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  • adjective Exhibiting photostability

Etymologies

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photo- +‎ stable

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Examples

  • Sunscreens need to be photostable to work well, and one of the most effective chemicals in blocking UVA rays, avobenzone, is not photostable.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Sunscreens need to be photostable to work well, and one of the most effective chemicals in blocking UVA rays, avobenzone, is not photostable.

    Too much in the sun: Neutrogena v. Coppertone Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • But avobenzone is not photostable, so it requires a photostabilizer (such as the new Helioplex) to prevent it from degrading quickly (usually in less than two hours) in sunlight.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • But avobenzone is not photostable, so it requires a photostabilizer (such as the new Helioplex) to prevent it from degrading quickly (usually in less than two hours) in sunlight.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • But avobenzone is not photostable, so it requires a photostabilizer (such as the new Helioplex) to prevent it from degrading quickly (usually in less than two hours) in sunlight.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • The potential usefulness of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITMNs) in malaria control was reconsidered in the 1980s with the advent of the photostable synthetic pyrethroids.

    1. Introduction 1997

  • The ANEW Solar Advance anti-aging sun care line not only provides superior protection against the sun's damaging rays with photostable broad-spectrum UVA/UVB protection, but is also designed to repair skin cell sun damage.

    unknown title 2011

  • Graduate student Nathaniel Shank synthesized a modified DIR, making it eight-times more photostable.

    Nano Tech Wire 2010

  • * Graduate student Nathaniel Shank synthesized a modified DIR, making it eight-times more photostable.

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • At the 239th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, Carnegie Mellon chemists and MBIC scientists discussed recent advances in their fluoromodule technology that have produced diverse and photostable probes.

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

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