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The difference between flight and ground synthesized sample, while not extreme for polymers formed jfrom miscible monomers, were significant. Whereas density differences were not readily apparent there were differences in permeability, although they were not always of the same extent between samples of the same chemical composition. In addition, some of the observed differences appeared to diminish considerably when the samples were exposed to normal treatment on earth such as annealing and grinding. 

It is quite likely that differences between flight and ground synthesis could be better demonstrated if the processes could be carried out much more slowly. The maximum duration of the experiment was eight days. In actuality each mission was designed so that the polymerizations were carried out faster than that with the polymerization being essentially complete in three to four days. We felt that we needed to be ready for a decision to shorten the mission. An experiment of longer duration, such as on-board space station would be extremely desirable. 

As m increases, At becomes progressively smaller (compare the difference between the square roots of 1 and 2 (= 0.4) with the difference between 100 and 101 (= 0.05). Thus, the difference in arrival times of ions arriving at the detector become increasingly smaller and more difficult to differentiate as mass increases. This inherent problem is a severe restriction even without the second difficulty, which is that not all ions of any one given m/z value reach the same velocity after acceleration nor are they all formed at exactly the same point in the ion source. Therefore, even for any one m/z value, ions at each m/z reach the detector over an interval of time instead of all at one time. Clearly, where separation of flight times is very short, as with TOF instruments, the spread for individual ion m/z values means there will be overlap in arrival times between ions of closely similar m/z values. This effect (Figure 26.2) decreases available (theoretical) resolution, but it can be ameliorated by modifying the instrument to include a reflectron. 

The nuclear chain reaction can be modeled mathematically by considering the probable fates of a typical fast neutron released in the system. This neutron may make one or more coUisions, which result in scattering or absorption, either in fuel or nonfuel materials. If the neutron is absorbed in fuel and fission occurs, new neutrons are produced. A neutron may also escape from the core in free flight, a process called leakage. The state of the reactor can be defined by the multiplication factor, k, the net number of neutrons produced in one cycle. If k is exactly 1, the reactor is said to be critical if / < 1, it is subcritical if / > 1, it is supercritical. The neutron population and the reactor power depend on the difference between k and 1, ie, bk = k — K closely related quantity is the reactivity, p = bk jk. i the reactivity is negative, the number of neutrons declines with time if p = 0, the number remains constant if p is positive, there is a growth in population. 

We now take the drag and pressure flow terms in Eq. 9.2-5 and substitute the relevant numerical values. We assume a square pitched screw, neglecting the difference between mean and barrel surface helix angle, and neglecting shape factors and flight clearance. We further assume that flight width is 10% of the barrel diameter. We can make these simplifying assumptions because, at this point, we only wish to select the barrel diameter and the screw speed. The channel width can be expressed in terms of the screw diameter as follows ... 

Even Basilius must have felt that he had transcended himself in this imaginative flight, for he added, condescendingly This will seem unintelligible to many, and it certainly does make an extraordinary demand upon the mental faculties. The adept, however, was obliged to wTap himself in a mantle of obscurity, because the substance is within the reach of everyone, and there is no other way of keeping up the divinely ordained difference between rich and poor. ... 

The difference between continuous and quantized energy levels can be illustrated by comparing a flight of stairs with a ramp. 

Then there was the flight itself. Oenone had never flown anywhere without Syrinx s subliminal supervision, much less performed a swallow manoeuvre. Voidhawks could fly without the slightest human input, of course. But as ever there was a big difference between theory and practice. They identified so much with the needs and wishes of their captains. 

Schiller and Arnold have reviewed the analysis of phospholipids in HDL and LDL by MALDI time-of-flight-MS (MALDI-TOE-MS) and have compared the results with the data obtained by high-resolution P NMR spectroscopy. Differences between LDL and... 

The next section wiii start with an analysis of melt conveying of isothermal fluids. This wiii be foiiowed by a non-isothermal analysis of melt conveying of cases that allow exact analytical solutions. More general analyses of the effect of temperature on flow will be discussed in more detail in Chapter 12 on modeling and computer simulation. In the next section, melt conveying of Newtonian fluids and non-Newtonian fluids will be analyzed. The non-Newtonian fluids will be described with the power law equation (Eq. 6.23). The effect of the flight flank will be discussed and the difference between one- and two-dimensional analysis will be demonstrated with particular emphasis on the implications for actual extruder performance. 

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