Absorption, determination

Zirconium is often deterniined gravimetrically. The most common procedure utilizes mandelic acid (81) which is fairly specific for zirconium plus hafnium. Other precipitants, including nine inorganic and 42 organic reagents, are Hsted in Reference 82. Volumetric procedures for zirconium, which also include hafnium as zirconium, are limited to either EDTA titrations (83) or indirect procedures (84). X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy gives quantitative results for zirconium, without including hafnium, for concentrations from 0.1 to 50% (85). Atomic absorption determines zirconium in aluminum in the presence of hafnium at concentrations of 0.1—3% (86). 

THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACTANTS NATURE AND CONCENTRATION ON THE ANALYTICAL SIGNAL IN THE ATOMIC ABSORPTION DETERMINATION OF LEAD, CADMIUM AND CHROMIUM... 

ATOMIC ABSORPTION DETERMINATION OF Cu(II), Cd(II), Zn(II), Pb(II) USING PRECONCENTRATION BY SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION ON PROPYLTHIOETHYLEAMINE MODIFIED... 

Absorption— Determine Component Absorption in fixed Tray Tower (Adapted in part from Ref. 18). 

Kremser-Brown-Sherwood Method — No Heat of Absorption, 108 Absorption — Determine Component Absorption in Fixed Tray Tower, 108 Absorption — Determine Number of Trays for Specified Product Absorption, 109 Stripping — Determine Theoretical Trays and Stripping or Gas Rate for a Component Recovery, 110 Stripping — Determine Stripping-Medium Rate for Fixed Recovery, 111 Absorption — Edmlster Method, 112 Example 8-33 Absorption of Hydrocarbons with Lean Oil, 114 Inter-cooling for Absorbers, 116 Absorption and Stripping Efficiency, 118 Example 8-34 Determine Number of Trays for Specified Product Absorption, 118 Example 8-35 Determine Component Absorption in Fixed-Tray Tower, 119 Nomenclature for Part 2, 121... 

Flameless Atomic Absorption Determination of Lead In Blood . Anal. Chem. (1973), 795-798. 

McIntyre, N. S., Cook M. G., and Boase, D. G. "Flameless Atomic Absorption Determination of Cobalt, Nickel, and Copper - A Comparison of Tantalum and Molybdenum Evaporation Surfaces". Anal. Chem. (1974), 46, 1983-1987. 

Clearance is a critical parameter because of its role in determining a drug s dose size and frequency. First-pass clearance in combination with absorption determines a compound s bioavailability. Clearance and absorption in combination with potency determine dose size. Clearance and volume of distribution determine half-life, and thus dosing frequency. 

Spencer and Sachs [29] determined particulate aluminium in seawater by atomic absorption spectrometry. The suspended matter was collected from seawater (at least 2 litres) on a 0.45 tm membrane filter, the filter was ashed, and the residue was heated to fumes with 2 ml concentrated hydrofluoric acid and one drop of concentrated sulfuric acid. This residue was dissolved in 2 ml 2 M hydrochloric acid and the solution was diluted to give an aluminium concentration in the range 5-50 pg/1. Atomic absorption determination was carried out with a nitrous oxide acetylene flame. The effects of calcium, iron, sodium, and sulfate alone and in combination on the aluminium absorption were studied. 

As cadmium is one of the most sensitive graphite furnace atomic absorption determinations, it is not surprising that this is the method of choice for the determination of cadmium in seawater. Earlier workers separated cadmium from the seawater salt matrix prior to analysis. Chelation and extraction [ 121— 128], ion exchange [113,124,125,129], and electrodeposition [130,131] have all been studied. 

Shen and Li [149] extracted rubidium (and caesium) from brine samples with 4-ferf-butyl-2-(o -methyl-benzyl) phenol prior to atomic absorption determination of the metal. 

There is a great deal of interest in the determination of lead, particularly micromethods applicable to the analysis blood lead in children. Consequently, reports continue to appear on the atomic absorption determination of lead in blood and urine. Ninety percent of blood lead is found in the erythrocytes and, therefore, whole blood is analyzed rather than serum or plasma. Berman etal. 134) have described a procedure for determining normal lead levels in which only 250 fd of blood are taken. The blood is deproteinized with 1 ml of 10 % trichloroacetic acid and then the lead is extracted with APDC into 1 ml of MIBK, at pH 3.5. 

Table 5. Atomic absorption determination of metals in other biological materials...

Schall192) recommended that the atomic absorption determination of magnesium, calcium, manganese, iron, and copper in fertilizers should be adopted as official, first action. 

Isotopic methods for estimating calcium absorption have been evaluated by several researchers (49,55-58). From the human data of Harrison et al. (55), the relationship between percent calcium absorption determined by isotope dilution (Y) and excreta counting... 

