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Consider the sequence of simple columns shown in Fig. 5.12. In the direct sequence shown in Fig. 5.12, the composition of component B in the first column increases below the feed as the more volatile component A decreases. However, moving further down the column, the composition of component B decreases again as the composition of the less volatile component C increases. Thus the composition of component B reaches a peak only to be remixed. ... 

Both the side-rectifier and side-stripper arrangements have been shown to reduce the energy consumption compared with simple two-column arrangements. This results from reduced mixing losses in the first (main) column. As with the first column of the simple sequence, a peak in composition occurs with the middle product. Now, however, advantage of the peak is taken by transferring material to the side-rectifier or side-stripper. 

The time-dependent structure factor S k,t), which is proportional to the intensity I k,t) measured in an elastic scattering experiment, is a measure of the strength of the spatial correlations in the ordering system with wavenumber k at time t. It exliibits a peak whose position is inversely proportional to the average domain size. As the system phase separates (orders) the peak moves towards increasingly smaller wavenumbers (see figure A3.3.3. 

An interesting phenomenon called the noncoincidence effect appears in the Raman spectroscopies. This is seen when a given Raman band shows a peak position and a bandwidth that differs (slightly) with the... 

The integrand in this expression will have a large value at a point r if p(r) and p(r+s) are both large, and P s) will be large if this condition is satisfied systematically over all space. It is therefore a self- or autocorrelation fiinction of p(r). If p(r) is periodic, as m a crystal, F(s) will also be periodic, with a large peak when s is a vector of the lattice and also will have a peak when s is a vector between any two atomic positions. The fiinction F(s) is known as the Patterson function, after A L Patterson [14], who introduced its application to the problem of crystal structure detemiination. 

Referring to figure BLIP. 7 consider electrons from the event under study as well as from other events all arriving at the two detectors. The electrons from the event under study are correlated in time and result in a peak in the time spectrum centred approximately at the delay time. There is also a background level due to events that bear no fixed time relation to each other. If the average rate of tlie background events in each detector is R and i 2> then the rate that two such events will be recorded within time Ax is given by i g, where... 

The simplest use of an NMR spectnim, as with many other branches of spectroscopy, is for quantitative analysis. Furthennore, in NMR all nuclei of a given type have the same transition probability, so that their resonances may be readily compared. The area underneath each isolated peak in an NMR spectnim is proportional to the number of nuclei giving rise to that peak alone. It may be measured to 1% accuracy by digital integration of the NMR spectnim, followed by comparison with the area of a peak from an added standard. 

The remarkable stability and eontrollability of NMR speetrometers penults not only the preeise aeeiimulation of FIDs over several hours, but also the aequisition of long series of speetra differing only in some stepped variable sueh as an interpulse delay. A peak at any one ehemieal shift will typieally vary in intensity as this series is traversed. All the sinusoidal eomponents of this variation with time ean then be extraeted, by Fourier transfomiation of the variations. For example, suppose that the nomial ID NMR aequisition sequenee (relaxation delay, 90° pulse, eolleet FID) is replaeed by the 2D sequenee (relaxation delay, 90° pulse, delay i -90° pulse, eolleet FID) and that x is inereased linearly from a low value to ereate the seeond dimension. The polarization transfer proeess outlined in die previous seetion will then eause the peaks of one multiplet to be modulated in intensity, at the frequeneies of any other multiplet with whieh it shares a eoupling. 

Figure Bl.24.10. Random and aligned (chaimelled) backscattering spectrum from a single crystal sample of silicon. The aligned spectrum has a peak at the high energy end of the Si signal. This peak represents helium...

An example of the oxygen resonanee eross seetion is shown in figure Bl.24.12 whieh displays the eross seetion versus energy [19]. The resonanee that oeeiirs at 3.04 MeV shows a strong peak. This results in a peak... 

Figure C2.10.3. Ex situ investigation of the electrochemical double layer on Ag after hydrophobic emersion from 1 M NaClO + 0.1 M NaOH. (a) Peak deconvolution of the XPS 01s signals after emersion at +0.2 V A surface...

