In previous studies we found that a commercial cholesterol preparation obtained from the Wilson Laboratories had a high concentration of antirachitic provitamin. In the present studies we undertook to concentrate the provitamin fraction in cholesterol and to study its properties. 175 gm. of the commercial product, Cholesterol W, were dissolved in 1200 cc. of 10 per cent solution of sodium hydro...

Surface texturization is well known as one of the major paths to improve the conversion efficiency of silicon solar cells by increasing the short-circuit current through the enhancement in antireflection property and effective photon trapping. Compared to the antireflection coating, it is more lasting and effective process. The anisotropic texturing of a (100) n-type monocrystalline silicon sur...

Surface texturization is well known as one of the major paths to improve the conversion efficiency of silicon solar cells by increasing the short-circuit current through the enhancement in antireflection property and effective photon trapping. Compared to the antireflection coating, it is more lasting and effective process. The anisotropic texturing of a (100) n-type monocrystalline silicon sur...

Ascorbic acid and fructose react in an aqueous alkaline solution at temperature below 50°C in a Maillard-type reaction to from brown coloured end products. The kinetics of browning of alkaline solution of fructose in presence of ascorbic acid has been studied by measuring the absorbance of browning development in the reaction. The development of brown colour due to heating of either reducing su...

Hydrothermal chimneys and compartments comprising transition metal sulphides and associated minerals have been proposed as likely locations for the beginnings of life. In laboratory simulations of off-axis alkaline springs, it is shown that the interaction of a simulated alkaline sulphide-bearing submarine vent solution with a primeval anoxic iron-bearing ocean leads to the formation of chimney...

Title STUDIES ON THE MECHANISM OF THE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS OF THIOLSULFINATES Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved (Major professor) The alkaline hydrolysis of phenylbenzenethiolsulfinate was studied at various pHs in an aqueous solution of 25% dioxane. A pH stat was constructed to follow the rate of disappearance of hydroxide ion under pseudofirst -order conditions. Comparative studies were m...

A Chinese yellow wine classification method is proposed based on chemometric analysis of voltammogram of copper electrode. The main components in Chinese yellow wine are alcohol, amino acids and carbon hydrates. In strong alkaline solution copper electrode shows rich voltammetric responses to these components. Principal component analysis is employed to analyse voltammetric response of copper e...

This study is focused on synthesis of nano-colloidal silica via alkaline water glass solution. Sodium ions of water glass were removed by cation exchanging in a resin column to obtain the silicic acid which was titrated to the solution of sodium silicate. Concentration of the colloidal silica and pH value of the solutions were controlled using different concentrations of alkaline sodium silicat...

The chemiluminescence (CL) accompanying the oxidation of phenyl hydrazine with t-butylhydroperoxide in alkaline medium was studied in the presence and absence of luminol. The reaction occurring between phenyl hydrazine and alkaline (KOH) solution of aqueous tbutylhydroperoxide leads to the production of nitrogen gas with simultaneous emission of light (CL), which has been detected by PMT and re...

zeolites a, x and hs were synthesized from natural iranian kaolinite by alkaline fusion,,followed by refluxing the mixture. the transformation of zeolites x to hs and y to p were studied at different time intervals by x-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy (sem). it was revealed that in solution, zeolites hs and p are more stable than zeolites x and y respectively