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Mössbauer effect in YbBe13: Mixed valence and magnetic ordering
Mössbauer effect investigations on the cubic intermetallic compound YbBe13 in the temperature range between 0.065 K and 81 K are reported. Above the magnetic ordering temperatureT Neel=1.27 K the results cannot b...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Research on the Development of Wai-Shan-Ding Barrier, SW Coast of Taiwan, R.O.C.
Due to the abundant supply of sediment from the rivers, the west coast of Taiwan has shown a rapid accretion in history. As a result of this large areas could be reclaimed, such as the delta North of Putai — W...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Research on the Development of Deep Water Port of Taiwan District
Taiwan is now served by five international ports, two of which were newly opened in the 1970’s. They have been under continuous expansion in recent years to meet the needs of the island’s burgeoning foreign tr...
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Daily dietary intake of minor and trace elements by upper social groups in Taiwan
Sixteen minor and trace element contents of diet samples from three different social population groups in Taiwan were determined. Samples were prepared using duplicate portion technique by collecting the 15 su...
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Assessment of Closed Vessel Digestion Methods for Elemental Determination of Airborne Particulate Matter by ICP-AES
Closed vessel acid digestion methods, especially the microwave digestion, have been investigated for elemental analysis of airborne particulates collected by glass fiber filter and analyzed by ICP-AES. A two-s...
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Rapid determination of90Sr by Compton suppression gamma-ray spectrometry
This work presents a low-level background gamma spectrometry system capable of achieving rapid determination of90Sr without chemical separation, in a soil sample when the90Sr to γ-ray emitting nuclide concentrati...
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Study on the Relations of Structure and the Ultrafast Optical Kerr Effect of Polynitriles
A series of polybenzonitrile derivatives, prepared by plasma glow discharge processes or chemical polymerization, were characterized by FT-IR, UV-Vis, GPC and VPO etc. The secondorder nonlinear optical hyperpo...
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Half-lives of the Tz=1/2 series nuclei, 81Zr and 85Mo
The nuclei 81Zr and 85Mo with Tz=1/2 have been reinvestigated via their β-delayed proton emissions with p-γ coincidence measurement. The half-life of 81Zr has been measured to be 5.3±0.5 s, which agrees with one ...
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Multielement Analysis of Suspended Particulates Collected with a Beta-Gauge Monitoring System by ICP Atomic Emission Spectrometry and Mass Spectrometry
This work presents a two-step HNO3+HClO4/HF(1:2:1, v/v) acid mixture microwave digestion method for determining the elemental concentrations in suspended particulates collected on glass fiber filters by a beta-ga...
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Molecular epidemiology of enterovirus 71 in Taiwan
Taiwan suffered a severe and widespread outbreak of enterovirus infection in 1998. More than 400 children were hospitalized, with seventy-eight fatalities due to central nerve system (CNS) involvement and car...
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(EC + β+) decay of 133Sm and 1.1 s isomer of 133Pr
The very neutron-deficient isotope 133Sm was produced by irradiation of an enriched target of 96Ru with 40Ca and studied by using a helium-jet fast tape transport system in combination with X-γ and γ-γ coincide...
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A new measurement of 208Tl levels
A new determination for the levels of the nucleus 208Tl was performed by measuring the γ-rays following the β--decay of 208Hg. Twenty-six γ-rays were assigned and three new levels of 208Tl at 1.728 MeV, 1.652 MeV...
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(EC + β+) decays of the 11/2- isomer and 1/2+ ground state of 143Dy
The 1/2+ ground state and a 11/2- isomer of very neutron-deficient isotope 143Dy were produced by irradiation of an enriched target of 106Cd with 40Ca and studied by using a helium-jet fast tape-transport system ...
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Thermal Treatment of Heavy Metal in Incinerator Fly Ashes
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Radiation effects on gaseous iodine at very low concentrations</p> </p>
Exploratory experiments have been carried out to investigate the effects of gamma-radiation on iodine aerosols under various chemical conditions. The results indicate that iodide ions (I-) in aerosol can be readi...
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β-delayed proton decays and spin assignments for 133Sm and 149Yb
The proton-rich isotope 133Sm was produced via the fusion evaporation reaction 40Ca + 96Ru. Its β-delayed proton decay was studied by p-γ coincidence in combination with a He-jet tape transport system, and half-l...
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Synthesis and characterization of radiation sensitive TiO2/monazite photocatalyst
A TiO2/monazite photocatalyst was prepared by embedding TiO2 nanoparticles into a monazite substrate surface. TiCl4 hydrolysis/citric acid chelating procedure under acidic conditions were used to synthesize the n...
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Study on the effect of mechanical alloying on properties of Zn-Sb alloy
The effect of mechanical alloying on Zn-Sb alloy system is investigated with X-ray diffraction (XRD), laser grain size analysis and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) respectively. The results of laser pa...
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A novel azide copper complex: [[Azido{bis[2-(piperidin-1-ylmethyl)pyridine]}copper(II)]perchlorate] hydrate
Synthesis and single crystal X-ray diffraction study were carried for compound {[Cu(C11H16N4)2(N3)](ClO4)} · H2O (I). The structure is molecular, and the Cu2+ ion is in a five-coordinated compressed trigonal bipy...
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A new naphthoquinone and a new neolignan from Ligularia vellerea rhizomes
In the course of phytochemical investigations of Ligularia vellerea rhizomes, a new naphthoquinone, 2,5-dihydroxy-6,7-dimethylnaphthoquinone (1), and a new neolignan, 4-[(3',4'-dihydroxycinnamoyl)-oxy]methyl cinn...