The use of autoionization as a tool to quantitatively analyze transitions between high-n strontium Rydberg states with low-to-intermediate values L is described and demonstrated through observations Rabi oscillations when driving 5snf 1F3 → 5s(n + 1)g 1G4, 2)h 1H5, 5snp 1P1 1)d 1D2 using microwave fields. technique shown offer advantages compared selective field ionization can be used other alk...

It is well known that graphite has a low capacity for Na but a high capacity for other alkali metals. The growing interest in alternative cation batteries beyond Li makes it particularly important to elucidate the origin of this behavior, which is not well understood. In examining this question, we find a quite general phenomenon: among the alkali and alkaline earth metals, Na and Mg generally ...

When using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for the determination of alkali and alkaline earth metals in a silica matrix, frequent recalibration with reference samples is necessary. Determination of metals in these reference samples is carried out using classical analysis. The latter was not possible with barium and strontium in the presence of each other owing to mutual interference. Isotachoph...

The superconducting proximity effect is measured in sandwiches of thin Pb films and the alkali metals Cs, Rb, K and Na. The Tc-dependence provides information about the interface barriers between Pb and the alkalis. Such a barrier is particularly large in Pb/Cs sandwiches. It is not due to impurities or oxydation. In the presence of a sufficiently strong barrier a special form of the Cooper lim...

Copper mining generates large quantities of waste, tailings, and acid outflows causing long-term environmental impacts and potential threats to human health. Valea Şesei is the largest tailing impoundment in Romania, created by flooding the valley (known as Valea Şesei) of the Metalliferous Mountains (a division of the Apuseni Mountains) with copper mining waste. The present study (i) estimated...

In India, festivals are celebrated with lot of enthusiasm and Diwali is the major festival of light. In this festival, houses are illuminated by lights and sky is illuminated by fireworks. These fireworks though create lot of amusement but also pollute the atmosphere in terms of air pollution. The continuous air pollution monitoring was undertaken during Diwali festival (2014) at residential si...

Interaction of alkaline earth metal (magnesium, calcium, strontium and barium) ions with acetic and lactic acid in aqueous media was investigated by C NMR spectroscopy. In the acetate systems, signals whose chemical shifts were the averages of those of the free and bound acetate ions were observed. Downfield shifts of the carboxylate carbon signals with increasing metal ion concentration indica...