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Figure 8.9 Predicted three-dimensional distributions of oxygen partial pressure in tissue. Model simulations from Tsoukias et al. [196] are based on a realistic model of the microvascular network associated with skeletal muscle. Predicted partial pressure distributions are illustrated for a control simulation (upper panel) and for a simulation of hemodilution - reduced hematocrit - plus addition of blood substitute (lower panel.) Predicted oxygen tension in mmHg is indicated by grayscale. Figure provided courtesy of Nicolaos Tsoukias.

Figure 2. Time-of-flight mass spectra of iron dusters as a function of increasing deuterium partial pressure in the reactor. The upper panel shows the reference mass spectrum obtained when helium only is pulsed into the reactor. The lower curves show the effect of increasing deuterium pressure.

Figure 1 The steady state surface coverage (left panel) and CO turnover frequency (right panel) for CO oxidation over Ru02( 110) at 600 K as functions of the 02 and CO partial pressure as predicted by Reuter et al84 In the left panel, the shaded regions indicate surfaces with >90% of available sites covered by the indicated species. In the right panel, each contour line indicates an increase in the TOF of an order of magnitude. The darkest region in the right panel has a TOF > 1017 cm 2s 1. [Reproduced with permission from APS]...

With this method, Andersson and Rosen [169] recently investigated the adsorption of hydrogen or deuterium and oxygen on neutral platinum clusters and discovered the catal3dic water formation on the free clusters. Figure 1.30 displays mass spectra obtained with different partial pressures of hydrogen and oxygen in the separate collision gas cells. Panel a in Fig. 1.30 shows a mass spectrum of pure Pt clusters with no reactive gas in the collision cells. The mass spectrum in panel b was sampled after the cluster ions passed reaction cell 1 filled with 0.14 Pa of O2. The additional peaks in the mass spectrum... 

In almost every system, the Mettler Thermoanalyzer I was coupled to a quadrupole mass spectrometer, such as is illustrated in Figure 8.14 (37. 69i. The sample may be studied under vacuum 10"6 Tom or under higher pressures to 1 atm. The reaction chamber, R. is surrounded by the furnace and separated from the balance by a diffusion baffle. The evolved gases pass directly to the mass analyzer. F. which is connected to a recorder, J. through the mass spectrometer control panel. Total pressure is determined by an ionization gauge, S, which also permits the recording of the EGD curve (in this case, due to the pressure change in the system). The relation between measured total pressure and the ion current of the calibration gas permits calibration of the mass spectrometer in absolute partial pressure units or A/Torr. 

Before being used in a vacuum panel, the open cell PU foam needs a preliminary heat treatment in air, generally carried ont at 120-150 °C for 10-60 minutes to remove water and other volatile species which otherwise would desorb and rapidly cause the vacuum to deteriorate. The result of a typical outgassing test carried out at 23 °C on a foam sample baked at 120 °C for 30 minutes is shown in Figure 4.4 for all desorbed gases but water. Water is difficult to quantify since it sticks to the walls of the system and only partially reaches the mass spectrometer. Water can be estimated as the difference between the total absolute pressure and the sum of the partial pressures of the other gas species, which can be accurately quantified with the mass spectrometer. 

This approach allows measurement of both total and partial pressures in the panel, thus providing useful information on the gas ratios, this being useful as an R D tool or to monitor and improve the manufacturing process. However, since this is a destructive and relatively time-consuming test it can only be used for one-off samples. A nondestructive technique to measure total pressure in a vacuum panel has been proposed recently, which is based on the use of a laser beam source coupled to a detection system. 

Fig. 4.8. Frequency distribution (histograms) of oxygen partial pressures (pOi) measured in normal breast (upper left panel) and in locally advanced breast cancers (Tlb-T4, upper right panel), in normal cervix of nullipara (lower left panel), and in...

At this stage, the hydrogen ion concentration is only partially compensated the partial pressure of carbon dioxide is low, as is the bicarbonate concentration. This is shown in the right panel of Table 3.6. In metabolic disorders, it is usual for compensation to be only partial, in contrast to disorders which are of respiratory origin. 

Fig. 21. Decomposition of the partial pressures into bandwidth and band-position terms (lower panel) for the trivalent lanthanides. Approximate pressure expressions, eqs. (46) and (47) (after Skriver 1983b).

Figure 12.12 Left panel spiral patterns, a few micrometers in size, measured at different times, for oxidation of CO on Pt (110). Shown are the local variations in the work function, low at CO-covered surface, bright areas, and high for O atom coverage, dark areas. The time interval between the frames is 30 s and as can be seen different spirals rotate at different rates. Right panel the different spatial patterns that have been analyzed as a function of temperature and partial pressure of CO, for a low (4-10 mbar) O2 partial pressure. [Both adapted from Rotermund (1997)].

With explosion pressure relief the maximum possible explosion pressure is lowered by opening a relief vent after explosion initiation. This can be a bursting disc, explosion panel or explosion vent, with the latter allowing repeated use. In extreme cases the side wall or the roof of the industrial hall may serve as vent opening. By explosion relief the confined explosion becomes a partially confined one with a corresponding lower maximum pressure. Pertinent calculation procedures can be found in [12, 13]. 

Recent regulations and environmental legislation have put pressure to stop the use of traditional synthetic adhesives for wood panels. Higher costs of oil from which traditional adhesives are derived have also contributed to this trend. As a consequence, the interest in natural adhesives for wood panels has intensified. This has translated in the revival of the traditional approach of partially substituting in the formulations a small proportion of the synthetic adhesive with a natural material [1]. This approach is rather old and is revived now to conserve traditional synthetic adhesives that might well not be available in the future. Its main disadvantages are... 

The use of a different PE grade or a different sealant polymer will provide different pressure build-up curves in the panel both in terms of total and partial gas pressures. 

Fig. 25. The total (t) and partial (s, p, d, f) pressures evaluated by means of eq. (37), as functions of atomic number and radius. Sq is the measured equilibrium radius. The lower panels show the occupation numbers (sp, d, f) and spin polarization (m).

Si-O, 0-0, Fig. 11.23, left panel) with a FSDP increasing from 1.53 to 1.9A at 5 GPa for Ao-o(k), and then decreasing at higher pressures. The width of the FSDP FSDP (Fig-11.23 right) also exhibits anomalies in the same pressure interval, and a pronounced minimum is obtained for Akpsop in the total SnCIc) and the partial Asi-o(k). 

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