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A chrome -alumel thermocouple was set in close proximity to the sample inside a reactor. The reactor was made of a quartz tube which was surrounded by a tubular furnace. In a typical coal pyrolysis run, the coal sample (20-30 mg) was placed in a platinum boat which was suspended from the quartz beam of the TGA balance. The coal particle size used was 100-200 mesh. Samples were heated to desired temperatures at linear heating rates or heated iso-thermally under various gaseous environments. 

Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) SPME consists in the adsorption of the target compounds on a thin polymeric film deposed on the surface of a capillary fiber. The mass transfer can be achieved from liquid media in direct contact with the extracting coated fiber as well as from gaseous environments. Volatile or semivolatile herbicides existing in solid samples can be easily transferred in the gas phase on heating in closed vials, followed by trapping of the resulting vapors in the coated fiber (procedure is known as Headspace HD/SPME). 

Assumption (1) is likely to be valid over a wide range of conditions of practical interest it should hold when the rate of the chemical reaction(s) is much slower than pore diffusion and when the composition of the gaseous environment surrounding the pellet is identical to that in the pores. This would be the case for a system of uniformly mixed, fine particles placed in a closed vessel. In such a system the following analysis is also applicable to... 

Capillary forces are not only caused by liquid menisci in gaseous environment but can also be caused by capillary bridges of one liquid in another immiscible liquid [502, 503]. Bloomquist and Shutt, for example, observed that particles suspended in organic liquids tend to aggregate when trace amounts of water are dissolved in the organic liquid [504]. When the particles happen to come close to each other by Brownian motion, a phase separation into water and organic liquid can occur in the gap. The water forms a liquid bridge and the particles are attracted by capillary action. 

For the label of specificity, criterion (2), we must appeal to a more limited area of study, to spectroscopic and diffraction data. The most definitive data are, no doubt, those which indicate atom positions in the molecular aggregate. Thus, x-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction, and certain nuclear resonance studies of solids can provide more or less direct evidence that there are H atoms which occupy positions of close approach (hence bonding distance) to two other atoms. Electron diffraction spectra can yield the same information for gaseous species. More easily obtained, however, are IR and Raman spectra, which reveal specific involvement of H atoms by peculiarities in their vibrationeil degrees of freedom in the molecular aggregate. Finally, high resolution proton magnetic resonance studies provide a sensitive index of the electronic environment of the H atoms. 

Figure 1.16 depicts the equilibrium between ionized and nonionized acetic acid in an aqueous environment. The figure also shows the tendency of the nonionized form to leave the aqueous solution. The ionized form interacts strongly with water and has little tendency to leave the aqueous phase for the atmosphere. No equilibrium is established, because the atmosphere has an infinite volume compared to that of the beaker of water solution. In a closed system in which the beaker is sealed at the top, a true equilibrium will form between the aqueous phase and the gaseous phase containing vaporized acetic acid. 

At the basic level CVD reactors fall into two classifications—open and closed reactor systems. In the closed CVD system the precursors are loaded into the CVD chamber together with the specimens to be treated. The system is then closed and the temperature increased to initiate the chemical process. The process continues for a time sufficient to produce the required effect. The temperature is then reduced to ambient so that the reactor may be opened and the specimens removed. This reactor design is frequently used for the purification of metals and chromizing parts. The dominant type of CVD reactor is the open type. Flowing precursors continuously enter this reactor and the gaseous by-products of the chemical process are continuously removed from the reactor (usually with a vacuum pump) and appropriately treated for discharge into the environment. 

The PCM (process control monitor) 5000 is an FTIR instrument from Analect/Applied Instrument Technologies that measures the physical and chemical properties of liquid, solid and gaseous in-process samples. The heart of the system is a rugged optical head coupled with a patented fibre optic system. The system is configured for continuous, unattended operation in harsh and hazardous environments. The PCM 5000 FTIR uses close-coupled sample cells (7000-450 cm ). The instrument is configured with a selfdiagnostic module to monitor the critical parameters of its own operation. 

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