The proton transfer along hydrogen-bonded channels has been recognized to be responsible for the charge conduction in many organic and biological systems [1–3]. Proton conducting solids are also of interest because of their potential use in fuel cells [4, 5]. Current interest to fast-proton conductors needs their synthesis, parameterization, and especially understanding of charge transport mech...

We studied whether arsenic, nickel, and chromium compounds that are human carcinogens could induce transformation of cultured primary human diploid foreskin cells (HFC). All nickel compounds tested, PbCrO4, K2Cr2O7, CrO3, Na2HAsO4, NaAsO2, and N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) caused significant (p = 0.001) dose-dependent inductions of anchorage-independent colonies in HFC. KH2AsO4, C...

Oil spills are the most important environmental impact in oceans and seas. In this article, Oil absorption, which was explored from Sardar-e-Jangal oilfield in Caspian Sea, by exfoliated graphite (EG), was investigated. Graphite was exfoliated through the reaction of graphite-CrO3 intercalation compounds with hydrogen peroxide. The obtained absorbent was characterized by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller ...

Lung toxicity of chromium fumes (Cr fumes) was examined by a single intratracheal instillation into rats of 10.6 mg and 21.3 mg Cr fumes/kg body weight and by repeated (3 times) instillations of 10.8 mg and 21.7 mg Cr fumes/kg. The pathological changes were compared with those induced by single administrations of 3.2 mg and 19.2 mg Na2CO3 solution-insoluble fraction of Cr fumes (Cr-Fr)/kg and 2...

The catalytic oxidation of sulfur dioxide to sulfur trioxide over several binary (MxOy/TiO2) and ternary (V2O5/MXOY/TiO2) supported metal oxide catalysts was systematically investigated. The supported metal oxide components were essentially 100% dispersed as surface metal oxide species, as confirmed by Raman spectroscopy characterization. The sulfur dioxide oxidation turnover frequencies of the...

MICKLE, J. E. (Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Box 7612, Raleigh, NC 27695). Cuticular micromorphology of Pagiophyllum bladenensis, comb. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of the North Carolina Coastal Plain, U.S.A. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 120: 387391.1993-Abundant leafand branch compressions referable Araucaria bladenensis Berry have been recovered from Late Cretaceous gray ...