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The homogeneous assay is based on a competitive equilibrium between Ag and Ag for a limited amount of antibody as described (see Fig. 14 and Section 11.2). The assay relies on a decrease in the current signal for the reduction/oxidation of Ag when bound to Ab. Since all of these assays have no enzyme multiplication feature, the detection limits are generally much higher. In the model assay that follows, the free, equilibrium concentration of electroactively labeled estriol is determined by differential pulse polarography at a dropping mercury electrode (Wehmeyer et al., 1982). The peak current from the polarographic reduction of Ag is then proportional to the concentration of Ag present. The separation of Ab Ag from Ag is unnecessary because of the attenuation of the Ab Ag reduction. 

Fig. 16-4 pH sensitivity to SO4- and NH4. Model calculations of expected pH of cloud water or rainwater for cloud liquid water content of 0.5 g/m. 100 pptv SO2, 330 ppmv CO2, and NO3. The abscissa shows the assumed input of aerosol sulfate in fig/m and the ordinate shows the calculated equilibrium pH. Each line corresponds to the indicated amoimt of total NH3 + NH4 in imits of fig/m of cloudy air. Solid lines are at 278 K, dashed ones are at 298 K. The familiar shape of titration curves is evident, with a steep drop in pH as the anion concentration increases due to increased input of H2SO4. (From Charlson, R. J., C. H. Twohy and P. K. Quinn, Physical Influences of Altitude on the Chemical Properties of Clouds and of Water Deposited from the Atmosphere." NATO Advanced Research Workshop Acid Deposition Processes at High Elevation Sites, Sept. 1986. Edinburgh, Scotland.)... 

A useful application of the model is to examine the S02 and 02 concentration profiles in the trickle bed. These are shown for the steady-state conditions used by Haure et al. (1989) in Fig. 25. The equilibrium S02 concentration drops through the bed, but the 02 concentration is constant. In Haure s experiments 02 partial pressure is 16 times the S02 partial pressure. At the catalyst particle surface, however, 02 concentration is much smaller and is only about one-third of the S02 concentration. This explains why 02 transport is rate limiting and why experimentally oxidation appears to be zero-order in S02. 

Figure 10. Kleitz s reaction pathway model for solid-state gas-diffusion electrodes. Traditionally, losses in reversible work at an electrochemical interface can be described as a series of contiguous drops in electrical state along a current pathway, for example. A—E—B. However, if charge transfer at point E is limited by the availability of a neutral electroactive intermediate (in this case ad (b) sorbed oxygen at the interface), a thermodynamic (Nernstian) step in electrical state [d/j) develops, related to the displacement in concentration of that intermediate from equilibrium. In this way it is possible for irreversibilities along a current-independent pathway (in this case formation and transport of electroactive oxygen) to manifest themselves as electrical resistance. This type of chemical valve , as Kleitz calls it, may also involve a significant reservoir of intermediates that appears as a capacitance in transient measurements such as impedance. Portions of this image are adapted from ref 46. (Adapted with permission from ref 46. Copyright 1993 Rise National Laboratory, Denmark.)...

Figure 14. Simple model demonstrating how adsorption and surface diffusion can co-Urnit overall reaction kinetics, as explained in the text, (a) A semi-infinite surface establishes a uniform surface coverage Cao of adsorbate A via equilibrium of surface diffusion and adsorption/desorption of A from/to the surrounding gas. (b) Concentration profile of adsorbed species following a step (drop) in surface coverage at the origin, (c) Surface flux of species at the origin (A 4i(t)) as a function of time. Points marked with a solid circle ( ) correspond to the concentration profiles in b. (d) Surface flux of species at the origin (A 4i(ft>)) resulting from a steady periodic sinusoidal oscillation at frequency 0) of the concentration at the origin.

Redox Couples. The model calculates the redox potential of the couples H2O2/O2, H2O/O2, Fe +/Fe , NO2/NO3, S /SO , and As " /As, given the requisite concentrations of the couple members. Dissolved oxygen is all that is required for calculation of both the H2O/O2 and H2O2/O2 couples. The H2O/O2 couple is kinetically inhibited and is grossly out of equilibrium except at elevated temperatures (80). Therefore, the option of using pE from dissolved oxygen for redox speciation has been dropped from the model. 

Thermodynamic Model for Phase Equilibrium between Polymer Solution and 6/W MlcroemulslonsT figures 6 and / show that when phase separation first occurs, most of the water is in the microemulsion. With an increase in salinity, however, much of the water shifts to the polymer solution. Thus, a concentrated polymer solution becomes dilute on increasing salinity. The objective of this model is to determine the partitioning of water between the microemulsion and the polymer-containing excess brine solution which are in equilibrium. For the sake of simplicity, it is assumed that there is no polymer in the microemulsion phase, and also no microemulsion drops in the polymer solution. The model is illustrated in Figure 12. The model also assumes that the value of the interaction parameter (x) or the volume of the polymer does not change with salinity. 

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