Initiating a crystallographic study of UDP-galactopyranose mutase from escherichia coli. erratum

In the paper by McMahon, Leonard, Buchanan, Giraud & Naismith [Acta Cryst. (1999). D55, 399-402] an author's error has resulted in the fifth sentence of the Abstract being incorrect. The sentence should read 'They are monoclinic, space group P21, with unit-cell dimensions a = 71.12, b = 58.42, c = 96.38 A, beta = 96.38 degrees. 92% (native) and 94% (selenomethionine) complete data sets have been recorded to 2.9 A (Rmerge = 5.0%) and 3.0 A (Rmerge = 6.9%), respectively.'     

A solution to the equations of shell theory

In this paper the Vekua-Dikmen formulation of the equations of shell theory as a heirarchy are presented as a hypercomplex system. Using the function theory associated with this algebra the torsion problem is solved as an integral representation.     

Search for memory effects in methane hydrate: structure of water before hydrate formation and after hydrate decomposition

Neutron diffraction with HD isotope substitution has been used to study the formation and decomposition of the methane clathrate hydrate. Using this atomistic technique coupled with simultaneous gas consumption measurements, we have successfully tracked the formation of the sI methane hydrate from a water/gas mixture and then the subsequent decomposition of the hydrate from initiation to completion. These studies demonstrate that the application of neutron diffraction with simultaneous gas consumption measurements provides a powerful method for studying the clathrate hydrate crystal growth and decomposition. We have also used neutron diffraction to examine the water structure before the hydrate growth and after the hydrate decomposition. From the neutron-scattering curves and the empirical potential structure refinement analysis of the data, we find that there is no significant difference between the structure of water before the hydrate formation and the structure of water after the hydrate decomposition. Nor is there any significant change to the methane hydration shell. These results are discussed in the context of widely held views on the existence of memory effects after the hydrate decomposition.     

Pore size effects in the pyrolysis of 1,3-diphenylpropane confined in mesoporous silicas

A new method for derivatizing mesoporous silicas, SBA-15 and MCM-41, with a substituted phenol is described, and pore confinement and surface curvature are shown to impact the reaction rate and product selectivity for the pyrolysis of surface-immobilized 1,3-diphenylpropane.     

Square-wave polarographic determination of traces of copper in water

Summary A square-wave polarograph [3] has been used to determine trace amounts of copper in potable water and in Iowa River water. By using a combination of sodium chloride (1.0 M) and perchloric acid (0.07 M) as a supporting electrolyte under acidic conditions (pH<1), 2 ppb copper could be determined in the samples without and with preconcentration. Copper in the samples was determined with reproducibility of ± 0.13 ppb and so this technique is more reliable than a more used determination of complex salts by atomic absorptionspectrophotometry.

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Bestimmung von Spuren Kupfer in Wasser durch Square-Wave-Polarographie

Zusammenfassung Ein früher [3] beschriebener Square-Wave-Polarograph wurde zur Spurenbestimmung von Kupfer in Trink- und Flußwasser (Iowa River) benutzt. Der verwendete Grundelektrolyt war 1,0 M an NaCl und 0,07 M an HClO₄ (pH<1). Noch 2 ppb Cu konnten mit und ohne Vorkonzentrierung bestimmt werden. Die Reproduzierbarkeit war ± 0,13 ppb. Das Verfahren ist zuverlässiger als die Bestimmung über Komplexsalze durch Atomabsorptionsspektrophotometrie.

One of the authors wishes to thank Prof. Dr. F. Duke for the acception at the University of Iowa and Prof. Dr. B. Teak for the discussion.