Application of the reference-element technique for fast sequential flame atomic-absorption spectrometry

Fast sequential flame atomic-absorption spectrometry (FS-FAAS) is able to measure a sequence of analyte wavelengths in one monochromator scan and so achieves or exceeds the analysis speed of sequential ICP–OES. The requirements and implementation of an FS-FAAS instrument are presented in detail. FS-FAAS is a sequential multi element technique which retains the advantages of conventional FAAS, for example ease of use. While the FS-FAAS technique is an ideal tool for routine determination of elements in the mg L^–1 concentration range, it is still subject to common sources of error such as transport problems and long-term drift. The reference-element technique can be used to correct for these types of common interference; other advantages include correction of some errors which are induced during sample preparation, and improved analytical accuracy and precision. The reference-element technique when utilizing the FS- FAAS technique is described in detail and benefits of the technique will be demonstrated by comparing performance for selected applications, for example a mineral sample and a scrap wood digest.     

Evanescent Wave Light Scattering A Fusion of the Evanescent Wave and Light Scattering Techniques to the Study of Colloids and Polymers Near the Interface

The evanescent wave light scattering technique, which is produced by a fusion of the evanescent wave technique and light scattering technique, is a very powerful and useful tool for investigation of colloidal particles and polymers near the surface and interfaces. We have developed two kinds of evanescent wave light scattering apparatuses. One is the evanescent wave dynamic light scattering (EVDLS) technique and the other is the evanescent wave light scattering microscope (EVLSM). By EVDLS, the diffusion behavior of a colloidal particle near the interface can be extracted quantitatively as a function of the distance from the interface. The diffusion coefficient was smaller than those for particles in bulk, reflecting electrostatic and hydrodynamic interactions. By EVLSM, the interaction potential profile between a colloidal particle and the surface in dispersion can be evaluated directly. EVLSM will play an important role in colloidal interaction studies, especially at a low ionic strength. It is also pointed out that a particle dynamics study is also possible by the EVLSM technique. A new field will be developed in colloid science and polymer science by application of the evanescent wave light scattering technique, i. e. a fusion of the evanescent light and a light scattering techniques.     

薄膜梯度扩散技术结合相研究进展

薄膜梯度扩散(DGT)技术是一种新型原位被动采样技术,已被广泛应用于水体、土壤、沉积物中目标物的采集与测量。结合相是DGT技术的重要组成部分,决定了与目标物的结合能力、结合速度、结合容量以及目标物的形态选择性等。DGT结合相分为固态结合相和液态结合相。本文重点综述了树脂、氧化物、无机盐、活性炭、改性硅胶、分子印迹、共聚物、复合、液态等结合相在DGT技术中的应用,展望了DGT结合相的发展前景。     

改进的水热法在无机非金属材料制备中的应用

综述了改进的水热法在无机非金属材料制备中的应用,主要包括有机溶剂-水热法、微波-水热法及有机溶剂-微波-水热法在合成纳米晶、金属氢氧化物、氧化物、晶须、水滑石及其他一些重要的无机功能材料制备中的应用。仲维卓等提出的晶体生长新理论的核心是"负离子配位多面体生长基元",模型把晶体内部结构所决定的生长规律和晶体具体的生长条件联系起来,弥补了以往晶体生长理论脱离生长具体条件的不足,开辟了水热法晶体生长理论研究的新途径。改进水热法实质上就是交叉学科技术在水热法中的应用,改进水热法虽已取得有良好的应用成果但仍存在有待解决的问题。     

简化柱切换技术在高浓度基体存在下测定痕量离子的研究

 建立了适用于高浓度基体存在下测定痕量离子的简化柱切换技术。通过分析淋洗液浓度对待测离子色谱峰保留时间的影响 ,指出可使用高浓度淋洗液抑制色谱峰漂移 ,并通过实验案例提出了针对不同样品采取的不同策略。     

Noninvasive Detection of the Gases Inside the Sealed Batteries by the On-line Mass Spectrometry

Mass spectrometer is connected through an adaptor to a sealed small battery to probe the gas phase changes inside the battery. The factors influencing the response time are analyzed with a simplified model. The feasibility of the new technique is demonstrated with a Ni-Cd battery, showing different profiles of MS intensities for O2 and H2. Compared with gas chromatography, this technique has the advantage of being noninvasive and should be useful for the study and diagnostic examination of small sealed batteries.     

