Laser desorption/ionization from structured surfaces has been the object of recently renewed interest. Conditions in the plume of material ablated from such surfaces may differ from those of a sample which is ablated in bulk. Since recombination and secondary ion-molecule reactions in the plume play a major role in determining the types and quantities of ions observed at the detector, these dif...

This study investigated the clinical performance of a novel solid-state diagnostic dosimeter, the RaySafe Xi transparent detector, by comparing its performance to a reference-class ionization chamber. Firstly a comparison of dosimeter response "free-in-air" with standard beam qualities was made, followed by an investigation into its relative transparency in an X-ray field and angular sensitivit...

Several margarine base stock candidates have previously been prepared for the purpose of finding better, more oxidatively stable food components: high-saturate vegetable oils, randomized vegetable oils, vegetable oil-hard stock blends, and interesterified vegetable oil-hard stock blends. Here are reported the triacylglycerol compositions of these products, determined using reverse-phase high-pe...

An on-line automated method for photodegradation studies of isoproturon, diuron, atrazine, fenitrothion, and metoxuron by means of liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) with particle beam (PB) interface is described. Surface water samples were first spiked with 50 µg/l of each pesticide and then exposed to the radiation of the medium-pressure mercury lamp. Next, in regular intervals o...