How to Use hydrolysis in a Sentence

hydrolysis

noun
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  • Alkaline hydrolysis was patented in the US in 1888, and the process hasn’t changed much since then.
    — Emily Atkin, WIRED, 17 June 2018
  • Alkaline hydrolysis was patented in the U.S. in 1888, and the process hasn’t changed much since then.
    — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 14 June 2018
  • Alkaline hydrolysis, a process that uses water, chemicals and heat to break down the body, starts at about $1,500.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Though there are many ways to do this, enzymatic hydrolysis, a process in which enzymes and water are used to break down complex protein chains, is one of the most common.
    — Popular Science, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Alkaline hydrolysis has been used to dispose of human cadavers and dead pets since the process was modernized in the 1990s.
    — Jonah Engel Bromwich, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The first is a protein of vegetable origin, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of soya flour.
    — Sophie Cockett, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2021
  • That means that people who choose alkaline hydrolysis can still turn some of the remains into a special relic.
    — Jae Rhim Lee, National Geographic, 6 May 2016
  • During alkaline hydrolysis, the pet’s body is placed in a pressurized vessel that is filled with water and lye, then heated.
    — Ace Ratcliff, SELF, 25 Oct. 2018
  • After several hours, the vast majority – more than 99.9 percent – of the deadly compound can be broken apart by a process called hydrolysis.
    — Ian Haydon, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2017
  • Students will soon create a hydrolysis bath this semester, which will help remove rust from artifacts to help preserve them.
    — Chevall Pryce, Houston Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The funeral home charges about $3,000 for alkaline hydrolysis, which is a little more than cremation because the firm has to use another company to perform the process, Baskerville said.
    — Abdel Jimenez, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • In contrast, the uncatalyzed rate of hydrolysis of phosphate diesters takes millennia.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2010
  • Alkaline hydrolysis involves placing a body in a chamber that is then filled with water and potassium hydroxide and heated to about 320 degrees F at high pressure.
    — Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Alkaline hydrolysis The body is placed inside a pressure vessel which is filled with water and potassium hydroxide and heated.
    — Erica Lamberg, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2020
  • The body is placed in an alkaline hydrolysis machine, comprised of an airtight chamber filled with a solution made of water and alkaline chemicals.
    — Ghazi Balkiz and Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Kittibanthorn makes feathers edible by breaking down the protein using a process called acid hydrolysis.
    — Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 8 Dec. 2020
  • As with cremation, there are some remains left over after alkaline hydrolysis that families can keep in an urn or scatter in a special location.
    — Becky Little, National Geographic, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Better still, fermentation and acid hydrolysis can take days to occur, but thermal conversion breaks down organic matter and converts it to ethanol in minutes.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2006
  • Alkaline hydrolysis involves placing a body in a chamber that is then filled with water and potassium hydroxide and heated up to 300 degrees Fahrenheit at high pressure.
    — Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2019
  • All of these technologies are sold on environmental terms: alkaline hydrolysis, for one, releases as little as a tenth of the carbon dioxide of fire cremation.
    — Michael Waters, Wired, 24 Jan. 2020
  • In Gazvoda’s case, the Harvard grad and crematory licensee is a disciple of a still-emerging method of human disposition: alkaline hydrolysis.
    — John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2019
  • As an alternative to cremation, the chemical process of alkaline hydrolysis can reduce remains to bone fragments.
    — Mark Evely, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Typically, hydrogen gas is produced through a process called 'hydrolysis,' where an electrical current is run through water to split the molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2017
  • West Laurel Hill Cemetery in suburban Philadelphia is home to the state’s first alkaline hydrolysis machine, which resembles an oversize fish poacher.
    — Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Alkaline hydrolysis is rare today as a funeral practice for humans.
    — Lauren Oster, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2022
  • Alkaline hydrolysis, which requires expanding the legal definition of cremation to include water, has been approved in 22 states but is available for humans in only 14.
    — Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Kemmis isn’t alone in comparing alkaline hydrolysis to flame cremation.
    — Lauren Oster, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2022
  • This week, California became the 15th state to outline commercial regulations for the disposal of human remains through the method, chemically known as alkaline hydrolysis.
    — Jonah Engel Bromwich, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Circ uses a process called thermal hydrolysis that uses heat and pressure to break down polyester molecules into their original ingredients, ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid—a process known as depolymerization.
    — Harris Quinn, Wired, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Several states, like Wisconsin, do not yet permit alkaline hydrolysis.
    — Abdel Jimenez, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019

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