Example sentences of "[adj] carbon [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Hectographic carbon paper is placed with its coated surface upwards and the glossy surface of the special paper is placed down on to it .
2 We calculated parameters related to leaf photosynthesis and water-use efficiency from stable carbon isotope ratios ( 13 C/ 12 C ) of whole leaves .
3 FIG. 1 The stable carbon isotope composition of upper leaves from C3 and C4 plants that were grown at daytime [ CO 2 ] from near 350μmolmol -1
4 Solid carbon dioxide has a similar structure with the C02 molecules occupying the lattice sites .
5 If solid carbon dioxide ( dry ice ) is warmed at one atmosphere it sublimes at 195 K ( -78°C ) .
6 Thus , unlike water , the solid carbon dioxide is denser than the liquid .
7 An increase of applied pressure thus favours formation of solid carbon dioxide .
8 Traditionally , this cooling requirement has been accomplished using slices of solid carbon dioxide , better known as dry ice .
9 Blown rubber forefoot outsole with solid carbon rubber heel .
10 Solid carbon heel .
11 For a shoe specifically designed for forefoot strikers , placing blown rubber at the front of the shoe and more durable carbon rubber at the rear seems a logical inconsistency .
12 The country 's 22.5 million cars emit 20 per cent of total carbon dioxide emissions .
13 The total carbon content has , therefore , been taken as the carbon content and quoted as a percentage weight .
14 Ash and biodegradable waste must be added regularly to achieve the right carbon nitrogen ratio .
15 Iron possessing a very low carbon content , which makes it tough and malleable .
16 It is closely related to peat and has a relatively low carbon content and high moisture content .
17 Leaving out nuclear power and the renewables , the most favoured low carbon dioxide fuel is natural gas ( which is largely methane , another greenhouse gas ) .
18 These bits are a forged lamination of soft , low carbon steel and high , hard carbon steel , made , seemingly , in Japan .
19 ‘ But since 1980 we have used liquid carbon dioxide .
20 The most feasible means is to pump it as a gas or liquid through a pipeline to the ocean , where at 500 metres , most of it would stay out of contact with the atmosphere for many years , since liquid carbon dioxide has a density greater than seawater .
21 The hollow- ground blade , made from chrome-plated carbon steel , will cut cleanly through branches of up to three-inches in diameter .
22 In doing so he is confusing carbon fixation with the fate of phytoplankton .
23 Whilst water stress periods depressed production of wheat grown under normal carbon dioxide levels , wheat grown under 1000 ppm of carbon dioxide produced as much as unstressed plants grown at the current atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide , and remained turgid at moisture levels that wilted their unexposed counterparts .
24 This process can be shown by normal carbon dioxide being passed through a tube containing algae in water with the heavier O isotope and carbon dioxide with the heavier O isotope being passed through another tube containing the same type of algae in normal water .
25 If you draw a normal carbon carbon single bond which is a sigma bond what 's a sigma bond Daniel ?
26 All EC governments had undertaken to give the European Commission , by April 1 , detailed plans for achieving the EC 's target date for stabilising carbon dioxide emissions : by the year 2005 for us , and 2000 for the rest of them .
27 Gas is environmentally helpful in achieving the Government 's target of stabilising carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2005 .
28 A massive increase in the contribution currently made by renewable sources to Europe 's overall energy needs is required if the Community is to meet its goal of stabilising carbon dioxide output by the year 2000 , according to the European Commission .
29 The nuclear lobby 's case is based on the UK 's commitment to stabilising carbon dioxide emissions by the end of the century at a level no higher than in 1990 .
30 Controlled growth chamber experiments ( as well as greenhouse practices ) have established beyond doubt that many plants for which carbon is a limiting nutrient respond to short-term carbon dioxide enrichment with faster growth and greater yields ( Rosenberg , 1981 ) .
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