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Jul 21, 2021

Gaps in Toxic Industrial Chemical Model Systems: Improvements and Changes Over Past 10 Years

To assess the hazards of the releases of toxic chemicals to the atmosphere, comprehensive model systems are often used. This paper reviews knowledge gaps that were resolved in the past ten years by new theoretical and experimental research.

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Jul 1, 2003

Osmotic Shock and the Strength of Viral Capsids

Osmotic shock is a familiar means for rupturing viral capsids and exposing their genomes intact.

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Mar 1, 2001

Zenith-sky Observations of Stratospheric Gases: The Sensitivity of Air Mass Factors to Geophysical Parameters and the Influence of Tropospheric Clouds

The retrieval of accurate vertical column amounts of stratospheric constituents from zenith-sky spectroscopy is dependent on accurately modeling the transfer of radiation through the atmosphere and calculating suitable air mass factors (AMFs).

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Jan 1, 2001

Anticipating Technological Change: Combinatorial Chemistry and the Environment

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Jan 1, 1999

Separation of Hydrohalocarbons and Chlorofluorocarbons Using a Cyclodextrin Gas Solid Chromatography Capillary Column

Chromatographic analysis of very volatile hydrohalocarbons and chlorofluorocarbons has proved to be a difficult task due to the generally poor retention of these compounds on commercially available wall coated open tubular capillary columns.

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Jan 1, 1970

Chemical Equilibrium Problems with Unbounded Constraint Sets.

An investigation of the use of mathematical models to explore the chemical aspects of physiological systems; this deals with the theoretical and computational aspects of understanding the chemistry of human physiological function. The question of ex...

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Jan 1, 1967

Lower Bounds to the Critical Rayleigh Number in Completely Confined Regions

Minimum Rayleigh number that will induce a state of convective motion in a Boussinesq fluid where temperature gradient is in direction of body force.

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Jan 1, 1967

Protein Binding of Small Ions--A Mathematical Model of Serum Albumin.

Examines the role of serum albumin in blood chemistry with respect to the binding of hydrogen, chloride, and calcium. Serum albumin is considered as a mathematical entity. Emphasis is on the interpretation of binding data using the Linderstrom-Lang...

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Jan 1, 1967

Acid-Base Metabolism and the Proton Condition.

Application of the proton condition of inorganic chemistry to the problem of describing the net acid content in a biological system. A "proton content" is defined that expresses the net acid content in terms of the detailed chemical composition of t...

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Jan 1, 1967

Ion Chemistry Governing Mesospheric Electron Densities.

An investigation of the physicochemical processes governing electron density in the earth's mesosphere. Ionization results from the weak background cosmic radiation, daytime solar X rays, and special events, and is ordinarily detected by its effect ...

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Jan 1, 1965

Bands of D2 and T2 Originating from the Lowest Excited 1sigma G States (1s) Sigma)(2s Sigma)1sigma G and (2p) Sigma) Squared 1sigma G

Bands of the two extensive band systems are presented.

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Jan 1, 1964

Numerical Solution of Functional Equations by Means of Laplace Transform—III: The Diffusion Equation

One of the fundamental equations of chemistry and biology is the heat or diffusion equation. A new method for its numerical integration is presented, which hinges on the numerical inversion of Laplace transforms. One advantage over the usual finite...

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Gaps in Toxic Industrial Chemical Model Systems: Improvements and Changes Over Past 10 Years

Osmotic Shock and the Strength of Viral Capsids

Zenith-sky Observations of Stratospheric Gases: The Sensitivity of Air Mass Factors to Geophysical Parameters and the Influence of Tropospheric Clouds

Anticipating Technological Change: Combinatorial Chemistry and the Environment

Separation of Hydrohalocarbons and Chlorofluorocarbons Using a Cyclodextrin Gas Solid Chromatography Capillary Column

Chemical Equilibrium Problems with Unbounded Constraint Sets.

Lower Bounds to the Critical Rayleigh Number in Completely Confined Regions

Protein Binding of Small Ions--A Mathematical Model of Serum Albumin.

Acid-Base Metabolism and the Proton Condition.

Ion Chemistry Governing Mesospheric Electron Densities.

Bands of D2 and T2 Originating from the Lowest Excited 1sigma G States (1s) Sigma)(2s Sigma)1sigma G and (2p) Sigma) Squared 1sigma G

Numerical Solution of Functional Equations by Means of Laplace Transform—III: The Diffusion Equation

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