Calculations 254 INDEX

The critical characteristic on each component was analysed, calculated from the analysis and the value obtained was plotted against the process capability indices, Cpk and Cp, for the characteristic in question. See Appendix V for descriptions of the 21 components analysed, including the values of Cp and Cp from the SPC data supplied. Note that some components studied have a zero process capability index. This is a default value given if the process capability index calculated from the SPC data had a mean outside either one of the tolerance limits, which was the case for some of the components submitted. Although it is recognized that negative process capability indices are used for the aim of process improvement, they have little use in the analyses here. A correlation between positive values (or values which are at least within the tolerance limits) will yield a more deterministic relationship between design capability and estimated process capability. 

Figure 9.2. Dow Fire and Explosion Index calculation form.

Figure 9.2a. Fire and explosion index calculation form, Example 9.1.

The factor f reduces the oscillation amplitude symmetrically about R - R0, facilitating straightforward calculation of polymer refractive index from quantities measured directly from the waveform (3,). When r12 is not small, as in the plasma etching of thin polymer films, the first order power series approximation is inadequate. For example, for a plasma/poly(methyl-methacrylate)/silicon system, r12 = -0.196 and r23 = -0.442. The waveform for a uniformly etching film is no longer purely sinusoidal in time but contains other harmonic components. In addition, amplitude reduction through the f factor does not preserve the vertical median R0 making the film refractive index calculation non-trivial. 

In addition to the traditional human conceptual or subjective judgments or similarity, data can be an objective similarity measure (the difference in weight between a pair of animals) or an index calculated from multivariate data (the... 

A 38-year-old man with a family history of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease makes an appointment for a routine physical examination with a physician he has not seen before. He explains that his father died young of a heart attack and that two paternal uncles have suffered strokes in their late 40s. Physical examination reveals yellowish lumps on his eyelids (xanthelasmas, which are often associated with a lipid disorder) and a resting blood pressure of 186/95 mm Hg. There is some excess visceral fat, and his body mass index calculates to 26.5. Total serum cholesterol (476 mg/dL) and triglycerides (288 mg/dL) are elevated and subsequent angiography reveals atherosclerotic restrictions of at least two coronary arteries. 

A common powder flow index includes the Carr Index, calculated as shown in Equation (5). In this index, the ratio of the difference of the tapped versus bulk density to the tapped density is given. This ratio, multiplied by 100 to convert to percent, indicates poor flow when the index equals 20 or greater. 

Brittle fracture index Calculated from crT and ctto 0.1-0.5... 

The GPC analysis of block copolymers is handicapped by the difficulty in obtaining a calibration curve. A method has recently been suggested to circumvent this difficulty by using the calibration curves of homopolymers. This method has been extended so that the calibration curves of block copolymers of various compositions can be constructed from the calibration curve of one-component homopolymers and Mark-Houwink parameters. The intrinsic viscosity data on styrene-butadiene and styrene-methyl methacrylate block polymers were used for verification. The average molecular weight determined by this method is in excellent agreement with osmometry data while the molecular weight distribution is considerably narrower than what is implied by the polydispersity index calculated from the GPC curve in the customary manner. 

The agglomerating for agglutinating) tendency of coal may also be determined by the Roga test (ISO 335), and the Roga index (calculated from the abrasion properties when a mixture of a specific coal and anthracite is heated) is used as an indicator of the agglomerating tendencies of coals (Table 7.4). 

The sulfur percentages of 0.02 weight-percent or less in the shale oil diesel fuels would permit these fuels to be classed as low-sulfur diesel fuels. Nitrogen percentages were low, ranging from 141 to 202 parts per million (ppm). Cetane indexes, calculated by ASTM method D-976 (7j, were excellent, ranging from 48 to 56. 

Figure 3. PEEP index calculation for actual toxicity data obtained for a Pulp Paper effluent.

Dilutions producing a 100% toxic effect are not used in the index calculation. 

Compound Retention index calculated Rl literature Fresh seed oil Laboratory-dried seed oil... 

Figure 3. Relationship between the number of moles of ethylene oxide in octylphenol (%), nonylphenol ( ), or laurylphenol ( J) polyoxyethylene glycol ether surfactant molecules and the toxicity index of these surfactants in mixtures with (a) paraquat, (b) dalapon, and (c) amitrole on corn plants. Herbicides applied at 1/64, 10, and 5 lb./ acre, respectively surfactant concentration was 0.005M in all cases. Toxicity index calculated by expressing fresh weight for each treatment as percentage of untreated control and subtracting this value from 100 (58)...

The importance of specific volume or density in determining refractive index is apparent in Equations 1 and 2, which are used in calculating refractive index and molar refraction. This inverse relationship between specific volume and refractive index is illustrated in Table n (cf. columns 2 and 4). The necessity of obtaining an accurate value for the specific volume of a protein in order to obtain agreement between its refractive index calculated from the amino acid composition and the determined value can be illustrated in the case of ribonu-... 

Evapotranspiration Index Calculation Based on Chlorine as a Hydrochemical Marker... 

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