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After consideration of published chemical results, Grattan and Mathias (26) concluded that for routine conservation of small amounts of waterlogged wood, chemical analysis is unnecessary. They felt that the use of specific gravity to calculate loss of cell wall material was more economical and less time consuming to perform. This conclusion led to the development of the standard freeze-drying treatment method used at the Canadian Conservation Institute. 

This relationship for the Knudsen regime (low total gas pressure, low sublimation temperature) has been validated by Hottot et al. (2005) who compared with freezedrying experiments conducted with a model BSA formulation with annealing treatment (cf. Fig. 3.19). In the case ofa standard freeze-drying cyde, this successful validation represents a positive result due to numerous assumptions involved in the model and to quite large uncertainties in the corresponding modd parameter values. 

Various ratios of AA, IA and NVP monomers were copolymerized in water with potassium persulfate initiator ( 2 % by wt of combined monomers) with polymerization run under nitrogen for 9-10 hr at 95 °C. The copolymers prepared (Table 2) were recovered in high yields, using standard freeze-drying techniques. Several poly(AA-co-lA) and poly(AA-co-NVP) were also prepared for the study. For purification, the copolymers were dissolved in methyl alcohol and precipitated from diethyl ether, followed by drying under vacuum. The IR spectrum of the copolymers were obtained from cast films, using a MID AC FT IR Spectrometer. NMR ( H and C) spectra were obtained on a Bruker AM 250 MHz NMR analyzer, using deutrated methyl sulfoxide solvent and trimethylsilane (TMS) reference (Table I). 

Coplymers used in this study were prepared by standard free radical polymerization in aqueous solutions. The NVP containing copolymers were prepared in high yield, using standard free radical initiation in aqueous solutions. The materials prepared were poly(AA-co-IA), poly(AA-co-NVP) and poly(AA-co-IA-co-NVP) (Tables I and II). The copolymers were easily isolated by standard freeze-drying techniques, with purification achieved by precipitation from diethyl ether, using concentrated methyl alcohol solutions of the polymers. Purity of the copolymers, i.e., absence of free monomers, was ascertained by thin layer chromatography. 

The pH of the mixture was adjusted to 7.5 by adding a saturated sodium bicarbonate solution. After being washed twice with diethyl ether, the reaction solution was acidified to pH 2 with dilute hydrochloric acid and extracted with ether. The ether solution containing the free penicillin was washed twice with water and then extracted with 50 ml of N potassium bicarbonate solution. After freeze drying of the obtained neutral solution, the potassium salt of o-azidobenzylpenicillin was obtained as a slightly colored powder (11.2 grams, 54% yield) with a purity of 55% as determined by the hydroxylamine method (the potassium salt of penicillin G being used as a standard). 

Microbial strains must be maintained in such a way that they do not lose their desirable characteristics. Some strains are maintained by regular subculturing, whereas others are lyophilised (freeze-dried), or frozen under nitrogen, or held at -80°C in a freezer. To ensure that a standard inoculum can be obtained on demand, great care is taken to ensure that foe stored cultures are pure and foe viability is known. 

Cormier and Dure (1963) found another type of luciferin and called it protein-free luciferin. Protein-free luciferin was found in the vapor condensate of freeze-drying whole animals, and also in the 3 5-56 % ammonium sulfate fraction of the crude extract noted above. The protein-free luciferin behaved like an aromatic or heterocyclic compound and it was strongly adsorbed onto Sephadex and other chromatography media, requiring a considerable amount of solvent to elute it. The luminescence reaction of protein-free luciferin in the presence of luciferase required a 500-times higher concentration of H2O2 compared with the standard luciferin preparation. Both types of the luciferin preparation had a strong odor of iodoform. 

Figure 2. SDS-PAGE of culture supernatants. Freeze-dried samples were resuspended in distilled water, mixed with an equal volume of sampling buffer and heated to 100°C for 5 min. lOpl aliquots were applied to the gel. The right lane contains standards of Mr 14-66 kDa. Lanes 2, 3, 4 and 1 are increasing dilutions of the supernatant respectively.

