Concentration potential

Clean boiler water surfaces reduce potential concentration sites for caustic. Deposit control treatment programs, such as those based on chelants and synthetic polymers, can help provide clean surfaces. 

FIG. 8 Dependence of the adsorbed amount of C12E4 on the applied potential. Concentration of C12E4 in nitrobenzene is 50 (curve 1), 20 (curve 2), 10 (curve 3), and 5 (curve 4)mmoldm (From Ref. 47, reproduced by permission. The Chemical Society of Japan.)... 

Possible driving forces for solute flux can be enumerated as a linear combination of gradient contributions [Eq. (20)] to solute potential across the membrane barrier (see Part I of this volume). These transbarrier gradients include chemical potential (concentration gradient-driven diffusion), hydrostatic potential (pressure gradient-driven convection), electrical potential (ion gradient-driven cotransport), osmotic potential (osmotic pressure-driven convection), and chemical potential modified by chemical or biochemical reaction. 

Emergency plans are being formulated so that rapid action can be taken in the event of an equipment failure. It is predicted that if a particular pipeline were to rupture, it would release ammonia at a rate of 100 Ib/s. It is decided that anyone exposed to potential concentrations exceeding 500 ppm must be evacuated. What recommendation will you make as to the evacuation distance downwind Assume that the wind speed is 6 mph and that the sun is shining brightly. 

PHREEQE can calculate pH, redox potential, concentration of elements, molalities and activities of aqueous species, and mineral or gas mass transfer as a function of reaction progress. The program is capable of simulating reactions due to mixing, titrating, net irreversible reaction, temperature changes, and mineral- or gas- phase equilibration. 

Further research will be necessary to demonstrate conclusively that inhibition of histamine metabolism is responsible for the potentiation of histamine toxicity that is apparently observed in scombroid poisoning. In vivo experiments will be necessary to show that hepatic histamine metabolism is also compromised by the ingestion of suspected potentiators. Also, the effectiveness of cadaverine and other possible potentiators must be demonstrated under conditions where the histamine level exceeds the potentiator concentration by a factor of approximately 10. This concentration ratio would parallel that found in spoiled tuna more closely than the levels used in the experiments of Lyons et al. (48). 

The factors which influence the rate of dissolution of iron oxides are the properties of the overall system (e. g. temperature, UV light), the composition of the solution phase (e.g. pH, redox potential, concentration of acids, reductants and complexing agents) and the properties of the oxide (e. g. specific surface area, stoichiometry, crystal chemistry, crystal habit and presence of defects or guest ions). Models which take all of these factors into account are not available. In general, only the specific surface area, the composition of the solution and in some cases the tendency of ions in solution to form surface complexes are considered. 

The point is that measurements of the dependence of the rate of the electrode reaction on important variables—potential, concentration, temperature, pressure, etc.—must be made under conditions in which the influences of contamination and diffusion control are eliminated. If, for example, when one varies the pressure, some other influence is at work (say, H diffusing into the electrode material and changing the properties of the surface), then of course an innocent analysis of the result of pressure variation (which may take many minutes to accomplish) as though the changes observed were due only to that variation and not contamination of the electrode surface, may yield puzzling conclusions. 

Even for this simplest of all situations we had to make a fairly drastic assumption of high concentration of NaCl, in order to get from (6.11) to (6.13). The situation is considerably more complicated when different multivalent ions are present in the solution, although the basic argument is the same. In biological fluids, such as whole blood, the value of the Donnan potential across the dialysis membrane can be tens of millivolts. (In the above derivation of the Donnan potential, concentrations instead of activities have been used for purely historical reasons.)... 

The initial species present, their relative concentrations, the induction of their enzymes, and their ability to acclimate once exposed to a chemical are likely to vary considerably, depending upon such environmental parameters as temperature, salinity, pH, oxygen concentration (aerobic or anaerobic), redox potential, concentration and nature of various substrates and nutrients, concentration of heavy metals (toxicity), and effects (synergistic and antagonistic) of associated microflora (Howard and Banerjee, 1984). Many of the parameters affect the biodegradation of chemicals in the environment as well as in biodegradation test systems used to simulate the environment. 

Information concerning the effect of in situ mining on the potential concentration of uranium in solution and concerning the experimentally determined effect of solution/sediment interactions on uranium mobility in the aquifer environment can be used to estimate the response of a geologic nuclear waste repository to the ingress of oxidizing water. 