Figure 6. Two-dimensional (top) and 3D (bottom) representations of a peaked (a) and sloped (b) conical intersection topology. There are two directions that lift the degeneracy the GD and the DC. The top figures have energy plotted against the DC while the bottom figures represent the energy plotted in the space of hoth the GD and DC vectors. At a peaked intersection, as shown at the bottom of (a), the probability of recrossing the conical intersection should be small whereas in the case of a sloped intersection [bottom of ( )l, this possibility should be high. [Reproduced from [84] courtesy of Elsevier Publishers.]...

The appearance of a peak between those for neodymium (60) and samarium (62) was then strong evidence for the existence of promethium (61). 

In the plot gii(rj against r. each 3D distance contributes to a peak, and the contribution is proportional to q-.. Values ofg (r) at fixed points arc used as descriptors of the proton. 

Likewise, a basis set can be improved by uncontracting some of the outer basis function primitives (individual GTO orbitals). This will always lower the total energy slightly. It will improve the accuracy of chemical predictions if the primitives being uncontracted are those describing the wave function in the middle of a chemical bond. The distance from the nucleus at which a basis function has the most significant effect on the wave function is the distance at which there is a peak in the radial distribution function for that GTO primitive. The formula for a normalized radial GTO primitive in atomic units is... 

A second 2D NMR method called HETCOR (heteronuclear chemical shift correlation) is a type of COSY in which the two frequency axes are the chemical shifts for different nuclei usually H and With HETCOR it is possible to relate a peak m a C spectrum to the H signal of the protons attached to that carbon As we did with COSY we 11 use 2 hexanone to illustrate the technique... 

A typical IR spectrum such as that of hexane m Eigure 13 31 appears as a series of absorption peaks of varying shape and intensity Almost all organic compounds exhibit a peak or group of peaks near 3000 cm due to carbon-hydrogen stretching The peaks at 1460 1380 and 725 cm are due to various bending vibrations... 

Section 13 20 IR spectroscopy probes molecular structure by examining transitions between vibrational energy levels using electromagnetic radiation m the 625-4000 cm range The presence or absence of a peak at a charac tenstic frequency tells us whether a certain functional group is present Table 13 4 lists IR absorption frequencies for common structural units... 

Mass Spectrometry The molecular ion peak is usually quite small m the mass spec trum of an alcohol A peak corresponding to loss of water is often evident Alcohols also fragment readily by a pathway m which the molecular ion loses an alkyl group from the... 

An analogous fragmentation process occurs m the mass spectra of sulfides As with other sulfur containing compounds the presence of sulfur can be inferred by a peak at m/z of M-l-2... 

Mass Spectrometry Aside from a peak for the molecular ion which is normally easy to pick out aliphatic carboxylic acids undergo a variety of fragmentation processes The dominant fragmentation m aromatic acids corresponds to loss of OH then loss of CO... 

Section 20 21 Acyl chlorides anhydrides esters and amides all show a strong band for C=0 stretching m the infrared The range extends from about 1820 cm (acyl chlorides) to 1690 cm (amides) Their NMR spectra are characterized by a peak near 8 180 for the carbonyl carbon H NMR spectroscopy is useful for distinguishing between the groups R and R m esters (RCO2R ) The protons on the carbon bonded to O m R appear at lower field (less shielded) than those on the carbon bonded to C=0... 

Mass Spectrometry A peak for the molecular ion is usually quite prominent m the mass spectra of phenols It is for example the most intense peak m phenol... 

Automated ammo acid analysis of peptides containing asparagine (Asn) and glutamine (Gin) residues gives a peak corresponding to ammonia Why" ... 

Molar absorptivity (Section 13 21) Ameasure of the intensity of a peak usually in UV VIS spectroscopy Molecular dipole moment (Section 1 11) The overall mea sured dipole moment of a molecule It can be calculated as the resultant (or vector sum) of all the individual bond di pole moments... 

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