Pulsed photoacoustic measurements have been carried out in toluene, benzene and carbon disulphide liquids using 532 nm radiation from a Q-switched frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser. The present chapter deals with the detection and analysis of the photoacoustic effect in certain organic liquids in the visible region. The variation of photoacoustic signal am­ plitude with incident laser power indica...

A series of novel 4-amino-5-mercapto-3-[(3-aralkyl amido/imidoalkyl) phenyl]-1,2,4-triazoles (5a-d) were obtained by treating m-(aralkyl amido/imidoalkyl) benzoic acid hydrazides (3a-d) with carbon disulphide in alcoholic KOH and hydrazine hydrate, respectively. These triazole derivatives were employed in the synthesis of 5-[(3'-aralkyl amido/imidoalkyl) phenyl]-1,2,4-triazolo[3,4-b]-1,3,4-thia...

During a period of 18 months three workers were admitted to hospital with jaundice that had developed two to four months after beginning work at a chemical plant. Liver biopsies showed severe centrilobular, haemorrhagic liver cell necrosis. The pathological changes resolved within six to 18 months. No damage to other organs was observed. The only worker who resumed work at the plant developed c...