Argon applications

Nishikawa M. (1985) Electron mobility in fluid argon Application of a deformation potential theory. Chem Phys Lett 114 271-273. 

Our histological studies (light microscopy) of the anterior chamber angle of the eye which we made on rabbits before and after argon application revealed some common types of inflammation around the laser application focus. The burn surface was then covered with fibrin and fibroblasts started to migrate there to form a fibrous structure, i.e. a fibrous scar developed. 

As explained in Section 2.13, the use of iz,-plots makes it possible to avoid the involvement of either n or when an alternative adsorptive is being used for evaluating the surface areas of a set of related solids. It is then no longer necessary to exclude the use of isotherms having a low value of c, consequently the method is applicable even if the isotherm of the alternative adsorptive is of Type III (cf. Chapter 5). Calibration of one sample by nitrogen or argon adsorption is still required. 

It would clearly be of interest to discover how far the nonane method can be used with adsorbates other than nitrogen. A study along these lines has been carried out by Tayyab, but a discussion of his rather unexpected results is best deferred until the role of fine constrictions has been considered (p. 228). Meanwhile it may be noted that the applicability of the technique seems to be limited to adsorptives such as nitrogen or argon which have negligible solubility in solid or supercooled liquid n-nonane. 

If a gas such as argon is held in a glass envelope that has two electrodes set into it (Figure 6.4), application of an electric potential across the electrodes leads to changes in the gas as the electrons flow from the cathode (negative electrode) to the anode (positive electrode). This passage of electrons... 

Gas plasma treatment operates at low pressure and relatively low temperature. While the corona treatment is applicable to substrates in sheet or film form, the gas plasma process can treat objects of virtually any shape. The gases most widely used to generate plasma by free-radical reactions include air, argon, helium, nitrogen, and oxygen. All these, with the exception of oxygen. 

Excimer lasers use gases, but because of their special properties are usually considered as a class of their own. Excimer is short for excited dimer, which consists of two elements, such as argon and fluorine, that can be chemically combined in an excited state only. These lasers typically emit radiation with veiy small wavelengths, in the ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum. This shorter wavelength is an enormous advantage for many applications. 

As indicated in Fig. 21.3, for both atomic absorption spectroscopy and atomic fluorescence spectroscopy a resonance line source is required, and the most important of these is the hollow cathode lamp which is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 21.8. For any given determination the hollow cathode lamp used has an emitting cathode of the same element as that being studied in the flame. The cathode is in the form of a cylinder, and the electrodes are enclosed in a borosilicate or quartz envelope which contains an inert gas (neon or argon) at a pressure of approximately 5 torr. The application of a high potential across the electrodes causes a discharge which creates ions of the noble gas. These ions are accelerated to the cathode and, on collision, excite the cathode element to emission. Multi-element lamps are available in which the cathodes are made from alloys, but in these lamps the resonance line intensities of individual elements are somewhat reduced. 

The poor solubility of coelenterazine in neutral aqueous buffer solutions often hampers the use of this compound in biological applications. The simplest way to make an aqueous solution is the dilution of a methanolic 3 mM coelenterazine with a large volume of a desired aqueous buffer solution. If the use of alcoholic solvents is not permitted, dissolve coelenterazine in a small amount of water with the help of a trace amount of 1 M NaOH or NH4OH, and then immediately dilute this solution with a desired aqueous buffer solution. However, because of the rapid oxidation of coelenterazine in alkaline solutions, it is recommended that the procedure be carried out under argon gas and as quickly as possible. 

In gas separation with membranes, a gas mixture at an elevated pressure is passed across the surface of a membrane that is selectively permeable to one component of the mixture. The basic process is illustrated in Figure 16.4. Major current applications of gas separation membranes include the separation of hydrogen from nitrogen, argon and methane in ammonia plants the production of nitrogen from ah and the separation of carbon dioxide from methane in natural gas operations. Membrane gas separation is an area of considerable research interest and the number of applications is expanding rapidly. 

No extensive comparison with experiment to test the values in Table IV will be made. The close agreement between the purely theoretical and the experimental results in the case of helium and neon allows one to place confidence in the R values for ions with these structures and the same remark applies with less force in the case of the argon structure, where only a small empirical correction was introduced. It is interesting to note that the theoretical values 3-57 and 6-15 for the rubidium and the caesium ion agree very well with the experimental ones, 3-56 and 6-17 (Table III), which were not used at all in the evaluation of the empirical corrections for these structures. Finally, we may mention that our values agree in general with those of Fajans and WulfE.i obtained by them from the experimental R values for salt solutions by the application of only the simplest theoretical considerations. 

In addition to these lowtemperature thermal processes, aluminum can be deposited by the decomposition of an alkyl precursor with a UV laser, or with an argon-ion laser in applications such as patterns and... 

It is worth noting, prior to citing actual metal atom studies, the recent secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) on an argon matrix-isolated propene sample, demonstrating the applicability of SIMS analysis to the characterization of matrix-isolated species. The same group h s reported the first C NMR spectra of organic molecules trapped in an argon matrix. ... 

An interesting application of the photodynamic properties of porphyrins is their possible use in the treatment of certain types of cancer, a procedure called cancer phototherapy. Tumors often take up more porphyrins than do normal tissues. Thus, hematopor-phyrin or other related compounds are administered to a patient with an appropriate mmor. The mmor is then exposed to an argon laser, which excites the porphyrins, producing cytotoxic effects. 

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