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Observations, missing

Modelling of solar radiation components (diffuse and direct) in clear sky conditions is necessary in many solar energy applications (systems design and simulation, radiometers accuracy control procedures, quality control of data, recovering of observational missing data, etc) as well as in routine procedures in engineering. [Pg.155]

Man Cognitive function (observation) Observation missed Second operator did not observe closed status of isolation valve and closed block valve, isolating the ammonia pressure control valve from the heat exchange. Afterwards, he started to steam the process line to clean the pipeline. The closed isolation and block valves prevented the increasing ammonia pressure from safely venting through either the ammonia pressure control valve or the rupture disk and relief valve. [Pg.1041]

This is a much safer method of safeguarding than others. It is not uncommon to walk through a warehouse and observe missing railing on upper elevations. Even during an installation or retrofit stage of construction, handrailing is many times installed last or even days later after the project has been conqpleted. [Pg.80]

Perhaps the most fascinating detail is the surface reconstruction that occurs with CO adsorption (see Refs. 311 and 312 for more general discussions of chemisorption-induced reconstructions of metal surfaces). As shown in Fig. XVI-8, for example, the Pt(lOO) bare surface reconstructs itself to a hexagonal pattern, but on CO adsorption this reconstruction is lifted [306] CO adsorption on Pd( 110) reconstructs the surface to a missing-row pattern [309]. These reconstructions are reversible and as a result, oscillatory behavior can be observed. Returning to the Pt(lOO) case, as CO is adsorbed patches of the simple 1 x 1 structure (the structure of an undistorted (100) face) form. Oxygen adsorbs on any bare 1 x 1 spots, reacts with adjacent CO to remove it as CO2, and at a certain point, the surface reverts to toe hexagonal stmcture. The presumed sequence of events is shown in Fig. XVIII-28. [Pg.737]

Muns ENDOR mvolves observation of the stimulated echo intensity as a fimction of the frequency of an RE Ti-pulse applied between tlie second and third MW pulse. In contrast to the Davies ENDOR experiment, the Mims-ENDOR sequence does not require selective MW pulses. For a detailed description of the polarization transfer in a Mims-type experiment the reader is referred to the literature [43]. Just as with three-pulse ESEEM, blind spots can occur in ENDOR spectra measured using Muns method. To avoid the possibility of missing lines it is therefore essential to repeat the experiment with different values of the pulse spacing Detection of the echo intensity as a fimction of the RE frequency and x yields a real two-dimensional experiment. An FT of the x-domain will yield cross-peaks in the 2D-FT-ENDOR spectrum which correlate different ENDOR transitions belonging to the same nucleus. One advantage of Mims ENDOR over Davies ENDOR is its larger echo intensity because more spins due to the nonselective excitation are involved in the fomiation of the echo. [Pg.1581]

Surface reconstructions have been observed by STM in many systems, and the teclmique has, indeed, been used to confmn the missing row structure in the 1 x 2 reconstruction of Au(l 10) [28]. As the temperature was increased within 10 K of the transition to the disordered 1 1 phase (700 K), a drastic reduction in domain size to -20-40 A (i.e. less than the coherence width of LEED) was observed. In this way, the STM has been used to help explain and extend many observations previously made by diffraction methods. [Pg.1682]

The real world is one of uncertainty. Suppose we are carrying out a reaction. We have obtained a product. In the beginning we observe a total uncertainty regarding the molecule. We have no information about its composition, the constitution of the skeleton, its stereochemical features, its physical properties, its biological activities, etc. Step by step, by routine experiments, we collect data. When the acquisition of the structural information is complete there is no uncertainty, at least about its structure. Well, we may not have perfect experiments, so this will require us to reserve space for the missing relevant information. However, it is rather more noise than genuine uncertainty, which, by the way, will never be eliminated. [Pg.203]

