Stoichiometric ratio and doping effects on the thermal properties of sodium potassium sulphate crystals

The influence of stoichiometric ratio on the phase transition of sodium potassium sulphate (Na_xK_1–x)₂SO₄ crystals is investigated in the temperature range 300–500 K. The stoichiometric ratiox is chosen to bex=0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.8 and 0.9. The study has been carried out by using differential scanning calorimetry, DSC technique. The value of the specific heat,C _p, at the transition temperature,T _c , increases asx is increased up tox=0.4 and then decreases for higher values ofx. The change in the specific heat, C _p, is following a relation of the form C _p C _p (T–T _c /T _c )^– with = 0.12 which is in a fair agreement with the 3d Ising model. Insertion of Cu²⁺ ions into the lattice of (Na_xK_1–x)₂SO₄ crystals leads to a multiple peak in the temperature dependence ofC _p. The results are discussed from thermodynamical point of view.We would like to thank Prof. E. F. El-Wahidy, Prof. of Solid State Physics and Head of Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, for his interest and support of this work.     

On the Landau-Teller approximation for energy exchanges with fast degrees of freedom

We revisit the Landau-Teller heuristic approach to adiabatic invariants and, following Rapp, use it to investigate the energy exchanges between the different degrees of freedom, in simple Hamiltonian systems describing the collision of fast rotating or vibrating molecules with a fixed wall. We critically compare the theoretical results with particularly accurate numerical computations (quite small energy exchanges, namely of one part over 10³⁰, are measured).     

Reactivity and characterisation of various rank turkish bituminous coal chars

A set of seven bituminous coal chars has been characterised by IR spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetry (TG) and elemental analysis. FTIR study provided suitable information to establish differences between coal samples according to their chemical compositions. The reactivity of these samples was also studied and correlated with the coal parameters of mean vitrinite reflectance, fuel ratio and H/C ratio. The data suggest that reactivity as determined can be correlated with the mean vitrinite reflectance, fuel ratio and H/C ratio (0.90). The order of reactivity of samples were; Amasra (S1) (R _m= 0.65)>Azdavay (S4) (R _m=0.99)»Armutcuk (S2) (R _m=0.81)»Acenta (S3) (R _m=0.92)>Ac2l2k (S6) (R _m=1.11) Cay (S5) (R _m=1.03)>Sogutozu (S7) (R _m=2.14).     

Asymptotic expansions of the distributions of some test statistics

Summary A modified Wald statistic for testing simple hypothesis against fixed as well as local alternatives is proposed. The asymptotic expansions of the distributions of the proposed statistic as well as the Wald and Rao statistics under both the null and alternative hypotheses are obtained. The powers of these statistics are compared and its is shown that for special structures of parameters some statistics have same power in the sence of order . The results obtained are applied for testing the hypothesis about the covariance matrix of the multivariate normal distribution and it is shown that none of the tests based on the above statistics is uniformly superior. Research supported by the National Science Foundation Grant MCS 830149.     

乙烯基聚硅氧烷共聚反应竞聚率的测定及其对复合粒子形态的影响

用Ｆｉｍｅｍａｎ－Ｒｏｓｓ法处理数据，测定了乙烯基聚硅氧烷（ＳＶ）与苯乙烯（ＳＴ）、甲基丙烯酸甲酯（ＭＭＡ）和甲基丙烯酸正丁酯（ｎ－ＢＭＡ）的共聚反应的竞聚率，结果为ｒＳＴ＝１．４５和ｒＳＶ＝１．０８，ｒＭＭＡ＝０．７８和ｒＳＶ＝２．０１，ｒｎ－ＢＭＡ＝０．４６和ｒＳＶ＝３．４９．以含ＳＶ的乳液作为种子进行烯类单体的乳液聚合，单体和ＳＶ共聚反应对复合粒子的形态有很大影响。     

Implementation and efficiency of an automatic peak-purity-control procedure in HPLC-UV-VIS-coupling based on principal component analysis

Summary Based on a thorough knowledge of the actual system precision significance testing of the primary eigen values, resulting from principal component analysis of the two-dimensional data array of HPLC with photodiode-array detection, is a powerful means to uncover unresolved chromatographic peaks. The implementation of this chemometric technique for assuring peak homogeneity and results showing the efficiency for two-component peaks in regard to spectral characteristics, chromatographic resolution and absorbance ratio of the investigated compounds are presented.     

Optimization of inoculum to substrate ratio for enhanced methane yield from leather fleshings in a batch study

One of the most significant issues of the last few decades has been tracing for renewable energy sources. Animal fleshing (ANFL) is the most common proteinaceous solid waste accured during the production of leather and it must be disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner. This paper is attempts to assess the biogas production from solid waste originating from the chrome based tannery. Anaerobic digestion of these wastes will be a viable option for waste stabilization and energy production in the form of biogas to be utilized in the industry. The bio-methane potential of the wastes were examined by mixing these wastes with various sources of inoculum and different inoculum to substrate (I/S) ratio considered. The batch experiments were carried out in 2.5 l glass reactors with a various source of inoculumviz., Cow Dung (CD), Elephant Dung (ED) and Bio-Digested Slurry (BDS) with varied inoculum to substrate (LFs) ratios for a retention time of 50 days with replications. The results obtained from the experiments showed that BDS:LF (25:75) had the highest gas production of 14505 ml (651.85 ml CH₄g^?1 VS) followed by CD:LF (50:50) produced 12072.5 ml (789.36 ml CH₄g^?1 VS) and ED:LF (75:25) produced 11252.5 ml (1492.08 ml CH₄g^?1 VS)with a methane content of 63.77, 61.92 and 62.72%, respectively.     

从核磁共振氢谱推导的重质油氢碳原子摩尔比计算式

通过对炼油厂的催化油浆、重催油浆和催化重焦蜡油核磁共振氢谱中质子归属和重质油结构的假设，推导出计算这3种重质油的氢碳原子摩尔比计算式；结果表明，氢碳原子摩尔比的计算值与实测值非常接近，平均误差仅为3．1％。     

内噪声作用下的随机共振算法对弱信号的检测

基于随机共振理论提出了一种简便、有效地检测弱信号的方法。在内噪声协同作用下，通过调节输入噪声信号的大小能较好地提高系统输出信号的信噪比，从而实现检测背景噪声很强的弱信号的目的。应用于模拟信号和实验信号的结果证明了方法是可行的。