Pressure, partial sensing

Adaptation to changes in osmotic pressure involves sensing and signaling pathways that have been partially elucidated for E. colip and yeasts.1/q Major changes in structure and metabolism may result. For example, in E. coli the outer membrane porin OmpF (Fig. 8-20) is replaced by OmpC (osmoporin), which has a smaller pore.1... 

The path length is set by the experimental configuration while a is known for each transition (such as OO O J—> OO l, J 1 or OO l J—> 00 2, J 1). Thus, a measurement of zi///provides the partial pressure P of molecules produced in probed states such as OO O Jor 00 1 J. (Strictly, optical probing measures the difference in the partial pressures between the upper and lower states of the probed transition however, in practice, the lower state population is always much larger than the upper state population so that the probe senses only the lower state population in the experiment.)... 

It may be noted that in the case of TMI-2, the core partially melted but did not get out of the pressure vessel. In the case of Chernobyl, there was no containment in the U.S. sense and what confinement there was, was disrupted by the nuclear excursion (like an explosion). 

Gas-sensing electrodes. A gas-sensing electrode consists of a combination electrode that is normally used to detect a gas in its solution by immersion. The sensor contains the inner sensing element, usually a glass electrode or another ISE, and around this a layer of a 0.1 Af electrolyte, surrounded by a gas-permeable membrane. On immersion of the sensor this membrane contacts the solution of the gas which diffuses through it until an overall equilibrium is established, i.e., the partial pressure of the gas attains an equilibrium between sample solution and membrane and between membrane and sensor electrolyte. For a better understanding of the interaction between this electrolyte and the... 

Other applications of the instrumentation and techniques here presented may include (i) temperature sensing employing alexandrite, ruby crystals, and Nd YAG crystals.(35 41) pH and partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCCh) may be determined employing carboxy seminaphtorhodafluor (SNARF)-6.(42)... 

A few gases may be involved in some enzyme reactions, e.g., C02 and 02 as used by carbonic anhydrase and produced by catalase, respectively. If the presence of such dissolved gases affects rates and equilibria at ordinary pressure, their importance will increase at higher pressure. Henry s law says that the partial pressure of a gas above a solution is proportional to its mole fraction in the solution. At high pressure it is more correct to speak of the fugacity / of a gas, instead of partial pressure, in the same sense that one uses activity instead of concentration in solution calculations. In dilute solutions, the fugacity of the dissolved gas is given by... 

Superheated liquids are liquids which exist at temperatures above their equilibrium boiling point at the system pressure. These liquids are metastable in a thermodynamic sense, i.e., they are stable with respect to small perturbations on the system, but if the perturbation is sufficiently large, superheated liquids will partially vaporize and form a final, more stable state, usually consisting of vapor and residual liquid. 

For many gaseous solutions, even if the gases are not ideal, the partial molar volumes of the components are equal to the molar volumes of the pure components at the same total pressure. The gases are said to obey Amagat s mle, and the volume change on mixing is zero. Under these conditions, the gaseous solution behaves ideally in the sense that it obeys the equation... 

If is a constant in the sense of being independent of oxygen concentration (or partial pressure), then one can transform Eq. (6.8.2) into... 

While a number of designs have been used, most oxygen sensors for automotive applications consist of a hollow, closed end tube, a schematic of which is shown in Figure 2. As shown, the interior of the closed end tube is open to the atmosphere which serves as a constant or reference oxygen partial pressure while the exterior is exposed to the exhaust gas. The voltage signal produced by the electrolyte is sensed by electrodes on the inner and outer surface of the sensor. These, in turn, are connected to the electronics package of the closed loop system. 

Hence, if no experimental value for AuHi is available (i.e., from measurements of Ka( ) at different temperatures), it can be obtained from experimental (or estimated) AvapH, and Hfe values. Finally, we should note that Eq. 6-8 applies in a strict sense only if we express the amount of the compound in the gas and liquid phase as partial pressure and mole fraction, respectively. However, if we assume that the molar volume of the liquid, Vi, is not significantly affected by temperature changes, we may also apply Eq. 6-8 to describe the temperature dependence of K,n ( ) (Eq. 6-5) with a constant term that is given by constant + In Ve Furthermore, if we express the amount of the compound in the gas phase in molar concentrations (Eq. 6-6), then we have to add the term RTm to Aa< // where rav (in K) is the average temperature of the temperature range considered (see Section 3.4) ... 

Elements from selenium through the middle rare earths will be present in the mixed fission product population they exhibit a wide variety of volatilities (1). The elements Y, Zr, and Nb and the rare earth oxides are high boiling and condensable at low partial pressures, whereas the noble gases, and the alkali metals Mo, Tc, Pd, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Te, Ru, and perhaps Rh, are very volatile in a relative sense Sr and Ba are predicted to be of refractory or intermediate behavior. 

Localized remote sensing for chemical compositions in operating PEMFC can be performed by tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS). Measurement of water vapor and carbon dioxide has been reported by using TDLAS.31-36 In TDLAS measurement, the absorption of the laser beam passing through the gas sample is expressed with the partial pressure of the absorbing species, Pa (atm), by Beer s law,... 

Use an ammonia electrode (Orion Model 95-10, Beckman Model 39565 or equivalent) along with a readout device, such as a pH meter with expanded millivolt scale between -700 mV and +700 mV or a specific ion meter. The electrode assembly consists of a sensor glass electrode and a reference electrode mounted behind a hydrophobic gas-permeable membrane. The membrane separates the aqueous sample from an ammonium chloride internal solution. Before analysis, the sample is treated with caustic soda to convert any NH4+ ion present in the sample into NH3. The dissolved NH3 in the sample diffuses through the membrane until the partial pressure of NH3 in the sample becomes equal to that in the internal solution. The partial pressure of ammonia is proportional to its concentration in the sample. The diffusion of NH3 into the internal solution increases its pH, which is measured by a pH electrode. The chloride level in the internal standard solution remains constant. It is sensed by a chloride ion-selective electrode which serves as the reference electrode. 

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