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Other sources where a fleet safety director can find facts about causes of accidents are the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Bureau Labor of Statistics, summaries and reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety Health (NIOSH). 

Information from the following sources has also been used in the preparation of this report  

On UK (Sizewell B NPP) experience and findings private communications between ENCONET Consulting and Mr. K. Brook and Dr. P.J. Ross. 

On USA experience and findings Private communications between ENCONET Consulting and Mr. Bengt Lydell. 

Space does not permit a full discussion of the myriad laser sources available for studying red/near-IR fluorescence. In any case the operation and properties of such sources are well described in many other texts. Nevertheless, for the sake of completeness, we will briefly mention some of the other sources here. 

The helium-neon (HeNe) laser immediately comes to mind, having a very useful spectral line at 633 nm for steady-state red/near-IR fluorescence studies. Kessler and Wolfbeis have demonstrated the fluorescence assay of the protein human serum albumin using the probe albumin blue excited with a red HeNe laser.(71) Another useful wavelength available from the green HeNe laser is at 543.5 nm and this has been used with phase-modulation fluorometry by Lakowicz etal. to study probes such as carboxy seminaphtorhodafluor-6 (SNARF-6) as a means of measuring pH.(72) 

However, unlike diode lasers, an external acousto-optic or electro-optic modulator is required for phase-modulation lifetime fluorometry to be performed with a HeNe laser. 

Argon ion lasers, mode-locked to produce pulses in the picosecond domain, are in widespread use, producing power levels generally higher than diode lasers up to ca. 

Very recently, white light continuum pulses of duration ca. 200 fsec, pulse energy ca. 1 / J, and peak wavelength of ca. 780 nm have been generated at repetition rates up to 250 kHz by commercially available Ti sapphire regenerative amplified laser systems. Such systems are very expensive, but the expected easier use, as compared with homemade systems, should open up new research applications for time-resolved fluorescence and absorption techniques in the near-IR. 

Productionfrom Inland Sources. Inland sources of brine are valuable when their locations reduce transportation expense and when they are much more concentrated than ocean water. Famous examples of the latter effect are the Dead Sea and the Great Salt Lake. These may be regarded in terms of salt production as enormous condenser ponds. Other sources may be springs or subsurface streams. 

The composition of inland sources is variable and may be quite different from seawater. Other minerals may be more important than the salt. The Dead Sea, for example, is a major source of magnesium and bromine. Various parts of the world have deposits of mixed sodium and potassium chlorides the potash is the more valuable component of these deposits, and the NaCl is often a waste product. Its disposal then can become an environmental problem [16]. 

The techniques used to produce salt are the same as those above, but the details of plant arrangement and operation may be radically different, reflecting the composition of the brine. Condenser ponds will be much less extensive. The relative size and importance of lime ponds will depend on the calcium content of the source. The ponding operation extends beyond NaCl recovery when other products are to be recovered. 

Some multiple units operate in cascade, with the brine following any of several paths through the unit. When nearly saturated brine is the feed solution, there is less to be gained by staging the brine, and parallel feed is common. 

Today s standard vacuum evaporators are far removed from open pans. The so-called grainer process actually is closer to the original vacuum-pan process [17,18]. It was displaced by developments in the vacuum-pan process. It survives as a minor source thanks largely to the unique particle characteristics of its product. These are due to slow rates of evaporation from large, quiescent brine surface areas. A flow of air across the brine surface keeps the evaporation temperature at 90-95°C. Surface tension keeps afloat the flakes that initially form. Growth continues, mostly on the underside, until the hollow, pyramidal particles reach a size where they sink to the bottom. The process obviously is energy-intensive, and this fact accounts for its commercial demise [2]. 

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There are many other sources of waste associated with process operations which can only be taken care of in the later stages of design or after the plant has been built and has become operational. For example, poor operating practice can mean that the process operates under conditions for which it was not designed, leading to waste. Such problems might be solved by an increased level of automation or better management of the process. These considerations are outside the scope of this text. 

Waste from steam systems. If steam is used as a hot utility, then inefficiencies in the steam system itself cause utility waste. Figure 10.9 shows a schematic representation of a steam system. Raw water from a river or other source is fed to the steam system. This is... 

