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    Citation - Scopus: 60
    Distribution of Elements in Honeys and Effect of a Thermoelectric Power Plant on the Element Contents
    (1998) Üren,A.; Şerifoglu,A.; Sarikahya,Y.
    Lead, cadmium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, calcium, magnesium and potassium contents of Turkish honeys were investigated. Most of the elements were more abundant in honeydew honeys than in flower honeys. But calcium content of honeydew honeys was smaller than in flower honeys. Considerable temporal fluctuation of elements was observed in honeydew honeys produced in the same area and from the same hives during autumn 1992, 1993 and 1994. Element contents of Turkish honeys showed high coefficients of variation, and the coefficients of variation decreased with increasing amounts of total minerals in honeys. The thermoelectric power plant which was 15-18 km away from the hives did not cause any pollution in honeys. Turkish honeys did not show any contamination of lead, cadmium, iron or zinc, and amounts of these elements were found well below the permitted limits.
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    Citation - WoS: 53
    Citation - Scopus: 63
    Effective Stress Principle for Saturated Fractured Porous Media
    (Wiley-Blackwell, 1995) Tuncay, Kağan; Çorapçıoğlu, M. Yavuz
    An effective stress principle for saturated fractured porous media is proposed based On the double-porosity representation. Both the solid grains and the fractured porous medium are assumed to be linearly elastic materials. The derivation employs volume averaging technique to obtain macroscopic scale expressions. Two parameters, the bulk modulus of the fractured medium and bulk modulus of the porous matrix, are introduced in the formulation. The final expression reduces to the one obtained by Blot and Willis [1957], Skempton [1960], Nur and Byeerle [1971], and Verruijt [1984] when the volume fraction of the fractures vanishes, that is, for a nonfractured porous medium.
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    Citation - Scopus: 2
    New Realization of Chua's Circuit and Verification of Chaos by Harmonic Balance Analysis
    (İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, 1999) Yalçın, M. E.; Savacı, Ferit Acar
    Chua's circuit, which consists of two capacitors, one inductor, two resistors, one linear voltage-controlled voltage source (VCVS) and voltage-controlled current source (VCCS) type non-linear element has been realized by operational amplifiers. Various dynamical phenomena such as periodic orbit with periods T, 2T, and 4T, single scroll and double scroll similar to the Lorenz attractor have been observed experimentally by changing only the resistance value of the linear resistor R6. The experimental observations have been confirmed by computer simulations and also using harmonic balance analysis.
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    Citation - WoS: 8
    Hydrogen Sulfide Determination by Solid Surface Luminescence
    (Springer Verlag, 1996) Eroğlu, Ahmet Emin; Volkan, Mürvet; Bayramlı, Erdal; Ataman, O. Yavuz; Mark, Harry B.
    In the analytical system suggested, atmospheric hydrogen sulfide reacts with the surface of a filter paper treated with aqueous cadmium chloride and yields a luminescent species whose intensity can be correlated with the analyte concentration in ambient air. It was shown that the luminescent species are CdS solid particles which were formed in a well defined size. The paper luminescence was also tried on polymeric surfaces; polyethyleneoxide, polyvinyl alcohol, ethylcellulose and carboxymethylcellulose were found to give a similar luminescence signal. The system can be used on the tip of an optical fiber for an irreversible, cumulative type of analytical device for hydrogen sulfide determination. The 3s detection limit for the paper luminescence detection system was 7.8 ppb H2S.
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    Citation - WoS: 5
    Citation - Scopus: 7
    Higgs Field as the Gauge Field Corresponding To Parity in the Usual Space-Time
    (World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, 1998) Erdem, Recai
    We find that the local character of field theory requires the parity degree of freedom of the fields to be considered as an additional discrete fifth dimension which is an artifact emerging due to the local description of space-time. Higgs field can be interpreted as the gauge field corresponding to this discrete dimension. Hence the noncommutative geometric derivation of the standard model follows as a manifestation of the local description of the usual space-time.
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    Citation - WoS: 39
    Citation - Scopus: 43
    Adsorption of Peo/Ppo Triblock Co-Polymers and Wetting of Coal
    (Elsevier Ltd., 1999) Polat, Hürriyet; Chander, Subhash
    The adsorption characteristics of PEO/PPO/PEO triblock co-polymers on coal were investigated using surface tension and contact angle measurements. Although these surfactants have been widely used as wetting agents, it was observed that they increased the hydrophobicity of coal at concentrations below about 10-6 M. Surface tension studies were carried out to explain the reasons for this behavior. The surface tension versus concentration profiles displayed three distinct regions. In region I, surface tension decreased linearly and monomers were proposed to be the dominant species. This region extended to a surfactant concentration of about 10-6 M. In region II, a transition region between regions I and III, dimers, trimers, etc., were considered to form. In region III, micelles formed and surface tension was independent of concentration. The concentration at which monomers associate to form dimers, etc., is referred to as the critical association concentration (cac). The contact angle of coal increased when concentration was raised from low values to the cac. It decreased when the reagent concentration was above the cac. Finally, at concentrations above the cmc, the wetting of coal was complete and contact angle was zero.
