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Absorbs half a cup of salt and turns grainy against the stirring spoon.
The Kitchen Daughter Jael McHenry 2011
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Absorbs half a cup of salt and turns grainy against the stirring spoon.
The Kitchen Daughter Jael McHenry 2011
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Email a copy of 'Sponge-Like "Swelling Glass" Absorbs Toxins in Water' to a friend
Inhabitat » Sponge-Like “Swelling Glass” Absorbs Toxins in Water » E-Mail 2010
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Inhabitat » Sponge-Like “Swelling Glass” Absorbs Toxins in Water » E-Mail about mission submit a story shop advertise with us support us press contact sign up
Inhabitat » Sponge-Like “Swelling Glass” Absorbs Toxins in Water » E-Mail 2010
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Sponge-Like “Swelling Glass” Absorbs Toxins in Water | Inhabitat about mission submit a story shop advertise with us support us press contact sign up
Sponge-Like “Swelling Glass” Absorbs Toxins in Water | Inhabitat 2010
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Pros: Absorbs oil and presumably leaves no toxic residue
BP's Plans to Stop The Oil Spill: So Crazy They Just Might Work? 2010
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Liquid Water Absorbs a Lot of Heat as It Vaporizes into Steam Hydrogen bonding also gives water an unusually high “latent heat of vaporization,” or the amount of energy that water absorbs without a rise in temperature as it changes from a liquid to a gas.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Liquid Water Absorbs a Lot of Heat as It Vaporizes into Steam Hydrogen bonding also gives water an unusually high “latent heat of vaporization,” or the amount of energy that water absorbs without a rise in temperature as it changes from a liquid to a gas.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Victory Pose: Absorbs lightning with up-reached hands.
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Absorbs toxic substances of certain plants and drugs and those produced by some microbes.
Chapter 4 1993
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