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Vladimir L. Orkin, Victor Khamaganov, A G. Guschin
Rate constants for the gas phase reactions of OH radicals with three partially fluorinated ethers, CH3OCF3 (kHFE-143a), CH3OCHF2 (kHFE-152a), and CHF2OCH2CF3 (kHFE-245fa), were measured using a discharge flow electron paramagnetic resonance technique
Pedatsur Neta, Yamil Simon, Yuxue Liang, Stephen Stein
Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of 3-formylchromones and 3-formylcoumarins shows that collision-induced dissociation of the protonated ions results in elimination of H¬¬2 as a major fragmentation route. This loss of H2 yields an unstable carbonyl
David L. Duewer, Kenneth W. Pratt, Chainarong Cherdchu, Nongluck Tangpaisarnkul2 Nongluck Tangpaisarnkul2, Akiharu Hioki, Masaki Ohata, Petra Spitzer, Michal M?ri?ssy, Leo? Vysko?il
The Key Comparison (KC) studies of the Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance Metrology in Chemistry (CCQM) help ensure the reliability of chemical and biochemical measurements relevant to international trade and environmental , health , and
S. Avgeri, Marc J. Assael, Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins
This paper contains new, representative reference equations for the viscosity of benzene. The equations are based in part upon a body of experimental data that has been critically assessed for internal consistency and for agreement with theory whenever
David J. Vanderah, Marlon L. Walker, David T. Gallagher, Ryan Vierling, Fay Crawshaw
Spectroscopic ellipsometry was used to evaluate the resistance to protein adsorption (RPA) of self- assembled monolayers (SAMs) of HS(CH2)3O(CH2CH2O)6M and [HS(CH2)3CH]2O-(CH2CH2O)6M, where M = CH3 or H, on Au. The SAMs were exposed to fibrinogen, a
Jack A. Stone Jr., Patrick F. Egan, Jay H. Hendricks, Gregory F. Strouse, Douglas A. Olson, Jacob E. Ricker, Gregory E. Scace, Donavon Gerty
An apparatus capable of comparing displacements with picometer accuracy is currently being designed at NIST. In principle, we wish to compare one displacement in vacuum to a second, equal displacement in gas, in order to determine gas refractive index. If
Anzor I. Mikaia, Leonid S. Glebov, Vladimir G. Zaikin, George A. Kliger
A new reductive dimerization and oligomerization reaction of (C5 and C6) cycloalkanols and cycloalkanones, benzaldehyde, and benzyl alcohol to hydrocarbons containing as many, or more, carbon atoms as the reactant oxygenated compound on a promoted, fused
Christopher W. Szakal, Lyubov Tsytsikova, David Carlander, Timothy V. Duncan
This article is one of a series of 4 that report on a task of the NanoRelease Food Additive (NRFA) project of the International. Life Science Institute Center for Risk Science Innovation and Application. The project aims are to identify, evaluate, and
This chapter reviews the currently available information concerning the behavior of transport properties near the vapor-liquid critical point of fluids and fluid mixtures. Special attention is devoted to the behavior of the thermal conductivity which
Engineered safety equipment is preferred over the reliance on personal protective equipment, and the fume hood is one such engineered safety device that is nearly ubiquitous in laboratories. Laboratories concerned with biological specimens (microbes
The literature of gas and liquid chromatography frequently contains schematic diagrams that depict analytical apparatus and peripherals. The interpretation of such diagrams can be facilitated by the following graphics that show the most common symbols used
In the interpretation of results from a particular technique, one often must evaluate the performance of the measurement on the basis of objective measures that are called figures of merit. The following table provides a description of the more common
Xiaoyu (Sara) Yang, Pedatsur Neta, Stephen E. Stein
Electrospray ionization (ESI) tandem mass spectrometry coupled with liquid chromatography is a routine technique for identifying and quantifying compounds in complex mixtures. The identification step can be aided by matching acquired tandem mass spectra
