It includes a reclining bed, sound-absorbent walls and somniferous sights and sounds from a wide-screen TV.
Nylon or synthetic towels or paper products are not as absorbent, and may scratch the finish.
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Amazingly absorbent, cork has shown its ability to soak up oil spills in lab tests.
That segment, which includes shrink bags, laminated films and absorbent pads, now accounts for 62% of sales.
The silicone casing and shock absorbent backside enable it to withstand the abuse my kids will dish out.
The merchandise on the shelves now is non-absorbent Indian goods rather than merchandise from Turkey or the United States.
Amphibians can act as an early warning sign of pollution such as acid rain due to their porous, absorbent skin.
But Peter Stephenson, spokesman for the Absorbent Hygiene Products Manufacturers Association, which represents makers of disposable nappies, dismissed the study.
The top coat contains silica gel, an absorbent material that can suck up nerve gas and stop it getting inside a vehicle.
They're readying black wooden fume boards--hive lids lined in absorbent black felt on which they will drizzle butyric acid, the active ingredient in rancid butter.
Environment Agency teams have been using absorbent pads and booms to soak up the oil and prevent it spreading as the river flows towards Mildenhall.
The company could also strategically launch more specific tissue products (such as car tissues, summer tissues with enhanced sweat absorbent properties for the tropical climate, etc).
Every hole could fit some 400 canisters, each containing a half ton of spent fuel, and would be topped with hundreds of feet of absorbent clays and concrete.
Johnson Controls is also increasing its production capacity of advanced battery types like Absorbent Glass Mat that power start-stop vehicles and Li-ion that power hybrid and electric vehicles.
Over 2 million feet of containment boom and over 3 million feet of absorbent boom are being used to contain the spill, and millions of more feet are available.
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"For example, frogs and salamanders are very sensitive to environmental change, maybe because of the way their absorbent skin interacts with the environment, " Professor Edwards told BBC News Online.
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By implementing the latest in hybrid storage technology, the U115 provides users with a reliable, shock-absorbent, speedy operating environment and boasts a 6-cell 12-hour battery when operating in Eco mode.
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Johnson Controls serves this market by providing a variety of automotive batteries like lead-acid for traditional gasoline-powered vehicles, AGM (Absorbent Glass Mat) for start-stop vehicles and Li-ion for hybrid and electric vehicles.
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Caught, killed, relaxed, and spread, the butterfly was laid to rest in a Riker mount, a shallow glass-topped box filled with absorbent cotton a sort of mass grave for soldiers who had given their lives on the battlefields of suburban Connecticut.
Sealed Air, for example, has made numerous incremental tweaks, such as upgrading a machine that makes absorbent pads for supermarket meat trays so that its output increased from 400 units per hour three years ago to 550 with the same number of workers.
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In most cases, the drill wells are in fields where we already have lots of other wells, and SPCC plans already exist in the area that spell out contingency plan features including emergency callout lists, the location of absorbent pads, booms, etc.
Three engineering students developed a pair of "anti-rape" undies that fend off would-be attackers with an electric shock, and in a discovery that could be a game-changer for environmentally conscious parents, scientists have figured out a way to make super-absorbent diapers from carbon dioxide.
This would eliminate what has historically been the only performance advantage of lead acid in starter battery applications, and is expected to considerably increase the value proposition of A123's Engine Start battery as a lighter-weight, longer-lasting alternative to absorbent glass mat (AGM) and other lead acid batteries.
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