pretreatment
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A sustainable alternative could be lightweight, cellulose aerogels, but current methods to produce them from wastepaper require several chemical pretreatment steps.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2023
This pretreatment and other, earlier cancer therapies, doctors note, may also raise the risk of subsequent cancers.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 28, 2023
Hinkle said the company had fully activated its winter storm program and coordinated with the Texas Department of Transportation on best practices, and he noted the pretreatment of the road two days before.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
Beyond the disruption, SpaceX also outlined other major additions to its plans, including the creation of a natural gas pretreatment plant, used to purify methane to be used in the Starship rocket.
From The Verge ● Jun. 13, 2022
The tests are not satisfactory because pretreatment was not uniform and there is insufficient data on penalties which are omitted.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association
The workshop covers basic seed physiology, seed viability, germination cues and pretreatments, sowing and aftercare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
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