chemical
Example Sentences
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Last year the U.S. imposed sanctions on Chinese and Iranian entities that supplied materials used in Iran’s ballistic-missile program, including chemicals required to produce rocket fuel.
Nephew said if time was short, the U.S. could also seek to dilute the material on-site by mixing it with natural uranium or destroy it, although that could cause chemical contaminations in the area.
New research from Johns Hopkins University suggests that certain crops -- tomatoes, carrots, and lettuce -- tend to store these chemicals mainly in their leaves.
From Science Daily
Apart from climate concerns, strikes on energy infrastructure, oil tankers and military targets pollute the surrounding air and water and spread highly toxic chemicals far and wide, experts say.
From Barron's
After the powdered rock was heated in the rover's oven, chemical reagents were introduced to perform what scientists call wet chemistry.
From Science Daily
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