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The result is a continuous flow of high-purity iron that forms as bright red, glowing liquid droplets that accumulate at the base of the furnace, ready for direct casting or one-step steel-making.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
Unlike traditional sprinklers, this system releases a fine mist of water droplets designed to extinguish flames while minimizing damage to the fragile wood and stone.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The silica likely vaporized from the heat of the asteroid then formed into solid droplets and fell back to Earth.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Evidence of these impacts was found by the team in the form of tiny droplets of silica, created when the heat of an asteroid collision vaporizes rock.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The air also may not get cold enough during the winter for snowflakes to form if water droplets can’t freeze in the clouds.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024
Two more photos depict the pigeon’s unfortunate end—bleeding from a slit in its neck, leaving droplets of blood splattered on the falconer’s pristine thawb.
—M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
Unseen to visitors is a new mechanism to protect against any future fires, a discreet system of pipes ready to release millions of water droplets in case of a new disaster.
—Chris Morris, Fortune Europe, 29 Nov. 2024
The disease spreads through person-to-person contact and saliva droplets in an infected person’s breath, according to the WHO.
—Chris Mueller, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Nov. 2024
Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
Unlike traditional sprinklers, this system releases a fine mist of water droplets designed to extinguish flames while minimizing damage to the fragile wood and stone.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The silica likely vaporized from the heat of the asteroid then formed into solid droplets and fell back to Earth.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Evidence of these impacts was found by the team in the form of tiny droplets of silica, created when the heat of an asteroid collision vaporizes rock.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The air also may not get cold enough during the winter for snowflakes to form if water droplets can’t freeze in the clouds.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024
Two more photos depict the pigeon’s unfortunate end—bleeding from a slit in its neck, leaving droplets of blood splattered on the falconer’s pristine thawb.
—M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
Unseen to visitors is a new mechanism to protect against any future fires, a discreet system of pipes ready to release millions of water droplets in case of a new disaster.
—Chris Morris, Fortune Europe, 29 Nov. 2024
The disease spreads through person-to-person contact and saliva droplets in an infected person’s breath, according to the WHO.
—Chris Mueller, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Droplets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droplets. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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