Dilutional capacity

In contrast, during the low flow season (June-October) important nutrient loads from both point and non-point sources are relevant. Summer irrigation drives nitrate inputs to stream waters [38], The lower dilution capacity of the river causes higher concentrations of nitrate and DOC, as well as an increase in phosphate content with... 

Hyponatremia is an important adverse effect of thiazide diuretics. It is due to a combination of hypovolemia-induced elevation of ADH, reduction in the diluting capacity of the kidney, and increased thirst. It can be prevented by reducing the dose of the drug or limiting water intake. 

Thiazide diuretic-induced hyponatremia is much more common in older than in younger patients, probably due to thiazide-mediated impairment in renal diluting capacity superimposed on the already present age-related decrease in capacity to dilute urine. Older studies indicated this was an extremely common cause... 

Materials that act as disintegration agents with poor flow characteristics Microcrystalline cellulose Directly compressible starch Probably the most widely used direct compression excipients. Excellent compactibility at low pressures, high dilution capacity. 

The chemical and volume control system has the capacity to accommodate a cold shutdown followed by a return to power at the end of core life and also (as an independent case) to borate the plant to cold shutdown immediately following return to power from refuelling. The system has boration and dilution capacity to meet these requirements, as well as the capability to transfer effluents to other systems (see Section 9.3.6. 1.2.3 of Reference 6.1). 

This chapter presents quantitative methods for calculation of enthalpies of vapor-phase and liquid-phase mixtures. These methods rely primarily on pure-component data, in particular ideal-vapor heat capacities and vapor-pressure data, both as functions of temperature. Vapor-phase corrections for nonideality are usually relatively small. Liquid-phase excess enthalpies are also usually not important. As indicated in Chapter 4, for mixtures containing noncondensable components, we restrict attention to liquid solutions which are dilute with respect to all noncondensable components. 

Meanwhile assemble the apparatus shown in Fig. 62, or that in Fig. 23(D), p. 45, having a distilling-flask of at least 500 ml. capacity in either case. If an ordinary condenser C (Fig. 62) is employed, fit the lower end of the condenser by means of a short piece of rubber tubing to a small inverted funnel. Arrange the latter so that its lip is just below the surface of 25 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid diluted with 75 ml. of water contained in a 250 ml. beaker B the hydro-. chloric acid is thereby prevented from being sucked back into the... 

Dissolve I ml. of benzaldehyde and 0-4 ml. of pure acetone in 10 ml. of methylated spirit contained in a conical flask or widemouthed bottle of about 50 ml. capacity. Dilute 2 ml. of 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution with 8 ml. of water, and add this dilute alkali solution to the former solution. Shake the mixture vigorously in the securely corked flask for about 10 minutes (releasing the pressure from time to time if necessary) and then allow to stand for 30 minutes, with occasional shaking finally cool in ice-water for a few minutes. During the shaking, the dibenzal -acetone separates at first as a fine emulsion which then rapidly forms pale yellow crystals. Filter at the pump, wash well with water to eliminate traces of alkali, and then drain thoroughly. Recrystallise from hot methylated or rectified spirit. The dibenzal-acetone is obtained as pale yellow crystals, m.p. 112 yield, o 6 g. 

Now remove the flask from the water-bath, and slowly add a solution of 5 ml. (5-2 g.) of dry ethyl benzoate in 15 ml. of anhydrous ether down the condenser in small quantities at a time, mixing the contents of the flask thoroughly between each addition. When the boiling of the ether again subsides, return the flask to the water-bath and reheat for a further 15 minutes. Then cool the mixture in ice-water, and carefully pour off the ethereal solution into a mixture of about 60 ml. of dilute sulphuric acid. and 100 g. of crushed ice contained in a flask of about 500 ml. capacity fitted for stearn-distillation, taking care to leave behind any unchanged magnesium. 

Tribromoaniline. Assemble the apparatus depicted in Fig. 7F, 47, 1. The distilling flask B has a capacity of 100 ml. and the bolt-head flask A (which may be replaced by a flat-bottomed flask) is 1 litre. Into the flask place 10 g. of aniline, 100 ml. of water and 10 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid shake until the aniline has dissolved and dilute with 400 ml. of water. 

Column Si. Size-exclusion chromatography columns are generally the largest column on a process scale. Separation is based strictly on diffusion rates of the molecules inside the gel particles. No proteins or other solutes are adsorbed or otherwise retained owing to adsorption, thus, significant dilution of the sample of volume can occur, particularly for small sample volumes. The volumetric capacity of this type of chromatography is determined by the concentration of the proteins for a given volume of the feed placed on the column. 

Physical Dilution. The flame retardant can also act as a thermal sink, increasing the heat capacity of the polymer or reducing the fuel content to a level below the lower limit of flammabiHty. Inert fillers such as glass fibers and microspheres and minerals such as talc act by this mechanism. 

Flue particles ia a fluidized bed are analogous to volatile molecules ia a Foiling solution. Therefore, the concentration of particles ia the gas above a fluidized bed is a function of the saturation capacity of the gas. To calculate the entrainment rate, it is first necessary to determine what particle sizes ia the bed can be entrained. These particles are the ones which have a terminal velocity less than the superficial gas velocity, assuming that iaterparticle forces ia a dilute zone of the freeboard are negligible. An average particle size of the entrainable particles is then calculated. If all particles ia the bed are entrainable, the entrained material has the same size distribution as the bed material. 

Because of restrictions in equipment si2e, magnesium nitrate processes were initially limited to small plants. Improvements in the materials of constmction have led to increased capacities and a lower capital cost. Sulfuric acid processes are usually preferred when reconcentration of the sulfuric acid is not requited, ie, when the dilute sulfuric can be used to make another product. 

Until the 1970s, the main production countries of sulfamic acid were the United States, several European countries, and Japan. The large amounts of dilute sulfuric acid by-product generated led to the difficult situation of by-product acid disposal. Concomitandy, the start of chemical production in developing Asian countries caused successional sulfamic acid production withdrawal in the 1980s. As of the mid-1990s production countries are Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, India, and China. The 1995 wodd production capacity was ca 96,000 metric tons. 

A composite curve of heat of infinite dilution of oleum from reported data (3,88—90) is presented in a compiled form in the Hterature (91), where heats of formation of oleums from Hquid or gaseous SO are also reported (Tables 5 and 6). Heat of vaporization data are also available (92). Oleum heat capacity data are presented in Figure 18 (76) solubiUty data for SO2 in oleum can be found in Reference 69. 

The properties of calcium chloride and its hydrates are summarized in Table 1. Accurate data are now available for the heats of fusion of the hexahydrate, the incongment fusion of the tetrahydrate, and the molar heat capacities of the hexahydrate, tetrahydrate, and dihydrate (1). These data are important when considering the calcium chloride hydrates as thermal storage media. A reevaluation and extension of the phase relationships of the calcium chloride hydrates, has led to new values for the heats of infinite dilution for the dihydrate, monohydrate, 0.33-hydrate, and pure calcium chloride (1). 

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