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High pressure xenon lamps are also employed in some TLC scanners (e.g. the scanner of Schoeffel and that of Farrand). They produce higher intensity radiation than do hydrogen or tungsten lamps. The maximum intensity of the radiation emitted lies between k = 500 and 700 nm. In addition to the continuum there are also weak emission lines below k = 495 nm (Fig. 14). The intensity of the radiation drops appreciably below k = 300 nm and the emission zone, which is stable for higher wavelengths, begins to move [43]. 

Irradiation by fast neutrons causes a densification of vitreous silica that reaches a maximum value of 2.26 g/cm3, ie, an increase of approximately 3%, after a dose of 1 x 1020 neutrons per square centimeter. Doses of up to 2 x 1020 n/cm2 do not further affect this density value (190). Quartz, tridymite, and cristobalite attain the same density after heavy neutron irradiation, which means a density decrease of 14.7% for quartz and 0.26% for cristobalite (191). The resulting glass-like material is the same in each case, and shows no x-ray diffraction pattern but has identical density, thermal expansion (192), and elastic properties (193). Other properties are also affected, ie, the heat capacity is lower than that of vitreous silica (194), the thermal conductivity increases by a factor of two (195), and the refractive index, increases to 1.4690 (196). The new phase is called amorphous silica M, after metamict, a word used to designate mineral disordered by radiation in the geological past (197). 

Droplets entering the flame evaporate then the remaining solid vaporizes and decomposes into atoms. Many elements form oxides and hydroxides in the outer cone. Molecules do not have the same spectra as atoms, so the atomic signal is lowered. Molecules also emit broad radiation that must be subtracted from the sharp atomic signals. If the flame is relatively rich in fuel (a rich flame), excess carbon tends to reduce metal oxides and hydroxides and thereby increases sensitivity. A lean flame, with excess oxidant, is hotter. Different elements require either rich or lean flames for best analysis. The height in the flame at which maximum atomic absorption or emission is observed depends on the element being measured and the flow rates of sample, fuel, and oxidizer.6... 

It has been known for about 50 years4 that the annual variations in ozone do not correspond to these of the solar radiation depending on the latitude and the season. The behavior of ozone is characterized by a maximum in spring and a minimum in autumn also there is more ozone at high than at low latitudes. This behavior shows that the chemical reactions in question are slow, in comparison with transport phenomena, in the lower stratosphere below 25 km. 

The maximum pressure in an auto radiator is determined by the release pressure of the radiator cap. Do a phase-rule analysis and determine whether each of the following statements is true or false ... 

The spectrum of the radiation measured on the laser axis, at the maximum X-ray intensity and for a0 = 5.6, is displayed in Fig. 11.6. A broad continuum extending from 20 to 400 eV is observed (the spectrometer did not allow characterization below 20eV and above 400 eV). It is peaked at 100 eV, which is in close agreement with the numerical simulation done for do = 6 and an electron energy of 1.5 MeV. The X-ray intensity then drops... 

Infrared and Raman spectrometers usually combine a radiation source, a sample arrangement, a device for spectral dispersion or selection of radiation, and a radiation detector, connected to appropriate recording and evaluation facilities. An ideal spectrometer records completely resolved spectra with a maximum signal-to-noise ratio. It requires a minimum amount of sample which is measured nondestructively in a minimum time, and it provides facilities for storing and evaluating the spectra. It also supplies information concerning composition, constitution, and other physical properties. In practice, spectrometers do not entirely meet all of these conditions. Depending on the application, a compromise has to be found. 

For instance, the efficiency of luminescent materials is not determined well. Only in the case of excitation with high-energy radiation (e.g. cathode rays), can the maximum energy efficiency be calculated rather accurately, using a surprisingly simple treatment [5.225]. In contrast, loss processes (which do not result in luminescence) cannot yet be predicted well quantitatively. 

When an explosive slowly decomposes, the products may not follow the previously described hierarchy or be at the maximum oxidation states. The nitro, nitrate, nitramines, acids, etc., in an explosive molecule can break down slowly. This is due to low-temperature kinetics as well as the influence of light, infrared, and ultraviolet radiation, and any other mechanism that feeds energy into the molecule. Upon decomposition, products such as NO, NO2, H2O, N2, acids, aldehydes, ketones, etc., are formed. Large radicals of the parent explosive molecule are left, and these react with their neighbors. As long as the explosive is at a temperature above absolute zero, decomposition occurs. At lower temperatures the rate of decomposition is infinitesimally small. As the temperature increases, the decomposition rate increases. Although we do not always, and in fact seldom do, know the exact chemical mechanism, we do know that most explosives, in the use range of temperatures, decompose with a zero-order reaction rate. This means that the rate of decomposition is usually independent of... 

The entropy of the radiation ASr is lost when the light disappears in the absorption process. An equivalent amount of entropy must then be created in the absorber at ambient temperature Tp. Therefore, the maximum energy available to do work at temperature T is given by ... 

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