M. L. Roy, M. J. Pikal, E. C. Rickard, and A. Maloney, The effects of formulation and moisture on the stability of a freeze-dried monoclonal antibody-vinca conjugate A test of the WLF glass transition theory Dev. Biol. Standards, 74, 323 (1991). 

Greaves et al. [74] used a selected ion-monitoring assay method for the determination of primaquine in plasma and urine using gas chromatography-mass spectrometric method and a deuterated internal standard. After freeze-drying and extraction with trichloroethylene, the sample plus internal standard was reacted with Tri Sil TBT (a 3 3 2 by volume mixture of trimethylsilylimidazole, A/O-bis-(trimethylsilylacetamide and trimethylchlorosilane) and an aliquot injected to the gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer. The gas chromatographic effluent was monitored at m/z 403, and m/z 406, the molecular ions of the bis-tetramethylsilane ethers of primaquine and 6-trideuteromethoxy primaquine. 

Materials. Na-Kaolinite A homoionic sample of kaolinite was prepared from a well-crystallized sample purchased from Source Clays, University of Missouri, using a standardized technique (14) which involved repeated washing with distilled water and by treatment with NaCl solutions to remove exchangeable ions such as Ca, and freeze-drying of the final product. Nitrogen specific surface area of this kaolinite was estimated to be 9.4nr/g and X-ray analysis showed the characteristic pattern of kaolinite. 

Photoactivation analysis has also been used to determine fluoride in seawater [73]. In this method a sample and simulated seawater standards containing known amounts of fluoride are freeze-dried, and then irradiated simultaneously and identically, for 20 min, with high-energy photons. The half-life of 18F (110 min) allows sufficient time for radiochemical separation from the seawater matrix before counting. The specific activities of sample and standards being the same, the amount of fluoride in the unknown may be calculated. The limit of detection is 7 ng fluoride, and the precision is sufficient to permit detection of variations in the fluoride content of oceans. The method can be adapted for the simultaneous determination of fluorine, bromine, and iodine. 

Figure 13.5 Outline of the production strategy of CEA-SCAN. The antibody-producing hybridoma cell line was originally obtained by standard methods of hybridoma generation. Spleen-derived murine B-lymphocytes were fused with murine myeloma calls. The resulting stable hybridomas were screened for the production of anti-CEA monoclonals. The clone chosen produces an IgG anti-CEA antibody. Note that the finished product outlined above is not radiolabelled. The freeze-dried antibody preparation (which has a shelf life of 2 years at 2-8 °C) is reconstituted immediately prior to its medical use. The reconstituting solution contains 99mTc, and is formulated to facilitate direct conjugation of the radiolabel to the antibody fragment...

Hatley, R. H. M. The effective use of differential scanning calorimetry in the optimisation of freeze-drying processes and formulations. Developments in Biological Standardization Vol. 74, p. 105-122. Acting Editors Joan C. May, F. Brown S. Karger AG, CH-4009 Basel (Switzerland), 1992... 

The determination of the molecular weight of nanoparticles is performed by gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The experimental setup consists of a high performance liquid chromatography system with a size exclusion column and a refractive index detector. The nanoparticles are usually freeze-dried and dissolved in tetrahydrofuran for analysis on the system. Poly(styrene) or poly(methylmethacrylate) standards are used to calibrate the column, to enable the determination of number average molecular weight (Mn), as in... 

Preparation of cotton bract extracts. Figure 1 is a flow chart showing our procedures for preparing the various bract extracts. Dried bracts (frost killed) were hand picked just prior to harvest from cotton fields in the Lubbock, Texas area. These were stored at room temperature. Extracts were freeze-dried and stored at -4°C. For inhalation challenge by our subjects each extract was reconstituted with water or saline, as indicated, at a concentration equivalent to the standard crude extract. This Insured that for challenge purposes components were not concentrated as purification progressed. 

The performance of the system was clearly demonstrated for a wide range of foodstuffs. The data for the NBS (National Bureau of Standards) bovine hver (Table 4.1) shows that the automatic system is capable of giving accurate results. Samples were freeze-dried on receipt. Measurements on manually digested samples were made by atomic-absorption spectrophotometry, and by plasma-emission spectrometry on automatically digested... 

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