How to Use hydrolysis in a Sentence

hydrolysis

noun
  • Through a process known as hydrolysis, starches are broken down into a powder.
    — Jillian Kubala, Rd, Health, 1 July 2024
  • The culprit was likely hydrolysis, a process that affects shoes stored for long periods without use.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • The first is a protein of vegetable origin, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of soya flour.
    — Sophie Cockett, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • These proteins undergo a process called hydrolysis, which breaks them down into smaller components.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • Kittibanthorn makes feathers edible by breaking down the protein using a process called acid hydrolysis.
    — Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Alkaline hydrolysis was patented in the US in 1888, and the process hasn’t changed much since then.
    — Emily Atkin, WIRED, 17 June 2018
  • In contrast, the uncatalyzed rate of hydrolysis of phosphate diesters takes millennia.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2010
  • 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
  • Alkaline hydrolysis is rare today as a funeral practice for humans.
    — Lauren Oster, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2022
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Kemmis isn’t alone in comparing alkaline hydrolysis to flame cremation.
    — Lauren Oster, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2022
  • However, most glycerin is manufactured using a process called hydrolysis.
    — Carley Millhone, Health, 8 Oct. 2024
  • One week's more work would have allowed the authors to determine the degree of As replacement of P, by, say hydrolysis to nucleotides followed by mass spec.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2010
  • As an alternative to cremation, the chemical process of alkaline hydrolysis can reduce remains to bone fragments.
    — Mark Evely, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Partially broken down from collagen through hydrolysis.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 26 June 2026
  • Partially broken down from collagen through hydrolysis.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Several states, like Wisconsin, do not yet permit alkaline hydrolysis.
    — Abdel Jimenez, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • Another alternative to traditional burial or cremation is alkaline hydrolysis, which is only legal in some states.
    — Jae Rhim Lee, National Geographic, 6 May 2016
  • 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, 1 Mar. 2018
  • And for all the excitement about new technologies, almost everyone is still cremated or buried traditionally; alkaline hydrolysis and human composting aren’t yet legal in most states.
    — Curbed, 6 May 2022
  • 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

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