Continuous flow system for the determination of trace vanadium in natural waters utilizing in-line preconcentration/separation coupled with catalytic photometric detection

A sensitive and rapid method is presented for the determination of vanadium at ng to sub-ng ml(-1) levels in natural waters, in which in-line preconcentration/separation is directly coupled with catalytic detection of vanadium in a flow-injection system. Vanadium was adsorbed on a small column packed with Sephadex G-25 gel and desorbed with a small volume of 0.010 M HCl. The catalytic action of vanadium on the oxidation of chromotropic acid (1,8-dihydroxy-3,6-naphthalenedisulphonic acid) by bromate in pH 3.8 buffered media was used in the sensitive determination of vanadium. Effective preconcentration/separation of trace vanadium can be achieved from Fe(III), Cu(II) and a large excess of sodium chloride in seawater sample. A linear calibration using a 5 m sample loop was obtained for vanadium in the range 0-2.5 ng ml(-1). The limit of detection was 0.02 ng ml(-1) and the relative standard deviation was 1.2% for 1.0 ng ml(-1) vanadium (n=5). The present FIA system is rapid and sensitive and can be readily applied to river water and coastal seawater samples.     

A frequency response model in multiquantum well lasers with unequilibrium carrier transport

A carrier transport model to explain the high-frequency response in high-speed MQW lasers is described. The ambipolar approximation, which is unsuitable for dealing with the high-speed carrier dynamics in MQW structures, was not adopted for small-signal analysis. The carrier transport effect can be characterized by four time constants: the electron transport time, _bmn; the hole transport time, _bmp; the electron escape time, _wbn; and the hole escape time, _wbp. The frequency response was interpreted as the sum of the constant response term due to the fast electron current and the roll-off term due to the slow hole transport time. The ratio of the electron contribution to the total response was proportional to the ratio of electron contribution to the total differential gain, , and reciprocally proportional to _n0 = 1 + _bmn/_wbn. The value of was calculated to be about 0.5 for typical MQW lasers. The roll-off frequency is mainly determined by . The ratio _p0 = 1 + _bmp/_wbp affects the resonant frequency and the damping rate in the high-bias condition.     

R-matrices for elliptic Calogero-Moser models

The classicalR-matrix structure for then-particle Calogero-Moser models with (type IV) elliptic potentials is investigated. We show there is no momentum independentR-matrix (without spectral parameter) whenn 4. The assumption of momentum independence is sufficient to reproduce the dynamicalR-matrices of Avan and Talon for the type I, II, III degenerations of the elliptic potential. The inclusion of a spectral parameter enables us to findR-matrices for the general elliptic potential.