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Fat deterioration limits the shelf life of many fermented sausages. It can be slowed down by selecting fat in which less than about 15% of the total fatty acids are polyunsaturated (Wamants, van Oeckel, Boucque, 1998). For dry sausages, this pCTcentage is even lower (Stiebing, Kiihne, Rodel, 1993). 

With sterilised products, only chemical deterioration limits the shelf-life as microorganisms are not involved. With spore-containing products the germination of spores must be inhibited. With pasteurised products, refrigeration must be adequate or spoilage will be rapid it is possible that psychrotrophic pathogens that survive pasteurisation or are added by post-... 

General electrochemical systems work optimally between 15 and 25 °C. Typical characteristics change at higher temperatures, for instance discharge behavior improves while others such as rechargeability and self-discharge deteriorate. Limit for economic battery operation is about 65 °C. Naturally batteries can be operated above this temperature if over-proportional reduction of lifetime can be accepted. 

Abstract— One of the most discriminator parameters for all PET scanners systems, is spatial resolution. The dimension and pitch of crystal elements, in scintillator based systems, impose some deteriorative limitation on spatial resolution. Whereas, the detraction in the scintillator size, provide increment on the fraction of gamma rays perpendicularly incident on the surface of the crystal arrangement, causing inter-crystal scattering and parallax error. 

The described approach is suitable for the reconstruction of complicated dielectric profiles of high contrast and demonstrates good stability with respect to the noise in the input data. However, the convergence and the stability of the solution deteriorate if the low-frequency information is lacking. Thus, the method needs to be modified before using in praetiee with real microwave and millimeter wave sourees and antennas, whieh are usually essentially band-limited elements. 

Spike recoveries for samples are used to detect systematic errors due to the sample matrix or the stability of the sample after its collection. Ideally, samples should be spiked in the field at a concentration between 1 and 10 times the expected concentration of the analyte or 5 to 50 times the method s detection limit, whichever is larger. If the recovery for a field spike is unacceptable, then a sample is spiked in the laboratory and analyzed immediately. If the recovery for the laboratory spike is acceptable, then the poor recovery for the field spike may be due to the sample s deterioration during storage. When the recovery for the laboratory spike also is unacceptable, the most probable cause is a matrix-dependent relationship between the analytical signal and the concentration of the analyte. In this case the samples should be analyzed by the method of standard additions. Typical limits for acceptable spike recoveries for the analysis of waters and wastewaters are shown in Table 15.1. ... 

Approximately half of all the food products ia the United States are fresh or minimally processed. Eresh food products include meats, vegetables, and fmits that are unprocessed except for removal from the original environment and limited trimming and cleaning. Eresh foods are handled to retard deterioration, which is relatively rapid at ambient or higher temperature. Meats are chilled rapidly to below 10°C (50°E) and most vegetables and fmits are generally reduced to below 4.4°C (40°E) by low temperature air, water, or ice. 

Other Specialty Chemicals. In fuel-ceU technology, nickel oxide cathodes have been demonstrated for the conversion of synthesis gas and the generation of electricity (199) (see Fuel cells). Nickel salts have been proposed as additions to water-flood tertiary cmde-oil recovery systems (see Petroleum, ENHANCED oil recovery). The salt forms nickel sulfide, which is an oxidation catalyst for H2S, and provides corrosion protection for downweU equipment. Sulfur-containing nickel complexes have been used to limit the oxidative deterioration of solvent-refined mineral oils (200). 

Diarylamiaes fuactioa as mbber antioxidants by breaking the peroxidative chain reactions leading to mbber deterioration. Nearly all commercial synthetic mbbers (see Elastomers, synthetic), including neoprene, butyl, styrene—butadiene, and the acrylonitrile—butadiene mbbers, can be protected with about 1—2% of an alkylated diphenylamine. DPA itself is not used as a mbber antioxidant. An objectionable feature of these antioxidants is that they cause discoloration and staining which limits their use to applications where this is not important. 

Storage time by itself is not expected to affect the maintenance of stetiHty. However, longer storage times may increase the incidence of potentially harmful conditions. Frequent handling, wetness, and possible deterioration of the packaging material are typical examples of conditions that may compromise stetiHty and limit the shelf life of a package. The package contents may have a specific shelf life as weU. 

