Sand bath

In the laboratory commonly used hot bath methods are water bath, oil bath, sand bath and so on.

The members of the River Connect campaign in the city yesterday took a 'sand bath' to demonstrate against the major water crisis in the Yamuna river.

For applications that require temperatures above 100degC, alternative equipment are used such as oil bath, sand bath or silicone baths are used.

He loves to play with the cat toys and having a paddle in water along with the odd sand bath.

At Jurmala in Latvia you can take a sand bath. In the summertime when the sand is hot, a twenty-minute "sand wrap" can boost metabolism and helps to dissipate physical pain, while at Spa Vilnius in Lithuania, a harpist eases you into the arms of Morpheus at the end of a spa day, since harpist Alisa Klen has devised a relaxing sound experience to help those with sleeping difficulties.

Finally the solid product was extracted onto a ceramic dish and dried on a sand bath.

I even gave a little yellow porkfish a sand bath as a nurse shark coasted by overhead.

* Benjamin Jenkins, seven, Jack Thrupp, four, and Luke Butler, 11, take a sand bath on Porthcawl beach PICTURE: Patrick Olner

enjoying a cone ABERYSTWYTH Beach-goer covers up from the sun in a sand bath HYDE PARK Diana memorial is the perfect spot to keep cool TYNEMOUTH Geordies had to jostle for space on the beach BRIGHTON There's hardly an inch to spare down by the pier BELFAST Bathing beauties and playful kids in the city centre

Prolongation of a common sand bath is 15-30 minutes; a course contains 7-10 baths.

Thermal shock testing is best conducted with a sand bath rather than a solder bath, as it makes the lack of copper adhesion easier to identify.