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Composed of vs comprised , 7, 9 Compound predicates, 60 Compound subjects, 49—51 Compound units of measure, 163, 168t Compound words definition, 78 hyphenation, 78—79 in titles and headings, 89 See also Phrasal verbs, Unit modifiers Comprised vs composed of , 7, 9 Computer addresses... 

Melvin Mooney devised an instrument to measure the stiffness of uncured compounds, also known as the compound s viscosity. The unit of measurement is expressed in Mooney units. Figure 28.1 shows an instrument set up for measuring viscosity, the Mooney viscometer, in which a knurled knob (rotor) rotates (at 2 revolutions per minute) in a closed heated cavity filled with rubber [2]. 

Most explosive detection equipments do not truly detect explosive vapour, rather they key on minute particles of the explosive [11]. The reason for this is that most explosives have very low vapour pressure, and low vapour pressures are rather difficult to measure. Methods based on mass loss or the direct measurement of tiny pressures are particularly prone to the influence of trace impurities of more volatile substances. Consequendy, the values reported in the literature exhibit a high degree of scatter. To add to the confusion, difierent units of measurement are used. In general, measurements involving chemical determination of the amount of the specific compound in the vapour phase are to be preferred. If several difierent values are reported, and there is no better criterion for selection, it is probably best to take the lowest value. 

The identification of a compound only by its retention time is somewhat arbitrary. A better method consists of using two different techniques that are complementary. Coupling a chromatograph with a second instrument on-line such as a mass spectrometer or an infrared spectrophotometer realises these objectives. These coupled methods, often called hyphenated techniques, allow us to obtain two different types of information that are independent. Therefore, it is possible to determine with more certainty the nature and concentration of the components in a mixture in nanograms or smaller units of measurement. 

Other points of style are discussed in Chapter 11, Numbers, Mathematics, and Units of Measure Chapter 12, Names and Numbers for Chemical Compounds and Chapter 13, Conventions in Chemistry . 

Compounds, and Elements 1-6 Measurements in Chemistry 1-7 Units of Measurement... 

Coefficient A numerical unit of measure used to describe relative amounts of elements or compounds. 

Pascal 1. A SI unit of measurement of pressure equal to the pressure resulting from a force of 1 Newton acting uniformly over an area of 1 square meter. It is used to denote the pressure of mechanical behavior of materials under pressure. 2, See computer Pascal, paste A material compound and adhesive composition of semisolid consistency, usually dispersed in water. See mixer, double-arm mixer, paddle agitator extruder paste. 

Good understanding of a material balance and key component balances can give insights for maximizing desirable product yields while minimizing undesirable products. Material flows are measured for feed and products, which are usually available online. Component measurement can be obtained from online analyzers or lab tests for key components. Samples are taken daily on most towers and analyzed in the plant s local laboratory. However, these laboratories are typically setup to measure for certain key compounds and do not have the capability of measuring the full spectrum of multicomponents involved in feed. Therefore, unless the tower of interest has only a few components in the feed, a complete component balance will typically need special laboratory assistance, which more than likely will come from outside the local plant. In this case, be very careful with compositions and understand the units of measurements that are provided by the laboratory. However, the component balance could be difficult to obtain for hydrocarbon distillation towers due to the fact that individual components cannot be fully characterized. However, for most chemical and natural gas distillation towers, it is possible to establish individual component balances. 

Since under these conditions the decomposition temperatures are the temperatures, corresponding to one and the same equilibrium constant, equal to one (P = 1 atm), they can be considered to be units of measurement of thermodynamic stability of the compounds of this set. 

As we said before, all the atoms and molecules are miniscule and it is very hard to deal with a single atom or a single molecule. Therefore, chemists invented a unit of measurable quantity of elanents or compounds (substances). 

Case 1. The first case arises because a PCA model is based on describing data variance as a consequence, the variables showing large variation are implicitly important, that is, more important than the others. The point is, why do those variables have a bigger variability In case the variation is solely due to a matter of scale (units of measure) or if it reflects the different amount of compounds (the presence of major and minor constituents albeit all potentially interesting to describe/differentiate the studied samples), it is fair to scale variables. On the contrary, if the variation is only due to noise... 

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