The electron density and temperature profiles measured by the Thomson scattering diagnostic on the COMPASS tokamak are used for estimation of electron kinetic energy, energy confinement time, and effective charge number Z(eff). Data are compared with the line-integrated electron density measured by a microwave interferometer in an ohmically heated plasma with a circular cross section. An error ...

Monodisperse sub-10 nm Rh nanocubes were synthesized with high selectivity (>85%) by a seedless polyol method. The {100} faces of the Rh NCs were effectively stabilized by chemically adsorbed Br- ions from trimethyl(tetradecyl)ammonium bromide (TTAB). This simple one-step polyol route can be readily applied to the preparation of Pt and Pd nanocubes. Moreover, the organic molecules of PVP and TT...

Abstract In this article, five kinds of soybean oil-based polyols (polyol-E, polyol-P, polyol-I, polyol-B, and polyol-M) were prepared by ring-opening the epoxy groups in epoxidized oil (ESO) with ethyl alcohol, 1-pentanol, isoamyl p -tert-butylphenol, 4-methoxyphenol presence tetrafluoroboric acid as catalyst. The SOPs characterized FTIR, 1 H NMR, GPC, viscosity, hydroxyl numbers. Compared ESO...

A method to measure the polyol pathway metabolic flux in the intact rabbit lens by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is described. In the lens exposed to 35.5 mM glucose, the polyol pathway accounts for 1/3 of the total glucose turnover. The high metabolic activity of the pathway suggests a significant alteration in the reduced to oxidized pyridine nucleotide ratio in the lens exposed...

A brightness of 76% (initially 57%) was reached with a charge of 4.5% hydrogen peroxide based on thermomechanical pulp in 10 min with microwave heating, compared to 45 min with water-bath heating. The maximum brightness attained with water-bath heating (78%) was nearly one point higher than that obtained with microwave heating, albeit after twice the time (120 min vs. 60 min). Under similar con...

Hyperthermia is becoming a potent therapeutic method for malignant brain tumors, either alone or in combination with radiation therapy. The heat response of organized tissues includes other factors besides the inherent cellular thermosensitivity, that is, tissue pH, PaO2, and nutrient supply, all of which are largely influenced by the tissue blood flow. In this study, the regional cerebral bloo...

Based on a mathematical model developed in the preceding Part I of this study, a numerical analysis of the process of decontamination of radionuclides from concrete by microwave heating is conducted. The aim is to determine the required microwave power and predict whether and when the contaminated surface layer of concrete spalls off. As customary, the finite element method is used for the stre...