Human cardio-respiratory diseases are strongly correlated to concentrations of atmospheric elements. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals is strictly monitored, because of its possible toxic effects. In this work, we utilized the EDX microanalysis in order to identify the potential heavy metal accumulation in the lung tissue.  To this aim, we enrolled 45 human lung biopsies: 15 non-small cell lung c...

Abrief description is given of the events surrounding the development of biological X-ray microanalysis during the last 30 years, with particular emphasis on the contribution made by research workers in Cambridge, UK. There then follows a broad review of some applications of biological X-ray microanalysis. A more detailed consideration is given to the main thrust of current procedures and appli...

Quantitative X-ray microanalysis models, such as ZAF or φ(ρz) methods, are normally based on solid, flat-polished specimens. This limits their use in various domains where porous materials are studied, such as powder metallurgy, catalysts, foams, etc. Previous experimental studies have shown that an increase in porosity leads to a deficit in X-ray emission for various materials, such as graphit...

The purpose of this study was to use energy dispersive x-ray microanalysis to test the following hypotheses: (1) that individual myocytes may exhibit important variation in the severity of alterations in intracellular ionic homeostasis in response to hypoxia and (2) that hypoxic myocytes may accumulate certain elements in quantities sufficient to impair organellar function and structure. A rabb...

Introduction Raman spectroscopy is one of the most common techniques for materials identification and characterization. Based on inelastic scattering of a monochromatic excitation source, Raman measures vibrational, rotational and other low-frequency modes in a system. It’s not only characteristic for functional groups, but also sensitive to backbone and crystalline structures. Therefore, Raman...

S. M. Boyetchko* and J. P. Tewari Department of Plant Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T 6 G 2 P 5 Z. Naturforsch. 48c , 923-929 (1993); received April 6,1993 Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae, Taxonomy, Calcium, X-Ray Microanalysis Three VA mycorrhizal fungal species were isolated from soils in Alberta, Canada and ex­ amined by scanning electron microscopy and energy-di...

Present study report on biodegradation of starch grafted polyethylene (PE), successfully synthesized by graft copolymerization method using benzoyl peroxide as the radical initiator. Biodegradable behavior of the grafted PE was ascertained by soil burial test. Percent weight loss was measured as a function of number of days and observed that it increased with increasing number of days. Microana...

Several basic physical concepts of applying eq. Ik = I sigma Nxt to surface microanalysis by reflection electron energy-loss spectroscopy (REELS) are clarified. Here Ik and I are the integrated intensities of the core ionization edge and the low loss part, sigma is the scattering cross section of element x with atomic concentration Nx, and t is the specimen thickness. The reflected inelastic el...