We report a serendipitous discovery of broad absorption lines that were newly formed in the spectrum of the high-redshift, luminous radio-loud quasar TEX 1726+344, in a time interval of only 12 years. This is the first quasar showing a transition from narrow absorption lines to broad absorption lines. It also becomes one of the few radio-loud broad absorption line quasars. The gas cloud respons...

This paper proposes a new measurement scheme of gas concentration by infrared sensor, for high accuracy measurement of gas concentration and safety protection. Furthermore, the principle of infrared absorption, test methods and optical chamber structure are expounded. And a double-beam differential detection system is designed. The paper key to introduce the software and hardware design of infr...

Westerbork Radio Synthesis Telescope observations of the redshifted 21cm line absorber against the z em = 0.871 double lobed quasar 3C196 show that the intervening absorber is an L ≈ L * spiral galaxy (3C196-G1) and that the absorbing layer of cold gas extends to radii of at least 30 h −1 50 kpc. The new data solve several long standing puzzles about this system by (1) discovering a second 21cm...

Many commercial processes are available for the removal of H2S from gaseous streams. The desulfurization of gas streams using aqueous ferric sulfate solution as washing liquor is studied. Apart from sulfur, only H2O is generated in the process, and consequently, no waste treatment facilities are required. A distinct advantage of the process is that the reaction of H2S with is so rapid and compl...

CO2 emissions from combustion flue gases have turned into a major factor in global warming. Post-combustion carbon capture (PCC) from industrial utility flue gases by reactive absorption can substantially reduce the emissions of the greenhouse gas CO2. To test a new solvent (AIT600) for this purpose, a small pilot plant was used. This paper presents the results of studies ...

An apparatus was designed for simultaneous measurement of rates of N(2) fixation estimated by C(2)H(2)-C(2)H(4) assay (N(2)[C(2)H(2)] fixation) and NO(3) (-) absorption by roots of intact, nodulated soybeans (Glycine max [L.] Merr.). The principal design features include: (a) a gas-tight mist chamber in which nodulated roots can be exposed simultaneously to C(2)H(2) in the gas phase and to a li...

The controllable self-assembly of amphiphilic mixed polymers grafted gold nanoparitcles (AuNPs) leads to strong interparticle plasmonic coupling, which can be tuned to the near-infrared (NIR) region for enhanced photothermal therapy (PTT). In this study, an improved thiolation method was adopted for ATRP and ROP polymer to obtain amphiphilic brushes of PMEO2MA-SH and PCL-SH. By anchoring PCL-SH...