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Figure 6.75 Types of RP/IEX bimodal mixed-mode columns classified by the arrangement of functional groups.

Table 1 lists the most important databases including information on chemical safety. The Contents column classifies the main contents of the database GEN = general information on chemical safety, NUM = numerical data for safety characteristics (for example flash points, explosion limits), TOX = toxicological data, CLA = classifications for transportation, handling and storage. If the term is shown in brackets, for example (NUM), the database has its main focus on a different topic, but data according to the term in brackets may be found there also. 

The following two-column classified advertisement was published in a business magazine sponsored by the city Chamber of Commerce ... 

A classification by chemical type is given ia Table 1. It does not attempt to be either rigorous or complete. Clearly, some materials could appear ia more than one of these classifications, eg, polyethylene waxes [9002-88 ] can be classified ia both synthetic waxes and polyolefins, and fiuorosihcones ia sihcones and fiuoropolymers. The broad classes of release materials available are given ia the chemical class column, the principal types ia the chemical subdivision column, and one or two important selections ia the specific examples column. Many commercial products are difficult to place ia any classification scheme. Some are of proprietary composition and many are mixtures. For example, metallic soaps are often used ia combination with hydrocarbon waxes to produce finely dispersed suspensions. Many products also contain formulating aids such as solvents, emulsifiers, and biocides. 

The yield is the sum of column 5 multipfled by (1 — a). Thus, if the operating apparent bypass of the classifier is 0.3, then the yield is 24.65% or 0.2465. The coarse mass values can be calculated by subtracting the fine mass values multipfled by (1 — a) from the feed interval values. The coarse interval values are then calculated by dividing the coarse mass values by the sum of the coarse mass values. 

Since the t distribution relies on the sample standard deviation. s, the resultant distribution will differ according to the sample size n. To designate this difference, the respec tive distributions are classified according to what are called the degrees of freedom and abbreviated as df. In simple problems, the df are just the sample size minus I. In more complicated applications the df can be different. In general, degrees of freedom are the number of quantities minus the number of constraints. For example, four numbers in a square which must have row and column sums equal to zero have only one df, i.e., four numbers minus three constraints (the fourth constraint is redundant). 

Plate Typ es Plate columns utihzed for hquid-gas contacting may be classified according to mode of flow in their internal contacting devices ... 

D-O SiphonSizerThe D-O SiphonSizer (Fig, 19-25) is a high-efficienev hvdraiilic classifier developed originally for the washing and sizing of phosphate rock. In ore-dressing work it is normally a two-prodiict unit but bv use of an upper column sealed at the top and... 

Of the three categories, the packed column is by far the most commonly used for the absorption of gaseous pollutants. Miscellaneous gas-absorption equipment could include acid gas scrubbers that are commonly classified as either wet or diy. In wet scrubber systems, the absorption tower uses a hme-based sorbent liquor that reacts with the acid gases to form a wet/solid by-product. Diy scrubbers can be grouped into three catagories (1) spray diyers (2) circulating spray diyers and (3) dry injection. Each of these systems yields a diy product that can be captured with a fabric filter baghouse downstream and... 

The term porosity refers to the fraction of the medium that contains the voids. When a fluid is passed over the medium, the fraction of the medium (i.e., the pores) that contributes to the flow is referred to as the effective porosity of the media. In a general sense, porous media are classified as either unconsolidated and consolidated and/or as ordered and random. Examples of unconsolidated media are sand, glass beads, catalyst pellets, column packing materials, soil, gravel and packing such as charcoal. 

As a result of continuous technical improvements, new versions of Shodex columns with higher performance are being offered. Some of the conventional Shodex columns are now classified as old versions as seen in Table 6.16 on page 217. 

Column chromatography is the most generally used method, and the use of several different solvents, or graded-concentration mixed solvents affords a considerable selectivity in many cases. The difficulty always remains, however, that an unidentified and unexpected species may accompany one of the carriers and give false results. This can be particularly misleading in cases where the various eluted fractions are not specifically identified, but are classified only by the polarity of the solvent. 

Laboratory reactors for studying gas-liquid processes can be classified as (1) reactors for which the hydrodynamics is well known or can easily be determined, i.e. reactors for which the interfacial area, a, and mass-transfer coefficients, ki and kc, are known (e.g. the laminar jet reactor, wetted wall-column, and rotating drum, see Fig. 5.4-21), and (2) those with a well-defined interfacial area and ill-determined hydrodynamics (e.g. the stirred-cell reactor, see Fig. 5.4-22). Reactors of these two types can be successfully used for studying intrinsic kinetics of gas-liquid processes. They can also be used for studying liquid-liquid and liquid-solid processes. 

In the literature we encounter three common transformations of the contingency table. These can be classified according to the type of closure that is involved. By closure we mean the operation of dividing each element in a row or column of a table by its corresponding marginal sum. We reserve the word closure for the specific operation where the elements in a row or column of the table are reduced to unit sum. This way, we distinguish between closure and normalization, as the latter implies an operation which reduces the elements of a table to unit sums of squares. In a strict sense, closure applies only to tables with non-negative elements. 

Classifying Complete the last column of Data Table 1. 

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