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It has also been shown that LDL oxidation is increased in diabetes. In this connection, Mowri et al. [179] studied the effect of glucose on metal ion-dependent and -independent LDL oxidation. They found that pathophysiological glucose concentrations enhanced copper- and iron-induced LDL oxidation measured via the formation of conjugated dienes. In contrast, glucose had no effect on metal-independent free radical LDL oxidation. Correspondingly,... 

The difference in electrostatic potential which exists between the inside and the outside of the metal is termed the surface potential. The related properties—the work function and the contact potential difference—respectively measure free energy changes when electrons are moved from one conductor to a vacuum and from one conductor to another. The thermodynamic basis of these properties has been reviewed by Herring and Nichols (6), and Chalmers (7) has considered the theory of contact potentials. 

Table 13.2 shows the concentrations of Cu2+ in tap water and lake water determined by the MPA-Gly-Gly-His modified electrode and compared with those of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The measured concentration of Cu2+ in tap water when dilutions were accounted for using the MPA-Gly-Gly-His modified electrode was 0.55 +0.08 pM (95% confidence interval). This value is much lower than the copper concentration measured by ICP-MS of 1.70+0.15 pM (95% confidence interval). The peptide-modified electrode measures free Cu2+ or weakly bound copper complexes rather than the total metal-ion concentration measured by ICP-MS. Hence the use of peptides has the ability to measure metal-ion bioavailability for specific species. The results are consistent with others who have also shown that the labile fraction of copper is much less than the total copper [7]. 

The acid volatile sulphide fraction (AVS), which represents the portion of the total sulphide concentration recovered and measured in a cold acid extraction of the bulk sediment, is compared to the simultaneously extracted metal (SEM), which represents the fraction of metal measured in the same cold acid extraction. If the sum of SEM is lower than the amount of AVS, free metal is unlikely to occur in interstitial water. 

These purely empirical models can often describe metal solubihties with reasonable accuracy. For example, Sauv6 et al. (2000) measured free Cd " activities in 64 soils with diverse Cd levels, pH coefficients, and OM contents. A three-term version of Eq. (13) (the OM term was nonsignificant) could explain 70% of the observed variation in Cd + activities. When Gray et al. (1999) combined their data set with another developed by McBride et al. (1997), they were able to explain 81% of the variation in (Cd +) using a full, four-term version of the model (Eq. (13)). We note that the pH coefficients for these data sets rarely approach the value of -2 suggested by Lindsays (1979), or by limited studies of metal solubility in calcareous soils (e.g. Elfalaky et al., 1991). 

In the simplest system, the sample is exposed to ultrahigh vacuum (UHV). If the metal is free of any oxide film (Au, Pt, etc.) the Kelvin Probe will measure the work function of the metal (see Fig. 9) ... 

DM-DCNQI was synthesized according to the published procedure (1). The anion radical salts of Cu and Na were prepared upon reduction of the acceptor by the corresponding metal Iodide, while silver powder was used as the reducing agent for the preparation of the Ag-salt (4). These reactions were carried out in CH3CN, and resulted in the powders of the anion radical salts. For spectral measurements, free-standing pellets were pressed from the prepared compounds. 

A number of equilibrium ion-exchange methods have been developed to measure free metal ion concentrations in waters. This approach involves the equilibrations of a small volume of resin with a sample. Following the attainment of equilibrium, the amovmt of metal adsorbed is measmed. Calibration is achieved by using matrix-matched solutions of known free metal ion concentration. 

No elaborate precautions were taken to prevent or control the extent of metal oxidation in the air at room temperature, but much care was taken to assure that a drop of grease-free distilled water would spread spontaneously on each polished specimen surface. Thus, each metal was free of even as little as one hundredth of a monolayer of adsorbed organic contamination when placed in the observation chamber. Since it was impossible to measure the thickness of oxide formed on the metal surface, an oxide of known thickness and structure, a single spinel crystal of pure Fe O, was studied in the same manner as the pure metals. The results were very much like those of the pure iron specimen Yc 0.6% EH was 45 dyn/cm, and at 95%... 

Galceran J, Companys E, Puy J, Cecilia J, Garces JL (2004) AGNES a new electroanalytical technique for measuring free metal ion concentration. J Electroanal Chem 566 95-109... 

There are two procedures for doing this. The first makes use of a metal probe coated with an emitter such as polonium or Am (around 1 mCi) and placed above the surface. The resulting air ionization makes the gap between the probe and the liquid sufficiently conducting that the potential difference can be measured by means of a high-impedance dc voltmeter that serves as a null indicator in a standard potentiometer circuit. A submerged reference electrode may be a silver-silver chloride electrode. One generally compares the potential of the film-covered surface with that of the film-free one [83, 84]. 

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