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An electrothermally actuated micro valve

Microminiature slide action valve requires power only during actuation and can be used as an on-off or single inlet to alternately selected outlets.

Charlton, K. W.↗

Combining micro dry column chromatography and mass spectrometry

Dry column chromatography principles applied in microscale produce technique to minimize time in preparing and analyzing colorless constituents of soluble mixtures. Glass pipette microcolumns filled with finely sieved adsorbents permit capillary attraction and separation in 3 to 15 minutes. Technique is adaptable to gas chromatography.

Bauman, A. J.↗

Micro regulating ball valve

Ball valve of simple, rugged configuration overcomes leakage because there are no critical wear areas. Design has stable and precise calibration. Device can be assembled or disassembled in seconds and needs no lubrication.

Hawkins, J. W.↗

Micro-scale crease-and-fold apparatus

Crease and fold resistance of polymeric films and test equipment for determining mechanical properties is discussed. Components of equipment and method of operation are described. Illustration of test device is provided.

Muraca, R. F.↗

Quantitative micro-luminescence and related studies of fine and/or glassy lunar surface materials

Papers on Raman and soft X-ray spectroscopy of lunar glasses and electron microscopy of lunar fines are presented. Individual particles of glasses from Apollo 11, 12, 14, and 15 samples were analyzed separately. Silicon emission shifts vary between parent rock types and can be interpreted as a range of Si-O distances from 1.612 to 1.637 A. Aluminum emission shifts relate to the amount of 4- and 6-coordinated Al in the glass. Raman spectra show broadened bands. Certain bands recur in many specimens and relate to the main normative minerals for the glass bulk composition, olivine, pyroxene, and anorthite. Quantitative size and shape analyses were carried out on six Apollo 14 and 15 samples of fines by computer evaluation of scanning electron microspace images. For the size range of 0.50 to 30 micron diameter, the distributions are log-normal on a number count basis. Aspect ratios range from 0.1 to 1.0 with an average value of about 0.6. The aspect ratios and a shape complexity factor vary only slightly among the samples.

Roy, R.↗