42 research outputs found
On-line-Bestimmung von Blei mit dem Roentgenfluoreszenz-Analysenverfahren GRAF in der Blei-Zink-Erzaufbereitung
Organotin compounds in surface sediments of the Southern Baltic coastal zone: a study on the main factors for their accumulation and degradation
Abstract Sediment samples were collected in the Gulf of
Gdańsk, and the Vistula and Szczecin Lagoons—all located
in the coastal zone of the Southern Baltic Sea—just after the
total ban on using harmful organotins in antifouling paints on
ships came into force, to assess their butyltin and phenyltin
contamination extent. Altogether, 26 sampling stations were
chosen to account for different potential exposure to organotin
pollution and environmental conditions: from shallow and
well-oxygenated waters, shipping routes and river mouths,
to deep and anoxic sites. Additionally, the organic carbon
content, pigment content, and grain size of all the sediment
samples were determined, and some parameters of the nearbottom
water (oxygen content, salinity, temperature) were
measured as well. Total concentrations of butyltin compounds
ranged between 2 and 182 ng Sn g−1 d.w., whereas phenyltins
were below the detection limit. Sediments from the Gulf of
Gdańsk and Vistula Lagoon were found moderately contaminated
with tributyltin, whereas those from the Szczecin
Lagoon were ranked as highly contaminated. Butyltin degradation
indices prove a recent tributyltin input into the sediments
adjacent to sites used for dumping for dredged harbor
materials and for anchorage in the Gulf of Gdańsk (where two
big international ports are located), and into those collected in
the Szczecin Lagoon. Essential factors affecting the degradation
and distribution of organotins, based on significant correlations
between butyltins and environmental variables, were
found in the study area
Application of the emission-transmission method for overcoming matrix effects in non-dispersive x-ray fluorescence analysis
The Institute of Nuclear Techniques of the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Cracow, Poland
Study of changes in the shape, size and temperature of some field elements on thermograms with time and distance delays in their registration
W pracy przedstawiono rezultaty badań przeprowadzonych celem tworzenia obrazów stereotermalnych, pozyskiwanych z pojedynczej kamery termowizyjnej AGEMA LWB 880 łącznie z kamerą CCD dla orientacji. Termogramy wykonywano z różnych wysokości i odległości od badanych obiektów. Badanymi obiektami były elementy terenowe znajdujące się w zasięgu widzenia skanera termalnego. Do najczęściej występujących należą: budynki, pola uprawne, łąki, nieużytki, wody, pastwiska, lasy, zakrzaczenia i zadrzewienia, drogi. Stanowiska kamery znajdowały się na wysokościach stabilnych, stacjonarnych od 1.5 do 50 m npt. Kąt rejestracji celowej do normalnej wahał się w granicach od 10 do 45°. Rejestrowano obiekty terenowe w trzech rejonach kraju, koło Koszalina w sąsiedztwie brzegu morskiego, koło Olsztyna i w terenie górzystym w sąsiedztwie Szymbarka, koło Gorlic. Wszystkie termogramy i kolorowe obrazy wizyjne pozyskano w terenie przy udziale programu ,,Thermoscope”. Termogramy rejestrowano w różnych odstępach czasowych, w różnych porach dni słonecznych, w optymalnych warunkach atmosferycznych. Elementy terenowe stanowiące obiekty badawcze porównywano z tymi samymi obiektami zarejestrowanymi na sąsiednich termogramach, wykonanych z odpowiednim pokryciem podłużnym. Analizę badanych obiektów wykonano za pomocą wyżej wspomnianego programu. Podczas analizowania poszczególnych obiektów wykorzystano możliwości tworzenia histogramów liczbowych i graficznych oraz dane statystyczne. W efekcie badań stwierdzono, że występowanie większego dystansu czasowego między poszczególnymi rejestracjami termogramów, tym trudniej uzyskać stereotermogramy w odniesieniu do pozyskiwanych termogramów tylko w dni bezchmurne.A study was carried out to develop stereothermal images obtained from a single AGEMA LWB 880 type thermovisual camera in line with a CCD camera for orientation. Thermograms were made at varied heights and distances from the selected objects.
The studied objects included field elements situated within the thermal scanner sight range such as buildings, crop fields, meadows, wastelands, water bodies, pastures, forests, bush and tree communities and roads. The camera was situated at stable and stationary sites from 1.5 to 50 m above the surface. The registration angle (target) to the optic normal ranged from 10 to 45° The registered objects were located in the following three regions of Poland: near Koszalin - by the seaside, near Olsztyn and in the mountainous area around Szymbark, near Gorlice.
All the thermograms and colour video images were obtained in the field with the use of Thermoscope software. The thermograms were registered with different time delays, at different times of sunny days and under optimum weather conditions. The studied field elements registered on thermograms were compared with their images registered at neighbouring thermograms shot according to relevant longitudinal coverage.
The studied objects were analysed with the above-mentioned software. Numerical and graphical histograms, as well as statistical data, were used in the analysis of the particular objects. Based on the results, the greater the time distance between the particular thermogram registrations was, the more difficult it was to obtain stereothermograms in relation to the studied thermograms on cloudless days