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G. E. McGuire, D. C. McIntyre, and S. Hoffman, eds., 18th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, Apr 22—26, 1991, San Diego, Calif, Elsevier Sequoia, Lausaime, Switzerland, 1991. 

Thin SolidFilms, Elsevier Sequoia SA, Lausanne, Swit2erland. 

A study has been made to allow the prediction of the rate at which air must enter a tank with and without internal c-ondensation to prevent a pressure difference from arising (FuUarton, Evripidis, and Schliinder, Institut fiir Thermische Verfehrenstechnik, Universitat Karlsruhe (TH), Tnfluence of Product Vapour Condensation on Venting of Storage Tanks, Chem. E/ig. Proce.s.s., 22(3), 1987, published by Elsevier-Sequoia, New York). The results are too involved to be presented in detail here. The reader is referred to this paper for details of the calculations. 

Banks, R E, Sharp, D W A, Tatlow, J C, Eds Fluorine The First Hundred Years (1886 1986) Elsevier Sequoia Lausanne, Switzerland New York 399... 

The phylum Arthropoda includes the classes Diplopoda (millipedes), Chilopoda (centipedes), Crustacea (see Chapter 3), and Insecta (see Chapter 1). All luminous arthropods other than crustaceans are terrestrial, and not very many luminous millipedes and centipedes are known. The luminescence of millipedes is usually intracellular, whereas luminous centipedes discharge luminous secretion. Substantial chemical studies have been made only with the millipede Luminodesmus sequoiae and the centipede Orphaneus brevilabiatus, of which the latter is discussed in the Section 10.3. 

Fig. 10.2.1 The Sequoia millipede Luminodesmus sequoiae illuminated by a flashlight (left) and by ultraviolet light (right).

Later, an active photoprotein was extracted and purified from L. sequoiae and its properties were investigated (Shimomura, 1981, 1984). The results are summarized below. 

Specimens of L. sequoiae were collected in the vicinity of Camp Nelson, California, in May 1980 and April 1982 and 1983. The specimens were anesthetized with chloroform vapor, and their guts were pulled out from the head or tail and discarded. The body shells (terga) were frozen with dry ice, and kept at —75°C until use. 

Kuse et al. (2001) isolated a fluorescent compound from L. sequoiae (fluorescence emission 7max 505 nm upon excitation at... 

Davenport, D., Wootton, T. M., and Cushing, J. E. (1952). The biology of the Sierra luminous millipede, Luminodesmus sequoiae Loomis and Davenport. Biol. Bull. 102 100-110. 

Kuse, M., et al. (2001). 7,8-Dihydropterin-6-carboxylic acid as light emitter of luminous millipede, Luminodesmus sequoiae. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 11 1037-1040. 

Shimomura, O. (1981). A new type of ATP-activated bioluminescent system in the millipede Luminodesmus sequoiae. FEBS Lett. 128 242-244. 

Several different types of photoprotein are presently known, for example the Ca2+-sensitive types found in various coelenter-ates (aequorin, obelin, mnemiopsin) and protozoa (thalassicolin) the peroxide-activation types found in scaleworm (polynoidin) and the clam Pholas (pholasin) and the ATP-activation type found in a Sequoia millipede Luminodesmus. 

Fig. 3.10 Map of Redwood (Sequoia) distribution. The numbers refer to the three chemotypes...

Hall, G. D. and Langenheim, J. H. 1987. Geographic variation in leaf monoterpenes of Sequoia sempervirens. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 15 31-43. 

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry, Elsevier Sequoia, Lausanne, Switzerland. 

Prenosil, J.E. (1976) Multicomponent Steam Distillation A Comparison between Digital Simulation and Experiment, Chem. Eng. J. 12, 59-68, Elsevier Sequoia S.A., Lausanne. 

Fig. 11. Proposed structure for (C5H5)2Sn -MX3 complexes (M = B, Al). Reprinted with permission from J. Organomet. Chem. 108, 38 (1976). Copyright by Elsevier Sequoia S.A.

Figure 2 Schematic diagram of a 100-mL UV-autoclave. a = gas and sampling valve, b = thermocouple, c = quartz window, d = Teflon O-rings, e = autoclave lid, f = rupture disc, g = valve and pressure gauge, h gaskets, i = autoclave body, k = glass insert, 1 = temperature control, m stirring bar. (Pmax 300 bar, Tmax = 150 °C) (Reproduced with permission from Ref. 7. Copyright 1983 Elsevier Sequoia.)...

Fig. 1. Infrared spectral changes during the reaction of HIr(CO),P-i-Pr3and ethylene in heptane. Reprinted with permission from J. Organometal. Chem. 94. 303 (1975), Copyright by Elsevier Sequoia S. A.

FIGURE 8. Postulated mechanism for the formation of Os(SnMe3)2H2(CO)(PPh3)2. Reproduced from Reference 53 by permission of Elsevier Sequoia S.A. 

FIGURE 33. Preparation of (0->-Ge)-chelate bis-(lactamo-W-methyl)-cA-dichlorogermanes. Reproduced from Reference 129 by permission of Elsevier sequoia S.A. 

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