Crystal Springs

Crystal Springs 659,2002. 2008 John Wimberley. All rights reserved. Courtesy of the artist. 

Vainshtein, B.K. Fridkin, V.M. Indenbom, V.l.. Modern Crystallography II Structure of Crystals Spring-Verlag Berlin, 1982. 

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Here is the original, many-body potential energy fiinction, while Vq is a sum of single-particle spring potentials proportional to As X —> 0 the system becomes a perfect Einstein crystal, whose free energy... 

To enable an atomic interpretation of the AFM experiments, we have developed a molecular dynamics technique to simulate these experiments [49], Prom such force simulations rupture models at atomic resolution were derived and checked by comparisons of the computed rupture forces with the experimental ones. In order to facilitate such checks, the simulations have been set up to resemble the AFM experiment in as many details as possible (Fig. 4, bottom) the protein-ligand complex was simulated in atomic detail starting from the crystal structure, water solvent was included within the simulation system to account for solvation effects, the protein was held in place by keeping its center of mass fixed (so that internal motions were not hindered), the cantilever was simulated by use of a harmonic spring potential and, finally, the simulated cantilever was connected to the particular atom of the ligand, to which in the AFM experiment the linker molecule was connected. 

Double-Pipe Scrapea-Surface Crystallizer This type of equipment consists of a double-pipe heat exchanger with an internal agitator fitted with spring-loaded scrapers that wipe the wall of the inner pipe. The cooling hquid passes between the pipes, this annulus being dimensioned to permit reasonable shell-side velocities. The scrapers prevent the buildup of solids and maintain a good film coefficient of heat transfer. The equipment can be operated in a continuous or in a recirculating batch manner. 

Oxford University Press, ISBN 0199636788 (paperback) T.L.Blundell and L.N.Johnson Protein Crystallisation, Academic Press, NY, 1976 A,McPherson Preparation and Analysis of Protein Crystals, J.Wiley Sons, NY, 1982 A.McPherson, Crystallisation of Biological Macromolecules, Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Press, 2001 ISBN 0879696176.]... 

As we showed in Chapter 4, atoms in crystals are held together by bonds which behave like little springs. We defined the stiffness of one of these bonds as... 

Imagine, now, a solid held together by such little springs, linking atoms between two planes within the material as shown in Fig. 6.1. For simplicity we shall put atoms at the comers of cubes of side Tq. To be correct, of course, we should draw out the atoms in the positions dictated by the crystal structure of a particular material, but we shall not be too far out in our calculations by making our simplifying assumption - and it makes drawing the physical situation considerably easier ... 

The slurry seal with the evacuation line is designed to handle/evacuate suspended solids, crystals, sediment, and dirt in the pumpage. The seal s springs are located out of the fluid. The o-rings move and rub across a clean surface as the faces wear. The o-rings are placed away from the heat generated by the faces. 

The repeat length in the triclinic polymer crystals (75.3 nm) is significantly less than for PBT (86.3 nm) and PET (99.5 nm). This has been claimed to make the crystal more spring-like in the long axis resulting in enhanced resilience and wear resistance in carpet fibres to a level approaching that of polyamide fibres. 

Jones, A.G., 1984. The Design of Well-Mixed Batch Crystallizers. SPS DR17. (Harwell/ Warren Spring Separation Processes Service), 40pp. 

One application is the accelerometer, in which the acceleration force of a mass is made to increase (or decrease) the pressure produced on the crystal by a spring. This, in turn, produces the required electrical change, the effect of which is amplified. It is important to select units appropriate for the expected changes, which should be within the frequency range from almost zero to the natural frequency of the crystal. 

English physicist and electrochemist Michael Faraday in 1823. You can make it by bubbling chlorine gas through calcium chloride solution at 0°C the hydrate comes down as feathery white crystals. In the winter of 1914, the Geiman army used chlorine in chemical warfare on the Russian front against the soldiers of the Tsar. They were puzzled by its ineffectiveness not until spring was deadly chlorine gas liberated from the hydrate, which is stable at cold temperatures. 

This dement is important mainly because of its use as an additive to iron in the manufacture of steel. A few percent of vanadium stabilizes a high-temperature crystal structure of iron so that it persists at room temperature. This form is tougher, stronger, and more resistant to corrosion than ordinary iron. Automobile springs, for example, are often made of vanadium steel. 

The statics and dynamics of microstructures are governed by the forces that create or maintain them. Rarely can the forces be measured directly. But forces between special surfaces immersed in fluid can now be accurately gauged at separations down to 0.1 nm with the direct force measurement apparatus, an ingenious combination of a differential spring, a piezoelectric crystal, an interferometer, and crossed cyhndrical surfaces covered by atomically smooth layers of cleaved mica (Figure 9.4). This recent development is finding more and more applications in research on liquid and semiliquid microstructures, thin films, and adsorbed layers. 

FIGURE 9.4 The direct force measurement apparatus shown here ean measure the forees between two eurved molecularly smooth surfaces in liquids. Mica surfaces, either raw or eoated, are the primary surfaees used in this apparatus. The separation between the surfaces is measured by optieal teehniques to better than 10 nm. The distance between the two surfaces is controlled by a three-stage meehanism that ineludes a voltage-driven piezoelectric crystal tube supporting the upper mica surface this crystal tube can be displaced less than 10 nm in a controlled fashion. A force-measuring spring is attached to the lower mica surface and its stiffness can be varied by a factor of 1,000 by shifting the position of a movable clamp. Reprinted with permission from Proc. Natl. Acad Sci. USA, 84, July 1987, 4722. 

Figure 3. AFM images of the silver nanoparticles on the Xi02(l 00) single crystal at the deposition times of (a) 15s and (b) 180 s. The images were recorded in a tapping mode with driving frequency of 110-150 kHz at a scan rate of 1 Hz by using a silicon cantilever with a normal spring constant of 15Nm (SI-DF20, Seiko instruments).

The fluid inclusion studies of hot spring-type deposits (Takenouchi, 1981) show a wide range of homogenization temperatures in a given quartz crystal which suggests the boiling of ore fluids. These fluid inclusion studies demonstrate that the hot spring-type formed under shallow depth from the surface. 

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