INDEX constituents

An investor should be able to replicate the index and its performance with a small number of instruments as well as with relatively low transaction costs and without moving the market too much. For this reason the index constituents should be a set of bonds that have standard features, are liquid, and trade actively in the secondary market. The ability to invest in the index through derivative instruments such as futures and total return swaps is an added attraction of an index. 

In a system consisting of two stocks, A and B, the blending index of one of the constituents, A for example, is calcuiated using the relation ... 

Whereas the OVD, PCVD, and MCVD processes build a refractive index profile layer by layer, the VAD process uses gaseous constituents in the flame to control the shape and temperature distribution across the face of the growing soot boule. 

Hplc techniques are used to routinely separate and quantify less volatile compounds. The hplc columns used to affect this separation are selected based on the constituents of interest. They are typically reverse phase or anion exchange in nature. The constituents routinely assayed in this type of analysis are those high in molecular weight or low in volatility. Specific compounds of interest include wood sugars, vanillin, and tannin complexes. The most common types of hplc detectors employed in the analysis of distilled spirits are the refractive index detector and the ultraviolet detector. Additionally, the recent introduction of the photodiode array detector is making a significant impact in the analysis of distilled spirits. 

The single dose of a drug is mo.stly derived from experience it is only possible in a very few cases to calculate it from the activity of the constituents. However, as many herbal drugs arc only weakly active and contain non-toxic substances, i.e, the therapeutic index is large, exceeding the dose is usually only of minor significance nevertheless, the pharmacist must know what the exceptions are in this book, the sections on Side effects and Making the tea draw particular attention to such cases, c.g. arnica flowers, liquorice root, etc. 

Ethyl Cinnamate.—The cinnamic ester of ethyl alcohol is a natural constituent of a few essential oils, including camphor oil and storax. It is formed synthetically by condensing cinnamic acid and ethyl alcohol by dry hydrochloric acid gas. It has a soft and sweet odour, and is particularly suitable for blending in soap perfumes. It is an oil at ordinary temperatures, melting at 12°, and boiling at 271°. Its specific gravity is 1 0546, and its refractive index 1 5590. 

Benzyl Acetate.—This ester is a constituent of the oils of jasmin, ylang-ylang, and similar flower oils. It has not a very intense odour, but is essential to the successful production of such perfumes as artificial jasmin. It has the formula CgHg, CH2. O. OCCH3. It is a colourless oU, boiling at 206° at ordinary pressure, and has a specific gravity 1-0570 at 16° and a refractive index 1-5034 . The propionic ester has the formula C0H5CH2OOCCH2CH3, and closely resembles the acetate in odour. 

Extender an inorganic material in powder form which has a low refractive index and consequently little obliterating power, but is used as a constituent of paints to adjust the properties of the paint, notably its working and film-forming properties and to avoid settlement on storage. 

For compacted, low-permeability soil liners, the U.S. EPA draft guidance recommends natural soil materials, such as clays and silts. However, soils amended or blended with different additives (e.g., lime, cement, bentonite clays, and borrow clays) may also meet the current selection criteria of low hydraulic conductivity, or permeability, and sufficient thickness to prevent hazardous constituent migration out of the landfill unit. Therefore, U.S. EPA does not exclude compacted soil liners that contain these amendments. Additional factors affecting the design and construction of CCLs include plasticity index (PI), Atterburg limits, grain sizes, clay mineralogy, and attenuation properties. 

Several anthropogenic constituents which are present in the atmosphere are potentially useful as an index of water age. Two radioactive gases from nuclear weapons and from power reactors, 3H and 85Kr, have been discussed already. Several other radionuclides of man-made origin are present in the atmosphere and in... 

The change in refractive index of the reaction mixture can be used to follow the progress of reaction provided all the constituents present in the... 

A copolymer is a macromolecule comprising two chemically distinct types of monometer unit, A and B, whilst a terpolymer is composed of units A, B and C. The analytically determined composition of a copolymer is expressed as the weight fractions WA and WB of its constituents. For LS studies on a copolymer solution it is necessary to know the value of the specific refractive index increment v, which can be either measured or calculated from ... 

Polymeric alkene ozonides are shock-sensitive that of trans -2-butene exploded when exposed to friction in a ground glass joint. The use of GLC to analyse crude ozonisation products is questionable because of the heat-sensitivity of some constituents [4], Ozonides are decomposed, sometimes explosively, by finely divided palladium, platinum or silver, or by iron(II) salts [5]. Individually indexed compounds are ... 

Uses Determining refractive index of minerals paint diluent dyed hexane is used in thermometers instead of mercury polymerization reaction medium calibrations solvent for vegetable oils alcohol denaturant chief constituent of petroleum ether, rubber solvent, and gasoline in organic synthesis. 

The concentration data obtained from each sample analysis were expressed as fractional parts and normalized to sum to 100. The normalized data were statistically analyzed, and three principal components (A=3, Equation [1]) were calculated. The PCB constituents (varlbles) are numbered sequentially and correspond to peak 1, peak 2,. .. to peak 105. The structure and retention index of each constituent in the mixture were reported by Schwartz et al. (9). The tabular listing of the data is availedile from the present authors. 

The simplest kind of formula is a compositional formula or empirical formula, which lists the constituent elements in the atomic proportions in which they are present in the compound. For such a formula to be useful in lists or indexes, an order of citation of symbols (hierarchy) must be agreed. Such hierarchies, often designated seniorities or priorities, are commonly used in nomenclature. For lists and indexes, the order is now generally recommended to be the alphabetical order of symbols, with one very important exception. Because carbon and hydrogen are always present in organic compounds, C is always cited first, H second and then the rest, in alphabetical order. In non-carbon-containing compounds, strict alphabetical order is adhered to. 

In the case of those materials known to possess an adsorptive capacity towards cement constituents and the ability to reduce the paste viscosity, there is a linear correlation between the amount adsorbed on the surface and the reduction in paste viscosity at addition levels in the region of those normally used. This is shown in Fig. 1.18 [33]. These data can be used to obtain a viscosity reducing index for various materials by measuring the slope of the line. Some values are shown in... 

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