A more recent example of this technique has been the study on human absorption characteristics of fexofenadine [109], Fexofenadine has been shown to be a substrate for P-gp in the in vitro cell lines its disposition is altered in knockout mice lacking the gene for MDRla, and co-administration of P-gp inhibitors (e.g. ketoconazole and verapamil) was shown to increase the oral bioavailability of fexofenadine [110-113], Hence, it is suggested that the pharmacokinetics of fexofenadine appears to be determined by P-gp activity. In the human model, the intestinal permeability estimated on the basis of disappearance kinetics from the jejunal segment is low, and the fraction absorbed is estimated to be 2% [114], Co-administration of verapamil/ketoconazole did not affect the intestinal permeability estimates however, an increased extent of absorption (determined by de-convolution) was demonstrated. The increased absorption of fexofenadine was not directly related to inhibition of P-gp-mediated efflux at the apical membrane of intestinal cells as intestinal Peff was unchanged. Furthermore, the effect cannot be explained by inhibition of intestinal based metabolism, as fexofenadine is not metabolised to any major extent. It was suggested that this may reflect modulation of efflux transporters in hepatocyte cells, thereby reducing hepatobiliary extraction of fexofenadine. 

Fatigue resistance increases with the [PU] up to 50Z, while energy absorption determined from dynamic properties and pendulum impact tests varies directly with the [PU], The micromechanism of failure Involves the generation of discontinuous growth bands associated with shear yielding rather than crazing. 

Pharmacokinetics Large variation in absorption determined by manyfactors. Metabolized in the liver. Primarily excreted by the kidneys and small amounts in the bile. 

Transient bleaching and recovery rates of CdS excitonic absorption, determined by picosecond pump-probe spectroscopy, depended on [H20]/[A0T] ratio and micellar surface. Fluorescence spectra and lifetimes depended on [Cd2+]/[S2 ] ratios... 

It seems that overall percentage of absorption, determined by measuring plasma levels of flavonols after enzymatic hydrolysis, does not exceed 2-3% of the ingested dose. It is also likely that, as with other micronutrients, the existence of a steady-state concentration of these compounds could result in diminished absorption. Thus, it is conceivable that the major parts of these flavonoids are either degraded to phenolic acids in the large intestine or excreted in the faeces [72]. 

Viscosity and gelation Many proteins absorb water and swell, causing changes that are reflected by concurrent increases in viscosity (9). Viscosity has been reported to be influenced by solubility and swelling ( , 19). As water absorption (determined as swelling) increased, viscosity also increased (2 ). Fleming et al. (18) reported that water absorption was attributable to the protein content of the product and that viscosity increased exponentially as protein content increased, thereby suggesting a possible relationship between... 

G. Zhang, J. Jinghua, H. Dexue and P. Xiang, Atomic absorption determination of traces of cadmium in urine after electrodeposition onto a tungsten wire, Talanta, 40(3), 1993, 409-413. 

Supermolecular absorption determines significant features of the atmospheres of the planets and their large moons, such as the vertical temperature profile and the high-altitude haze distribution, and offers opportunities for the determination of abundance ratios of helium and hydrogen, ortho- and para-H2, etc. [390, 396]. In certain spectral bands the spectra may sometimes be obtained by Earth-based observations. More commonly, the spectra will be obtained in space missions, such as IRIS of Voyager I and II future missions (Infrared Space Observatory) will doubtlessly enhance the available information significantly. 

Alcorn, C. J., R. J. Simpson, D. Leahy, and T. J. Peters. 109Cli.tro studies of intestinal drug absorption. Determination of partition and distribution coef dents with brush border membrane v iottBsm. Pharmacol. 42 2259-2264. 

It is interesting to compare the results obtained for ordinary and heavy water. To interpret the difference, we show in Fig. 33 by solid curves the total absorption attained in the R-band (i.e., near the frequency 200 cm-1). Dashed curves and dots show the components of this absorption determined, respectively, by a constant (in time) and by a time-varying parts of a dipole moment. In the case of D20, the R-absorption peak vR is stipulated mainly by nonrigidity of the H-bonded molecules, while in the case of H20 both contributions (due to vibration and reorientation) are commensurable. Therefore one may ignore, in a first approximation, the vibration processes in ordinary water as far as it concerns the wideband absorption frequency dependences (actually this assumption was accepted in Section V, as well is in many other publications (VIG), [7, 12b, 33, 34]. However, in the case of D20, where the mean free-rotation-frequency is substantially less than in the case of H20, neglecting of the vibrating mechanism due to nonrigid dipoles appears to be nonproductive. 

Nicolson [139] has described a rapid thermal decomposition technique for the atomic absorption determination of mercury in soils. In this method, air is used to sweep mercury vapour from the heated (650-750 °C) sample onto gold foil. In the second stage, heating of the gold foil releases mercury vapour into a cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometer. 

The total sulfur content of the coal samples was determined by the Eschka method. The sulfate sulfur content of the test samples was determined by extraction of a one-gram sample with dilute hydrochloric acid followed by turbidimetric determination of sulfate (24). The pyritic sulfur content was determined by extraction of the weighed coal samples with 2N nitric acid followed by titrimetric or atomic absorption determination of iron in the extract. (25). 

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