The melting point of palladium was determined by measuring with an optical P3^rometer the ratio of brightness of the red light (X= 0.6528m) emitted by black bodies at the melting points of palladium and gold, respectively. The crucible method was shown to be more reliable than the wire method. Especial attention was given to the purity of the metals. The result obtained by the crucible method, ...

Reliability and availability of power stations are extremely important in order to achieve a required level of power generation. In particular, in the hot desert climate of Kuwait, reliable power generation is extremely important because of cooling requirements at temperatures exceeding 50-centigrade degrees. In this paper, a particular power plant, named Sabiya Power Plant, which has 8 steam t...

A total coloring of a graph G is an assignment of colors to the vertices and the edges of G such that every pair of adjacent/incident elements receive distinct colors. The total chromatic number of a graph G, denoted by χ′′(G), is the minimum number of colors needed in a total coloring of G. The most well-known Total Coloring Conjecture (TCC) says that every graph with maximum degree ∆ admits a...

in this paper, it was shown that , where  and , and , where  is not prime and , are od-characterizable.

let $g$ be a connected graph with vertex set $v(g)$‎. ‎the‎ ‎degree resistance distance of $g$ is defined as $d_r(g) = sum_{{u‎,‎v} subseteq v(g)} [d(u)+d(v)] r(u,v)$‎, ‎where $d(u)$ is the degree‎ ‎of vertex $u$‎, ‎and $r(u,v)$ denotes the resistance distance between‎ ‎$u$ and $v$‎. ‎in this paper‎, ‎we characterize $n$-vertex unicyclic‎ ‎graphs having minimum and second minimum degree resista...

In this article, a systematic procedure has been explored to studying general Zq-equivariant planar polynomial Hamiltonian vector fields for the maximal number of closed orbits and the maximal number of limit cycles after perturbation. Following the procedure by taking special consideration of Z12-equivariant vector fields of degree 11, the maximal of 99 closed orbits are obtained under a well-...

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On Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, a wide-ranging coalition of environ­ mentalist and population-control organizations sponsored a conference bankrolled by the Rockefeller Foundation on "The World After Nuclear War: Conference on the Long-term World-wide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War." As­ tronomer Carl Sagan and biologist Paul Ehrlich announced the results of a supposed scientific investigation o...

The first of these chemicals, mineral spirits, is known by a number of different names. Benzine, petroleum spirits, mineral turpentine, naphtha and painters naphtha are just a few of the synonyms of mineral spirits. This solvent is actually a mixture of a number of different hydrocarbons. It is distilled from petroleum and is composed of chemicals having generally five to seven carbons. It repr...

Clay minerals may be si<j'nifieant indieatoi's of earth processes. They form throufrh a range which involves at one extreme the action of compressed water vapor at a temperature of several hundred degrees centigrade, and at the other extreme, the action of atmospheric agencies at an ordinary temperature. Not recognized as original products of magmatic crystallization, clay minerals are prima fa...