In this paper we elaborate on the idea @Lohse et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1359–1362 ~1997!# that ~single! sonoluminescing air bubbles rectify argon. The reason for the rectification is that nitrogen and oxygen dissociate and their reaction products dissolve in water. We give further experimental and theoretical evidence and extend the theory to other gas mixtures. We show that in the absence o...

Abstract The accurate calculations of adsorption equilibrium for multicomponent gas systems are of great importance in many applications. In this paper, five two-dimensional equations of state 2D-EOS, i.e. Van der Waals, Eyring, Zhou-Ghasem-Robinson, Soave-Redlich-Kwong and Peng-Robinson, were examined to find out their abilities to predict adsorption equilibrium for pure and multi-component ga...

We have investigated laser induced breakdown in Ar O2 and Ne O2 gas mixtures with different O2 compositions to study possible energy transfer between excited atomic and ionic species (Ne, O, Ar, Ne, Ar, O) in these gas mixtures. Laser pulses of 5 ns duration with a repetition rate of 10 Hz from a frequency doubled Nd: YAG (λ = 532nm) delivering up to 75 mJ energy per pulse were used to create s...

BACKGROUND Nitric oxide is important in vasomotor regulation. Contamination of anaesthetic gases with nitric oxide could affect gas exchange. METHODS We measured oxygenation and nitric oxide concentrations in the inspiratory and expiratory limb of the ventilator circuit in patients about to have cardiac surgery. Measurements were made before surgery when the circulation and respiratory condit...

Campylobacter jejuni in fresh chilled chicken meat is known to be a major risk factor for human gastrointestinal disease. In the present study, the survival under chilled conditions of different C. jejuni strains exposed to different gas mixtures usually used for gas packaging of food was examined. Bolton broth and fresh, skinless chicken fillets were inoculated with six and four strains, respe...

A Geochemical Approach for Monitoring a CO2 Pilot Site: Rousse, France. A Major Gases, CO2-Carbon Isotopes and Noble Gases Combined Approach — This paper presents the geochemical characterization of various gas end-members involved in a depleted gas field CO2 storage pilot (Rousse, France). In this pilot, CO2 is produced by oxycombustion from natural gas transformed into fuel gas at the Lacq pl...

Replacement of methane with carbon dioxide in hydrate has been proposed as a strategy for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO(2)) and/or production of methane (CH(4)) from natural hydrate deposits. This replacement strategy requires a better understanding of the thermodynamic characteristics of binary mixtures of CH(4) and CO(2) hydrate (CH(4)-CO(2) mixed hydrates), as well as thermoph...