An Alternative to Automatic Titration

Automatic titrators are designed to do exactly what a lab-technician used to do. Much more sophisticated automation of volumetry is possible. Omegaphoresis [3] in buffer-free [2] sample solutions automatically creates a stationary multiple component titration curve or zoned pattern with normalized concentrations of each separated species. An automatic measurement of each zone length yields their quantity. Simultaneous automatic detection of all the zones in a 10–20 component solution in less than 2 minutes, with a precision of ±2%, a required amount of the order of less than one nanomol and a resolution of ±pK < 0.01 replaces acid-base, complexometric, and certain types of redox-titrimetry. An option of the method allows identification of the components as well.     

Metabolism of Carotenoids in Salmonids. Part 3. Metabolites of astaxanthin and canthaxanthin in the skin of atlantic salmon (salmo salar,L.)

Diets supplemented with astaxanthin and canthaxanthin, respectively, and a control diet without carotenoid additions, were fed to 1½-year-old Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, L.) for one year. The integuments were investigated as to their quantitative and qualitative carotenoid composition. Astaxanthin and canthaxanthin deposited in the skin amounted to 20 and 14% of the total carotenoids only. Seventy % must be considered as metabolites of astaxanthin and canthaxanthin and 10% as basic xanthophylls also present in the control groups. Astaxanthin apparently underwent the following metabolic pathway: astaxanthin→idoxanthin→adonixanthin→zeaxanthin→zeaxanthin 5,6-epoxides. Reduction of the 4′-carbonyl group was stereospecific leading to the (4′R)-idoxanthin. Canthaxanthin was obviously converted to β,β-carotene via 4′-hydroxyechinenone, echinenone, and 4-hydroxy-β,β-carotene.     

Binding of the two-valence-electron metal ions Sc(+), Ti(2+), and V(3+) to the second-row hydrides BeH(2), BH(3), NH(3), OH(2), and FH: a computational study

We report results from a computational study of the binding in complexes formed from one of the transition-metal ions Sc(+), Ti(2+), or V(3+), each of which has two valence electrons outside an argon core, and one of the second-row hydrides FH, OH(2), NH(3), BH(3), or BeH(2). The complexes that involve the electron-rich ligands FH, OH(2), and NH(3) have strong ion-dipole components to their binding. There are large stabilization energies for sigma-interactions that transfer charge from occupied lone-pair natural bond orbitals on the F, O, or N atom of the (idealized) Lewis structure into empty non-Lewis orbitals on the metal ions; these interactions effectively increase electron density in the bonding region between the metal ion and liganded atom, and the metal ions in these complexes act in the capacity of Lewis acids. The complexes formed from the electron-poor hydrides BH(3) and BeH(2) consistently incorporate bridging hydrogen atoms to support binding, and there are large stabilization energies for interactions that transfer charge from the Be-H or B-H bonds into the region between the metal ion and liganded atom. The metal ions in Sc(+)-BeH(2), Ti(2+)-BeH(2), Ti(2+)-BH(3), and V(3+)-BH(3) act in the capacity of Lewis acids, whereas the scandium ion in Sc(+)-BH(3) acts as a Lewis base.     

Analyse heterogener Legierungen durch Isolierung und durch Lokalanalyse mit der Elektronenstrahl-Mikrosonde

Zusammenfassung Die beiden wichtigsten Verfahren zur quantitativen Analyse der Gefügebestandteile heterogener Legierungen sind die potentiostatische Isolierung und die Lokalanalyse mit der Elektronenstrahlmikrosonde. Manganstähle mit Carbiden definierter Zusammensetzung und Größe boten die Möglichkeit, erstmalig die quantitativen Aussagen dieser beiden Methoden miteinander zu vergleichen.Dabei erbrachte die Isolierung durch die gleichzeitige analytische Erfassung größerer Mengen der Matrix und der Carbidphasen sehr genaue Angaben ihrer durchschnittlichen Zusammensetzung. Örtliche Konzentrationsänderungen in derselben Phase werden jedoch nicht erfaßt. Dagegen zeigte sich, daß die lokale Röntgenspektralanalyse zwar vergleichbare Ergebnisse lieferte, aber auch bei Anregung mit einem feinfokussierten Elektronenstrahl (Durchmesser <1) die Genauigkeit der Werte bei Teilchengrößen <5 durch Anregung von Nachbarbereichen merkbar beeinflußt wird.Zerlegung und Phasenanalyse einerseits sowie Lokalanalyse mit der Elektronenstrahlmikrosonde anderseits haben ihren eigenständigen Anwendungsbereich. Unter Berücksichtigung der gegebenen Grenzen können sich beide Methoden zur Analyse metallischer Werkstoffe sinnvoll ergänzen.

