Project Innovation + Advantages: PNNL is developing a radically new process to produce magnesium from seawater. Today's methods are energy intensive and expensive because the magnesium concentration in seawater is so low that significant energy is needed to evaporate off water and precipitate magnesium chloride salt.ritical Need: Primary production of lightweight metals such as magnesium is an energy-intensive and expensive process that results in significant carbon dioxide (CO2) and other emissions.
The definition of immune is you are resistant to or unaffected by something harmful, especially a bacteria or disease. A person who has been promised he will not be prosecuted for a crime is an example of someone who is immune to prosecution. A person who has had the chicken pox vaccine and cannot get chicken pox is an example of someone who is immune to chicken pox. protected against something disagreeable or harmful. not susceptible to some specified disease because of the presence of the specific antibodies.
noun (plural immunities). 1 [mass noun] The ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells: immunity to typhoid seems to have increased spontaneously.More example sentences.1  Natural combativeness, an innate immunity to being cowed by the biggest names or the biggest occasions in football, is obviously a vital part of the equipment he carries on to the field. 2  But they also promise a partial immunity to the passage of time. Natural combativeness, an innate immunity to being cowed by the biggest names or the biggest occasions in football, is obviously a vital part of the equipment he carries on to the field. 2  But they also promise a partial immunity to the passage of time.