Measurement of the 90Sr absolute activity using the autocorrelation single-crystal scintillation method

It is shown for the first time that the ASCSTS technique we have introduced several years ago for lifetime measurements can be also used for measuring low level activities. A good example with practical relevance in this respect is ⁹⁰Sr isotope. In order to apply this technique the radioactive isotope must have an isomeric state with a lifetime spanning the ns–μs range. This method is adequate for measuring weak activities with high detection efficiency in a geometry close to 4π. It is experimentally demonstrated that ASCSTS method is a reliable, high efficiency technique for measuring absolute radioactivity in the long radioactive chains.     

Advantages and limitations of the synchrotron based transmission X-ray microscopy in the study of the clay aggregate structure in aqueous suspensions

This paper reports new application of new transmission X-ray microscopy powered by a synchrotron source for the study of aqueous based clay suspensions. This paper delineates the advantages and limitations of this method. The tested transmission X-ray microscopy (TXM) technique has shown good agreement with the cryo-stage SEM technique. The spacial resolution of this TXM technique is 60 nm and clay particles with diameter below 500 nm are clearly visible and their pseudohexagonal symmetry is recognizable in detail. It is clearly demonstrated the methodology of implementing TXM to study aqueous based clay suspensions that are close to approximately 60 nm tomographic resolution. The technique enables us to study discrete structure of clay suspensions in water and within aggregates. This has never been previously possible. Larger crystals, more compact aggregates and less colloidal fraction present in kaolinite from Georgia has impact on faster settling and gelling in denser suspension than for Birdwood kaolinite in which colloidal particles create gel-like networking in less dense aqueous suspension.     

Whole Rock Chemical Analysis Using the Electron Microprobe

Abstract

A fusion technique has been developed for whole rock chemical analysis using the electron microprobe. A dilution of one part sample to three parts flux is used which minimizes matrix effects while still enabling trace element analysis. This technique is a major improvement over other techniques which require a dilution of one part sample to at least seven parts flux. The technique described in this paper has been used successfully for the analysis of a large number of different types of rock samples.     

溶剂气浮分离技术研究现状与发展方向

溶剂气浮技术是一种较为简捷有效的水中微量、痕量组分分离与富集方法, 也可用于水中有机污染物的去除, 它在许多方面优于传统的萃取方法。本文比较全面地综述了溶剂气浮技术的装置、影响因素、机理及其应用, 并指出了溶剂气浮技术的发展方向。     

Sub-micro methods for the analysis of organic compounds

Summary A new technique is described which enables organic compounds to be analysed for elements and functional groups using sample weights of 30–50 micrograms (0.03 to 0.05 mg). These amounts are only just visible to the naked eye. The accuracy is similar to that of the microscale, and the technique is fairly simple.It is expected that these methods will be of value in biochemistry and associated fields where amounts of sample are often limited. The new technique is not intended to replace micro-methods. Investigations are still proceeding to develop further methods for the determination of functional groups and to refine earlier procedures.     

Alysis of the volatile constituents of food by headspace GC-MS with reversal of the carrier gas flow during sampling

A technique has been developed for performing headspace GC-MS analysis of volatile components of food, in which the carrier gas flow is reversed during sampling in order to overcome problems caused by the diffusion of substances not retained by the cold trap. Chromatographic profiles of volatile compounds from cheeses, obtained at room temperature, provide confirmation of the validity of the reversed flow technique, and the versatility of the system is evidenced by its successful application to both solid and liquid matrixes: the absence of any discrimination against the various components reveals its efficacy for compounds with a wide range of volatility. Addition of internal standards to the sample enables the use of the technique for quantitative analysis.     

What Is the Structure of a Liquid?

Various methods of structure determination for liquids are considered. It is shown that the most fruitful technique is using the distribution functions. This is the only technique providing the calculation of the thermodynamic parameters of a liquid from the functions found in a numerical experiment.     