Butter is used in some, usually more expensive, bakery foods, and is prized for its flavor contribution. Fats are used in some products such as pie cmst, croissants, or puff pastry, up to 60%, based on flour. StabiHty of fats and oils in perishable items such as breads, cakes, or pastries is of no consequence because shelf life is so limited that rancidity does not occur. In cookies and crackers, however, stable fats must be used in the formula since prolonged shelf life could lead to product deterioration with fats that develop rancidity. 

Most recent studies (69) on elevated temperature performance of carbon fiber-based composites show that the oxidation resistance and elevated temperature mechanical properties of carbon fiber reinforced composites are complex and not always direcdy related to the oxidation resistance of the fiber. To some extent, the matrix acts as a protective barrier limiting the diffusion of oxygen to the encased fibers. It is therefore critical to maintain interfacial bonding between the fiber and the matrix, and limit any microcracking that may serve as a diffusion path for oxygen intmsion. Since interfacial performance typically deteriorates with higher modulus carbon fibers it is important to balance fiber oxidative stabiHty with interfacial performance. 

Vessels for high-temperature serviee may be beyond the temperature hmits of the stress tables in the ASME Codes. Sec tion TII, Division 1, makes provision for construction of pressure vessels up to 650°C (1200°F) for carbon and low-alloy steel and up to 815°C (1500°F) for stainless steels (300 series). If a vessel is required for temperatures above these values and above 103 kPa (15 Ibf/in"), it would be necessaiy, in a code state, to get permission from the state authorities to build it as a special project. Above 815°C (1500°F), even the 300 series stainless steels are weak, and creep rates increase rapidly. If the metal which resists the pressure operates at these temperatures, the vessel pressure and size will be limited. The vessel must also be expendable because its life will be short. Long exposure to high temperature may cause the metal to deteriorate and become brittle. Sometimes, however, economics favor this type of operation. 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Of aU the federal laws placing environmental controls on industiy (and, in particular, on new plants), perhaps the most confusing and restrictive are the limits imposed for the prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) of air quahty. These limits apply to areas of the countiy that are already cleaner than required by ambient air-quality standards. This regula-toiy framework evolved from judicial and administrative ac tion under the 1970 Clean Air Act and subsequently was given full statutoiy foundation by the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments. 

The reaction of lithium with methyl chloride in ether solution produces a solution of methyllithium from which most of the relatively insoluble lithium chloride precipitates. Ethereal solutions of halide-free" methyllithium, containing 2-5 mole percent of lithium chloride, were formerly marketed by Foote Mineral Company and by Lithium Corporation of America, Inc., but this product has been discontinued by both companies. Comparable solutions are also marketed by Alfa Products and by Aldrich Chemical Company these solutions have a limited shelf-life and older solutions have often deteriorated... 

Describe possible preventive actions to limit deterioration of books and other print material in libraries. 

In theory, if starting at any date, all new sources of air polluhon are adequately limited, all sources installed prior to that date eventually will disappear, leaving only those adequately controlled. The weakness of relying solely on new installation control to achieve community air polluhon control is that installahons deteriorate in control performance with age and use and that the number of new installahons may increase to the extent that what was considered adequate limitahon at the time of earlier installations may not prove adequate in the light of these increased numbers. Although in theory old sources will disappear, in practice they take such a long time to disappear that it may be difficult to achieve satisfactory air quality solely by new installahon control. 

The discharge temperature should be limited to 300°F as recommended by API 618. Higher temperatures cause problems with lubricant coking and valve deterioration. In nonlube service, the ring material is also a factor in setting the temperature limit. While 300°F doesn t seem all that hot, it should be remembered that this is an average outlet temperature, whereas the cylinder will have hot spots exceeding this temperature. 

Crater Bottom Roughening. Depth resolution is also limited by roughening of the crater bottom under the action of ion bombardment. On polycrystalline samples this can be because of different sputter yields of different crystal orientations, because the sputter yields of single crystals can vary by a factor of two depending on their orientation. Because of this type of roughening, depth resolution deteriorates with increasing sputter depth. 

Under Cs bombardment the matrix effect can be significantly reduced by using the MCs" ion signals for quantification of species M. The detection limit is increased, i.e. the detection power deteriorates, by two or more orders of magnitude, but sometimes even standard-free quantification has been reported [3.51]. MCs" ions have high masses this is a disadvantage because many mass interferences occur in this mass range. 

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