Step-glass separators

It had been shown that 50 mM Tris-citrate buffer with 1 M NaCl was a suitable incubation buffer for the binding to GATl [95], The high salt concentration in this incubation buffer caused no problems in the new MS binding assays, since most of the incubation buffer was removed before the liberation step. The separation of the bound from the nonbound marker was conducted by filtration over glass fiber filters as common in radioligand binding assays. 

Step 1. Extraction and separation of the acidic components. Shake 5-10 g. of the sohd mixture (or of the residue R obtained after the removal of the solvent on a water bath) with 50 ml. of pure ether. If there is a residue (this probably belongs to Solubihty Group II or it may be a polysaccharide), separate it by filtration, preferably through a sintered glass funnel, and wash it with a Uttle ether. Shake the resulting ethereal solution in a smaU separatory funnel with 15 ml. portions of 5 per cent, aqueous sodium hydroxide solution until all the acidic components have been removed. Three portions of alkaU are usuaUy sufficient. Set aside the residual ethereal solution (Fj) for Step 2. Combine the sodium hydroxide extracts and wash the resulting mixture with 15-20 ml. of ether place the ether in the ETHER RESIDUES bottle. Render the alkaline extract acid to litmus with dilute sulphuric acid and then add excess of sohd sodium bicarbonate. 

Size reduction (qv) or comminution is the first and very important step in the processing of most minerals (2,6,10,20—24). It also involves large expenditures for heavy equipment, energy, operation, and maintenance. Size reduction is necessary because the value minerals are intimately associated with gangue and need to be Hberated, and/or because most minerals processing/separation methods require the ore mass to be of certain size and/or shape. Size reduction is also required in the case of quarry products to produce material of controlled particle size (see Size measurement of particles). In some instances, hberation of valuables or impurities from the ore matrix is achieved without any apparent size reduction. Scmbbers and attritors used in the industrial minerals plants, eg, phosphate, mtile, glass sands, or clay, ate examples. 

Trihalomethanes. Wherever chlorine is used as a disinfectant in drinking-water treatment, trihalomethanes (THMs) generaUy are present in the finished water. The THMs usuaUy formed are trichloromethane (chloroform), bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane, and tribromomethane (bromoform). There are four main techniques for the analysis of THMs headspace, Hquid— Hquid extraction (Ue), adsorption—elution (purge—trap), and direct aqueous injection. The final step in each technique involves separation by gas—Hquid chromatography with a 2 mm ID coUed glass column containing 10 wt % squalene on chromosorb-W-AW (149—177 p.m (80—100 mesh)) with detection generaUy by electron capture. 

After 30 minutes the solid sulfinic acid is separated on a fritted-glass filter. The sulfinic acid is dissolved from the filter by a mixture of 750 ml. of ether and 750 ml, of methylene chloride. The solution is dried over calcium chloride and evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure (bath temperature 25°) (Note 5). The residue is suspended in 50 ml. of water, and small portions of dilute ammonia are added to the well-stirred suspension until it has a pH of 9 (Note 6). Insoluble impurities are separated by filtration, and 2-nitrobenzenesulfinic acid is precipitated from the filtrate by adding 5-ml. portions of 6N hydrochloric acid with cooling the sulfinic acid precipitated by each portion of acid is separately collected on a Buchner funnel (Note 7). The acid, a pale yellow solid, is dried on a clay plate in a vacuum desiccator over potassium hydroxide pellets, m.p. 120-125° (dec.), weight 9.4-14.9 g. (50-80%). If the 2-nitrobenzenesulfinic acid is to be used for the hydrogenation of the next step high purity is required, and it is generally advisable to reprecipitate the acid once more in the same way (Note 8). 

In the first step, lipid model membranes have been generated (Fig. 15) on the air/liquid interface, on a glass micropipette (see Section VIII.A.1), and on an aperture that separates two cells filled with subphase (see Section VIII.A.2). Further, amphiphilic lipid molecules have been self-assembled in an aqueous medium surrounding unilamellar vesicles (see Section VIII.A.3). Subsequently, the S-layer protein of B. coagulans E38/vl, B. stearother-mophilus PV72/p2, or B. sphaericus CCM 2177 have been injected into the aqueous subphase (Fig. 15). As on solid supports, crystal growth of S-layer lattices on planar or vesicular lipid films is initiated simultaneously at many randomly distributed nucleation... 

The TFTs are made on transparent glass substrates, onto which gate electrodes are patterned. Typically, the gate electrode is made of chromium. This substrate is introduced in a PECVD reactor, in which silane and ammonia are used for plasma deposition of SiN as the gate material. After subsequent deposition of the a-Si H active layer and the heavily doped n-type a-Si H for the contacts, the devices are taken out of the reactor. Cr contacts are evaporated on top of the structure. The transistor channel is then defined by etching away the top metal and n-type a-Si H. Special care must be taken in that the etchant used for the n-type a-Si H also etches the intrinsic a-Si H. Finally the top passivation SiN, is deposited in a separate run. This passivation layer is needed to protect the TFT during additional processing steps. 

Hexane-acetonitrile partition. Add 70 mL of acetonitrile (hexane-saturated) to the round-bottom flask and briefly sonicate the mixture to dislodge the material on the glass surface. Transfer the mixture into a 250-mL separatory funnel, add 100 mL of hexane (acetonitrile-saturated), and shake the funnel vigorously for 1 min. Allow the phases to separate, then drain the acetonitrile layer into a 500-mL round-bottom flask. Repeat the partitioning of the hexane layer twice with 70-mL portions of acetonitrile (hexane-saturated), combining the three extracts in the 500-mL round-bottom flask. Evaporate the acetonitrile (just to dryness) by rotary evaporation under reduced pressure with a <40 °C water-bath. Proceed to the dichloromethane partition step. 

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