Study of the peak effect phenomenon in single crystals of 2H-NbSe2

The weakly pinned single crystals of the hexagonal 2H-NbSe₂ compound have emerged as prototypes for determining and characterizing the phase boundaries of the possible order-disorder transformations in the vortex matter. We present here a status report based on the ac and dc magnetization measurements of the peak effect phenomenon in three crystals of 2H-NbSe₂, in which the critical current densities vary over two orders of magnitude. We sketch the generic vortex phase diagram of a weakly pinned superconductor, which also utilizes theoretical proposals. We also establish the connection between the metastability effects and pinning.     

Untersuchungen über die Verwendung von125J-markiertem Testosteron bei Proteinbindungsmethoden

The newly synthesized¹²⁵I-testosterone-3-carboxy-methyloxime-tyramide was tested for its applicability in protein binding methods. The binding of the radioactive steroid derivative to sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), albumins and testosterone antibodies was examined. Furthermore the adsorption to florisil, charcoal and amberlite was studied. The results show:

1. ¹²⁵I-testosterone is bound to antibodies obtained by immunization with testosterone-3-oxime-albumin conjugate similarly to³H-testosterone and unlabelled steroid.
2. ¹²⁵I-testosterone and³H-testosterone show identical binding to florisil, charcoal and amberlite.

Therefore the¹²⁵I-labelled hormone is suitable in competitive protein binding methods using testosterone antibodies and it can displace the tritium labelled hormone. Since¹²⁵I-steroids have higher specific activities the sensitivity of the method is increased. Furthermore the practicability is enhanced. Special problems arise through the relatively short half-life of the isotope and the changing specific activity. Another difficulty is its decreased chemical stability when compared with the tritiated steroid.     

Formation of benzynes from 2,6-dihaloaryllithiums: mechanistic basis of the regioselectivity

The key elimination step for the formation of 3-chloro- and 3-fluorobenzyne from 2-chloro-6-fluorophenyllithium displays a pronounced solvent-dependent regioselectivity. 6Li and 13C NMR spectroscopic studies on 2-chloro-6-fluorophenyllithium reveal a single monomeric aryllithium, suggested by DFT computational studies to be a trisolvate. Rate studies indicate that the elimination of LiCl and LiF proceeds via trisolvated and disolvated monomers, respectively.     

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The influence of a transverse magnetic field on a subnormal glow discharge in air

In subnormal glow discharge under d.c. excitation at different pressure in a varying transverse magnetic field (0 to 30 G) some measurements have been carried out for various initial average tube currents. The voltage across the discharge increases and average tube current and residual current decreases in the magnetic field. With the help of Beckman’s expression [4] for the axial field and the electron density distribution in a transverse magnetic field the observed variation of current and voltage can be satisfactorily explained. The variation of axial electric field with transverse magnetic field can be represented to a fair degree of accuracy by the derived equation. The behaviour of residual current with magnetic field has been observed in these oscillations.     

Integral equation formulation for buoyancy-driven convection problems

An integral equation formulation for buoyancy-driven convection problems is developed and illustrated. Buoyancy-driven convection in a bounded cylindrical geometry with a free surface is studied for a range of aspect ratios and Nusselt numbers. The critical Rayleigh number, the nature of the cellular motion, and the heat transfer enhancement are computed using linear theory. Green's functions are used to convert the linear problem into linear Fredholm integral equations. Theorems are proved which establish the properties of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the linear integral operator which appears in these equations.