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The need for fhe precise control of brush properties inside the pores also brings about the necessity of characterization methods and experiments that can give direct or indirect information concerning the detailed structure of the brush (grafting density, thickness, uniformity, etc.). It should be noted that as for the fabrication methods, the special geometry of the system renders some of fhe traditional characterization methods nonapplicable for the study of fhe present system. So special care should be devoted in the use of appropriate experimental techniques that may give valuable information. 

Liquid-vapor phase transitions of confined fluids were extensively studied both by experimental and computer simulation methods. In experiments, the phase transitions of confined fluids appear as a rapid change in the mass adsorbed along adsorption isotherms, isochores, and isobars or as heat capacity peaks, maxima in light scattering intensity, etc. (see Refs. [28, 278] for review). A sharp vapor-liquid phase transition was experimentally observed in various porous media ordered mesoporous sifica materials, which contain non-interconnected uniform cylindrical pores with radii Rp from 10 A to more than 110 A [279-287], porous glasses that contain interconnected cylindrical pores with pore radii of about 10 to 10 A [288-293], silica aerogels with disordered structure and wide distribution of pore sizes from 10 to 10" A [294-297], porous carbon [288], carbon nanotubes [298], etc. 

Weights will be unconsciously applied if operating conditions are non-uniformly distributed in the experimental space. Estimated model parameters will then better reproduce the experimental data from that part of the space where the density of experimentation is greater. Therefore, statistical methods of planning of kinetic experiments, possibly modified by appropriate transformation of variables, are strongly recommended. 

Some methods are based on the knowledge of the experimental error in the measurement of the original variables. Thus, the number of significant components is that by which the original data matrix is reproduced within the measurement error. This does not usually happen with food data, where analytical error is frequently smaller than the other individual sources of variation. The number of sources of variability in food composition is very high, and it is almost impossible that the experiment has been designed to cover all these sources of variability uniformly. So, some sources of variability appear in only one or a few objects, a minority, which behaves differently from the majority. 

This question is similar to Chapter 3, Harder Question 3, for MM. For the first part of the question I ll just repeat the response to that question, tailored to be appropriate to SE methods. Apart from a possible philosophical objection, which from a utilitarian viewpoint can be dismissed, there is the question of the trustworthiness of the ab initio or DFT results. For normal molecules, that is, species which are not in some way exotic [1], these calculations deliver quite reliable results. The advantages they offer over experimental acquisition of the required parameters is that these quantities (1) can be obtained for a wide variety of compounds without regard to synthetic difficulties or commercial availability, (2) are offered up transparently by the output of the calculation, rather than being required to be extracted, perhaps somewhat tortuously, from experiments, (3) are usually more quickly calculated than determined in the lab, and (4) can be uniformly secured, that is, all parameters can be obtained from calculations at the same level, say MP2/6-311G(df,p), in contrast to experiment, where different methods must be used to obtain different parameters. This last point may be more of an esthetic than a utilitarian advantage. 

Both modifications of the method depend upon a natural segregation of the molecules of each active component into their individual crystal lattices. Experience has shown that such segregation, though common for dissimilar solutes, seldom occurs in the solution of a racemic substance and then usually in a narrow range of conditions that cannot be predicted or attained readily. In the great majority of instances the molecules of both active components combine in equal numbers to form one species of crystals known as a racemic compound or combine in variable proportions to form a series of solid solutions. Also, when segregation does occur, the experimental procedure necessary to produce distinguishable crystals or a uniform deposit of one variety is usually troublesome and slow. Hence the method has assumed practical value only in a few instances in which all the circumstances are especially favorable. 

Water used in the experiments was doubly distilled and passed through an ion exchange unit. The conductivity was approximately 1 x 10"6 S/m. Simulated HLLW consisted of 21 metal nitrates in an aqueous 1.6 M nitric acid solution as shown in Table 1 and was supplied by EBARA Co. (Tokyo, Japan). Concentrations were verified by AA for Na and Cs with 1000 1 dilution and by ICP for the other elements with 100 1 dilution. Total metal ion concentration was 98,393 ppm. The experimental apparatus consisted of nominal 9.2 cm3 batch reactors (O.D. 12.7 mm, I.D. 8.5 mm) constructed of 316 stainless steel with an internal K-type thermocouple for temperature measurement. Heating of each reactor was accomplished with a 50%NaNO2 + 50% KNO 2 salt bath that was stirred to insure uniform temperature. Temperature in the bath did not vary more than 1 K. The reactors were loaded with the simulated HLLW waste at atmospheric conditions according to an approximate calculated pressure. Each reactor was then immersed in the salt bath for 2 min -24 hours. After a predetermined time, the reactor was removed from the bath and quenched in a 293 K water bath. The reactor was opened and the contents were passed through a 0.1 pm nitro-ceflulose filter while diluting with water. Analysis of the liquid was performed with methods in Table 1. Analysis of filtered solids were carried out with X-ray diffraction with a CuK a beam and Ni filter. Reaction time was defined as the time that the sample spent at the desired temperature. Typical cumulative heat-up and cool-down time was on the order of one minute. Results of this work are reported in terms of recoveries as defined by ... 

Another application of atomistic simulations is reported by De Pablo, Laso, and Suter. Novel simulations for the calculation of the chemical potential and for the simulation of phase equilibrium in systems of chain molecules are reported. The methods are applied to simulate Henry s constants and solubility of linear alkanes in polyethylene. The results seem to be in good agreement with experiment. At moderate pressures, however, the solubility of an alkane in polyethylene exhibits strong deviations from ideal behavior. Henry s law becomes inapplicable in these cases. Solubility simulations reproduce the experimentally observed saturation of polyethylene by the alkane. For low concentrations of the solute, the simulations reveal the presence of pockets in the polymer in which solubility occurs preferentially. At higher concentrations, the distribution of the solute in the polymer becomes relatively uniform. 

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