Many gram-positive bacteria form substituted polymers of glycerol and ribitol phosphate esters known as teichoic acids. Utilizing the relative specificity of cold concentrated hydrofluoric acid in the hydrolysis of polyphosphate esters it proved possible to quantitatively assay the teichoic acid-derived glycerol and ribitol from gram-positive bacteria added to various soils and sediments. The...

G . H evesy has written that [6] 1 " In view of the I.great similarity b etween hafnium and zirconium, i t ris hardly possible to separate these two elements in a lsingle operation ." A simple one-step separation c adequ a te for analytical work has still to be developed for hafnium-ziTconium mixtures, although recent work employing ion exchange has developed suitable methods for the separation...

Femtomolar concentrations of hydrogen fluoride, a decomposition component of nerve agents, were detected using a SiO(2) microcantilever. The microcantilever underwent bending due to the reaction of HF with SiO(2). The microcantilever deflection increased as the concentration of HF increased. Other acids, such as HCl, had no effect on the deflection of the cantilever. The mechanism of reaction-i...

Abstract In this study, the alumina layer on surface of aluminum powder was removed with hydrofluoric acid. 2-Azido-1,3-dimethylimidazolinium Hexafluorophosphate (ADMHFP) and 4-azido-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzoic acid (ATFBA) were coated to form Al@ADMHFP Al@ATFBA. Scanning electron microscope FTIR test results proved that ADMHFP ATFBA powder. The Al@ATFBA showed better thermal reaction combustion...

Anodic fluorodesulfurization of a poly(fluorene) derivative coated on a Pt electrode was successfully carried out in an ionic liquid hydrogen fluoride salt, yielding a alternating copolymer containing a difluorofluorene moiety.