The chirality code of a molecule is based on atomic properties and on the 3D structure. Examples of atomic properties arc partial atomic charges and polarizabilities, which are easily accessible by fast empirical methods contained in the PETRA package. Other atomic properties, calculated by other methods, can in principle be used. It is convenient, however, if the chosen atomic property discriminates as much as possible between non-equivalent atoms. 3D molecular structures are easily generated by the GORINA software package (see Section 2.13), but other sources of 3D structures can be used as well. 

If a liquid which is being heated in a beaker or a conical flask catches fire, it is frequently sufficient to turn off the gas (or other source of heating) below and then at once to stretch a clean duster tightly over the mouth of the vessel. The fire quickly dies out from lack of air, and the (probably valuable) solution is recovered unharmed. 

Other sources of hazard arise from the handling of such chemicals as concentrated acids, alkalis, metallic sodium and bromine, and in working with such extremely poisonous substances as sodium and potassium cyanides. The special precautions to be observed will be indicated, where necessary, in the experiments in which the substances are employed, and will also be supplied by the demonstrator. The exercise of obvious precautions and cautious handling will in most cases reduce the danger to almost negligible proportions. Thus, if concentrated sulphuric acid should be accidentally spilled, it should be immediately washed with a liberal quantity of water or of a solution of a mild alkali. 

II. How to Use This Book Other Sources of Information and Building Necessary Background... 

Cesium, an alkali metal, occurs in lepidolite, pollucte (a hydrated silicate of aluminum and cesium), and in other sources. One of the world s richest sources of cesium is located at Bernic Lake, Manitoba. The deposits are estimated to contain 300,000 tons of pollucite, averaging 20% cesium. 

Other sources that have computatonal chemistry definitions are... 

There are a number of other sources of information available about the synthesis of indoles. The most comprehensive entree to the older literature is through Volume 25, Parts I-IIl, of The Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, which were published between 1972 and 1979[23]. Work to the early 1980s is reviewed in Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry[24 and a second edition is forthcoming[25]. Other reviews emphasizing recent developments are also availablc[26-28]. 

Th ere are sim ilar expression s for sym m etry related in tegrals (sslyy), etc. For direct comparison with CNDO, F is computed as in CNDO. The other INDO parameters, and F, are generally obtained [J. I. Slater, Quantum Theory of Atomic Structure, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Vol. 1, New York, I960.] from fits to experimental atomic energy levels, although other sources for these Slater-Con don parameters are available. The parameter file CINDO.ABP contains the values of G and F (columns 9 and 10) in addition to the CNDO parameters. 

One-Stage Resins. The ratio of formaldehyde to phenol is high enough to allow the thermosetting process to take place without the addition of other sources of cross-links. 

This table lists values of /3, the cubical coefficient of thermal expansion, taken from Essentials of Quantitative Analysis, by Benedetti-Pichler, and from various other sources. The value of /3 represents the relative increases in volume for a change in temperature of 1°C at temperatures in the vicinity of 25°C, and is equal to 3 a, where a is the linear coefficient of thermal expansion. Data are given for the types of glass from which volumetic apparatus is most commonly made, and also for some other materials which have been or may be used in the fabrication of apparatus employed in analytical work. 

Correcting for Residual Current In any quantitative analysis the signal due to the analyte must be corrected for signals arising from other sources. The total measured current in any voltammetric experiment, itot> consists of two parts that due to the analyte s oxidation or reduction, and a background, or residual, current, ir. 

The residual current, in turn, has two sources. One source is a faradaic current due to the oxidation or reduction of trace impurities in the sample, i . The other source is the charging current, ich> that is present whenever the working electrode s potential changes. 

Because variations in accurate isotope ratio measurements typically concern only a few parts per 1000 by mass and there are no universal absolute ratios, it is necessary to define some standards. For this purpose, samples of standard substances are produced and made available at two major centers IAEA (International Atomic Energy Authority, U.K.) and NIST (National Institute for Standards and Technology, U.S.). Standards from other sources are also available. These primary standards can be used as such, or alternative standards can be employed if the primary ones are not available. However, any alternative standards need to be related accurately to the primary ones (see formulae below). For example, the material PDB (PeeDee belemnite), used particularly as a standard for the ratio of isotopes, is no longer readily available, and a new standard, VPDB,... 

