Abstract:
A polyelectrolyte-coated particle, devices for using the particle, methods for using the particle for separating PCR reaction products and/or DNA sequencing reaction products, and compositions for coating the particle are provided.
Abstract:
A device for the deionization of incoming water is disclosed. The device includes a tank and a generally hollow distributor tube in the tank for ingress into and downward movement of unpurified water through the tank. An opening adjacent the bottom of the generally hollow distributor tube and near the bottom of the tank distributes the unpurified water out of the generally hollow distributor tube. A mixed bed of purifying resin is within the tank, and surrounds the generally hollow distributor tube. The unpurified water travels upwardly through the tank where it is deionized to a high purity water by the mixed bed of purifying resin, after egress from the opening. The deionized water passes through a distributor and a filter before leaving the tank through an outlet.
Abstract:
A process for removing soluble and insoluble inorganic, organic, and microbiological contaminants from a fluid stream employing a pretreatment module, a post-treatment module, a recharge stream module or any combination thereof, and an ion exchange module, is provided. The process provided reduces the problems associated with ion exchange material fouling and increases contaminant removal capacity.
Abstract:
A device for the deionization of incoming water. The device includes a tank and a generally hollow distributor tube in that tank for ingress into and downward movement of the incoming water through that tank. Slots adjacent the bottom of the generally hollow tube and near the bottom of the tank are provided for distributing the incoming water out of the hollow tube. There is a bed of mixed bed ion exchange resin within the tank. This bed of resin surrounds the generally hollow tube, through which the incoming water travels upwardly. The water is deionized by the ion exchange resin, as it moves upwardly through the resin, after egress from the slots.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a high-sensitivity method and apparatus for monitoring the concentration or inflow of impurities in circulating water of a circulating water system, which can remarkably improve the measurement sensitivity by converting carbonate ions of low conductivity into chlorine or sulfate ions of increased conductivity, and which can measure the inflow of air or organic substances and the amount of inflow in a simple and efficient manner in real-time. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of: increasing a content of strong acids in sample water and thus increasing equivalent conductivity of the impurities, by utilizing cation exchange resin together with anion exchange resin, in which cations of the sample water are adsorbed on the cation exchange resin to form strong acids while weakly acidic anions of low dissociation degree in the sample water are adsorbed on the anion exchange resin to form strong acids; and measuring the increased conductivity of the impurities.
Abstract:
Electrodeionization apparatus and method. The electrodeionization apparatus includes an ion-depleting compartment in which alternating layers of an electroactive media are positioned. One of the alternating layers is doped to provide a more balanced current distribution through the apparatus. The method involves providing reducing the difference in conductivity between the alternating layers positioned in the ion-depleting compartment by adding a dopant material to one of the layers.
Abstract:
Mixed-bed solid phases are provided, with methods for using such solid phases to isolate target nucleic acids, such as plasmid DNA, chromosomal DNA, RNA, or nucleic acids generated by enzymatic amplification from contaminants, including proteins, lipids, cellular debris, or other nucleic acids. The mixed-bed solid phases of this invention are mixtures of at least two different solid phases, each of which has a capacity to bind to the target nucleic acid under different solution conditions, and the capacity to release the nucleic acid under similar elution conditions. By exchanging solution conditions according to the methods of this invention, one can remove contaminants from the target nucleic acid bound to the mixed-bed solid phase, then elute the target nucleic acid in an elution buffer.
Abstract:
The improved organic polymeric adsorbent is used to adsorb and remove suspended impurities present in trace amounts in the water being treated in an apparatus for producing ultrapure water for use in the semiconductor industry or in a condensate purifier in steam power generating facilities and it is composed of a particulate or powdered cation exchange resin and/or anion exchange resin. The improvement is that this adsorbent has such a surface layer structure and morphology that granules are seen to bind with one another when examined under a scanning electron microscope in a field of view ranging from a magnification of 50 to 200,000. The adsorbent may be used as the constituent of a packing layer and/or a filter layer to make a material for removing suspended impurities.
Abstract:
A mixture of two sets of similarly sized particles having different terminal velocities in a separation liquid is separated. This is done by removing either the smaller particle portion of the set having the greater terminal velocity, or the larger particle portion of the set having the lesser terminal velocity, or both, for example, by sieving. The resulting mixture is introduced into a tube in which the separation liquid is flowing upwardly. This eliminates intermixing of the fines of one set with the larger particles of the other set. The flow of liquid in the tube can be arranged to provide laminar flow separated by two regions of turbulent flow to improve separation of particles. Anion and cation exchange resin particles can be separated in this manner, regenerated and returned to service.
Abstract:
Method for rendering visible the line of separation between cation exchangers and anion exchangers in mixed-bed filters, in which method an amount of a cation exchanger (anion exchanger) sufficient to form a visible line is added to the cation exchangers and anion exchangers constituting the mixed-bed, the added ion exchanger clearly differing optically from the cation exchanger and anion exchanger used to build up the mixed-bed and having a density 0.01-0.05 g/ml lower (higher) than that of the mixed-bed cation exchanger (mixed-bed anion exchanger), and the resin beads of which predominantly having the same particle sizes as the finest (coarsest) screen fraction of the mixed-bed cation exchanger (mixed-bed anion exchanger).
Abstract translation:用于使混合床过滤器中的阳离子交换剂和阴离子交换剂之间的分离线可见的方法,其中将一定量的足以形成可见光线的阳离子交换剂(阴离子交换剂)加入到构成 混合床,添加的离子交换器与用于建立混合床的阳离子交换剂和阴离子交换剂在光学上明显不同,并且具有比混合床阳离子交换剂低(高)的密度为0.01-0.05g / ml 混合床阴离子交换剂)和主要具有与混合床阳离子交换剂(混合床阴离子交换剂)中最细(最粗))筛分相同粒度的树脂珠粒。