Radio copper

M15. Matthews, W. B., The absorption and excretion of radio-copper in hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson s disease). J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiat. 17, 242-246 (1954). 

Electroless nickel or nickel—lead alloys can improve the solderabiUty and braisabiUty of aluminum even when a continuous film is not present. Electroless nickel systems based on dimethylaminehorane reduciag agents are used to coat aluminum contacts and semiconductors (qv) ia the electronics iadustry. Newer uses iaclude corrosion-resistant electroless nickel topcoatings on electroless copper plating for radio frequency... 

Other interesting thin-film studies using AES have included the growth of platinum on Ti02- and SrO-terminated (100) SrTiOs single-crystal substrates [2.154], of epitaxial niobium films on (110) T1O2 [2.155], the interaction of copper with a (0001) rhenium surface [2.156], and the characterization of radio-frequency (rf) sputtered TiN films on stainless steel [2.157]. 

Radio tracer studies, and adsorption of perchlorate ions on copper, 94 Raman s scattering, and differential capacitance, 80... 

Low-temperature glow-discharges were utilized to cause bond rupture in hexafluoroethane (11). In these experiments, the power to support the discharge was supplied by a radio-frequency discharge that delivered 25 W of power, at a frequency of 8.6 MHz, to the copper coil surrounding the Pyrex reactor (see Fig. 2). The load coil was indue-... 

Figure 6.3. Levitation of a molten metal in a radio-frequency field. The coil consists of water-cooled copper tubes. The counter winding above the sample stabilizes levitation. The same coils (and possibly additional ones) act as the induction heater. This technique has been applied to container-less melting and zone refining of metals and for drop calorimetry of liquid metals. It can be also used to decarburize and degas in ultrahigh vacuum mono-crystalline spheres of highly refractory metals (adapted from Brandt (1989)). The arrows indicate the instantaneous current flow directions in the inductors.

In terms of the electronic age, which includes the invention of the radio, television, calculator, and computer, it has been claimed that the discovery of high Tc superconductors has resulted in a "third electronics revolution" preceded by the transistor (1947), and the vacuum tube (1904). It now appears that we have shifted from "silicon valley" to a "copper-oxide valley" with the new discoveries in the field of high Tc superconductivity. 

Microelectronic devices on silicon chips are typically made from layers of n-type and p-type silicon. Films of silica act like the plastic sheath on copper cable, since silica is insulating. A layer of p-type silicon back to back with a layer of n-type, called a p-n junction, allows a current moving across the junction to flow in one direction but not the reverse. This one-way behaviour is the fundamental characteristic of a device called a diode. Early diodes in electronics were made from metal plates sealed inside evacuated glass tubes, which could be seen glowing in the innards of old radio sets. Diodes made from doped silicon can be much smaller and more robust since they are made from solid materials, they are components of solid-state electronics. 

Emission spectroscopy utilizes the characteristic line emission from atoms as their electrons drop from the excited to the ground state. The earliest version of emission spectroscopy as applied to chemistry was the flame test, where samples of elements placed in a Bunsen burner will change the flame to different colors (sodium turns the flame yellow calcium turns it red, copper turns it green). The modem version of emission spectroscopy for the chemistry laboratory is ICP-AES. In this technique rocks are dissolved in acid or vaporized with a laser, and the sample liquid or gas is mixed with argon gas and turned into a plasma (ionized gas) by a radio frequency generator. The excited atoms in the plasma emit characteristic energies that are measured either sequentially with a monochromator and photomultiplier tube, or simultaneously with a polychrometer. The technique can analyze 60 elements in minutes. 

Fiber optic systems are more economical than their alternatives—copper wire, radio relay, and satellite. The regeneration of signals sent on copper cables is necessitated at several mile intervals, whereas tile distance on optical fibers can be. over a thousand miles by using optical amplifiers approximately every 50 miles. 

The basic set-up and compounds of an ICP-AES and ICP-MS are shown in Fig. 2. The ICP part is almost identical for AES and MS as detection principle. The ICP torch consists of three concentric quartz tubes, from which the outer channel is flushed with the plasma argon at a typical flow rate of 14 1 min-1. This gas flow is both the plasma and the cool gas. The middle channel transports the auxiliary argon gas flow, which is used for the shape and the axial position of the plasma. The inner channel encloses the nebulizer gas stream coming form the nebulizer / spray chamber combination. This gas stream transports the analytes into the plasma. Both the auxiliary and the nebulizer gas flow are typically around 1 1 min-1. The plasma energy is coupled inductively into the argon gas flow via two or three loops of a water-cooled copper coil. A radio frequency of 27.12 or 40.68 MHz at 1-1.5 kW is used as power source. The plasma is... 

Electronic devices can also generate electromagnetic and radio frequency interference waves that can interfere with other electronic devices. These waves must be modulated and leakage to the environment prevented. Plastics, silicones, acrylics, and polyesters (qv) that are filled with conductive fillers, such as silver, nickel, and copper, are used for this application (1). Although nickel-filled polymers are low cost and efficient, these are not preferred because of the carcinogenic nature of nickel powder. 

Barik A, Mishra B, Shen L, Mohan H, Kadam RM, Dutta S, Zhang HY, Priyadarsini KI. 2005. Evaluation of a new copper(II)-curcumin complex as superoxide dismutase mimic and its free radical reactions. Free Radio Biol Med 39 811-822. 

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