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Gery R. Stafford, Vijay Sethuraman, Deepa Vairavapandian, Manon C. Lafouresse, Tuhina Maark, Naba Karan, Shouheng Sun, Ugo Bertocci, Andrew Peterson, Pradeep Guduru
The effect of elastic strain on catalytic activity of platinum (Pt) towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is investigated through de-alloyed Pt-Cu thin films; stress evolution in the de-alloyed layer and the mass of the Cu removed are measured in real
Jeffrey A. Manion, David A. Sheen, Iftikhar A. Awan
Presented is a combined experimental and modeling study of the kinetics of the reactions of H and CH3 with n-butane, a representative aliphatic fuel. Abstraction of H from n-alkane fuels creates alkyl radicals that rapidly decompose at high temperatures to
We describe an apparatus to measure the speed of sound of gas samples at temperatures from 265 K to 500 K with pressures up to 40 MPa. The speed of sound is determined from the frequency of the three lowest-order radial resonance modes for the gas in a
Mixtures of small gaseous hydrocarbons with longer chain hydrocarbons are of interest to the natural gas industry. In particular, binary mixtures of nonane are of particular interest, as nonane was just incorporated into the GERG-2008 equation of state
Stephen A. Wise, Lane C. Sander, Michele M. Schantz
Since identified as priority pollutants by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1979, the 16 EPA polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been a key motivation for analytical methods development for the determination of PAHs. In this
Due to the distinctive mass spectral patterns caused by the presence of chlorine and bromine in a molecule, interpretation of a mass spectrum can be much easier if the results of the relative isotopic concentrations are known. The following table provides
The interpretation of results from chromatographic measurements can often be augmented with an appropriate mathematical treatment of the solute retention that is observed. The goal of treatment is to make the resulting metric as independent of the
The following table provides practical information to allow the design and implementation of radiation protection in laboratory and industrial environments. Additional information and details can be found in the references.
Solvents that are commonly used in high performance liquid chromatography frequently have inherent chemical instabilities that must be considered when designing an analysis, or in the interpretation of results [1-4] . In many cases, such solvents are
It is important to place in perspective the relative ionizing radiation dose acquired in common laboratory settings. The most commonly encountered source is a 63Ni source used in gas chromatographic electron captures detectors and in ion mobility
Rick L. Paul, Rabia Oflaz, Jan Kucera, J W Bennett, E. A. De Nadai Fernandes, M. Kubesova, M. A. Bacchi, A. J. Stopic, R. E. Sturgeon, P. Grinberg
Instrumental neutron activation analysis with both relative and k0 standardization was used in four experienced laboratories to determine element mass fractions in single-wall carbon nanotube certified reference material (CRM) SWCNT-1. Results obtained
Catherine Rimmer, Leila Saldanha, Johanna Dwyer, Karen Andrews, Regan Bailey, Joseph Betz, Vicki Burt, Rebecca Costello, Nancy Emenaker, Jaime Gahche, J. Harnly, Constance Hardy, Pamela R. Pehrsson
Dietary supplement databases are needed to calculate total dietary intakes from foods and supplements. Analytically verified databases are necessary for commonly consumed products as estimates of intakes are used in guiding public policy decisions. The
Rick L. Paul, Dagistan NMN Sahin, Jeremy C. Cook, Christoph W. Brocker, Richard M. Lindstrom, Donna J. O'Kelly
A new instrument for cold neutron prompt gamma-ray activation analysis (CNPGAA) has been designed and constructed as part of the recent expansion of the cold neutron guide hall at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). Located on neutron guide NGD
Oxidatively induced damage caused by free radicals and other DNA-damaging agents generate a plethora of products in DNA of living organisms. There is mounting evidence for the involvement of this type of damage in the etiology of numerous diseases
Shotgun lipidomics is a well suited approach to monitor lipid alterations due to its ability to scan for varying lipid types on a global, class and individual species level. However, the ability to perform high-throughput shotgun lipidomics has remained
Richard A. Perkins, Marcia L. Huber, Marc J. Assael, Efthimia K. Mihailidou, Sofia K. Mylona, Evita J. Sykioti
This article summarizes the correlation procedures developed for IUPAC Project 2012-040-1-100 (Reference correlations for the thermal conductivity and viscosity of fluids over extended range of conditions (vapor, liquid and supercritical region)). This
Walter J. Lafferty, Jean-Marie Flaud, F. Kwabia Tchana, L. Manceron
Fourier transform spectra of phosgene (Cl2CO) have been recorded in the 11.75 μm and 5.47 μm spectral regions using a Bruker IFS125HR spectrometer at resolutions of 0.00102 cm-1 and 0.0015 cm-1 respectively leading to the observation of the ν5 and ν1
Pawel Jaruga, Natalie R. Gassman, Erdem Coskun, Donna F. Stefanick, Julie K. Horton, M Miral Dizdar, Samuel H. Wilson
Metabolism of bisphenol A (BPA) generates reactive oxygen species causing DNA strand breaks and damaged DNA bases. Base excision repair (BER) is responsible for removing oxidatively induced DNA base lesions and for repairing single strand breaks (SSBs)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established a Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program (VitDQAP) in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements. Participants in the seventh
Yuxue Liang, Pedatsur Neta, Yamil Simon, Stephen E. Stein
RATIONALE: Tandem mass spectra of many compounds contained peaks which could not arise from the precursor ion and were different in different instruments. Such peaks were found to be due to reaction of arylium ions with N2 in the collision cell. Therefore
Lucy J. Carpenter, Stefan Reimann, Andreas Engel, Stephen Montzka, James B. Burkholder, Cathy Clerbaux, Bradley Hall, Shari A. Yvon-Lewis, Donald R. Blake, Marcel Dorf, Geoffre S. Dutton, Paul J. Fraser, Lucien Froidevaux, Fran?ois Hendrick, Jianxin Hu, Ashley Jones, Paul B. Krummel, Lambert J. Kuijpers, Michael J. Kurylo, Qing Liang, Emmanuel Mahieu, Jens M?hle, Simon O?Doherty, Keiichi Ohnishi, Vladimir L. Orkin, Klaus Pfeilsticker, Matt Rigby, Isobel J. Simpson, Yoko Yokouchi
Changes in the global atmospheric abundance of a substance are determined by the balance between its emissions and removal. Declines observed for ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) controlled under the Montreal Protocol are due to global emission reductions
Walter R. Miller Jr., George C. Rhoderick, Franklin R. Guenther
Between June 2010 and June 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology gravimetrically prepared a suite of 20 carbon dioxide [CO2] in air primary standard mixtures [PSMs]. Ambient mole fraction levels were obtained through six levels of
Walter J. Lafferty, Jean-Marie Flaud, Fridolin Kwabia
Absolute individual line intensities of numerous transitions of the fundamental ν15, ν12 and ν5 bands of oxirane (ethylene oxide, cyc-C2H4O) have been measured in the 790-940 cm-1 region using seven high-resolution Fourier transform spectra recorded at 0
V. Goian, S. Kamba, D Nuzhnyy, Nathan Orloff, T. Birol, C.-H Lee, D. G. Schlom, James Booth
Recently, Lee et al. [1] used1% tensile strain to induce a ferroelectic instability in thin films of Srdn+1uTi nuO 3n+1u (n=1-6) phases. They showed that the Curie temperature T cu gradually increased with n, reaching 180 K for Sr7Ti6O19 (n=6). The