The Wilkinson hydrogenation cycle shown in Figure 3 (16) was worked out in experiments that included isolation and identification of individual rhodium complexes, measurements of equiUbria of individual steps, deterrnination of rates of individual steps under conditions of stoichiometric reaction with certain reactants missing so that the catalytic cycle could not occur, and deterrnination of rates of the overall catalytic reaction. The cycle demonstrates some generally important points about catalysis the predominant species present in the reacting solution and the only ones that are easily observable by spectroscopic methods, eg, RhCl[P(CgH 2]3> 6 5)312 (olefin), and RhCl2[P(CgH )2]4, are outside the cycle, possibly in virtual equiUbrium with... [Pg.164]

Caution should be observed in copying another analysis. No previous analysis would have anticipated the TMI-2 accident. Other near misses were the Davis-Besse loss of feedwater incident of 1985, the Salem breaker problem of 1983, the Brown s Ferry Fire of 1975 and the scram problem at Brown s Ferry. [Pg.232]

In contrast to statics, the relaxational kinetics of living polymers and of giant wormlike micelles is unique (and different in both cases). It is entirely determined by the processes of scission/recombination and results in a nonlinear approach to equilibrium. A comparison of simulational results and laboratory observations in this respect is still missing and would be highly desirable. [Pg.549]

Taking the observed error or near miss as a starting point, perform task analysis (see Chapter 4) to describe overall context of the error. [Pg.84]

Their semi-empirical calculations also predicted a second transition below the A] which they did not observe they explained this discrepancy by noting that the missing band was probably obscured by the long-wavelength tail of the 206-nm band. ... [Pg.218]

The calculation done without including diffuse functions in the basis set fails to find three of the lower excited states. It does still compute excitation energies for six excited states, but the other three states are higher in energy than the 8.75 eV state, and do not correspond to the missing states observed by experiment. The three missing states are Rydberg states, observable via multiphoton ionization experiments. [Pg.227]

Gallium was predicted as eka-aluminium by D. 1. Mendeleev in 1870 and was discovered by P. E. Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875 by means of the spectroscope de Boi.sbaudran was, in fact, guided at the time by an independent theory of his own and had been searching for the missing element for some years. The first indications came with the observation of two new violet lines in the spark spectrum of a sample deposited on zinc, and within a month he had isolated 1 g of the metal starting from several hundred kilograms of crude zinc blende ore. The... [Pg.216]

Rt is ironic that such an intensely computational mathematical science as chaos theory owes much of its modern origin to calculations that were performed not on a large mainframe computer but rather a simple programmable pocket calculator, a Hewlett-Packard HP-65 Feigenbaum would explain years later that had the series of intermediate calculations not been carried out sufficiently slowly, it is likely that most of the key observations would have been missed [feigSOa]. [Pg.177]

Such a model should be as simple as possible, without however missing any of the underlying thermodynamic and physicochemical factors which cause electrochemical promotion. In particular it will be shown that even the use of Langmuir-type adsorption isotherms, appropriately modified due to the application of potential (or equivalently by the presense of promoters) suffice to describe all the experimentally observed rules G1 to G7 as well as practically all other observations regarding electrochemical promotion including the effect of potential on heats of adsorption as well as on kinetics and reaction orders. [Pg.305]

In a KI matrix the electronic absorption maximum of 82 - is observed at 400 nm, and the 88 stretching vibration by a Raman line at 594 cm k 83 shows a Raman line at 546 cm and an infrared absorption at 585 cm which were assigned to the symmetric and antisymmetric stretching vibrations, respectively. The bromides and iodides of Na, K, and Rb have also been used to trap 82 - but the wavenumbers of the 88 stretching vibration differ by as much as 18 cm- from the value in KI. The anion S3- has been trapped in the chlorides, bromides and iodides of Na, K, and Rb [120]. While the disulfide monoanion usually occupies a single anion vacancy [116, 122], the trisulfide radical anion prefers a trivacancy (one cation and two halide anions missing) [119]. [Pg.146]

Employ a model that mathematically describes a size distribution of this type, adjust the model parameters for best fit, and estimate the missing fraction above 564 /tm after correcting the observed frequencies, continue with a correct statistical analysis. [Pg.218]


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