decomposes in English

verb
1
(with reference to a dead body or other organic matter) make or become rotten; decay or cause to decay.
leaves stuffed in plastic bags do not decompose

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1. A prism decomposes light.

2. Salt decomposes into sodium and chlorine.

3. 3 The debris slowly decomposes into compost.

4. The debris slowly decomposes into compost.

5. A prism decomposes sunlight into various colors.

6. 8 Salt decomposes into sodium and chlorine.

7. It decomposes thermally and photochemically to tetraiodoethylene, C2I4.

8. 26 A prism decomposes sunlight into various colors.

9. It decomposes readily to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and elemental sulfur.

10. The dog biscuit "Apathetically" decomposes in the milk all afternoon

11. The ether then decomposes into an alkene and an alkoxide.

12. As household refuse decomposes, it produces an explosive gas, methane.

13. Tungsten trioxide decomposes all alkali metal carbonates completely under ordinary combustion conditions.

14. Aldicarb is a carbamate ester. This chemical decomposes at temperatures greater than 212° F

15. It decomposes in water and is reduced to IrF 4, a crystalline solid, by iridium black.

16. Calcium peroxide is extremely thermally stable and decomposes endothermally above 320°C without melting.

17. Basically, it's organic waste that decomposes and the gas that's emitted is captured and used as energy

18. AcetonitrilE decomposes when heated to produce deadly toxic hydrogen cyanide gas and oxides of nitrogen

19. When a body decomposes in a shallow grave, the earth sinks in a telltale manner.

20. As the hydrogen peroxide decomposes, the reaction will release energy in the form of heat.

21. Upon topical application, Benzoyl peroxide decomposes to release oxygen which is lethal to the bacteria Proprionibacterium acnes

22. Cementite is a metastable phase, which decomposes to graphite if given long periods of time

23. Acetonitrile decomposes when heated to produce deadly toxic hydrogen cyanide gas and oxides of nitrogen

24. The system decomposes organic waste in a decomposition chamber without use of enzymes, additives, or microorganisms.

25. Biurea decomposes in the temperature range 230–260° to yield gas, a white sublimate, and a viscous liquid residue

26. Further influence of alkaline solutions decomposes the alunite already precipitated, whereby α-cristobalite remains unchanged or is recrystallized to quartz.

27. The chromocene decomposes on the silica surface to generate high reactive organometallic centers that are responsible for the catalysis.

28. On subsequent heating, the iodine pentoxide further decomposes, giving a mix of iodine, oxygen and lower oxides of iodine.

29. Biodegradation is a process (carried out by microorganisms) that decomposes organic material into its constituent elements or new compounds

30. In addition to benzene, acetylene and ethene, pyridine also decomposes on ruthenium surfaces, leaving bound fragments on the surface.

31. However, the body decomposes at a slower rate and there is very little difference in the appearance of the Casket.

32. Beached whales can, and sometimes do, explode due to a buildup of gas that can happen as the Beached whale decomposes

33. The chloride of this oxidation state is formed only with difficulty and decomposes readily into lead(II) chloride and chlorine gas.

34. Carbonated beverages contain an acidic molecule called Carbonic acid that decomposes when you open a bottle or can of a fizzy drink

35. In the first azodicarbonamide decomposes to form Biurea, nitrogen, and isocyanic acid, and in the second to form urazole, nitrogen, isocyanic acid, and

36. In an inert environment it decomposes at 1470 °C. EuS crystallizes in face-centered cubic (FCC) crystal lattice with the rock salt structure.

37. It decomposes at about 180 °C (356 °F), absorbing a considerable amount of heat in the process and giving off water vapour.

38. Arsine is a very toxic, colorless, non-irritating gas with a disagreeable garlic odor. On exposure to light, moist Arsine decomposes quickly, depositing shiny black arsenic

39. It thermally decomposes, over a temperature range of approximately 220 °C to 550 °C, releasing water and carbon dioxide leaving a magnesium oxide residue.

40. Li 2CO 3 decomposes at temperatures around 1300 °C. Lithium is extracted from primarily two sources: pegmatite crystals and lithium salt from brine pools.

41. The standard free energy of the compound is about +315 kJ/mol, making it an endothermic compound which decomposes explosively to metallic silver and nitrogen gas.

42. Anthocyanin ( plural Anthocyanins ) ( botany, organic chemistry) Any of many water-soluble red to violet plant pigments related to the flavonoids (more noticeable in autumn after the chlorophyll decomposes)

43. It is a yellow, oily liquid which is stable below 0 °C, and decomposes at 50 °C. It has a tetrahedral configuration, with lead as the central atom.

44. Copernicium(IV) oxide is the most common oxide of Copernicium, it is a yellow, crystalline substance that decomposes back to the elements at temperatures above 350°C

45. Cubature Kalman filter (CKF) proposed by Arasaratnam and Haykin [10,11] decomposes the intractable integral into spherical integral and radial integral, which are approximated by the third-order Cubature …

46. In addition it was found that the adsorption efficiency falls when the temperature is raised since the absorption product (manganese nitrate) decomposes thermally from about 50° C on.

47. It is an extremely strong oxidant and decomposes into oxygen and fluorine even at −160 °C (113 K) at a rate of 4% per day: its lifetime at room temperature is thus extremely short.

48. Commonality analysis is a statistical technique within multiple linear regression that decomposes a model's R 2 statistic (i.e., explained variance) by all independent variables on a dependent variable in a multiple linear regression model into Commonality coefficients

49. Fact: The Bible says that those who die return to the dust, which is what naturally happens to a corpse when it decomposes.(Genesis 3: 19) Cremation speeds up the process by reducing the body to ashes, or dust.

50. "Such torrid splendor, drenching a land of Austerest simplicity, decomposes the mind into corresponding states of primal contentment and resilience."--Norman Douglas, Old Calabria, 1915 The Normans built so many towers in South Italy that we have a name for it: "encastellation."