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    Citation - WoS: 36
    Citation - Scopus: 47
    Perceptions of Process Quality in Building Projects
    (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1999) Arditi, David; Günaydın, Hüsnü Murat
    A Delphi process and a questionnaire survey are conducted to investigate the differences in the perceptions of entry-level professionals and long-time practitioners with regard to process quality in building projects. The factors that affect process quality in the three phases (design, construction, and operation) of a building project's life cycle are identified and ranked by the respondents' perceived degree of importance. The findings indicate that the perceptions of entry-level professionals and long-time practitioners are in agreement for most (74%) of the factors. Given the differences in the respondents' background, expectations, and experience, differences in perceptions are to be expected in the remaining 26% of the factors. Analyzing these differences helps in revising and improving existing training courses and academic programs. It is recommended that college programs include courses that treat the administrative aspects involved in the building project in great detail and that continuing education programs cover quality training and life cycle cost analysis.
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    Citation - WoS: 15
    Citation - Scopus: 18
    Modeling of Diffusion in Closed Cell Polymeric Foams
    (SAGE Publications Inc., 1999) Alsoy Altınkaya, Sacide
    Closed-cell foams made of polymers have the lowest thermal conductivity of any currently available insulation material other than vacuum insulation systems. The increase of foam conductivity with age occurs as air diffuses into the foam while the blowing agent diffuses out, thus modifying the cell gas composition. Also, the change in cell gas composition influences the dimensional stability of the foams. To predict the long term aging behavior and dimensional stability of these foams, the diffusion characteristics of the different components need to be known. Several models exist in the literature which describe diffusion in foams. The most popular of these models are reviewed, and effective diffusivities predicted from one model are compared with experimental data. An unsteady state model is then proposed and solved numerically using a finite difference scheme. The numerical solution algorithm is developed to efficiently solve the large number of coupled equations resulting from this model. The uptake curves predicted from both the unsteady-state model and a discrete model (Bart and Du Cauze De Nazelle, 1993) are compared with available experimental data for the polystyrene-nitrogen system. From the analysis of uptake curves generated for different numbers of cells, the effective diffusivity of the PS/N2 system is predicted. Also, the effect of initial cell gas composition and cell size on both the long term aging profile and dimensional stability of polyurethane foam is considered. The proposed model can easily be extended to include the influence of blowing agent concentration on diffusivity in the polymer phase and the isotherm describing the distribution of blowing agent between the gas and polymer phases.
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    Citation - WoS: 1
    Citation - Scopus: 1
    Modification of Al-Oxide Tunnel Barriers With Organic Self-Assembled Monolayers
    (American Institute of Physics, 1999) Okur, Salih; Zasadzinski, John F.
    Al-oxide tunneling barriers were modified by exposure to a vapor of n-octadecyltrimethoxysilane which forms self-assembled monolayers. The dynamic conductance dI/dV of the modified Al-oxide barrier between Al and Pb electrodes was measured at 4.2 K. Quasilinear conductance backgrounds are observed up to 200 mV with a strength that increases with increasing exposure time from 10 to 60 min. A saturation effect is observed around 200 mV. Beyond 200 mV the dynamic conductance shows a parabolic behavior indicative of elastic tunneling from an asymmetric barrier. The linear background is attributed to inelastic tunneling from a continuum of excitations
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    Citation - WoS: 18
    Citation - Scopus: 22
    Application of Inverse Gas Chromatography To the Measurement of Diffusion and Phase Equilibria in Polyacrylate-Solvent Systems
    (Elsevier Ltd., 1999) Tıhmınlıoğlu, Funda; Danner, Ronald P.
    The inverse gas chromatography technique (IGC) was used to determine the partition and diffusion coefficients of ethyl acetate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate in polyacrylate for both infinite dilution and finite concentrations of solvent. Experiments were performed over a temperature range of 60 to 100°C, more than 100°C above the glass transition temperature of the polymer. The capillary column IGC model previously developed for determining partition and diffusion coefficients of infinitely dilute solvent has been modified to account for the concentration of the solvent in the polymer phase. Thermodynamic data obtained from retention theory and the modified capillary column IGC model are compared