X-ray reflections of the second kind in metallic crystals

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Phonon dispersion in polycytidilic acid

A study of the normal modes of vibration and their dispersion in polycytidilic acid based on the Urey–Bradley force field and Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is reported. Characteristic features of dispersion curves such as regions of high density of states, repulsion, and character mixing of dispersive modes are discussed. The predictive value of the heat capacity as a function of temperature is reported. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 504–516, 2006     

Analytical Model of a Plasma Reactor

This paper presents a simple analytical model to estimate the effect of theboundary layer on the performance of a dc plasma reactor. A graphite linerwas inserted inside the reactor to raise the wall temperature. The model wasused to predict the Destruction and Removal Efficiency (DRE) of the reactorwith and without the graphite liner. The DRE of the device was measured forboth conditions and was found to be in close agreement with the predictedvalues. The model has shown that the DRE is a strong function of the walltemperature of the flight tube and is insensitive to the change in thetube's diameter.     

Forbidden character in electronic spectra of mono-halonaphthalenes

The singlet-singlet absorption and emission spectra of α-fluoro and the absorption spectra of α-chloro-, α-iodo-, and β-bromo-naphthalenes have been photographed and analyzed. The absorption spectra of all the four molecules show the presence of two discrete systems of bands, and the emission spectrum of α-fluoronaphthalene corresponds to the longer-wavelength system of absorption. With the α-chloro- and α-iodo-naphthalenes, the longer-wavelength system shows the appearance of pure electronic transition with weak bands, while the corresponding transitions in case of α-fluoro- and β-bromo-naphthalenes appear with the most intense bands of the system, as expected theoretically. The appearance of strong vibronic and weak electronic bands in the longer-wavelength system of the former two molecules has been interpreted as the interaction of totally symmetric vibrations, a rare example in the literature.