The subambient heat capacities of three (SrO),(CuO), inter-oxide samples with Y = y = I: I = 7. y=l; and u=l. y=2, were measured as a part of an investigation into the chemical thermodynamics of the high-T, superconducting system (lanthanum + strontium + copper + oxygen). No anomalous contribution to the heat capacity was observed over the experimental region. The heat capacity of the Sr,,Cu,,O...

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is a process for depositing highly uniform and conformal thin films by alternating exposures of a surface to vapours of two chemical reactants. ALD processes have been successfully demonstrated for many metal compounds, but for only very few pure metals. Here we demonstrate processes for the ALD of transition metals including copper, cobalt, iron and nickel. Homole...

The permeability of blood capillaries associated with small granule-containing (SGC) cells in rat superior cervical ganglia was investigated at ultrastructural level by employing ionic lanthanum as an electron dense tracer. In rat superior cervical ganglia, the majority of blood capillaries were nonfenestrated. Both fenestrated and nonfenestrated capillaries were observed in the area associated...

Ionic lanthanum has been used to study transepithelial ion permeation in in vitro rabbit gallbladder and intestine (ileum) by adding 1 mM La(3+) to only the mucosal bathing solution. Transepithelial fluid transport electrical potential differences (p.d.), and resistances were measured. During La(3+) treatment the gallbladder's rate of active solute-coupled fluid transport remained constant, the...

BACKGROUND High levels of circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) are associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression and high mortality. In the Phosphate Reduction Evaluation of FGF23 in Early CKD Treatment (PREFECT) study, we assessed the effect of reducing intestinal phosphate absorption using lanthanum carbonate on FGF23 levels in normophosphatemic patients with CKD stage 3...

Phosalone, malathion and diazinon were analyzed in corn oil using solid phase extraction (SPE)with lanthanum silicate as a new solid sorbent followed by gas chromatography with nitrogenphosphorus detection (GC-NPD). The efficiency of different eluents (methanol, dichloromethane,ethyl acetate, dichloromethane — ethyl acetate (1:1) and ethyl acetate — methanol (1:1)) werecompared for elution of o...

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La(21)Ru(9+x)In(5-x) (Pearson symbol tI140) is isotypic to the filled Y(3)Rh(2)-type structure, from which it can be derived through an ordered substitution at two sites. One of the square-prismatic sites (site symmetry ..m) is occupied by a mixture of Ru and In atoms and one of the square-antiprismatic sites (4/m..) is fully occupied by In atoms.

phosalone, malathion and diazinon were analyzed in corn oil using solid phase extraction (spe)with lanthanum silicate as a new solid sorbent followed by gas chromatography with nitrogenphosphorus detection (gc-npd). the efficiency of different eluents (methanol, dichloromethane,ethyl acetate, dichloromethane — ethyl acetate (1:1) and ethyl acetate — methanol (1:1)) werecompared for elution of o...