Overwrite recording on different recording media

A contact printing model is introduced to explain the re-recording dip in overwrite recording. The first signal on a recording medium is transferred to the medium surface, where the second signal increases the susceptibility to transfer the S-1 signal magnetically with opposite phase. The output signal of S-1 will be compensated by the transferred signal, and will be zero, which is supposed to be the re-recording dip. The contact printing model is confirmed by experiments.     

Extractability of metals in municipal solid wastes fly ash using supercritical CO(2) containing Cyanex 302.

The extraction of lead from fly ash produced during the thermal treatment of municipal solid wastes was studied using supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO(2)) and Cyanex 302 (bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl)monophosphinic acid). The extraction of lead from the fly ash was carried out in a 5 cm(3) internal volume reaction vessel under static extraction conditions at 323 K, and 24 MPa for 1 h. The extraction efficiencies of lead ranged from 4% to the total extraction under the conditions of 0.05 g fly ash with 2 cm(3) Cyanex 302. There was a linear relationship between the extraction efficiencies of lead using the SC-CO(2) + Cyanex 302 and using a water-based method described by JLT13.     

Synthetic studies on oligomycins. Enantiospecific synthesis of the oligomycin B spiroketal portion and establishment of the absolute stereochemistry of oligomycin B

The enantiospecific synthesis of the oligomycin B degradation product 2, corresponding to the C19–C34 spiroketal portion, has been achieved by sequential coupling of the C19–C21, C22–C27, and C28–C34 subunits, establishing the absolute stereochemistry of oligomycin B.     

SOLVENT EFFECTS ON TRIPLET-STATE BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL a AS DETECTED BY TRANSIENT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL a IN THE LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX OF Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26

The frequency of BChl that was bound to the light-harvesting complex (LHC) of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26 was found to be 1598 cm^-1, a result which suggests that a pair of BChl molecules form a dimer in the LHC in the T₁ state.     

Four-line method for correction of inter-element effects on excitation and ionization processes in atomic emission spectrometry in plasmas

A four-line method is described for correction of inter-element effects caused by variations of excitation temperatures and the degree of ionization in a plasma. Four lines with different upper-level energies in the atomic-ionic system are compared. The total number of atoms and ions is used as the response instead of the spectral intensity. Plasma torch symmetry is one of the most important factors for successful corrections. The correction method is demonstrated for the determination of manganese in a capacitively coupled plasma torch, where strontium interferes strongly.