How to Use autoclave in a Sentence
autoclave
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The researchers placed a tiny yeast-free pizza dough no bigger than a penny in a hot autoclave.
— Kristen Rogers, CNN, 23 Mar. 2022 -
As pressure was slowly released from the autoclave, bubbles formed in the dough.
— Kristen Rogers, CNN, 23 Mar. 2022 -
Because their autoclave is roughly the size of a toaster oven, the team ended up with a set of miniature pizzas.
— Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2022 -
Perhaps Dallara, which supplies the tub, needs to squeeze out a few more gallons of resin before hitting the ol' autoclave.
— Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 25 Mar. 2022 -
Following the success of their pint sized–pies, the Italian team plans to use a larger autoclave to produce standard-size pizzas.
— Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2022 -
In the fabrication process for composites, carbon fiber tape impregnated with epoxy resin is laid on a mold, then hardened in a high-pressure oven called an autoclave.
— Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2021 -
The composite wing is not produced the way Boeing manufactures the wings of the 787 Dreamliner — by baking the material to hardness in a high-pressure oven, known as an autoclave.
— Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times, 30 May 2017 -
That investment includes massive, very expensive autoclaves, which are high-pressure ovens where the carbon fiber infused with epoxy resin is baked to hardness.
— Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times, 20 June 2017 -
No microscopes or autoclaves, just computers arranged in two long rows.
— Elyse Butler, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017 -
The distillery uses a combination of high-pressure autoclave and traditional stone ovens (hornos) to cook the agave, and uses a combination of a tahona, a traditional stone wheel and a roller mill to crush the cooked agave.
— Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 May 2021 -
Share an order of mozzarella sticks after first sterilizing itwi in an autoclave.
— Scott Jacobson, The New Yorker, 26 June 2020 -
And now everyone’s running around, preparing the autoclave.
— Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2013 -
These huge cylindrical parts, spun out of carbon tape elsewhere in the factory, are baked to hardness inside a giant autoclave, a pressure oven 98 feet long and 29 feet in diameter, which Kawasaki designed and built itself.
— Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times, 13 May 2017 -
Certified tattoo and piercing parlors have an autoclave machine, which uses high temperature and steam to sterilize the gun.
— Elizabeth Denton, Seventeen, 11 May 2017 -
Certified tattoo and piercing parlors have an autoclave machine, which uses high temperature and steam to sterilize the gun.
— Elizabeth Denton, Seventeen, 12 July 2018 -
Stericycle uses an autoclave, which kills pathogens with high-pressure steam to disinfect the waste before final disposal.
— Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2021 -
During a tour led by Eric Lindblad, vice president of 777X, the massive high-pressure oven called an autoclave was baking a set of stringers while nearby another automated machine was trimming and drilling a lower wing skin.
— The Seattle Times, OregonLive.com, 9 June 2017 -
Few, though, remember Charles Chamberland, inventor of the humble autoclave.
— The Economist, 28 Nov. 2020 -
Unlike surgical or dental equipment that can easily be sterilized with steam in an autoclave, a duodenoscope has to be hand-scrubbed and then cleaned in a dishwasher-like machine that uses chemicals to kill micro-organisms.
— Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2019 -
Connoisseurs grumble that the taste of those brands, which include Sauza, Cazadores and Herradura, has declined with the advent of ever-more efficient industrialization, including the diffuser, which cooks agave even more rapidly than an autoclave.
— Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2021 -
To fix the plant's troubles, Pfizer decided to replace production lines and other technology, particularly huge equipment-sterilizing machines called autoclaves that can take two years to build, install and test.
— Linda A. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2018 -
To fix the plant’s troubles, Pfizer decided to replace production lines and other technology, particularly huge equipment-sterilizing machines called autoclaves that can take two years to build, install and test.
— Washington Post, 27 June 2018 -
That included adding an extra autoclave to sterilize instruments more quickly, using spacesuit-like gowns for doctors to reduce infection risk and having patients start physical therapy just hours after knee- or hip-replacement surgery.
— Kaiser Health News, oregonlive.com, 18 Aug. 2019 -
According to a Boeing spokesman who attended the Paris presentation, Delaney said Boeing is considering all options for fabricating the composites, including various new out-of-autoclave and resin infusion methods.
— Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times, 20 June 2017 -
The researchers placed a tiny yeast-free pizza dough no bigger than a penny in a hot autoclave.
— Kristen Rogers, CNN, 23 Mar. 2022 -
As pressure was slowly released from the autoclave, bubbles formed in the dough.
— Kristen Rogers, CNN, 23 Mar. 2022 -
Because their autoclave is roughly the size of a toaster oven, the team ended up with a set of miniature pizzas.
— Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2022 -
Perhaps Dallara, which supplies the tub, needs to squeeze out a few more gallons of resin before hitting the ol' autoclave.
— Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 25 Mar. 2022 -
Following the success of their pint sized–pies, the Italian team plans to use a larger autoclave to produce standard-size pizzas.
— Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2022 -
In the fabrication process for composites, carbon fiber tape impregnated with epoxy resin is laid on a mold, then hardened in a high-pressure oven called an autoclave.
— Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2021
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