How to Use amine in a Sentence

amine

noun

• But the amines, which are basic, grab onto carbon dioxide, which is acidic.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
• The amine chemicals in these filters let go of the CO2 when heated.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2017
• The exhaust would then pass through a kind of chemical called an amine that would snatch the carbon, in the form of carbon dioxide, out of it.
  — Ian Austen, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2016
• The tech involves coating plastic with an amine, which is a chemical that absorbs carbon dioxide.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 13 Oct. 2017
• Past research has shown a few pathways to do this, but those give you slightly more complicated forms of amines that may not be as reactive.
  — ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
• Finally, amine is added to bind with the CO₂, which forces it to fall to the bottom of the chamber where it can then be isolated.
  — Benjamin Plackett, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2021
• The company has had a lot of issues with the compression system and overall availability of the amine capture system has been low as well.
  — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
• One type, known as lactic acid bacteria, creates biogenic amines as a byproduct during fermentation.
  — Allison Forsyth, Health, 8 Oct. 2025
• The gas is drawn off and compressed for further use, and the amine solution is then cycled back through the system to absorb more CO2.
  — John Schwartz, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2017
• Traditional systems rely on chemical amines that bind with carbon dioxide.
  — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
• With the right source and process for amines, carbon-capture material could be entirely produced from the flood of plastics going into landfills.
  — ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
• Alcohols, acids, aldehydes, amines, and hydrocarbons abound in star-forming regions.
  — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
• That solution is pumped to a regenerator, or stripper, which heats the amine and releases the CO2.
  — John Schwartz, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2017
• Power plants designed to stem their carbon dioxide emissions typically capture the gas by bubbling their fumes through water loaded with alkaline amines.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Mar. 2015
• The second step introduces a two-carbon form of amine (a common ingredient in a wide array of products) and a copper catalyst, which swaps amine groups in where the bromine atoms were.
  — ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
• Overly blackened or burn marks on most foods cause heterocylic amines, or HCAs, which have been proven to cause cancer in studies on animals.
  — Alix Wall, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
• Iproniazid, an amine oxidase inhibitor, as an example of a psychic energizer.
  — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2016
• Adding amines This material is based on amines—a simple chemical group that conveniently acts like a sponge for CO2.
  — ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
• An amine will grab CO2 molecules when exposed to them, but let go of the CO2 when heated or depressurized, leaving it ready to go again.
  — ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
• More problems occurred when refinery operations restarted, resulting in the release of hydrogen sulfide and amine gases.
  — Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• The molecules included amines, which are nitrogen- and oxygen-containing organic molecules that have some similar traits to those on Earth, according to the study's abstract.
  — Fox News, 3 Oct. 2019
• Scientists had hypothesized that any drugs that raised the stomach’s pH could increase the growth of bacteria that produce nitrites, which could interact with chemicals called amines to produce nitrosamines.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2019
• To begin with, Cable has focused on amines, nitrogen-containing molecules that are ubiquitous in biology and prebiotic chemistry.
  — Jeffrey Marlow, WIRED, 21 June 2013
• One group, called HAAs (heterocyclic aromatic amines), form during high-temperature reactions between substances in muscle tissue.
  — Emily Sohn, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2017
• Fats have an affinity for tannins Red wines typically have more amines, sulfites, flavonoids, and tannins, particularly a phenolic compound with antioxidant properties called resveratrol, also found in grape skins and leaves.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
• Marijuana also has much higher levels of hydrogen cyanide — a toxic chemical used for fumigation and the manufacture of plastics and pesticides — as well as organic compounds called aromatic amines that are potentially carcinogenic, according to Cuomo.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
• Mild-temperature iron catalyst offers greener approach The researchers found that a catalyst system made from iron(III) chloride (FeCl3) – an inexpensive and widely available material – combined with a small amount of a specific amine showed outstanding catalytic performance.
  — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025