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Grathwohl (1990) found a relationship between sorption capacity and the the atomic H/O ratio of NOM. Similarly, there is a good relationship between log Koc and the polarity index (PI) of SOM, defined as the (0+N)/C ratio (DePaolis and Kukkonen 1997 Rutherford et al. 1992 Xing 1997 Xing et al. 1994a). The effect of SOM polarity on sorption of organic compounds is consistent with the well-known theory of solvent polarity on solute solubility. In studying the influence of SOM composition... 

Wasserman [186] has described the use of both low-angle X-ray reflectivity and ellipsometry for the determination of thickness of Cio-Cig SAMs prepared on surface silanol groups of silicon plates. Ellipsometry is based on the reflection of polarized light from a sample and depends on the sample s thickness and refractive index. X-ray reflectivity measures the intensity of X-rays reflected from a surface (or interference pattern) that is characteristic of the distance between interfaces. The thickness of the SAMs was consistent with fully extended alkyl chains with all-trans conformations and excellent agreement was observed between the two methods. 

A widespread method for determining the induction period for autoxidation of oils and fats consists of passing a continuous stream of air through the heated sample and collecting the volatile acids evolved in a water trap, where they are determined on a real time basis. The time plot usually presents a flat appearance for a certain period and then takes off in an accelerated manner. This test is the basis of several national and international standards (e.g. AOCS Cd 12b-92—oil stability index" ISO 6886—accelerated oxidation test for oxidative stability of fats and oils ) and the design of the Rancimat equipment, where the end determination is based on conductivity measurements . In addition to oxidation stability as determined by the Rancimat method and POV, which negatively affects virgin olive oil stability, other nonstandard properties were proposed for better assessment of the quality of this oil, namely LC determination of Vitamin E (21), colorimetric determination of total polar phenols and UVD of total chlorophyll. ... 

However for a specific inflationary model, the four observable quantities As, At, ns and nj can be expressed at lowest order in term of the physical quantities 14 and the two slow-roll parameters < /,. and 5k, so that there exist some consistency relations (between the tensor spectral index and the scalar-to-tensor ratio), which in principle allow to test inflation, and to reconstruct the potential on a small region (as we can have access to V as well as V and V" with the slow roll parameters). Note however that this consistency relation crucially relies on the detection of the tensor modes (and hence, on the H-polarization of CMB as it is probably the most efficient way to detect the tensor modes), which may very well be an extraordinarily difficult task if /, happens to be very small. 

Skin is a highly complex structure consisting of many inhomogenities. Much of the light scattering in biological tissues is due to its variation in polarization, which can be characterized by variations in the index of refraction. Cellular and intercellular components contribute to the scattering properties of the skin. 

Brewster polarizers functioning in transmission consist of several plates or foils of high refractive index ordered in a holder at the Brewster angle. The plates (foils) consequently eliminate the perpendicular component of radiation thus filtering the parallel component. Old constructions with fragile selenium foils are known. Other constructions use silver bromide or KRS-5. The side displacement of the beam by the plates is compensated for, making use of the symmetric constructions displayed in Fig. 3.2-7c. 

The rate of displacing atoms and electrons within a molecule corresponds to optical frequencies, and hence no dielectric dispersion of Mm is normally encountered in or below the microwave range (v < 10 GHz). Since all other polarization effects are not that fast, the polarizabilities a, determine exclusively the electric permittivity at optical frequencies, eop. Thus at sufficiently high frequencies the relations (12) and (13) may be combined with (1) to evaluate a,. For the pure species s consisting of isotropic spherical molecules, a, can be given by the refractive index n, if Maxwell s relation... 

The effective index method can provide information on the optical field distribution for different polarizations and the effective reflective index of the light in waveguides. The waveguide structure is limited to consist of three layos as in this example air, silicon, and Si02 denoted Layer I, Layer n, and Layer in, respectively. The refi-active index of Layer I ( ) and Layer III ( j) should be less flian that of Layer II (r>2). The light is guided in Layer II where the thickness is W. 

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