Preliminary Ultrasonication Affects the Rate of the Bacteriorhodopsin Bleaching and the Effectiveness of the Reconstitution Process in Bacterioopsin

The formation process of polymer films based on bacteriorhodopsin (BR) analogs requests a high amount of BR samples one time only. The common technique for apomembrane formation (preparation of bacterioopsin, BO) is not designed to be operated with high concentrations and high volumes of BR, so the use of this technique results in a low rate of BR bleaching. To accelerate the process of BR bleaching preliminary sonication was used. It was used just as preliminary sonication before bleaching of BR samples, so also sonication was used before reconstitution of resulted BO samples. These modifications of the common technique lead to an acceleration of BR bleaching and an increase in effectiveness of reconstitution of BO in comparison with the nonmodified technique. The quantitative results of sonication's effect on the bleaching acceleration and the effectiveness of reconstitution are different depending on the BR strains.     

Application of the slurry technique to biological materials: a survey of literature

Summary The literature on the application of the slurry technique to biological materials is reviewed. It is obvious from the various applications that the most frequently employed atomization method for slurry analysis in biological materials is electrothermal atomization using either graphite tube or platform atomizers. The slurry technique is particularly useful when certified reference materials are not available and when the standard addition method is to be avoided. The literature survey revealed that this technique compares favourably with other methods for the determination of trace metals in biological materials.     

质谱技术在手性识别和分析中的应用研究进展

介绍了质谱技术,包括传统的化学电离质谱(CI-MS)以及快原子轰击质谱(FAB-MS)、电喷雾质谱(ESI-MS)等软电离质谱技术在手性识别和分析方面的研究进展,对质谱技术研究手性识别的原理、方法、特点、局限性及有待进一步发展的方向进行了总结,引用文献35篇。通过文献综述表明质谱技术尤其是电喷雾质谱技术是进行手性识别和分析的前沿技术,具有很大的发展空间。     

Improvements in the qualitative and quantitative study of erythromycins using laser-based polarimetric detection

A technique in which liquid chromatographic separation is combined with laser-based polarimetric detection is described for the study of erythromycin and its analogs. The polarimetric system, owing to the inherent selectivity of the technique, can provide unique advantages, particularly when the measurement must be made in a complicated matrix. Individual specific rotations have been measured for the three erythromycin analogs A, B and C and for the derivative erythromycin ethylsuccinate (EES). The results suggest that specific rotation may be used to identify closely related erythromycin species in studies of their fate and location in physiological pathways. The detection limit for the technique is 12 ng for erythromycin and 10 ng for EES. The distinct advantages of this technique, in terms of both sensitivity and selectivity, are demonstrated by the determination of erythromycin in milk and EES in a pharmaceutical preparation.     

毛细管电色谱研究进展

毛细管电色谱是一种新兴的具有高效，高选择性的微分离技术。本文评述了毛细管电色说的发展状况和相关的技术，并对其发展前景进行了展望，引用文献２４篇 。     

Measurement of the electronic spectra of physisorbed molecular layers

A technique for measuring the electronic spectra of physisorbed molecular layers in the presence of an ambient gas is described. To illustrate the technique, measurements of the UV spectra of dimethylcadmium physisorbed layers have been made for different values of gas pressure and substrate temperatures.     

Metabasin approach for computing the master equation dynamics of systems with broken ergodicity

We propose a technique for computing the master equation dynamics of systems with broken ergodicity. The technique involves a partitioning of the system into components, or metabasins, where the relaxation times within a metabasin are short compared to an observation time scale. In this manner, equilibrium statistical mechanics is assumed within each metabasin, and the intermetabasin dynamics are computed using a reduced set of master equations. The number of metabasins depends upon both the temperature of the system and its derivative with respect to time. With this technique, the integration time step of the master equations is governed by the observation time scale rather than the fastest transition time between basins. We illustrate the technique using a simple model landscape with seven basins and show validation against direct Euler integration. Finally, we demonstrate the use of the technique for a realistic glass-forming system (viz., selenium) where direct Euler integration is not computationally feasible.