Example sentences for: electrons

How can you use “electrons” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • You download this article from Slate's servers and copy it onto your own hard disk, and it's still worth--well, nothing, but that's a . Suppose it were a Madonna video: You'd get just as much enjoyment out of it regardless of which particular bunch of electrons embodied it.

  • We hear a comment or two from the Speaking Trees ("I think it has to do with the electrons in the air"; "music changes your mood very definitely").

  • Biosynthetic modifications to the periphery of the tetrapyrrole ring progressively cause withdrawal of electrons from the pyrrole nitrogens, thereby decreasing their basicity [ 20 21 ] . For example, oxidation of the 7-methyl group in Chl a to the electronegative aldehyde of Chl b reduces the pK of the pyrrole nitrogens by 2 pH units.

  • Since living entities require a continual source of usable energy, we should be able to detect a chemical signature of life in the form of mixtures of redox molecules such as porphyrins, quinones, and flavins that transport electrons along redox gradients between electron donors and acceptors [ 13 ] . We examined methods to extract and detect the components of electron transport chains that might be used to indicate the presence of life on site in extraterrestrial locations.

  • Nevertheless, with the beneficial properties of O 2 comes the inadvertent formation of reactive oxygen species, including superoxide (O − 2 ), hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ), and hydroxyl radical (•OH); these differ from O 2 in having one, two, and three additional electrons, respectively (Figure 1).


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