How to Use alginate in a Sentence

alginate

noun
  • The next day the alginate is cut away with knives to reveal the plaster cast which is now a solid form.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The casting process occurs by placing one’s hand in alginate.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The first of these is alginate (derived from seaweed), which forms a gel when exposed to liquids (such as blood).
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
  • It was found that sodium alginate alters the electrical charges of clay particles.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026
  • With this in mind, Blacklow and her colleagues began with a gellike substance from seaweed called alginate.
    — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 24 July 2019
  • Masks and hands were made by casting the real deal in dental alginate (the same stuff used to create casts of your teeth, available online) to create a mold.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2017
  • If there are too many Vibrio, the number of bacteria outstrips the available alginate.
    — Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Researchers coated the beads with alginate, a type of seaweed fiber, to protect them from the acidic environment of the stomach.
    — Jay Kakade august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Sea moss contains a compound called alginate, which is known to promote weight loss by binding to fat cells and preventing them from being absorbed by the body.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • This contains a few unique thickeners and preservatives, like sodium alginate and sorbic acid, to keep it squeezable.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 5 Oct. 2023
  • As noted on Lush's website, the jelly bombs contain sodium alginate, which is derived from a seaweed.
    — De Elizabeth, Allure, 24 July 2017
  • The alginate and gellan gum turn from a powder into a gel in the presence of blood immediately upon contact.
    — New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Give me back the days when Hollywood melted Nazi skulls the way God intended — with alginate and red gelatin.
    — Vulture, 30 June 2023
  • It’s wrapped in a special, non-woven fabric and coated with a substance called alginate, which is made from algae and used often in the medical field.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 10 Apr. 2023
  • This new alginate heart, by contrast, has a similar elasticity to real tissue.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Divide the alginate solution into various squirt bottles, or squirt guns.
    — Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2018
  • Zelinski and her team have successfully matured follicles in alginate and are working to achieve a live primate birth using those oocytes.
    — Katherine Kornei, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2016
  • To get the right consistency, the researchers added a jelly-like goo called alginate and stem cells extracted from donor corneas, along with some ropy proteins called collagen.
    — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 30 May 2018
  • Sodium alginate did the exact opposite.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026
  • After several tries, Tasset was satisfied enough with one of the alginate molds to proceed with enlargement.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Wylie’s egg yolk is made with xantham gum, iota carrogeenan, and potassium chloride, whereas mine is made with sodium alginate and calcium chloride.
    — Mark McClusky, WIRED, 29 May 2007
  • Red algae is chock-full of a carotenoid called astaxanthin, while its brown cousin is rich in skin-brightening phlorotannins and a moisturizing polysaccharide called alginate.
    — Brian Underwood, Women's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
  • As a solution, the Beyond Meat team decided to use alginate, a substance contained within algae.
    — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Modern science takes on a taste as old as time, to put it all Disney-like, using sodium alginate to create bite-sized balloons of olive juice that appear rather like the yolks of Seussian green eggs.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Squirt the sodium alginate solution into the calcium chloride solution.
    — Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2018
  • An individual bacterium can produce only so much enzyme; breaking down alginate goes much more quickly when Vibrio can cluster together.
    — Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Scientists say sargassum contains alginate, a natural ingredient commonly used to stabilize and thicken foods such as ice cream, sauces and milk alternatives.
    — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • Sea Vegetables – The alginates in sea vegetables are tough to compete with in their natural ability to support the body in eliminating metals and other toxins.
    — Mélanie Nauche, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The factories include implantable alginate beads that are loaded with cells that have been genetically engineered to produce natural IL-2.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Some common biomaterials for food applications include cellulose from plants, a carbohydrate called chitosan from mushrooms and a carbohydrate called alginate from algae.
    — Natalie R. Rubio, The Conversation, 5 July 2019

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