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Nierenberg AA, Papakostas GI, Petersen J, Montoya HD, Worthington JJ, Tedlow J, Alpert JE, Fava M. Lithium augmentation of nortriptyline for subjects resistant to multiple antidepressants. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2003 23 92-5. 

The current is the same at all points in the circuit. In this method, voltage drop across the subject resistance is measured together with the current, therefore, the calculated resistance is closer to the real value of the subject component (the conductive yam). Four-point measurement is preferable when resistance of the conductive yams is low. 

The best replacement for borosilicate glassware is stainless steel. Stainless steel takes the heat, won t break, and, most importantly, is about as resistant to chemical degradation as the chemist can hope to find. For those items that won t be subjected to direct heat there can be some steel/metal or steel/plastic hybrids. In figure 3 is shown how flasks of any size can be made with two stainless steel mixing bowls welded together. Also shown is the vacuum adaptor and condenser. For the condenser only the inner pipe need be steel. The outside pipe can be copper or something. As for the other components of a distillation set up, well, they are made just as they look. 

Fig. 2. Illustrations of forces to which adhesive bonds are subjected, (a) A standard lap shear specimen where the black area shows the adhesive. The adherends are usually 25 mm wide and the lap area is 312.5 mm. The arrows show the direction of the normal apphcation of load, (b) A peel test where the loading configuration, shown by the arrows, is for a 180° peel test, (c) A double cantilever beam test specimen used in the evaluation of the resistance to crack propagation of an adhesive. The normal application of load is shown by the arrows. This load is appHed by a tensile testing machine or other...

The resistance to plastic flow can be schematically illustrated by dashpots with characteristic viscosities. The resistance to deformations within the elastic regions can be characterized by elastic springs and spring force constants. In real fibers, in contrast to ideal fibers, the mechanical behavior is best characterized by simultaneous elastic and plastic deformations. Materials that undergo simultaneous elastic and plastic effects are said to be viscoelastic. Several models describing viscoelasticity in terms of springs and dashpots in various series and parallel combinations have been proposed. The concepts of elasticity, plasticity, and viscoelasticity have been the subjects of several excellent reviews (21,22). 

In unalloyed steel containers formamide discolors slowly during shipment and storage. Both copper and brass are also subject to corrosion, particularly in the presence of water. Lead is less readily attacked. Aluminum and stainless steel are resistant to attack by formamide and should be used for shipping and storage containers where the color of the product is important or when metallic impurities must be minimized. Formamide attacks natural mbber but not neoprene. As a result of the solvent action of formamide, most protective paints and finishes are unsatisfactory when in contact with formamide. Therefore, formamide is best shipped in containers made of stainless steel or in dmms made of, or coated with, polyethylene. Formamide supphed by BASF is packed in Lupolen dmms (230 kg) or Lupolen canisters (60 kg) both in continental Europe and overseas. 

Thermal Stresses. When the wak of a cylindrical pressure vessel is subjected to a temperature gradient, every part expands in accordance with the thermal coefficient of linear expansion of the steel. Those parts of the cylinder at a lower temperature resist the expansion of those parts at a higher temperature, so setting up thermal stresses. To estimate the transient thermal stresses which arise during start-up or shutdown of continuous processes or as a result of process intermptions, it is necessary to know the temperature across the wak thickness as a function of radius and time. Techniques for evaluating transient thermal stresses are available (59) but here only steady-state thermal stresses are considered. The steady-state thermal stresses in the radial, tangential, and axial directions at a point sufficiently far away from the ends of the cylinder for there to be no end effects are as fokows ... 

Eigure 2 shows that even materials which are rather resistant to oxidation ( 2/ 1 0.1) are consumed to a noticeable degree at high conversions. Also the use of plug-flow or batch reactors can offer a measurable improvement in efficiencies in comparison with back-mixed reactors. Intermediates that cooxidize about as readily as the feed hydrocarbon (eg, ketones with similar stmcture) can be produced in perhaps reasonable efficiencies but, except at very low conversions, are subject to considerable loss through oxidation. They may be suitable coproducts if they are also precursors to more oxidation-resistant desirable materials. Intermediates which oxidize relatively rapidly (/ 2 / i — 3-50 eg, alcohols and aldehydes) are difficult to produce in appreciable amounts, even in batch or plug-flow reactors. Indeed, for = 50, to isolate 90% or more of the intermediate made, the conversion must... 

There are several methods to determine and compare the resistance to partial discharges. Some tests are done on finished cables, such as the U-bend test, and others are done on laboratory samples molded from the insulation, that are subjected to partial discharges created by sharp objects, such as needles under high voltages. The tests compare either the energy required or the length of time required to erode or fail (short circuit) samples of similar thickness. 

Among nonmetallic materials, glass, chemical stoneware, enameled steel, acid-proof brick, carbon, graphite, and wood are resistant to iodine and its solutions under suitable conditions, but carbon and graphite may be subject to attack. Polytetrafluoroethylene withstands Hquid iodine and its vapor up to 200°C although it discolors. Cloth fabrics made of Saran, a vinyHdene chloride polymer, have lasted for several years when used in the filtration of iodine recovered from oil-weU brines (64). 

Thermoduric, Thermophilic, andPsychrophihc Bacteria. Thermoduric bacteria survive but do not grow at pasteurization temperatures. They are largely non spore-forming, heat-resistant types that develop on surfaces of unclean equipment. These bacteria are determined by subjecting a sample to laboratory pasteurization and examining it by the agar plate method. 

Titanium is resistant to nitric acid from 65 to 90 wt % and ddute acid below 10 wt %. It is subject to stress—corrosion cracking for concentrations above 90 wt % and, because of the potential for a pyrophoric reaction, is not used in red filming acid service. Tantalum exhibits good corrosion resistance to nitric acid over a wide range of concentrations and temperatures. It is expensive and typically not used in conditions where other materials provide acceptable service. Tantalum is most commonly used in appHcations where the nitric acid is close to or above its normal boiling point. 

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