Report Measurement

There are a few basic numerical and experimental tools with which you must be familiar. Fundamental measurements in analytical chemistry, such as mass and volume, use base SI units, such as the kilogram (kg) and the liter (L). Other units, such as power, are defined in terms of these base units. When reporting measurements, we must be careful to include only those digits that are significant and to maintain the uncertainty implied by these significant figures when transforming measurements into results. 

Table 7 provides some literature reported measurements of the properties discussed for common filter media and aids as loose materials. You might try an experiment and measure the various angles. In developing your data base, obtain the measurements in triplicate, and calculate a standard deviation for each angle measurement. 

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Prost and Le Golf (P6) reported measurements of liquid holdup for co-and countercurrent flow of air and a 70% aqueous solution of saccharose... 

Ross (R2) reported measurements of desulfurization efficiency of fixed-bed pilot and commercial units operated under trickle-flow conditions. The percentage of retained sulfur is given as a function of reciprocal space velocity, and the curve for a 2-in. diameter pilot reactor was found to lie below the curves for commercial units it is argued that this is proof of bad liquid distribution in the commercial units. The efficiency of the commercial units increased with increasing nominal liquid velocity. This may be an effect either of mass-transfer resistance or liquid distribution. 

Weber (Wl) has reported measurements of gas holdup for the experimental system described in Section V,B,4. The following empirical relationships can be derived from the graphical correlations ... 

These results are, however, only valid for the particle sizes referred to. Lee (L3) has reported measurements of average bubble diameter and gas-liquid interfacial area for gas-liquid fluidized beds of glass beads of 6-mm... 

References to a number of other kinetic studies of the decomposition of Ni(HC02)2 have been given [375]. Erofe evet al. [1026] observed that doping altered the rate of reaction of this solid and, from conductivity data, concluded that the initial step involves electron transfer (HCOO- - HCOO +e-). Fox et al. [118], using particles of homogeneous size, showed that both the reaction rate and the shape of a time curves were sensitive to the mean particle diameter. However, since the reported measurements refer to reactions at different temperatures, it is at least possible that some part of the effects described could be temperature effects. Decomposition of nickel formate in oxygen [60] yielded NiO and C02 only the shapes of the a—time curves were comparable in some respects with those for reaction in vacuum and E = 160 15 kJ mole-1. Criado et al. [1031] used the Prout—Tompkins equation [eqn. (9)] in a non-isothermal kinetic analysis of nickel formate decomposition and obtained E = 100 4 kJ mole-1. 

The digits in a reported measurement are called the significant figures. There are two significant figures (written 2 sf) in 1.2 cm3 and 3 sf in 1.78 g. Section A describes how to find the number of significant figures in a measurement. 

Rao reported measurement of third-order optical non-linearity in the nanosecond and picosecond domains for phosphorus tetratolyl porphyrins bearing two hydroxyl groups in apical position [89]. Strong nonlinear absorption was found at both 532 nm and 600 nm. The high value of nonlinearity for nanosecond pulses is attributed to higher exited singlet and triplet states. Time resolved studies indicate an ultra-fast temporal evolution of the nonlinearity in this compound. 

Blanco et al. (1994) reported measurements of the vapor pressure (P,at) for p-xylene, y-picoline, piperidine, pyridine and tetralin. The data for piperidine and pyridine are given in Table 3.4. A suitable equation to correlate these data is Antoine s relationship given next... 

The flash-point is a measure of the ease of ignition of the liquid. It is the lowest temperature at which the material will ignite from an open flame. The flash-point is a function of the vapour pressure and the flammability limits of the material. It is measured in standard apparatus, following standard procedures (BS 2000). Both open- and closed-cup apparatus is used. Closed-cup flash-points are lower than open cup, and the type of apparatus used should be stated clearly when reporting measurements. Flash-points are given in Sax s handbook, Lewis (2004). The flash-points of many volatile materials are below normal ambient temperature for example, ether —45°C, petrol (gasoline) —43°C (open cup). 

Morisky, D.E., Green, L.W. 8c Levine, D. M. (1986). Concurrent and predictive validity of a self-reported measure of medication adherence. Med. Care, 24, 67-74. 

Adult subjects who ingested soil (particle size less than 250 im) from the Bunker Hill NPL site absorbed 26% of the resulting 250 pg/70 kg body weight lead dose when the soil was ingested in the fasted state and 2.5% when the same soil lead dose was ingested with a meal (Maddaloni et al. 1998). There are no reported measurements of the absorption of soil-bome lead in infants or children. Additional evidence for a lower absorption of soil-bome lead compared to dissolved lead is provided from studies in laboratory animal models. In immature swine that received oral doses of soil from one of four NPL sites (75 or 225 ig Pb/kg body weight), bioavailability of soil-bome lead ranged from 50% to 82% of that of a similar... 

Most reported measurements are a tradeoff between speed of image collection, photobleaching, and operator convenience. The limitations of variously designed instruments are consequences of these defining equations. 

These radon daughter ions have electrical mobilities in the same range as ordinary atmospheric ions and the ions can be divided into a number of groups where each group has a particular mobility (Nolan, 1916 McClelland and Nolan, 1926). Bricard et al. (1966) reports measurements for five distinct mobility groups with values in the range of 0.4-2.2 cm s v for small radioactive ions in air. 

Here we will report measurements on the heat capacity of two NTD Ge 34B wafers, one non-metallized (only doped and annealed) and the other metallized (by B+ implantation and Au deposition). The comparison of data obtained from the non-metallized NTD Ge wafer and from the wafer with electrical contacts revealed an excess heat capacity, which can be attributed to the implantation process with B ions [44],... 

Hua et al. [507] described an automated method for determination of molybdenum in seawater by means of constant-current reduction of the adsorbed 8-quinolinol complex in a computerised flow potentiometric stripping analyser. The complex was adsorbed onto a molybdenum film electrode at -0.2 V and stripped at -0.42 V. The authors report measuring molybdenum at 8.9 1.3 xg/l in reference seawater NASS-1, with a certified value of 11.5 1.9 xg/l. 

Duo et al. (1992) studied the kinetics of reaction of NO, NH3 and (excess) 02 in connection with a process to reduce NO, emissions. They used an isothermal PFR, and reported measured ratios Cno/c no.o and cNH3/cNH3,ofor each of several residence times, t. For T = 1142 K, and inlet concentrations Cno, 0 - 5.15X 10-3, Cnh3,o= 8.45-10-3, and Co2>0 = 0.405 mol m-3, thee obtained results as follows (as read from graphs) ... 

Dissociation is the core feature of the dissociative disorders it is defined by the DSM-IV as a disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment (American Psychiatric Association, 1994, p. 477). Dissociation is usually assessed as a continuum, most often using the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES Bemstein-Carlson Putnam, 1986), a 28-item self-report measure. The DES items are rated on a scale reflecting the frequency of dissociative experiences (O-to-100% in 10% intervals). Factor analyses of DES items have led to the development of three subscales (Carlson et al., 1993 Frischholz, Braun, Sachs, Schwartz, 1991 Ross, Joshi, Currie, 1991). They are (a) Absorption, which reflects dissociation from surroundings (e.g., daydreaming) (b) Amnesia, which reflects dissociation from past experiences and (c) Depersonalization-Derealization, which reflects dissociation from the body or senses. 

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