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Summary The two most important procedures for the quantitative analysis of the structural constituents of heterogeneous alloys are the potentiostatic isolation and the local analysis by means of the electron beam microsonde. Manganese steels with carbides of definite composition and magnitude offered the possibility for securing quantitative statements for the first time with respect to the comparative merits of these two methods.The isolation gave very precise information concerning the average composition through the concurrent analytical involvement of larger amounts of the matrix and the carbide phases. However, local alterations in the concentration within the same phase were not revealed. On the other hand, it was found that though the local X-ray spectral analysis yielded comparable results, the accuracy of the values at particle sizes <5 is markedly influenced through excitation of neighboring regions when the excitation was due to a fine-focused electron beam (Ø <1).Decomposition and phase analysis on one hand and local analysis with the electron beam-microsonde on the other have their individual fields of application. If the given limitations are taken into account, both methods may contribute judiciously to the analysis of metallic industrial materials.

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Résumé L'isolement potentiostatique et l'analyse locale par la microsonde électronique représentent les deux procédés les plus importants pour l'analyse quantitative des constituants entrant dans la texture des alliages hétérogènes. Les aciers au manganèse avec carbures en composition et quantité définies offrent la possibilité, pour la première fois, de comparer entre elles les indications quantitatives de ces deux méthodes.L'isolement par détermination analytique simultanée de plus grandes quantités de matrice et de la phase carbure a rendu des données très précises de leur composition moyenne. Les modifications de concentration locale dans la même phase n'ont pourtant pas été atteintes. Par contre, il s'est avéré que l'analyse spectrale locale par rayons X conduisait à des résultats comparables, mais en excitant par un faisceau d'électrons finement focalisé (Ø<1), l'exactitude de la valeur pour les particules de dimensions inférieures à 5 se trouve influencée de façon notable par excitation des régions voisines.La séparation et l'analyse des phases d'une part, l'analyse locale par la microsonde à faisceau d'électrons d'autre part, ont leur domaine d'application propre. En tenant compte des limites données, les deux méthodes peuvent se compléter d'une manière judicieuse pour l'analyse des produits métalliques oeuvrés.

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Vortrag anläßlich des Kolloquiums für metallkundliche Analyse mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Elektronenstrahl-Mikroanalyse, Wien, 22. Oktober 1964.     

Extraction of environmental information from large aerosol data sets through combined application of cluster and factor analyses

To reveal useful environmental information which is contained in large analytical data sets, an approach, based on the successive application of hierarchical cluster analysis and factor analysis, is proposed. Estimation criteria to determine the most suitable number of clusters and/or factors, are discussed and the interpretation of the cluster and factor analyses results is performed using visual techniques. The data sets were obtained by scanning electron microscope-energy-dispersive X-ray analysis of individual North Sea aerosol particles.     

Indirect detection of magnetic resonance by heteronuclear two-dimensional spectroscopy

A new technique is proposed to indirectly record with high sensitivity the nuclear magnetic resonance of nuclei with a low gyromagnetic ratio. The method relies on a coherent transfer of transverse magnetization to nuclei of high gyromagnetic ratio.     

Viscosity of mixtures of polymers and microemulsions — the Huggins interaction coefficient

Microemulsions used in enhanced oil recovery are usually used in conjunction with a polymer solution that provides mobility control by reducing the permeability of the formation and/or increasing the viscosity of the injected fluid. Microemulsions, which are mixtures of at least four components — water, oil, surfactant and cosurfactant (and, usually, inorganic salts) are complex even in the absence of polymer and consequently, studies of their phenomenon tend to be phenomenological. An approach found to be useful to circumvent this has been to consider the microemulsion particles dispersed in their external phase to be macromolecules which retain their integrity when diluted with external phase or when mixed with polymers. Thus the dispersed phase components are treated as a pseudocomponent. If this approach is followed, many features of the phase diagram of polymer-microemulsion mixtures can be rationalized. It is therefore of some interest to determine whether a similar approach can be used to understand or predict the viscosity of mixtures in which a simple mixing rule for viscosities can be utilized to gain further insight into the polymer-microemulsion interaction.     

Synthese von 5,6-Epimino-5,6-dihydro-β-jonon

Synthesis of 5,6-Ephnino-5,6-dihydro-β-ionone In order to synthesize the title compound 5 the 2-azidoalcohols 3 and 4 were treated with various nucleophilic phosphorus compounds. It was found that the course of the reaction depends strongly upon the kind of nucleophilic phosphorus derivative used.