Sequence of a 4·8 kb fragment of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome II including three essential open reading frames

The nucleotide sequence of a fragment of 4867 base pairs of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome II has been determined. The sequence contains three complete open reading frames. In addition to the already known gene RPB5, coding for a subunit shared by all three DNA directed RNA polymerases, two new open reading frames could be identified. YBR12.03 codes for a protein of 183 amino acids with homology to one of the proteins of the Bacillus subtilis riboflavin biosynthesis operon (RibG). Deletion mutants of YBR12.03 can germinate but stop growing after five to seven cell divisions on YPD. Supplementation with high concentrations of riboflavin does promote growth. YBR12.05 codes for a protein of 386 amino acids with homology to STI1, a stress-inducible protein of S. cerevisiae. Deletion mutants of YBR12.05 are not viable.     

Iron Disilicide as High-Temperature Reference Material for Traceable Measurements of Seebeck Coefficient Between 300 K and 800 K

Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) convert heat to electrical energy by means of the Seebeck effect. The Seebeck coefficient is a central thermoelectric material property, measuring the magnitude of the thermovoltage generated in response to a temperature difference across a thermoelectric material. Precise determination of the Seebeck coefficient provides the basis for reliable performance assessment in materials development in the field of thermoelectrics. For several reasons, measurement uncertainties of up to 14% can often be observed in interlaboratory comparisons of temperature-dependent Seebeck coefficient or in error analyses on currently employed instruments. This is still too high for an industrial benchmark and insufficient for many scientific investigations and technological developments. The TESt (thermoelectric standardization) project was launched in 2011, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), to reduce measurement uncertainties, engineer traceable and precise thermoelectric measurement techniques for materials and TEGs, and develop reference materials (RMs) for temperature-dependent determination of the Seebeck coefficient. We report herein the successful development and qualification of cobalt-doped β-iron disilicide (β-Fe_0.95Co_0.05Si₂) as a RM for high-temperature thermoelectric metrology. A brief survey on technological processes for manufacturing and machining of samples is presented. Focus is placed on metrological qualification of the iron disilicide, results of an international round-robin test, and final certification as a reference material in accordance with ISO-Guide 35 and the “Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement” by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, the national metrology institute of Germany.     

Supercritical fluid dyeing of cotton modified with 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine

Supercritical carbon dioxide dyeing of cotton modified with the fibre reactive group 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine has been examined and the results are discussed. The modification of cotton was carried out in acetone, as well as by a new method using water as the solvent. For level dyeing results a degree of fixation of the fibre reactive group on cotton of 3% owf was required without changing the hydrophilicity of the fibre. The results show that dyeing of modified cotton is possible with dyes containing hydroxy or amino groups which react via a substitution reaction with the chlorine atoms of 4,6-dichloro-1,3,5-triazine-2-yl on the fibre surface. The K/S values at 383 nm of modified cotton dyed with CI Disperse Yellow 23 were found to be between 1.44 and 4.79 depending on the dyeing conditions used. The washing, rubbing and light fastness data that were obtained were between 3 and 5.     

Färben in überkritischem CO2: Bestimmung von Einflußgrößen auf das strukturelle Verhalten von Polyethylenterephthalat-Fasermaterial

The effect of dyeing in supercritical fluids on characteristics of the polymeric structure is investigated using poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibers. The supercritical fluid (CO₂) causes a decrease in the glass transition temperature and the formation of a network of stabilizing crystallites, which — without the use of a fluid — can only be obtained at significantly higher temperatures. The implications of fiber structure for successful dyeing or impregnation of fibrous material in supercritical systems are discussed.     

Catalytic Oxidation of Thiol Compounds by Novel Fuel Cell-inspired Co-Porphyrin and Co-Imidazole Catalysts

The catalytic performance of pyrolyzed carbon-supported cobalt-nitrogen donor (CoN₄) catalysts for the oxidation of thiol compounds by dioxygen in aqueous solution was studied. This paper continues our previous line of research, which was inspired by the electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen on pyrolyzed carbon-supported cobalt-porphyrins and related tetra-coordinated nitrogen donor-transition metal complexes (MeN₄, where Me stands for a transition metal atom). Both pyrolyzed carbon-supported Co-imidazole and Co-porphyrin exhibited fast catalytic oxidation of the different thiols. The rate of oxidation of different thiols on the pyrolyzed CoN₄ catalysts was compared to the homogeneous rate of oxidation using 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin Co(II) tetrasodium salt as catalyst. Based on the cobalt content, the heterogeneous catalysts always outperformed the homogeneous one, and at times even exhibited 4,100-fold better catalysis. The dependence of the catalytic rate of oxidation on the preparation temperature was investigated, showing an optimal catalysis at ˜650 °C for the cobalt-imidazole catalyst. The decrease in catalytic performance after heat treatment at elevated temperature was attributed to the formation of cobalt metal acting as a generator of carbon nanotubes.     

Modell zur beschreibung der viskoelastischen eigenschaften von synthetischen fasern

The evaluation of the viscoelastic response of synthetic fibres from stress-relaxation data over a wide range of time at different strain rates is very time-consuming. Therefore, mathematical models are used to describe the viscoelastic response. The characteristic of synthetic fibres is that already at very low deformation rates like an elongation < 1% a nonlinear viscoelasticity has to be considered. Based on the analytical representation of isothermal viscoelastic behaviour by Boltzmann a new model making an assertion to the nonlinear viscoelasticity is proposed. Applying this model, the calculated values of moduli and relaxation tensions of the fibres Nomex® and PEEK are in good agreement with the experimental values.     

Estimation of the Temperature-Dependent Nitrogen Solubility in Stainless Fe-Cr-Mn-Ni-Si-C Steel Melts During Processing

The influence of chemical composition, temperature, and pressure on the nitrogen solubility of various high alloy stainless steel grades, namely Fe-14Cr-(0.17-7.77)Mn-6Ni-0.5Si-0.03C [wt pct], Fe-15Cr-3Mn-4Ni-0.5Si-0.1C [wt pct], and Fe-19Cr-3Mn-4Ni-0.5Si-0.15C [wt pct], was studied in the melt. The temperature-dependent N-solubility was determined using an empirical approach proposed by Wada and Pehlke. The thus calculated N-concentrations overestimate the actual N-solubility of all the studied Fe-Cr-Mn-Ni-Si-C steel melts at a given temperature and pressure. Consequently, the calculation model has to be modified by Si and C because both elements are not recognized in the original equation. The addition of the 1st and 2nd order interaction parameters for Si and C to the model by Wada and Pehlke allows a precise estimation of the temperature-dependent nitrogen solubility in the liquid steel bath, and fits very well with the measured nitrogen concentrations during processing of the steels. Moreover, the N-solubility enhancing effect of Cr- and Mn-additions has been demonstrated.