Detailed tests and analysis of ageing effects high irradiation dose on Multi-Strip Multi-Gap Resistive Plate Counters based low resistivity glass electrodes were performed. MSMGRPC efficiency cluster size before are measured compared with their values after in a accessed at multi-purpose facility IFIN-HH $^{60}$Co source. The composition properties the deposited layers electrodes, studied multi...

A mass balance study of trace element flows at the TVA Allen Steam Plant at Memphis showed that most of the released Hg, some Se, and probably most Cl and Br are discharged to the atmosphere as gases. The elements As, Cd, Cu, Ga, Mo, Pb, Sb, Se, and Zn were concentrated in fly ash compared to slag and were more concentrated in the ash discharged through the stack than in that collected by the p...

Recent research has indicated that increased vulnerability to oxidative stress may be the major factor involved in CNS functional declines in aging and age-related neurodegenerative diseases, and that antioxidants, e.g., vitamin E, may ameliorate or prevent these declines. Present studies examined whether long-term feeding of Fischer 344 rats, beginning when the rats were 6 months of age and co...

Boron-containing materials exhibit a unique combination of ceramic and metallic properties that are sensitively dependent on their given chemical bonding elemental compositions. However, determining the composition, let alone bonding, with sufficient accuracy is cumbersome respect to boron, being light element bonds in various coordinations. Here, we report comprehensive compositional analysis ...

ERDA's companion government group, the Environmental Proportion­ ment Administration, cautioned the new energy source may be danger­ ous to the environment. A spokesman said emissions from the combustion contained unknown compounds which are likely to be dirty and toxic. Besides, the fuel contains bacteria which are known to reproduce. In reply, ERDA countered that many components of the new fu...

The combination of local tetrahedral order and favorable chemical composition makes amorphous and quasicrystalline Zr–Cu–Ni–Al alloys good candidates for hydrogen storage applications. Hydrogen evolution from these alloys has been studied by means of thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS). The characteristics of hydrogen desorption from an initially quasicrystalline phase are analyzed in detail ...