Sample non-homogeneity

Samples can be extracted from the product stream by the projeetion of a sample tube, containing a nozzle or orifice, into the flow. The particles impact on the tube and fill the open eavity. The sampling head is out of the stream when not sampling. The snorkel type sampler (Figure 1.9) is available for vertical or inclined applieations and can be pre-programmed on sampling frequency. It is not possible to sample non-homogeneous streams representatively with this type of device. 

Parallel discs (torsional Easy to load viscous samples Non-homogeneous not good for G(/, y). 

The liquid was applied and dried on cellulose filter (diameter 25 mm). In the present work as an analytical signal we took the relative intensity of analytical lines. This approach reduces non-homogeneity and inequality of a probe. Influence of filter type and sample mass on features of the procedure was studied. The dependence of analytical lines intensity from probe mass was linear for most of above listed elements except Ca presented in most types of filter paper. The relative intensities (reduced to one of the analysis element) was constant or dependent from mass was weak in determined limits. This fact allows to exclude mass control in sample pretreatment. For Ca this dependence was non-linear, therefore, it is necessary to correct analytical signal. Analysis of thin layer is characterized by minimal influence of elements hence, the relative intensity explicitly determines the relative concentration. As reference sample we used solid synthetic samples with unlimited lifetime. 

PVP, a water soluble amine-based pol5mer, was found to be an optimum protective agent because the reduction of noble metal salts by polyols in the presence of other surfactants often resulted in non-homogenous colloidal dispersions. PVP was the first material to be used for generating silver and silver-palladium stabilized particles by the polyol method [231-233]. By reducing the precur-sor/PVP ratio, it is even possible to reduce the size of the metal particles to few nanometers. These colloidal particles are isolable but surface contaminations are easily recognized because samples washed with the solvent and dried in the air are subsquently not any more pyrophoric [231,234 236]. 

When investigating opaque or transparent samples, where the laser light can penetrate the surface and be scattered into deeper regions, Raman light from these deeper zones also contributes to the collected signal and is of particular relevance with non-homogeneous samples, e.g., multilayer systems or blends. The above equation is only valid, if the beam is focused on the sample surface. Different considerations apply to confocal Raman spectroscopy, which is a very useful technique to probe (depth profile) samples below their surface. This nondestructive method is appropriate for studies on thin layers, inclusions and impurities buried within a matrix, and will be discussed below. 

Another method for solving the problem of non-homogeneity of a bulk system is to take a selective sample. A selective sample is a sample that is obtained from a particular part of the bulk system that is known, or assumed, to have a different composition. For example, the air next to a leaking gas furnace exhaust would have a higher level of carbon monoxide than the air in a room elsewhere in a building. In the case in which the carbon monoxide... 

Since these products are non-homogeneous and contain crystallised sugar in suspension, it is necessary, in order to obtain trustworthy results, to mix the sample well and to take as nearly as possible proportionate quantities of crystals and liquid. 

Figure 23. The lateral diffusion coefficient of adsorbed FITC-/8-lg in thin films as a function of added Tween 20. (a), o/w thin films formed from aqueous non-homogenized solutions of /3-lg at 3 mg/ml ( ), o/w thin films formed from 10% v/v n-tetradecane emulsion or emulsion subnatant samples of FITC-/3-lg, initial protein concentration 3 mg/ml ( ), a/w thin films formed from aqueous non-homogenized solutions of /3-lg at 0.2 mg/ml.

Figure 1. Uniaxial Extension of a Non-Homogeneous Sample. The figure shows simulation results for uniaxial extension of an initially (a) square sample whose orientation is primarily left-to-right, except for the central cross-shaped region, which is isotropic. After 25% stretching (b), the cross-shaped region is deformed more than the surrounding tissue, with roughly a 5% greater increase in area.

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The method of sampling may be a serious source of errors in any analytical method and is particularly critical in GC. With the manipulation of small amounts of samples, it can easily arise that a non-homogeneous aliquot is taken for the analysis, which does not represent the composition of the sample. 

All experimentation is prone to human error and, additionally, sampling reproducibility in non-homogenous systems such as enzyme catalyzed trans-... 

Provided that real polycrystalline samples are subject of a spatially non-homogeneous distribution of traps near the sample surface and within intergrain boundaries, the pretransit time averaged carrier flux is composed of two comparable parts one due to usual carrier drift in the external field and the second due to carrier diffusion [see Eq. (198) and Sec. 4.4] ... 

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