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Platinum atoms placed with precision transform catalyst speed and efficiency
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) designed and fabricated catalysts that can increase the speed of carbon ...
A covalent bond links lysine and cysteine in proteins together under oxidizing conditions, stabilizing them
A paper titled "Functional implications of unusual NOS and SONOS covalent linkages found in proteins," by Matthew D. Lloyd, ...
C&EN6d
On the Activity/Selectivity and Phase Stability of Thermally Grown Copper Oxides during the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO
Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der ...
SciELO12d
An alternative method for the simultaneous determination of copper and lead for quality control of sugar cane spirit using a nanotube-based sensor
The development of an electroanalytical method for simultaneous determination of copper and lead ions in sugar cane spirit (cachaça) using carbon paste electrode modified with ascorbic acid and carbon ...
SciELO13d
Sequential voltammetric determination of chromium, thallium, cadmium, lead, copper and antimony in saline hemodialysis concentrates using electrolyte pH gradient
In previous studies of the salts used to make up DCs, we found the presence of natural contamination from heavy metals 2 as well as the contamination of some commercial DCs by cadmium, thallium, lead ...
C&EN14d
Highly Sensitive Simultaneous Detection of Lead(II) and Barium(II) with G-Quadruplex DNA in α-Hemolysin Nanopore
† Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Article Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum ...
Metal17d
High Raw Material Prices Lead to Slowdown in Production Pace of Secondary Copper Rod Enterprises [SMM Daily Review of Secondary Copper]
The average spot premiums/discounts were 275 yuan/mt, down 115 yuan/mt from the previous trading day. Today, the price of secondary copper raw material rose by 300 yuan/mt MoM. The price of bare ...
IEEE18d
Fluorine analysis and microstructural evolution in coated YBCO conductor deposited by metal trifluoroacetate process
Abstract: A solution based processes using metal trifluoroacetate (TFA) precursors is being developed for commercialization of Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide (YBCO) coated conductors. This nonvacuum ...
Nature19d
Materials science challenges for high-temperature superconducting wire
Antiphase boundaries YBCO is a layered compound, requiring a specific sequence of appropriately oxygenated yttrium, barium and copper ... for example, copper oxide. Point defects Precipitates ...
IEEE20d
Complex Conductivity of YBCO Films in Normal and Superconducting States Probed by Microwave Measurements
Abstract: We report on microwave frequency characterization of yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) thin films in both normal and superconducting states. A microwave single-post dielectric resonator ...
Oklahoma's News21d
City of Edmond needs volunteers for annual copper and lead testing
EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) – The City of Edmond is seeking volunteers to expand the sampling pool for its annual copper and lead testing program. Edmond officials say, the sampling event is scheduled ...