Occurrence of rippling during the deformation of oriented polyethylene

Rippling is another mode, in addition to kink-band formation, by which oriented polyethylene can deform and results in a profuse and irregular waviness in the fibrils. For the medium-density and high-density polyethylenes investigated, rippling tended to occur only at strain rates below about 1 min^?1 at 25°C. Above this rate, kink bands tended to form. It is suggested that rippling results from easy slip between the fibrils of the oriented polymers and from the resistance of the fibrils to shortening under a compressive stress. The applied shear stress is reduced by the easy slip to a simple compression along the fibrils, and this distorts the fibril into the series of waves that constitutes rippling. Stress–strain measurements confirm that fibril slip is considerably easier under the rates at which rippling occurs than at the rates at which kink bands form.     

Convergence of branching transport processes to branching brownian motion

Two models are given of branching transport processes that converge to branching Brownian motion starting with one initial particle. The martingale problem method is used.     

Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric techniques for the determination of zinc and copper in microliter and submicroliter volumes of aqueous and serum matrices

Two electrothermal atomic absorption techniques which provide linear working functions over wide concentration ranges, and are suitable for the determination of zinc and copper in aqueous and 10-fold diluted blood serum matrices are evaluated. The first technique is based on modification of the furnace tube to provide a significant decrease of the atomic absorption signal when microliter and larger volumes of sample are injected. The second technique involves a delivery system capable of dispensing micro- and submicroliter sample volumes to the furnace tube. The precision of the two techniques is about 98%.     

Stereoselective glycosidations of uronic acids

Stereoselective glycosidation and disaccharide formation of uronic acids were performed with silver perchlorate in acetonitrile. The course of the reaction is controlled by intermediate nitrilium acetonitrile conjugates, which are generated in situ.