Silver technique

Holgate, C. S., Jackson, P., Lauder, I., Cowen, P N., and Bird, C. C. (1983) Surface membrane staining of immunoglobulins in paraffin sections of non-Hodgkins lymphomas using the immunogold-silver technique. J Clin. Pathol 36,742-746... 

Electrolytic silver recovery is a common technique to desilver fixing solutions. It has been known for decades, although it never really reached a point where it was massively introduced into the industrial radiology market. In the past, the main reasons to implement silver recovery were twofold. 

Principle. This is essentially a small-scale modification of the macro piethod described on p. 416, the substance being completely oxidised in a sealed tube with fuming nitric acid in the presence of silver nitrate, the halogen being thus converted into silver halide. The collection and weighing of the silver halide require special techniques on the semi-micro scale. 

The attenuated total reflectance (ATR) technique is used commonly in the near-infrared for obtaining absorption spectra of thin Aims and opaque materials. The sample, of refractive index i, is placed in direct contact with a material which is transparent in the region of interest, such as thallium bromide/thallium iodide (known as KRS-5), silver chloride or germanium, of relatively high refractive index so that Then, as Figure 3.f8... 

Photopolymers and photothermoplasts are mentioned only in connection with holographic data storage (see Holography). The classical method of optical data storage in silver haUde films (photographic film, microfiche technique) is not discussed (see Photography). 

Miscellaneous. Electron beams can be used to decompose a gas such as silver chloride and simultaneously deposit silver metal. An older technique is the thermal decomposition of volatile and extremely toxic gases such as nickel carbonyl [13463-39-3] Ni(CO)4, to form dense deposits or dendritic coatings by modification of coating parameters. 

Impurities in cmde metal can occur as other metals or nonmetals, either dissolved or in some occluded form. Normally, impurities are detrimental, making the metal less useful and less valuable. Sometimes, as in the case of copper, extremely small impurity concentrations, eg, arsenic, can impart a harmful effect on a given physical property, eg, electrical conductivity. On the other hand, impurities may have commercial value. For example, gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, associated with copper, each has value. In the latter situation, the purity of the metal is usually improved by some refining technique, thereby achieving some value-added and by-product credit. 

Eigure 11 illustrates the superior conductivity of P/M silver—nickel or silver—cadmium oxide contacts when compared with contacts made by standard melting techniques and formed from soHd-solution alloys. 

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