These distinctions are summarized in Table 3.1 for handy reference. The nomenclature and notation are somewhat confusing, and the situation gets even worse when other sources are consulted. Not all authors use the same notation, so Table 3.1 is useful as a concordance. 

This state of affairs is summarized in Fig. 9.4a, which plots contours for different values of [77] in terms of compatible combinations of mj /nij and a/b. For the aqueous serum albumin described in Example 9.1 as an illustration, any solvation-ellipticity combination which corresponds roughly to [77] = 5 is possible for this system. Data from some other source are needed to pin down a more specific characterization. 

Natural line broadening is usually very small compared with other causes of broadening. However, not only is it of considerable theoretical importance but also, in the ingenious technique of Lamb dip spectroscopy (see Section 2.3.5.2), observations may be made of spectra in which all other sources of broadening are removed. 

In the case of atoms UPS is unlikely to produce information which is not available from other sources. In addition many materials have such low vapour pressures that their UPS spectra may be recorded only at high temperatures. The noble gases, mercury and, to some extent, the alkali metals are exceptions but we will consider here only the specttum of argon. 

As in all the processes, the process condensate and all other sources of waste urea—NH —water contamination go to a waste recovery unit which includes a urea hydrolyzer. The final water discharge is then below 3—5 ppm of NH and urea. 

Monobasic acids are determined by gas chromatographic analysis of the free acids dibasic acids usually are derivatized by one of several methods prior to chromatographing (176,177). Methyl esters are prepared by treatment of the sample with BF.—methanol, H2SO4—methanol, or tetramethylammonium hydroxide. Gas chromatographic analysis of silylation products also has been used extensively. Liquid chromatographic analysis of free acids or of derivatives also has been used (178). More sophisticated hplc methods have been developed recentiy to meet the needs for trace analyses ia the environment, ia biological fluids, and other sources (179,180). Mass spectral identification of both dibasic and monobasic acids usually is done on gas chromatographicaHy resolved derivatives. 

Methanol substitution strategies do not appear to cause an increase in exposure to ambient formaldehyde even though the direct emissions of formaldehyde have been somewhat higher than those of comparable gasoline cars. Most ambient formaldehyde is in fact secondary formaldehyde formed by photochemical reactions of hydrocarbons emitted from gasoline vehicles and other sources. The effects of slightly higher direct formaldehyde emissions from methanol cars are offset by reduced hydrocarbon emissions (68). 

Fats and oils may be synthesized in enantiomerically pure forms in the laboratory (30) or derived from vegetable sources (mainly from nuts, beans, and seeds), animal depot fats, fish, or marine mammals. Oils obtained from other sources differ markedly in their fatty acid distribution. Table 2 shows compositions for a wide variety of oils. One variation in composition is the chain length of the fatty acid. Butterfat, for example, has a fairly high concentration of short- and medium-chain saturated fatty acids. Oils derived from cuphea are also a rich source of capric acid which is considered to be medium in chain length (32). Palm kernel and coconut oils are known as lauric oils because of their high content of C-12 saturated fatty acid (lauric acid). Rapeseed oil, on the other hand, has a fairly high concentration of long-chain (C-20 and C-22) fatty acids. 

Soybean meal is the most frequently used source of supplemental protein in the United States (5). Cottonseed meal is another important protein supplement. Both meals are by-products from oil extraction of the seeds. Canola meal is derived from rapeseed low in emcic acid [112-86-7] and glucosinolates. Linseed (derived from flax seed), peanut, sunflower, safflower, sesame, coconut, and palm kernel meals are other sources of supplemental protein that are by-products of oil extraction (4). 

Eastman Goal Chemicals. In 1983 Eastman Chemical Co. became the first chemical producer in the United States to return to coal as a raw material for large-scale manufacture of industrial chemicals (35). In that year, Eastman started manufacturing acetic anhydride from coal. Acetic anhydride is a key intermediate for production of coatings, ceUulosic plastics, and cellulose acetate fibers. Acetic anhydride from other sources also is used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, starches and sweeteners, and flavors and fragrances. 

Nearly all commercial nitrogen fertilizer is derived from synthetic ammonia. However, prior to the introduction of ammonia synthesis processes in the early 1900s dependence was entirely on other sources. These sources are stdl utilized, but their relative importance has diminished. 

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