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Figure 3 Set-up for the dual array probe characterization a/ for angle beam measurements b/ for focused beam characterization...

Unac, R. O., Bustos, V., Wilson, J. et al. (2006) Molecular beam measurements and Monte Carlo simulations of the kinetics of N20 decomposition on Rh(l 11) single-crystal surfaces , J. Chem. Phys., 125, 074705-1. 

Figure 8.16 shows the principal components of a coefficient of friction tester. Polymer samples in the form of thick sheets or molded plaques are attached to the base and a sled with standard dimensions, weight, and surface properties is drawn over the surface. The load beam measures the force required to initiate movement and sustain motion at a given rate of crosshead travel. Thin films can be taped to the sled and drawn across a contact surface that has known properties. 

Merged-beam measurements 23-26 have consistently shown that the measured recombination cross section depends on conditions in the ion source. The authors have ascribed the effect to differing vibrational distributions. In one of the later measurements,16 the Hj vibrational state was inferred from the threshold energy for electron-ion dissociative excitation,... 

Smearing. Because scattering is emanating from every point of the irradiated volume, the recorded scattering pattern is smeared by the shape of the effective cross-section of the primary beam measured in the detector plane. In terms of mathematics this smearing is accomplished by convolution (Eq. (2.17)) with the primary beam profile. 

Now, we are not particular experts in X-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopy (nor mass spectroscopy, for that matter), but our understanding of those technologies is that they are used mainly in emission mode. Even when the exciting source is a continuum source, such as is found when an X-ray tube is used to produce the exciting X-rays for an X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) measurement, the measurement itself consists of counting the X-rays emitted from the sample after the sample absorbs an X-ray from the source. These measurements are themselves the equivalent of single-beam measurements and will thus also be Poisson-distributed in accordance with the basic physics of the phenomenon. 

Allnatt). Polarizabilities, Atomic, Beam Measurements of (Bederson 11 1... 

The dose uniformity across the width of the beam, measured by placing the film chips at about 1 in. (25 mm) intervals or using a long strip of film across the entire width of the beam. 

Beam Measurements of Atomic Polarizabilities (Bederson Robinson) 10 1... 

Even in a molecule the size of benzene the resolution achieved in this way is sufficient to investigate the dynamic behavior of individual rotational states. For this it is necessary to eliminate the Doppler broadening of the rovibronic transitions. Two methods have been applied (i) the elimination of Doppler broadening in a Doppler-free two-photon-transition and (ii) the reduction of Doppler broadening in a molecular beam. Measurements of the dynamic behavior have been performed in the frequency [3] and time domain [4]. We will briefly summarize the results from high-resolution measurements and discuss the conclusions on the intramolecular decay mechanism. Then it will be discussed how the intramolecular dynamics is influenced by the attachment of an Ar or Kr atom to the benzene molecule, leading to a weakly bound van der Waals complex. 

When heat is produced in the sample after the photolytic flash, the refractive index of the liquid changes and the probe beam is deflected. The intensity of this probe beam measured by a photomultiplier tube placed behind the pinhole decreases as the temperature of the irradiated volume increases (then its density and its refractive index decrease). The total optical signal change is a measurement of all the heat produced in the sample, i.e. the sum of non-radiative transitions, chemical reactions and solvation energies. Luminescence does not contribute to this signal (nor does scattered light) and for this reason thermal lensing can be used to determine luminescence quantum yields. 

Fig. 2.4 Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED). (a) Apparatus, showing how electrons reflected from a surface are detected by a fluorescent screen, (b) LEED pattern obtained from the surface of a tungsten oxide crystal. The bright spots show reflected electron beams. Measurement of their angles and Intensities gives information about the positions of atoms on the surface.

Multi-port valves belong to the key components in screening. Most equipment for analysis exists only in single-channel versions. Exceptions are, for example, radiation beam measurements of Atkins and Senkan [114] and tools for parallel analysis at Symyx. As long as equipment for parallel analysis does not exist for every type of desired measurement, multi-port valves will always be an essential part of every screening device. 

In spectrophotometric analyzers, interference filters are selected for desired wavelengths, as determined from the spectral relationship curves. Photodetectors are least sensitive in the blue end of the spectrum. This can be dealt with by using prefilters or narrow spectral ranges, which are calibrated for more sensitivity. Improvements in spectrophotometers include a flashed xenon light source with dual-beam measurement. Dual-beam machines measure the spectrum of both the light source and the reflected light for each measurement. 

Fig. 16.1. Experimental setup. The focal spot X-ray image is also shown as an inset, as well as the well-collimated fast electron beams measured to have energies greater than 250 keV arising from ultrashort laser interactions with the plasma at...

To eliminate the residual first order Doppler shift due to the failure of the direction of propagation of the rf field to be precisely perpendicular to the fast beam, measurements were taken with the rf drive on both the right and left sides of the beam. To eliminate the frequency shift due to phase errors in the rf drive system, measurements were made with the entire rf system, including the spectroscopy region, rotated 180° about an axis passing through the midpoint between the two... 

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