The conventional method for the determination of mercury in clinical samples is cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry. Sample digestion or pretreatment require large sample volume and long sample preparation time. The inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) method developed in this study requires only 100 microL of sample with practically no preparation, except for dilution wi...

Accepted: May 25, 2011; Published: August 30, 2011 Abstract The adsorption and transformation of K2Cr2O7 at natural hermit crab shell powder was studied by UV-visible spectrophotometry. K2Cr2O7 is adsorbed at natural hermit crab shell powder, and follows the Freundlich adsorption model with the adsorption constant of KF=888.8 and adsorption free energy change of 16.83 kJ.mol . The adsorbed K2Cr...

Lysine and leucine auxotrophic, heterothallic (h+, h-) strains of Schizosaccharomyces pombe were used to obtain chromium (VI)-sensitive and -tolerant mutants by ultraviolet radiation-induced and nitrosoguanidine-induced mutagenesis. The minimal inhibitory concentrations of K2Cr2O7 on YEA media were 225 microM for the wild-type strain CW-6, 125 microM for the sensitive mutant CS-6.51 and 275 mic...

Red single crystals of AgTl3(Cr2O7)2 were prepared via high oxygen pressure synthesis as well as by hydrothermal autoclave techniques. Initially, AgTl3(Cr2O7)2 was obtained from a reaction of stoichiometric mixtures of Ag2O, Cr and TlNO3 under elevated oxygen pressures. Following an optimized approach, the title compound can be synthesized at mild hydrothermal conditions, starting from AgNO3, T...

Three gas-liquid chromatographic (G.L.C.) procedures discussed have been designed around the four "esses" of detection tests--speed, sensitivity, simplicity, and specificity. These techniques are admirably applicable to the very low plasma drug levels encountered in blood testing under pre-race conditions. The methods are equally applicable to post-race testing procedures, where both blood and ...

Preparation and uses of quinaldinium dichromate and its polymeric analogue poly (2- vinylquinolinium) dichromate as the new monomeric and polymeric oxochromium-amine complex reagents for oxidizing variousorganic compounds, with emphasis on the latter, are described

A relatively rapid and simple method for the determination of alpha, beta, and gamma cellulose is described. The method ordinarily employs a O.3-g sample, which need not be weighed accurately, but a O.03-g sample also gives fair results. Neither ash nor moisture determinations are involved, in fact, no precision weighings are made. The cellulose is oxidized by potassium dichromate solution, the...