Enumeration of probiotic bacilli spores in animal feed: interlaboratory study

Fourteen out of 17 laboratories completed an interlaboratory study comparing 2 pretreatment protocols of feed samples containing authorized probiotic bacilli spores. Both methods used tryptone soy agar for enumeration. Pretreatment A involved preparation of a suspension of the feed sample in 50% ethanol. For pretreatment B, the sample was suspended in peptone salt solution and heated at 80 degrees C for 10 min. Each laboratory analyzed 12 samples (6 per pretreatment), which represented duplicates of a high (10(9) colony-forming units [CFU]/g) and low (10(5) CFU/g) level of bacilli spores or a blank that contained vegetative probiotic bacteria only. For pretreatment A, the repeatability relative standard deviation (RSD(r)) was 2.9% for the low level and 2.5% for the high. The reproducibility relative standard deviation (RSDR) values were 7.8 and 5.9%, respectively. Pretreatment B revealed RSD(r) values of 1.1 and 1.0%, and RSDR values of 5.8 and 3.4%, respectively. The heat treatment (pretreatment B) of feed samples had better precision data, resulted in higher viable bacilli counts, and was more effective in deactivating vegetative background flora. It is therefore recommended for adoption for official control purposes and for CEN and ISO standards.     

Beiträge zum thermischen Verhalten von Sulfaten. XII. Zum chemischen Transport von In2(SO4)3 mit Cl2 und mit HCl. Experimente und Modellrechnungen

Contributions on the Thermal Behaviour of Sulfates XII. The Chemical Vapour Transport of In₂(SO₄)₃ with Cl₂ and HCl. Experimental Results and Calculations By means of CVT (T₁ between 500°C and 825°C; ΔT = 50°C), well shaped crystals of anhydrous In₂(SO₄)₃ can be grown in the less hot region of a closed silica ampoule. We investigated the dependence of the deposition rate on the variation of the concentration of the transport agent (system In₂(SO₄)₃/Cl₂) and on the variation of the transport temperature (In₂(SO₄)₃/Cl₂ as well as In₂(SO₄)₃/HCl). A comparison of the experimental results with thermodynamical calculations shows a satisfying agreement. The influence of the variation of some additional parameters (H₂O from the wall of the ampoule; Δ_BH(In₂(SO₄)₃)) on the deposition rate is discussed.     

Niederkoordinierte Phosphorverbindungen. 58. Synthese und Reaktivität der 2, 4, 6-Tri-tert-butylphenyl (halogenmethylen)phosphane

The synthesis of the 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl(halogenmethylene)phosphanes 4a—d from the tri-tert-butylphenylphosphane 1 and trihalogenomethanes 2a—d is described. Tri-tert-butylphenyl(difluoromethylene)phosphane 8a and the analogous (diiodomethylene)-phosphane 8d are obtained by dehalogenation of the chloro(trifluoromethyl)phosphane 7 and dehydrohalogenation of the triiodomethylphosphane 10 . The first different halogeno-substituted (bromochloromethylene)phosphane 8e leads after metallation with lithiumbis (trimethylsilyl)phosphide 13 and elimination of lithiumchloride to the phosphaalkyne 16 . Direct addition of chlorotrimethylsilane to the metallated 8e yields the 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl(chloro(trimethylsilyl)-methylene)phosphane 17 .     

Photochromism of O-Analogs of Thiathiophthenes

Irradiation of O-analogs of thiathiophthenes yield a photoproduct which reverts thermally to the starting material. Kinetic measurements for this thermal reaction yield E_a values in the range of 10–15 kcal/mol and Δ S* values between ?16 and ?41 eu. Based on NMR. and IR. results the structure of the photoproduct is established. The electronic spectra of the starting material and of the photoproduct are discussed. The experimental results are compared with MO-calculations.     

The n-orbital sequence in 1,3 diazaadamantane

The photoelectron spectra of 1,3-diazaadamantane (1) and 1,3-diaza-6-methyleneadamantane (2) have been measured. An analysis of the spectra based on a ZDO model indicates that the ordering of the n-orbitals in 1 is b₂(n?λσ) above a₁(n₊?λσ). The splitting of b₂ and a₁ in 1 is dominated by the through space interaction. These results are confirmed by semiempirical calculations of the Extended Hückel and MINDO/3 type. An analysis of the PE spectrum of 1,3-diazaadamantanone(6) (5) indicates that in 5 the inductive effect of the CO group is dominant.     

An even magneto-optic effect: Linear polarization of the spectral thermal emission from ferromagnetic iron

The thermal spectral emission from ferromagnetic iron observed at normal incidence and with the magnetization parallel to its surface is partially linearly polarized. Measurements of the new even magneto-optic effect have been performed in the spectral range from 1.8 m to 5 m wave-length.