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The spatial stress was defined in terms of a contact stress vector and a vector normal to the area element on which it acts, both of which are assumed to be indifferent. From (A.51), t = Qt and i = Qn. Then under the transformation (A.50) t = s i, so that... 

The distribution of the vectors normal to the surface is particularly interesting since it can be obtained experimentally. The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) bandshape problem, for polymerized surfaces, can be transformed into the mathematical problem of finding the distribution function f x) of... 

The distribution function of the vectors normal to the surfaces,/(x), for the direction of the magnetic field B, in accord with the directions of the crystallographic axis (100) for the P, D, G surfaces, is presented in Fig. 6. The histograms for the P, D, G are practically the same, as they should be the differences between the histograms are of the order of a line width. The accuracy of the numerical results can be judged by comparing the histograms obtained in our calculation with the analytically calculated distribution function for the P, D, G surfaces [29]. The sohd line in Fig. 6(a) represents the result of analytical calculations [35]. 

In general, fungal mycelia are filtered relatively easily, because mycelia filter cake has sufficiently large porosity. Yeast and bacteiia are much more difficult to handle because of thefr small size. Alternative filtration methods, which eliminate the filter cake, are becoming more acceptable for bacterial and yeast separation. Micro-filtration is achieved by developing large cross-flow fluid velocities across the filter surface while the velocity vector normal to the surface is relatively small. Build up of filter cake and problems of high cake resistance are therefore prevented. Micro-filtration is not discussed in this section. 

The structure and geometry of a surface play a dominant role with respect to its reactivity in adsorption and catalysis. It is therefore always necessary to specify which structure we are dealing with and, hence, it is important to have a notation that describes the various surfaces in a unique manner. A crystal surface is described by a vector normal to it, given by... 

FIGURE 27.24 Reflection of polarized light. The plane of incidence is defined by the incident and reflected beam. The and p components are indicated for the incident light, with the electric vector normal and parallel, respectively, to the plane of incidence. (From Muller, 1973, with permission from Wiley-VCH.)... 

Note that both force and area are vectors, whereas pressure is a scalar. Hence the directional character of the force is determined by the orientation of the surface on which the pressure acts. That is, the component of force acting in a given direction on a surface is the integral of the pressure over the projected component area of the surface, where the surface vector (normal to the surface component) is parallel to the direction of the force [recall that pressure is a negative isotropic stress and the outward normal to the (fluid) system boundary represents a positive area]. Also, from Newton s third law ( action equals reaction ), the force exerted on the fluid system boundary is of opposite sign to the force exerted by the system on the solid boundary. 

Here e is a unit vector normal to the surface at the POI defined by e = pH xpv/ pH xpv, and subscripts of p denote the partial derivatives. Thus the mean, H, and Gaussian, K, curvatures are expressed as... 

In order to apply the PSM, the surface must first be triangulated by using one of the simplex decomposition scheme. The vectors normal to each vertex of the polygons are calculated as... 

The local surface curvature is determined by construction of a vector normal to the surface and drawing of two orthogonal planes through the normal vector (Figure 9.4). The location of the planes is chosen according to a requirement that the principal radii, r, and r2, of curvature of lines formed by intersection of the planes with the surface have the minimum and the maximum values. In inverse proportion to them are the principal surface curvatures, g1 = Hrl and g2= l/r2. 

Expressed formally, the wave must be matched in amplitude at the surface and in phase velocity parallel to the crystal strrface. This implies that the tangential components of D and H must be continuous across the strrface, and the components in the crystal strrface of the wavevectors inside and outside the strrface must be the same. If n is a rmit vector normal to the crystal strrface, whatever the values of k o or the resttlting Bloch wave inside the crystal, then... 

The contrast of growth bands, which arise from changes in lattice parameter due to fluctuations in impurity levels, is particularly valuable in determining the growth history of crystals. No contrast is observed when g.n=0, n being a vector normal to the growth front. 

As an example, Fig. 4.4 shows another view of the Cu surface that highlights where the plane of the surface is relative to the bulk crystal structure. The orientation of this plane can be defined by stating the direction of a vector normal to the plane.1 From Fig. 4.4, you can see that one valid choice for this vector would be [0,0,1]. Another valid choice would be [0,0,2], or [0,0,7], and so on, since all of these vectors are parallel. 

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