Bragg prism monochromator and analyser for super ultra-small angle neutron scattering studies

We have designed, fabricated and operated a novel Bragg prism monochromator-analyser combination. With a judicious choice of the Bragg reflection, its asymmetry and the apex angle of the silicon single crystal prism, the monochromator has produced a neutron beam with sub-arcsec collimation. A Bragg prism analyser with the opposite asymmetry has been tailored to accept a still sharper angular profile. With this optimized monochromator-analyser pair, we have attained the narrowest and sharpest neutron angular profile to date. At this facility, we have recorded the first SUSANS spectra spanning wave vector transfers Q ～ 10^?6 Å^?1 to characterize samples containing agglomerates up to tens of micrometres in size.     

Spiroheterocycles derived prom tetralone

New 2-heterospirotetrahydronaphthalenes with 3-, 4- and 5-membered rings have been prepared during the development of routes to tetralone derived spiroaziridines.     

Neural responses to auditory temporal patterns

Sets of regularly repeating auditory stimuli elicit unique perceptions; listeners are able to identify specific temporal patterns. Some temporal patterns are unambiguous (only one pattern can be perceived), while others are ambiguous (numerous patterns can be detected). While the psychophysical properties of such percepts have been well studied, little is known about the underlying neurological bases of temporal pattern perception. In this experiment, the role of adaptation in temporal pattern perception is examined by studying neural responses in four cats to a temporal pattern that is perceptually unambiguous and one that is perceptually ambiguous. Measurements were made of the whole-nerve action potential, the auditory brainstem response, and potentials from the surface of the primary auditory cortex. The adaptation patterns corresponded with the perceptual organization of temporal patterns in humans at all levels of the nervous system studied.     

Palladium-catalyzed reaction of 4-cyclopentene-1,3-diol monoacetate with Grignard reagents producing hitherto unreachable cis-1,2-isomers

Reaction of 4-cyclopentene-1,3-diol monoacetate with RMgCl (R = alkyl, aryl) in the presence of a palladium catalyst proceeded with retention of configuration to give cis-1,2-regioisomers as the major products.     

Investigation of the optimum optical design for pulsed-laser crossed-beam thermal lens spectrometry in infinite and finite samples

Optimization of the optical design for pulsed-laser crossed-beam thermal lens (PLCBTL) spectrometry has been investigated. Experiments have been carried out with large samples as well as for very small samples in a microchannel and using different lens combinations to focus the probe and excitation beams. The results have been interpreted in terms of the influence of the excitation beam size as well as the degree of mode-mismatching of the excitation and probe beams on the optimum sample position and on the amplitude and decay of the photothermal signal. A semi-empirical formula that describes the influence of the sample position with respect to the probe beam waist has been established. We have shown that the optimum signal is inversely proportional to the waist of the excitation beam and is independent of the sample size as long as the size of the excitation beam is smaller than the microchannel. Time-resolved experiments have also shown that when the excitation beam is smaller than the sample, the signal decay depends not only on the size of the excitation beam but also on the mode-mismatching factor. Otherwise, the temporal characteristics are closely related to the size of the microchannel.     

Rapid determination of boron traces in silicate materials

Summary This simple method for the determination of boron takes a total time of 20 min. Samples are mixed with CaF₂ suprapur in the ratio 31 and pyrohydrolized in a Leco induction furnace for 15 min under steam of H₂O. The BF₃ liberated is collected in a NaOH-Na₂CO₃ solution (10 g NaOH +1 g Na₂CO₃ per liter). This solution is filled up to 200 ml with twice distilled water; 2 ml of this solution is mixed with conc. sulphuric acid and carminic acid solution and filled up to 50 ml. The absorption is measured by a Zeiss Elko II photometer with filter S 59. Analyses of four internations reference samples show excellent precision with a relative standard deviation of less than 5% (e.g. for a boron content of 2.1 ppm in granite G-2).

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Schnelle Spurenbestimmung von Bor in silicatischem Material

Zusammenfassung Die Borbestimmung mit dieser schnellen und einfachen Methode benötigt ca. 20 min. Die Proben werden mit CaF₂ Suprapur im Verhältnis 31 vermischt und in einem Leco-Induktionsofen 15 min unter Einleitung von Wasserdampf pyrohydrolysiert. Das entstandene BF₃ wird in einer NaOH-Na₂CO₃-Lösung(10 g NaOH+1 gNa₂CO₃pro Liter) aufgefangen. Diese Lösung wird mit zweifach destilliertem Wasser auf 200 ml aufgefüllt; 2 ml dieser Lösung werden mit konz. Schwefelsäure und Carminsäure-Lösung versetzt und auf 50 ml aufgefüllt, bevor ihre Absorption mit einem Zeiss — Elko II — Photometer mit Filter S 59 gemessen wird. Analysen von 4 internationalen Referenzproben zeigen eine hohe Präzision mit einer relativen Standardabweichung von weniger als 5% (z. B. für einen Gehalt von 2,1 ppm Bor im Granit G-2 des USGS).