Kinetics of peptide hydrolysis and amino acid decomposition at high temperature

Dipeptide hydrolysis and amino acid decomposition appear to follow a first-order rate law. The hydrolysis rate increases exponentially with increasing temperature in aqueous solution at both 265 atm and water steam pressures over the temperature range of 100 to 220 degrees C. Dipeptide hydrolysis has a lower apparent activation energy at 265 atm (44.1 KJ/mol) than at water steam pressure (98.9 KJ/mol). At lower temperatures (<200-220 degrees C), the rate of peptide bond hydrolysis is faster at 265 atm than at water steam pressure. At higher temperatures (>200-220 degrees C), however, peptide bond hydrolysis is slower at 265 atm than at water steam pressure. In aqueous solution, amino acid decomposition rates also increase exponentially with increasing temperature. Amino acid decomposition rates are much higher at 265 atm than at water steam pressure over the entire temperature range investigated.     

H2 in interstellar and extragalactic ices: infrared characteristics, ultraviolet production, and implications

H2 is the most abundant molecule in the universe. We demonstrate that this molecule may be an important component of interstellar and possibly intergalactic ices, both because it can be formed in situ, within the ices, and because gas phase H2 can freeze out onto dust grains in some astrophysical environments. The condensation-sublimation and infrared spectral properties of ices containing H2 are presented. We show that solid H2 in H20-rich ices can be detected by an infrared absorption band at 4137 cm-1 (2.417 micrometers). The surface binding energy of H2 to H2O ice was measured to the delta Hs/k = 555 +/- 35 K. Surface binding energies can be used to calculate the residence times of H2 on grain surfaces as a function of temperature. Some of the implications of these results are considered.     

The condensation and vaporization behavior of ices containing SO2, H2S, and CO2: implications for Io

In an extension of previously reported work on ices containing CO, CO2, H2O, CH3OH, NH3, and H2, measurements of the physical and infrared spectral properties of ices containing molecules relevant to Jupiter's moon Io are presented. These include studies on ice systems containing SO2, H2S, and CO2. The condensation and sublimation behaviors of each ice system and surface binding energies of their components are discussed. The surface binding energies can be used to calculate the residence times of the molecules on a surface as a function of temperature and thus represent important parameters for any calculation that attempts to model the transport of these molecules on Io's surface. The derived values indicate that SO2 frosts on Io are likely to anneal rapidly, resulting in less fluffy, "glassy" ices and that H2S can be trapped in the SO2 ices of Io during night-time hours provided that SO2 deposition rates are on the order of 5 micrometers/hr or larger.     

中国多重ScS震相衰减和走时的区域变化

用中国数字地震台网（ＣＤＳＮ）记录到的来自中国周边地区中深源地震的长周期多重ＳｃＳ波形，使用频域分析（相位归一和叠加）及时域分析（波形反演）技术，估算了多重ＳｃＳ的衰减算子和走时差。理论计算和使用合成数据进行的数字实验表明，在大陆地区，频域分析可以得到比时域分析更稳定的关于整个地幔衰减（ＱＳｃＳ）的结果，而时域分析对于整个地幔走时（ＴＳｃＳ）的模拟效果更好。将这两者结合起来，可以得到关于大陆传播路     

电子探针分析的X射线能谱法

本文介绍了使用硅(锂)检测器进行定量电子探针分析的一种方法,这种方法使用了背景模拟技术及其它技术中的电荷收集不完全和电子噪声的校正。轻元素分析的改进对硅酸盐样品是特别有利的,使之尽可能采用纯金属作分析标样。这种方法已被用于各种地球化学样品的分析中(包括用JG—1和JB—1岩石做成的玻璃)。与湿式化学分析相对比和对矿物化学方程式的测定表明,该方法的准确度和精度是可靠的。实际上该准确度不低于传统的湿式化学分析;对于浓度范围0.1～0.2wt％的元素也是如此。这种精度与湿式化学分析的精度属于同一个数量级。现在,在地球化学上,能谱仪可以适用于各种分析条件。     

巴基斯坦卡拉奇—海得拉巴区域地震危险性预测

本文讨论了巴基斯坦的地震构造，潜在震源和历史与现代地震，并在此基础上使用确定性和概率性两种方法计算了各发展断层５０年内最大可能的地震在卡拉奇和海得拉巴两城市将引起的地面峰值加速度以及５０年内超越概率为１４％的等加速度区划图。     

Levels of organochlorine pesticide residues in some organs of the Ganges perch, Lates calcarifer, from the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Estuary, Bangladesh

Levels of organochlorine pesticide residues (p,p′ DDT, DDD, DDE, Aldrin, Dieldrin, Lindane, Heptachlor and BHC) were analysed in the dry and wet seasons in four organs (muscle, liver, gut and egg samples) of Ganges Perch, Lates calcarifer, collected during October–November–December, 1996 and May–June–July, 1997 from the Ganges–Brahmaputtra–Meghna estuary. The residues were analysed by using gas-chromatography (GC) in electron capture detector (ECD) mode and were verified by thin layer chromatography (TLC). Among the four organs analysed, the residues were found in the order egg > gut > muscle > liver. The pesticide residues were found in the order ∑DDT > Heptachlor >Dieldrin > Aldrin. Higher levels of residues were found during the dry season due to high lipid content in fishes. A positive correlation was observed between the pesticide residues (∑DDT and ∑OCs) and lipid contents of fish, and the correlation was found to be linear. The concentrations of pesticide residues in muscle, liver and gut were below the FAO/WHO (1993) recommended permissible limit except in eggs.