Because of the very powerful and common application of mass spectrometry with gas chromatography, the various technologies warrant more detailed consideration.[1-4] The following table provides basic information on the capabilities and applicability of the
This article reviews the early history of radiation-induced sugar damage in DNA in dedication to Prof. Clemens von Sonntag, who recently passed away. It covers the ten years between 1968 and 1978, during which most of the work on the ionizing radiation
Measurements of total pH, pHT, in electrochemical cells without transference are reported for 2 amino-2-hydroxymethyl 1,3-propanediol (Tris) buffers in synthetic seawater (SSW) of salinity 35 at three molality ratios of Tris to TrisHCl: 0.03:0.05, 0.04
Iulia A. Sacui, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Ryan C. Nieuwendaal, Stephan J. Stranick, Henryk Szmacinski, Mehdi Jorfi, Christopher Weder, Johan Foster, Richard Olsson, Daniel Burnett
This work describes the study and characterization of native cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibrils (CNCs, CNFs), whose crystallinity, morphology, aspect ratio, and surface chemistry depend on the raw material source and hydrolysis conditions. Measurement
Daneli Lopez-Perez, Nancy J. Lin, Sheng Lin-Gibson
Biofilms have been implicated in 80 % of all chronic human infections1, yet little attention has been focused on studies of antimicrobial agent efficacy in bacterial biofilms. The planktonic state of bacteria is most commonly studied in the literature
Michael Campbell, Qingkun Liu, Aric Sanders, Julian Evans, Ivan I. Smalyukh
Using liquid crystalline self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals, we achieve long-range alignment of anisotropic metal nanoparticles in colloidal nanocrystal dispersions that are then used to deposit thin structured films with ordering features highly
Miran Mozetic, Kostya Ostrikov, David Ruzic, Davide Curreli, Uros Cvelbar, Alenka Vesel, Gregor Primc, Manfred Leisch, Karl Jousten, Oleg Malyshev, Jay H. Hendricks, laszlo Kover, Alberto Tagliaferro, O Conde, Antonio Silvestre, J Giapintzakis, M Buljan, N Radi?, G Dra?i?, S Bernstorff, H Biederman, O Kyli?n, J Hanu?, S Milo?evi?, A Galtayries, P Dietrich, W Unger, K Stana-Kleinschek, A Drmota?Petri?, Jean-Jacques Pireaux, J W. Rogers, M Anderle, M Lehocky, V Sedlarik
Recent advances in vacuum sciences and applications are reviewed. Novel optical interferometer cavity devices enable pressure measurements with ppm accuracy. Innovative dynamic vacuum standard allows for pressure measurements with temporal resolution of 2
Shinichiro Muramoto, Thomas P. Forbes, Matthew E. Staymates, John G. Gillen
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) was used to characterize the desorption performance of two emerging ambient ionization mass spectrometry (MS) sources; desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) and low temperature plasma (LTP)
Li-Hong Xu, Ronald M. Lees, Jon T. Hougen, Joel M. Bowman, Xinchuan Huang, Stuart Carter
Comparison of graphical displays of normal-mode coefficients from recent quantum chemical projected-frequency calculations with analogous displays constructed after reexamination of results from more extensive higher-level calculations described earlier in
Jessica L. Burger, Raina V. Gough, Tara Lovestead, Thomas J. Bruno
Cetane number (CN) is a measure of the ignition quality of a fuel for compression ignition engines according to the self-ignition delay and serves a function similar to that of the octane rating method used for fuel for spark ignition engines. If the
Rick L. Paul, William C. Davis, Karen E. Murphy, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Lee L. Yu, William F. Guthrie, Dennis D. Leber, Thomas W. Vetter
A newly developed procedure for determination of arsenic by radiochemical neutron activation analysis was used to measure arsenic in SRM 955c Toxic Elements in Caprine Blood and SRM 2668 Toxic Elements in Frozen Human Urine for the purpose of providing
The absorption coefficient and mass specific absorption cross section were determined for nigrosin-laden quartz, Teflon, and polycarbonate filters in inert surroundings at different steady-state temperatures and particle mass loadings. The objective was to