Suspended Position

In Great Britain a test was devised for simulating the effect of blown-out shots in a shothole. Small charges of explosive were fired, from a suspended position or from a gun, in a methane-air mixture between two steel plates 2-4 in. apart in a break gallery (Fig. 140) developed by Shepherd and Grimshaw [49]. 

Now place 35 ml. of the mixed solvent (C) in the clean cylinder E, and suspend the strip, as described above, to the horizontal arm of G (Fig. 25(A)) adjust the position of the strip so that, when the bung is firmly in position, the bottom of the paper-strip is about 5 mm. above the solvent. Place the cylinder for 5-8 hours in a draught-free place, such as a cupboard, where the temperature is reasonably constant. 

What if the analyte is an aqueous ion, such as Pb + In this case we cannot isolate the analyte by filtration because the Pb + is dissolved in the solution s matrix. We can still measure the analyte s mass, however, by chemically converting it to a solid form. If we suspend a pair of Pt electrodes in our solution and apply a sufficiently positive potential between them for a long enough time, we can force the reaction... 

Electrophoresis and electro osmosis can be used to enhance conventional cake filtration. Electrodes of suitable polarity are placed on either side of the filter medium so that the incoming particles move toward the upstream electrode, away from the medium. As most particles carry negative charge, the electrode upstream of the medium is usuaHy positive. The electric field can cause the suspended particles to form a more open cake or, in the extreme, to prevent cake formation altogether by keeping aH particles away from the medium. 

Regioselective Acylation of Hydroxy Compounds. AUphatic diols can be selectively acylated at the primary position by a number of Upases in nonaqueous solvents. For example, PPL suspended in solutions of various diols in ethyl carboxylates catalyzes transesterification in a highly regioselective manner, producing primary monoesters in up to 97% yield (93). Similarly, chloramphenicol [56-75-7] (72) (R = NO2) can be acylated by a number of Upases to produce optically pure, water-insoluble 3-0-palmitate in a highly selective manner (94). 

A number of steroids have been regioselectively acylated ia a similar manner (99,104). Chromobactenum viscosum hpase esterifies 5a-androstane-3P,17P-diol [571-20-0] (75) with 2,2,2-triduoroethyl butyrate ia acetone with high selectivity. The hpase acylates exclusively the hydroxy group ia the 3-position giving the 3P-(monobutyryl ester) of (75) ia 83% yield. In contrast, bacillus subtilis protease (subtihsia) displays a marked preference for the C-17 hydroxyl. Candida iylindracea]i 2Lse (CCL) suspended ia anhydrous benzene regioselectively acylates the 3a-hydroxyl group of several bile acid derivatives (104). 

For instaUations in which suspended sohds must be handled with a minimum of solids breakage or degradation, such as pumps feeding filter presses, special attention is required either a low-shear positive-displacement pump or a recessed-impeller centrifugal pump may be called for. 

Vacuum systems (Fig. 21-12h) are characterized by material moving in an air stream of pressure less than ambient. The advantages of this type are that all the pumping energy is used to move the product and that material can be sucked into the conveyor line without the need of a rotaiy feeder or similar seal between the storage vessel and the conveyor. Material remains suspended in the air stream until it reaches a receiver. Here, a cyclone separator or filter (Fig. 21-12c) separates the material from the air, the air passing through the separator and into the suction side of the positive-displacement blower or some other power source. 

Figures 6-17 through 6-21 show simplified diagrams of AMB systems. Figure 6-18 depiets two pairs of eoils suspending the rotor about its inertial axis—as opposed to its geometrieal axis as with eonventional oil bearing systems. Thus, the rotor is self-balaneing and vibration eannot oeeur. A third pair of eoils is used for thrust eompen-sation and to determine the preeise shaft position.

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