Direct measurements of the abundance of argon in the lunar atmosphere were made in 1973 by instruments placed on the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission, but the total daytime abundance is unknown due to instrument saturation effects; thus, until we are able to return to the Moon for improved direct measurements, we must use remote sensing to establish the daytime abundance. In this paper, we pre...

By allowing the surface charge of one surface to affect the adsorption equilibrium of the other, we establish the existence of a long-range attractive interaction between two identical surfaces in an electrolyte containing polyvalent counterions with a mean-field Poisson-Boltzmann approach. A Stern electrostatic condition from linearization of the mass-action adsorption isotherm is used to capt...

The potential use of Croatian natural zeolite clinoptilolite as alternative adsorbents for removal of enrofloxacin (ENRO) as model pollutant was studied in a batch system. The influence of contact time and initial ENRO concentration on the sorption process was investigated. The percentage removal of ENRO from aqueous phase decreased with an increase in initial concentration. The experimental da...

introduction cold plasma is a self-sterilized, painless, and non-contact method in surgeries. these properties allow it to be applied to the living tissues and heat-sensitive parts. the aim of this study was to design a new cold plasma producer device and evaluate the effects of cold argon plasma on decreasing the coagulation time of blood drop in vitro and that of the injured liver blood in vi...

In order to introduce carboxylic acid groups at the surface of poly (ethylene) ( P E ) films, an attempt was made to covalently link a preadsorbed layer of poly (acrylic acid) ( PAAc) on a P E film by an argon or tetrafluoromethane (CF,) plasma treatment. Surface analysis was performed by XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) and water contact angle measurements. I t was shown that by treatmen...

The development of a handheld single and triple chamber atmospheric pressure coaxial dielectric barrier discharge driven by Flyback circuitry for helium and argon discharges is described. The Flyback uses external metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor power switching technology and the transformer operates in the continuous current mode to convert a continuous dc power of 10-33 W to...

The addition of N to a millisecond-pulsed glow discharge (PGD) allows diagnostic measurements of the PGD but 2 is found to drastically influence the transient signals arising from the argon and sputtered analyte atoms. Penning excitation between metastable argon atoms and ground state nitrogen molecules and charge transfer between argon ions and the added nitrogen reduce the degree of ionizatio...

Argon beam photocoagulation has gained popularity as an adjuvant therapy for the treatment of giant cell tumors of bone and other stage 2 or 3 benign-aggressive bone tumors. Although argon beam photocoagulation has been considered a safe and reasonable adjuvant treatment with acceptable recurrence rates, it has never been directly compared with the commonly described phenol as adjuvant. The pur...

Beet discs aged in 0.5 mM CaSO(4) develop a capacity to absorb K(+) and Cl(-) from solutions of low concentration. The initial influx of these ions is described by a hyperbolic relationship with concentration in the range 0.01 to 0.5 mM KCl, which is identical with the system 1 absorption isotherm found in other tissues. A second hyperbolic isotherm, attributable to system 2, is found at higher...

Few studies have combined molecular- and macroscopic-scale investigations with surface complexation model (SCM) development to predict trace metal speciation and partitioning in aqueous systems over a broad range of conditions. In this work, an extensive collection of new macroscopic and spectroscopic data was used to assess the ability of the modified triple-layer model (TLM) to predict single...