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Two nucleation processes important to many people (including some surface scientists ) occur in the formation of gallstones in human bile and kidney stones in urine. Cholesterol crystallization in bile causes the formation of gallstones. Cryotransmission microscopy (Chapter VIII) studies of human bile reveal vesicles, micelles, and potential early crystallites indicating that the cholesterol crystallization in bile is not cooperative and the true nucleation time may be much shorter than that found by standard clinical analysis by light microscopy [75]. Kidney stones often form from crystals of calcium oxalates in urine. Inhibitors can prevent nucleation and influence the solid phase and intercrystallite interactions [76, 77]. Citrate, for example, is an important physiological inhibitor to the formation of calcium renal stones. Electrokinetic studies (see Section V-6) have shown the effect of various inhibitors on the surface potential and colloidal stability of micrometer-sized dispersions of calcium oxalate crystals formed in synthetic urine [78, 79]. 

The effect of insertion of an additional ring-nitrogen capable of resonance stabilization of the negative charge is evident from the relation of 400 to 399 and 401. The quantitative effect is much greater in the less reactive 399, for reasons already discussed. Activation by inductionisevident from402, 403, and 407 (cf. Schemes VII and VIII). 

Macrocyclic tetraammonium compounds VIII and IX 611 form stable 1 1 inclusion complexes with anionic molecules in aqueous solutions 62). The anions are halides, carbonate, phosphate, AMP, ATP etc. The stability of the inclusion complexes hepends on electrostatic as well as hydrophobic interactions. Whereas the complexes of VIII are dominated by the electfostatic component, the hydrophobic interaction plays the main part in complexes of IX. 

Organic imide ligands have also been used to stabilize high oxidation states. The best example of this is the osmium(VIII) compound Os(NBul)4, which has a distorted tetrahedral OsN4 core (N—Os—N 104.6-111.9° Os—N 1.750 A) [194],... 

NONA combines exceptional heat stability with a very low vap press, making it attractive as a booster expl in space applications Refs 1) J.C. Dacons, Heat Resistant Explosives VIII 2,2,4,4,6,6 -Hexanitrobiphenyl (HNB) ... 

Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a large multimeric glycoprotein with two main functions in hemostasis to aid the platelet adhesion to injured blood vessel walls and to carry and stabilize factor VIII in plasma. Table 64—4 represents three main vWD phenotypes, their frequency, and genetic transmission.17... 

Particle Size Measurement. The best way to evaluate an emulsion s stability is probably to measure its particle size distribution. A number of methods are available for droplet size determination (see Sec. VIII.A). Optical microscopy, although a time-consuming technique, is a direct way of measuring droplets larger than 1 pm. Nowadays, laser lightscattering, diffraction, and transmission methods are becoming popular for routine determination of particle size [151, 152],... 

VIII. Polymer/Salt Hybrid Including Boron-Stabilized Imidoanion 190... 

VIII. POLYMER/SALT HYBRID INCLUDING BORON-STABILIZED IMIDOANION 190... 

Insertion of the monomer in the Zr-CH2C H5 bond in (VIII) will therefore require additional energy, equal to the interaction energy of the phenyl group with the metal atom. Since transition metal benzyl compounds are stabilized by the interaction of the aromatic nucleus with the metal atom. This explanation predicts that benzyl compounds with substituents on the a-carbon atom will be unstable. Attempts have been made H6) to... 

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