This paper describes rapid, simple microwave-assisted leaching/ digestion procedures for total and mercury species determination in sediment samples and biomaterials. An open focused microwave system allowed the sample preparation time to be dramatically reduced to only 24 min when a power of 40-80 W was applied. Quantitative leaching of methylmercury from sediments by HNO(3) solution and compl...

The effect of electron beam (e-beam) curing on an ultra low dielectric constant material, porous organosilicate glass (OSG) is investigated. In conventional IC integration processes, photoresist (P. R.) stripping with O2 plasma and wet chemical stripper is an inevitable step. However, dielectric degradation often occurs when low-k dielectrics undergo the PR stripping processing. This limits the...

This research focused on the biological treatment of high-strength organic nitrogen wastewater, and presented the results from the nitrification and denitrification of an actual industrial wastewater using anoxic/aerobic process. The opto-electronic industrial wastewater often contains a significant quantity of organic nitrogen compounds and has a ratio over 95% in organic nitrogen (Org-N) to t...

α-Fluoroalcohols have been proposed as transparent, base-soluble functional groups for use in the design of new 157 nm photoresist polymers. The two most common and easily prepared fluoroisopropanol groups are bis-trifluoromethyl carbinols (hexafluoroalcohol) and methyl-trifluoromethyl carbinols (trifluoroalcohol). This paper describes studies designed to assess the suitability of both of these...

The lignite biodegradation procedure to produce water-soluble humic materials (WSHM) with a Penicillium stain was established by previous studies in our laboratory. This study researched the effects of WSHM on the growth of Bradyrhizobium liaoningense CCBAU05525 and its nodulation on soybean. Results showed that WSHM enhanced the cell density of CCBAU05525 in culture, and increased the nodule n...

Background. Bone grafts are used in the treatment of nonunion of fractures, bone tumors and in arthroplasty. Tissues preserved by lyophilization or deep freezing are used as implants nowadays. Lyophilized grafts are utilized in the therapy of birth defects and bone benign tumors, while deep-frozen ones are applied in orthopedics. The aim of the study was to compare the pyrolytic pattern, as an ...

Received for publication 12 July 1968. ashed in a muffle furnace at 600'C for at least three hours. Of the acid ammonium sulphate, 10 ml, and 30 ml of water are added to the ashed sample, and after warming to dissolve soluble material the contents are decanted with washing into a 50 ml centrifuge tube, the BaSO4 being washed into the tube as far as possible. The tube is centrifuged for 5 min, t...

An organic macromolecular residue, prepared from the Murchison meteorite by treatment with hydrofluoric and hydrochloric acids, was subjected to online thermochemolysis with tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH). The most abundant compound released by thermochemolysis was benzoic acid. Other abundant compounds include methyl and dimethyl benzoic acids as well as methoxy benzoic acids. Short chai...

A new cost-effective and efficient approach is proposed for texturing the crystalline silicon using the gas lift effect (GLE). The advantages of this approach over the conventional ones are that significantly lower amounts of IPA is used and much shorter etching time is required to achieve the same reflectivity. GLE is generated by taking advantage of the hydrogen bubbles evolved between the si...