Thermos, development

Another problem occurs when some fire retardant formulations ate exposed to elevated temperatures (eg, when used as roof tmsses or as roof sheathing) thermal-induced strength reductions can occur in-service. The thermo-chemical factors were discussed by LeVan and Winandy (26), and a kinetic degrade model was developed (27). The treater should be consulted to obtain appropriate in-service modifications for specific fire retardant treatments. 

Another of the six CEBC technologies, the multisohd fluidized-bed combustor (MSEBC), has been under development by BatteUe Memorial Institute since 1974 (48). In an MSEBC a CEBC is superimposed on an AEBC in the combustor section. An early 15 MWt commercial version of MSEBC was designed and constmcted by Stmthers Thermo-Flood Corp. for Conoco. 

ICP-SFMS (Thermo Finnigan, Flement) with cold vapour generation was developed with a guard electrode and a gold amalgamation device using an Au-sorbent for sample pre-concentration to improve the sensitivity. Instrumental parameters of ICP-SFMS such as take-up time, heating temperature of Au-sorbent, additional gas flow, and sample gas flow were optimized. Detection limit calculated as 3 times the standard deviation of 10 blanks was 0,05 ng/1, RSD = 7-9 %. 

Radiant heat transfer had historically been the biggest heat transfer mechanism for windows. Low-e materials were developed and have historically been used to control for heat transfer. An example of the popularity of using metals to reflect heat to control for radiant heat transfer is the thermos bottle. Applying that new technology to windows, and getting materials that normally would affect transparency of the product to remain visually neutral, was a huge advance to the industry. 

Sequential instruments. The diagram of the light path of the Thermo Electron-200 ICP spectrometer is shown in Fig. 20.14. The plasma is located in the upper centre of the instrument just above the nebuliser, which is powered by a computer-controlled peristaltic pump. Communication with the instrument takes place on a video display, which not only guides the operator through the use of the system, but also provides graphics to simplify methods development. 

Battelle has developed an efficient process for the thermo-catalytic conversion of succinate into pyrrolidones, especially N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. The process uses both novel Rh based catalysts and novel aqueous process conditions and results in high selectivities and yields of pyrrolidone compounds. The process also includes novel methodology for enhancing yields by recycling and converting non-useful side products of the catalysis into additional pyrrolidone. The process has been demonstrated in both batch and continuous reactors. Additionally, stability of the unique Rh-based catalyst has been demonstrated. 

The following suggested protocol was developed by Barb Olson at Thermo Fisher for the labeling of soybean trypsin inhibitor (STI) with its subsequent complexation with trypsin. Modifications to this procedure may have to be done for other proteins. 

Terada, A. et al., Development program of hydrogen production by thermo-chemical water splitting IS process, ICONE-13-50183, in Proc. 13th Int. Conf. Nucl. Eng., Beijing, China, May 16-20, 2005. 

Measuring body temperature is important for the detection of disease and assessment of the response to treatments. The first thermometer was developed by Galileo in 1603. Thermometers for measuring body temperature have been in use since about 1870. The first measurements taken were axillary, and later oral and rectal measuring methods were introduced. The working principle of those thermometers, the expansion of matter by temperature increase, is still used for body temperature measurement in mercury-in-glass thermometers. Electronic thermo-... 

QuanOptimize from Micromass also allows automated method development for quantitative LC/MS/MS. It automatically identifies the best method for each compound, then runs batches of samples for quantitative analyses and report results in a QuanLynx browser. Thermo recently launched a similar product for automatic MS tuning. Known as QuickQuan, it generates data and stores it in a central Microsoft Access or Oracle database for future access. The infusion-based valve switching auto-tuning device allows individual compounds to be fully and automatically optimized in about 1 min. 

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