A quasi lattice-local composition model for the excess Gibbs free energy of liquid mixtures

Two new expressions for the excess Gibbs energy of liquid mixtures are derived from Guggenheim's quasi-lattice model and Wilson's local composition concept. These are called the Local Surface Guggenheim equation (LSG) and the Local Composition Guggenheim equation (LCG). The LSG equation is similar, but not identical to UNIQUAC. The new equations require only two adjustable parameters per binary, and no higher-order parameters for extension to multicomponent systems.A critical discussion is given of Guggenheim's quasi-lattice expression for the excess Gibbs energy of athermal mixtures. This expression gives the combinatorial contribution to the new equations.A new method is proposed in the evaluation of the pure component structural parameters, independent of particular assumptions about the lattice parameters.The application of the LSG and the LCG equations to practical problems of phase-equilibria is considered in detail.     

Activity ratios of natural uranium in surface waters

The enrichment of²³⁴U in ground waters is a well established experiments fact. In the course of measurements of uranium contamination in rivers of the Guadiana basin we have found the contamination near the uranium mines with the equilibrium isotope ratios of uranium. With distance from the mines we found not only the expected decrease in contamination but also an increasing enrichment of the lighter isotopes. For the²³⁵U isotope, this is the first observation with good separation and low interference between the most significant peaks of each isotope.     

Electrophoresis in capillary cells with detection gap

A novel design of the detection zone in multicapillary arrays used for electrophoretic separation is presented. The use of a detection gap (DG), in which the reflective surfaces separating the channels of the array are eliminated, is proposed to improve the illumination and detection of the separated DNA fragments. The electric field compression in the DG is achieved by optimization of the gap geometry. The results of the computer simulation and experiment demonstrate no substantial band-broadening in the DG. We believe that the proposed method will be useful for application in the microfabricated devices.     

Free-flow isoelectric focusing of proteins remaining in cell fragments following sonication of thyroid carcinoma cells

The method of preparing protein mixtures for electrophoretic analysis of membrane-associated cell proteins was improved. By sonication, about one-half of the proteins of thyroid cells were released into the supernatant, while the other half preferentially comprising membrane proteins still remained in cell fragments, which could be sedimented by centrifugation. After sonication, even those proteins which remained in cell fragments, could completely be dissolved by free-flow isoelectric focusing media. They migrated through the free-flow electrophoresis chamber without forming precipitates. Because of these improvements, it was possible to show that the two thyroid cancer cell lines ML-1 and ONCO-DG1 express cytokeratin 8 at similar rates, but cytokeratins 7 and 18 differently. In addition, the presence of inorganic pyrophosphatase, tubulin-beta-5, and tubulin-beta-1 chains in human thyroid cells was proved for the first time.     

A novel method for the preparation of silver chloride nanoparticles starting from their solid powder using microemulsions

A novel method of preparing AgCl nanoparticles by mixing AgCl powder and a microemulsion consisting of dioctyldimethylammonium chloride/n-decanol/water/isooctane is introduced. This new method was discovered during the preparation of AgCl nanoparticles in single microemulsions by direct reaction with the dioctyldimethylammonium chloride surfactant counterion. The effect of the following variables on the concentration of the colloidal AgCl nanoparticles (the nanoparticle uptake) and the particle size were studied: (1) operating variables, including mixing and temperature; and (2) microemulsion variables, including surfactant and cosurfactant concentration, and water to surfactant mole ratio. Manipulating these variables provides an insight into the role of the surfactant surface layer rigidity on the phenomenon. The results were explained by the effect of these variables on reaction rates and the colloidal nanoparticle stability. Mixing had a significant effect on the nanoparticle uptake. At 300 rpm an equilibrium AgCl nanoparticle uptake was achieved in about 1 h, while without mixing only 5% of the equilibrium value was reached even after 24 h. An optimum temperature was found for which a maximum nanoparticle uptake was obtained. At higher temperatures, the nanoparticle uptake declined. The nanoparticle uptake increased linearly with the surfactant concentration, and the particle size increased as well. A monotonic decrease in the nanoparticle uptake accompanied by an increase in the particle size was observed when increasing n-decanol concentration or the water to surfactant mole ratio.     

On the classification and enumeration of self-dual codes

A complete classification is given of all [22, 11] and [24, 12] binary self-dual codes. For each code we give the order of its group, the number of codes equivalent to it, and its weight distribution. There is a unique [24, 12, 6] self-dual code. Several theorems on the enumeration of self-dual codes are used, including formulas for the number of such codes with minimum distance ? 4, and for the sum of the weight enumerators of all such codes of length n. Selforthogonal codes which are generated by code words of weight 4 are completely characterized.     

On the enumeration of self-dual codes

We give the complete classification of all binary, self-dual, doubly-even (32, 16) codes. There are 85 non-equivalent, self-dual, doubly-even (32, 16) codes. Five of these have minimum weight 8, namely, a quadratic residue code and a Reed-Muller code, and three new codes. A set of generators is given for a code in each equivalence class together with its entire weight distribution and the order of its entire group with other information facilitating the computation of permutation generators. From this list it is possible to identify all self-dual codes of length less than 32 and the numbers of these are included.