How to Use alginate in a Sentence

alginate

noun

• The next day the alginate is cut away with knives to reveal the plaster cast which is now a solid form.
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
• The casting process occurs by placing one’s hand in alginate.
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
• Masks and hands were made by casting the real deal in dental alginate (the same stuff used to create casts of your teeth, available online) to create a mold.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2017
• If there are too many Vibrio, the number of bacteria outstrips the available alginate.
  — Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
• Sea moss contains a compound called alginate, which is known to promote weight loss by binding to fat cells and preventing them from being absorbed by the body.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• With this in mind, Blacklow and her colleagues began with a gellike substance from seaweed called alginate.
  — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 24 July 2019
• It’s wrapped in a special, non-woven fabric and coated with a substance called alginate, which is made from algae and used often in the medical field.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 10 Apr. 2023
• Modern science takes on a taste as old as time, to put it all Disney-like, using sodium alginate to create bite-sized balloons of olive juice that appear rather like the yolks of Seussian green eggs.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• As noted on Lush's website, the jelly bombs contain sodium alginate, which is derived from a seaweed.
  — De Elizabeth, Allure, 24 July 2017
• To get the right consistency, the researchers added a jelly-like goo called alginate and stem cells extracted from donor corneas, along with some ropy proteins called collagen.
  — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 30 May 2018
• Ionic bonds are very flexible, while covalent bonds are very strong, and both have their roles to play: When the ball hits the gel, the alginate molecules separate, like two magnets forced apart, absorbing stress.
  — Ashley P. Taylor, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2012
• Pro Preparation Tip: The alginate casing tends to split if your skillet or grill is too hot, so rotate frequently to promote even browning and prevent breakage.
  — Alison Roman, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
• After several tries, Tasset was satisfied enough with one of the alginate molds to proceed with enlargement.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• As a solution, the Beyond Meat team decided to use alginate, a substance contained within algae.
  — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2017
• Zelinski and her team have successfully matured follicles in alginate and are working to achieve a live primate birth using those oocytes.
  — Katherine Kornei, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2016
• Red algae is chock-full of a carotenoid called astaxanthin, while its brown cousin is rich in skin-brightening phlorotannins and a moisturizing polysaccharide called alginate.
  — Brian Underwood, Women's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
• Wylie’s egg yolk is made with xantham gum, iota carrogeenan, and potassium chloride, whereas mine is made with sodium alginate and calcium chloride.
  — Mark McClusky, WIRED, 29 May 2007
• This new alginate heart, by contrast, has a similar elasticity to real tissue.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 23 Nov. 2020
• Divide the alginate solution into various squirt bottles, or squirt guns.
  — Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2018
• Another 2014 study in Food Chemistry illustrates that the same alginate may help inhibit the absorption of fat if consumption is consistent and substantial.
  — Samantha Lande, Good Housekeeping, 27 Dec. 2022
• Review the nutrition labels -- besides salt, the label could use terms such as monosodium glutamate (MSG, common in Chinese food), sodium citrate, sodium alginate and sodium phosphate.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Oct. 2021
• By altering their life cycle to include a multicellular stage, the bacteria can digest the alginate efficiently: Their numbers increase, and the hollow shell helps to concentrate the enzymes.
  — Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
• The Jelly Bomb is particularly satisfying because sodium alginate formulated in the ball turns the water into a thick pool of Jell-O, leaving your skin noticeably softened.
  — Melissa Minton, Allure, 1 Mar. 2018
• The factories include implantable alginate beads that are loaded with cells that have been genetically engineered to produce natural IL-2.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 25 Aug. 2022
• Squirt the sodium alginate solution into the calcium chloride solution.
  — Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2018
• Some common biomaterials for food applications include cellulose from plants, a carbohydrate called chitosan from mushrooms and a carbohydrate called alginate from algae.
  — Natalie R. Rubio, The Conversation, 5 July 2019
• Calcium promotes the solidification of alginate networks.
  — Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2013

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024