The intracellular distribution of ions and water in rat liver and heart muscle

Local dry mass concentrations of intracellular compartments in rat heart muscle and liver cells were estimated by quantitative electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis of ultrathin frozen-dried cryosections. The results were used to calculate elemental concentrations per litre of compartment water from the X-ray microanalytical data. Water fractions were between 80.3 ± 1.3% of wet weight in the decondensed chromatin and only 45.1 ± 1.7% in mitochondria of liver cells. The lowest water fraction in heart muscle cells was also found in mitochondria. The ionic concentrations found in the cytoplasm of liver cells and in the myofibrils are in accord with the electroneutrality rule and in osmotic equilibrium with the extracellular concentrations. The concentrations of Na, K, Cl and P both in the cytoplasm and in the regions of decondensed chromatin within the nuclei were found to be equal. However, in regions of condensed chromatin K⁺ concentrations were found to be much higher than expected for a Donnan distribution of ions free in solution. Most probably the activity coefficient for K⁺ is lower in the condensed chromatin than in the decondensed or in the cytoplasm. The same holds true for the A-band as compared to the I-band in heart muscle cells. A sequestration of K⁺ was measured also in the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) of hepatocytes. The Cl^? concentration in mitochondria both in heart muscle and liver cells has been measured far in excess of what might be expected from a Nernstian distribution. A coupled inward Cl^? transport in mitochondria must, therefore, be assumed.     

盐及盐卤中微量铁铝钙镁的连续测定

介绍了用ＥＤＴＡ络合滴定法连续测定盐及盐卤中微量铁铝钙镁的原理和步骤。回收率在９８．５％～１０３．９％之间，方法简便，具有连续快速的特点。     

Copper Oxide Precipitates in NBS Standard Reference Material 482

Copper oxide has been detected in the copper containing alloys of NBS Standard Reference Material (SRM) 482. This occurrence is significant because it represents heterogeneity within a standard reference material that was certified to be homogeneous on a micrometer scale. Oxide occurs as elliptically to spherically shaped precipitates whose size differs with alloy composition. The largest precipitates occur in the Au20-Cu80 alloy and range in size from submicrometer up to 2 μm in diameter. Precipitates are observed using light microscopy, electron microscopy, and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). SIMS has demonstrated that the precipitates are present within all the SRM 482 wires that contain copper. Only the pure gold wire is precipitate free. Initial results from the analysis of the Au20-Cu80 alloy indicate that the percentage of precipitates is less than 1 % by area. Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) of large (2 μm) precipitates in this same alloy indicates that precipitates are detectable by EPMA and that their composition differs significantly from the certified alloy composition. The small size and low percentage of these oxide precipitates minimizes the impact that they have upon the intended use of this standard for electron probe microanalysis. Heterogeneity caused by these oxide precipitates may however preclude the use of this standard for automated EPMA analyses and other microanalysis techniques.     

A section press and low elemental support for enhanced preparation of freeze-dried cryosections

A press- and specimen holder system is described, whereby thin, freeze-dried cryosections can be obtained more conveniently and with greater protection against contamination and harmful temperature fluctuations. The use of a grid and retainer assembly as the basic working unit, greatly facilitates low temperature work particularly when delicate grids are preferable from an analytical point of view. A new press has been constructed in order to keep the sections permanently pressed during freeze-drying and rewarming. The press also protects the sections during transfer to an external freeze-dryer.     

Uncertainty in Quantitative Electron Probe Microanalysis

Quantitative electron probe analysis is based on models based on the physics or x-ray generation, empirically adjusted to the analyses of specimens of known composition. Their accuracy can be estimated by applying them to a set of specimens of presumably well-known composition.     

The cryopuncher: A pneumatic cryofixation device for X-ray microanalysis of tissue specimens

A cryopunching device is described which allows cryofixation of tissue specimens by quick contact with a precooled copper surface during excision. The advantage of the cryopuncher for analytical electron microscopy of cells and tissues in defined functional states is illustrated by electron probe X-ray microanalysis of freeze-dried cryosections from rat liver and dogfish kidney. In comparison with results obtained from specimens plunged into liquid propane, cryopunching in situ results in similar preservation of morphology and remarkably improved intracellular K/Na ratio.     

同时含有稀土元素La Ce Pr Nd的材料的电子探针定量分析方法

研制了稀土六硼化物单晶LaB_6、CeB_6、PrB_6和NdB_6电子探针分析标样。根据X-射线峰位表和实测的特征X-射线谱,考察分析了La、Ce、Pr和Nd元素谱线之间的干扰情况,发现分析谱线PrLα_1受到L_αLβ_1线严重的干扰。以混合稀土金属为试样,采用扣除谱线重叠强度的背底非对称测量等方法对L_n、Ce、Pr和Nd进行了电子探针定量分析,其结果与荧光X-射线光谱分析结果符合较好。     

The influence of elastic and ionization cross-section approximations on the result of Monte Carlo calculations

A Monte Carlo program has been developed on the basis of a Mott cross-section and knock-on model. The use of this program for the set of the film-substrate type systems shows that there is some difference between the calculated and experimental x-ray depth distribution. To clear up the reasons for the discrepancies, the Monte Carlo model is investigated by calculating the various physical quantities associated with the electron distribution in homogeneous bulk and film specimens and by comparing them with the known experimental data. The influence of the elastic and ionization cross-section approximation on the electron distribution in target is studied.     

Implications of Polishing Techniques in Quantitative X-Ray Microanalysis

Specimen preparation using abrasives results in surface and subsurface mechanical (stresses, strains), geometrical (roughness), chemical (contaminants, reaction products) and physical modifications (structure, texture, lattice defects). The mechanisms involved in polishing with abrasives are presented to illustrate the effects of surface topography, surface and subsurface composition and induced lattice defects on the accuracy of quantitative x-ray microanalysis of mineral materials with the electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA).