ragworm

ragworm

1. These composites are of interest to engineers in their own right, but when Dr Broomell and Dr Waite stuck ragworm jaws in an X-ray spectroscope they found no sign of mineralisation at all.

不过当布鲁梅尔博士跟瓦特博士将沙蚕颌齿放到分光仪里时，他们连一丁点的矿化迹象都没发现到。

2. Ragworm jaws are made of a mixture of protein and zinc ions.

沙蚕的颌齿是由蛋白质跟锌离子结合而成。

3. Measuring the zinc in ragworm jaws was thus thought of as a way of monitoring zinc pollution.

这样一来，检测沙蚕颌齿的锌就可以作为监测锌污染的一种手段。