. From Wordnik.com. [preserve « Mudpuddle] Reference
White sugar to be washed is thoroughly mixed with a sugar sirup supersaturated. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891] Reference
When you bring such a core to the surface, the core is now in a supersaturated condition. From Wordnik.com. [Reply to von Storch and Zorita « Climate Audit] Reference
On the crest of this wavefront it entered a dense forest that had supersaturated itself with oxygen. From Wordnik.com. [Sun of Suns] Reference
"Well, my brother-in-law is the King of Egypt, ha ha!" said Lucius Decumius, supersaturated with names. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
The supersaturated drug culture to which Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love belonged belongs to the everyday. From Wordnik.com. [Curt and Uncourtly, Broomfield Slashes and Burns Grunge] Reference
Layers in the atmosphere, usually above twenty-sx thousand feet, can be supersaturated with water vapor. From Wordnik.com. [Contrails] Reference
If an airplance flies in a supersaturated layer, the water from the engine exhaust condenses into ice crystals. From Wordnik.com. [Contrails] Reference
What's even weirder is that, like many ads of that vintage, the colors are sort of supersaturated, so it's. From Wordnik.com. [Pick-a-Pocket, Any Pocket - A Dress A Day] Reference
I believe cloud chambers use saturated/supersaturated air, but the mechanisim of cloud formation by particles is well understood. From Wordnik.com. [Road Map « Climate Audit] Reference
Even though the waters are likely to remain supersaturated, the degree of supersaturation affects the rate of coral calcification. From Wordnik.com. [Coral growth and climate change] Reference
I believe cloud chambers use saturated/supersaturated air, but the mechanisim of cloud formation by particles is well understood. jae. From Wordnik.com. [Road Map « Climate Audit] Reference
If the rain lands in the ocean, and the ocean is warmer than the rain, it warms and the oceans surface will be supersaturated with CO2. From Wordnik.com. [RMS and Sulphate Emissions « Climate Audit] Reference
Today, math questions are phrased in such awkward ways, supersaturated with pedagogical nonsense, that I'd probably have missed them all. From Wordnik.com. [Gerardus 't Hooft - Autobiography] Reference
Remember the home experiment of a string suspended by a pencil in a glass of supersaturated salt water I presume we all did the third grade?. From Wordnik.com. ["Obama held his tongue when asked what he thought about Ortega's speech. 'It was 50 minutes long. That's what I thought.'"] Reference
For a better understanding of the scope and purpose of this paper, the writer divides supersaturated or subaqueous materials into three classes. From Wordnik.com. [Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, Paper No. 1174, Volume LXX, December 1910] Reference
Cold air can hold less water vapor than warm air, and so, especially if the air becomes very cold, it will become supersaturated with water vapor. From Wordnik.com. [Mystery in The Air - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
On the one hand, portions of anhydrous calcium sulphate, when moistened with water, dissolve as they are hydrated, forming a supersaturated solution. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
You can even see they have put some plastic tarps there on the left side of that dam to try to keep that dirt from being supersaturated and just washing away. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2008] Reference
The metalimnetic oxygen maximum distribution occurs when the oxygen content in the metalimnion is supersaturated in relation to levels in the epilimnion and hypolimnion. From Wordnik.com. [Chemical properties of lakes] Reference
I travelled in Lunda, when the sponges were all supersaturated. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868] Reference
"It's because of this massive amount of supersaturated clutter.". From Wordnik.com. [columbiatribune.com stories] Reference
The air seems supersaturated with electricity, flashing and crackling on every hand. From Wordnik.com. [America To-day, Observations and Reflections] Reference
In the technical language of chemists and physicists it begins to get supersaturated. From Wordnik.com. [Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science] Reference
There was a mound, not always existent, built up by deposits from the water supersaturated with mineral. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Forces] Reference
When cold the solution is supersaturated; that is to say, more solid matter is contained in it than corresponds to its temperature. From Wordnik.com. [Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873] Reference
Artificial fogs were created in little glass tubes, by introducing dust, in various proportions, for supersaturated vapour to gather on. From Wordnik.com. [The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told] Reference
But he warned of the possibility of "a rotting tree, in supersaturated ground, that could come down even without winds that are extreme.". From Wordnik.com. [Long Island Press] Reference
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