Natural membranes have two interfaces with aqueous solutions, and interfacial properties, such as surface potential, concentration, and... 

To predict the potential concentration of metal-ammine complexes in solution, one needs to understand the relationship between pH and NH3 formation. Consider the equation... 

First, the current state of affairs is remarkably similar to that of the field of computational molecular dynamics 40 years ago. While the basic equations are known in principle (as we shall see), the large number of unknown parameters makes realistic simulations essentially impossible. The parameters in molecular dynamics represent the force field to which Newton s equation is applied the parameters in the CME are the rate constants. (Accepted sets of parameters for molecular dynamics are based on many years of continuous development and checking predictions with experimental measurements.) In current applications molecular dynamics is used to identify functional conformational states of macromolecules, i.e., free energy minima, from the entire ensemble of possible molecular structures. Similarly, one of the important goals of analyzing the CME is to identify functional states of areaction network from the entire ensemble of potential concentration states. These functional states are associated with the maxima in the steady state probability distribution function p(n i, no, , hn). In both the cases of molecular dynamics and the CME applied to non-trivial systems it is rarely feasible to enumerate all possible states to choose the most probable. Instead, simulations are used to intelligently and realistically sample the state space. 

A decrease in the stationary chemical potential (concentration) of most reactive catalyst species (including intermediate reactant—reaction center complexes) and an increase in chemical potentials (concentrations) of less reactive species against their chemical potentials (concentrations) under conditions of thermodynamic equilibrium of the reaction medium Existence of reversible nonequiUbrium reconstruction of the active component surface or bulk... 

As described above, the electrons in a semiconductor can be described classically with an effective mass, which is usually less than the free electron mass. When no gradients in temperature, potential, concentration, and so on are present, the conduction electrons will move in random directions in the crystal. The average time that an electron travels between scattering events is the mean free time, Tm. Carrier scattering can arise from the collisions with the crystal lattice, impurities, or other electrons. However, during this random walk, the thermal motion is completely random, and these scattering processes will therefore produce no net motion of charge carriers on a macroscopic scale. 

Figure 3. Variations in aromatic potential (concentration of volatile compounds/perception thresholds) and polyphenolic content of oak wood according to geographical origin...

Figure 8. Aromatic potential (concentration of extractives/perception thresholds = olfactive units) of oak wood after natural seasoning during three years (SN) or artificial drying (3 months) (SA), adapted from (5)...

The mobility of uranium in soil and its vertical transport (leaching) to groundwater depend on properties of the soil such as pH, oxidation-reduction potential, concentration of complexing anions, porosity of the soil, soil particle size, and sorption properties, as well as the amount of water available (Allard et al. 

As explained before, the open-circuit potential of the battery depends on concentration, temperature, and transport limitations. The real voltage delivered by a battery in a closed circuit is affected by ohmic limitations (ohmic potential), concentration limitations (concentration overpotential), and surface limitations (surface overpotential). The close circuit potential of the cell is given by the open-circuit potential of the cell minus the drop in potential due to ohmic potential, concentration overpotential, and surface overpotential. The ohmic potential is due to the ohmic potential drop in the solution. It is mostly affected by the applied charge/discharge current of the battery. The concentration overpotential is associated with the concentration variations in the solution near the electrodes. It is strongly affected by transport properties such as electrolyte conductivity, transference number, and diffusion coefficients. Finally, the surface overpotential is due to the limited rates of the electrode reactions. 

Figure 10.4 Playa depositional/evaporative facies arranged parallel to, and potentially concentrically in plan around the shorelines of an evaporating lake (from Eugster Hardie, 1978 with additional information from Kendall, 1992 Warren, 2006). The figure shows the relationship with other geomorphological and hydrological features such as alluvial fans, dunes, spring tufa, and the sources and movement of water.

Playa depositional/evaporative facies arranged parallel to, and potentially concentrically in plan... 

The above analysis is, of course, based on the assumption of simple order reactions under Tafel operation and on the availability of sufficiently accurate data ( 5-10%). With complex reaction kinetics, for example, those involving surface adsorption terms (Eq. 16), a nonlinear regression analysis would yield the best estimate of a, Uj, and for a possible kinetic model. In all cases, use of these parameters for predicting the performance of an electrochemical reactor or the selectivity of a reaction scheme should be restricted within the potential, concentration, and temperature range that they were determined. We should stress here that kinetic information is presently scanty for complex, multiple electrochemical reactions, yet it is essential for the design, optimization, and control of electrochemical processes. 

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