Asian Journal of Chemistry Vol. 21, No. 10 (2009)
CONTENTS
Laser Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanowires, S MOLLAH, S001
Ceramic-Ceramic Composite Superconducting Materials (YBCO-BaPbO3) for Cryoelectronic Applications, ANAND K TYAGI, S004
Aspects of Surface Ionic Conduction, P.K. GHOSH and A.SARKAR, S009
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Gd Doped CeO2, KALPANA NAGDE ANUSHREE KHANDALE and SHYAMSUNDAR BHOGA, S013
Penetrometer for Soil and Snowpack Characterization, M. SINGH, and M. SINGH, S017
Structural, Dielectric and Electrical Studies of Ba5-xCaxSmTi3Nb7O30 (x = 0,1) Ferroelectric Ceramics, PRASUN GANGULY, A. K. JHA and K. L. DEORI, S022
Transient Photoconductivity of Amorphous Se85-XTe15Bix Thin Films, AMBIKA and P.B.BARMAN, S028
Synthesis, Properties and Potential Applications of Semiconductor Quantum Particles, A.B. SHARMA, M. SHARMA and R.K. PANDEY, S033
High Temperature Synthesis and Characterization of Mn2+ Doped Zns Nanoparticles, C. K. RASTOGI, C. S. TIWARY, P. KUMBHAKAR and A. K. MITRA, S039
Analysis of Electrical Properties of Li3+ ion Beam Irradiated Lexan Polycarbonate, SANGEETA PRASHER, MUKESH KUMAR, and SURINDER SINGH, S043
Slag Recycling in Submerged Arc Welding and its Influence on Chemistry of Weld Metal, KULWANT SINGH, V. SAHNI, and S. PANDEY, S047
Measurement of Alpha Radioactivity in Some Building Construction Materials, MONIKA GUPTA, MAMTA SAINI and R. P. CHAUHAN, S052
Effect of Magnetic and Electric Field Dynamics on Copper-Iron Thermocouple Performance, JASPAL SINGH and S.S. VERMA, S056
Performance Comparison of Some Common Thermocouples for Waste Heat Utilization, VINOD KUMAR, JASPAL SINGH and S S VERMA, S062
Al-Cu-Si - (Al2O3)p composites using A 384.1 Al Alloys, NRIP JIT, ANAND K. TYAGI and NIRMAL SINGH, S066
Waste to Wealth: Reuse of Slag as a Flux in Submerged Arc Welding, V. SAHNI, KULWANT SINGH, and S. PANDEY, S072
Magnesium Oxide Films as Temperature Sensor, ISHU SHARMA, AMBIKA and P.B.BARMAN, S076
Plasmonics with Nanostructure Materials, JAGMEET SINGH and S S VERMA, S081
Transport and Magnetic Properties of La0.85Ca0.15Mn1-xAlxO3 Manganites, G ANJUM and S MOLLAH, S086
PIC Based Automatic Solar Radiation Tracker, R. KANSAL and M. SINGH, S091
Dielectric Studies of Carbon Nanotube Doped Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Films, P. MALIK, A. CHAUDHARY and K. K. RAINA, S095
Evaluation of Acetobacter Strain for the Production of Microbial Cellulose, P.S. PANESAR, Y.V. CHAVAN, M.B. BERA, O. CHAND and H. KUMAR, S099
Studies on Some Physical Properties of Protein-rich Legume (Lens esculantus) Splits, T. BHATIA, R. K. SHARMA, K. K. PRASAD and K. PRASAD, S103
Specific Heat of Cubic Phase of Protonic Conductor SrZrO, M. M. SINHA and ANUPAMDEEP SHARMA, S108
Colloidal Synthesis of Silver Nano Particles, RATYAKSHI and R.P. CHAUHAN, S113
Structural, Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties of Tungsten Substituted Barium Titanate Ceramics, SHEELA DEVI and A. K. JHA, S117
Phase Determination in Low Carbon Steel Metallographic Image Using Wavelet Transform, RAJESH KUMAR, and D.P. JENA, S125
Study of CSDA and Extrapolated Ranges of Electrons in some Selected Solvents in the Energy Range of 0.01-100 MeV, ASHOK KUMAR, B. S. SALARIA, SUKHPAL SINGH, BALKRISHAN, CHARANJEET SINGH, and G. S. MUDAHAR, S130
Growth features and band gap determination of InBiSb long wavelength infrared photo detectors, R.P.KHATRI, S.M.VYAS, P.J.PATEL, DIMPLE SHAH, and M.P.JANI,
S135
Low Temperature Charge Transport Study in p-Toluenesulfonic Acid Doped Polyaniline, ATUL KAPIL, MANISH TAUNK and SUBHASH CHAND, S138
Detection of Missing Ball in Bearing using Decomposition of Acoustic Signal, MANPREET BAINS, and RAJESH KUMAR, S143
In-vitro Release of Metformin Hydrochloride from Films of Chitosan-Methylcellulose Blends, KAMLESH KUMARI, CHARU SHARMA, and PATIT P. KUNDU, S148
Structural Characterization of fly ash doped lithium borate Glasses, JARNAIL SINGH, GURMELSINGH,NEETU CHOPRA,GAGANDEEP SINGH, and GOPI SHARMA, S153
Structural Properties of NiO-CGO Composites Precursor Prepared via Combustion Synthesis Route, PANKAJ KALRA, ANIRUDH P. SINGH and AJAY KUMAR, S157
Electronic-Ionic Conductivity in Molybdenum Oxide glasses Doped with Sodium ions, P. S.TARSIKKA and B. SINGH, S162
Application of Nanostructures and New Nano particles as Advanced Biomaterials, SURINDER SINGH BHINDER, and PAWAN DADRA, S167
Study of Phonons in CaSiO3 Perovskite at Lower Mantle Pressure, HARLEEN KAUR, RUBY and M. M. SINHA, S172
Low-Level Radiation Exposure to Some Industrial Workers, R.P. CHAUHAN, S176
Variation at Hα Emission Line in a Unique Be Star γ Cassiopeiae, B.S. SALARIA, P.S. GORAYA, NARDEEP KUMAR and H.S. GHUMMAN, S180
Spectroscopic Study of Four Members of Balmer Series in Be Stars, P.S.GORAYA, NARDEEP KUMAR, B.S.SALARIA AND H.S.GHUMMAN, S184
Radiation Hormesis in Humans Exposed to Low Level Ionizing Radiation, KRISHAN KANT, S188
Electronic Structure of TaC using Compton Scattering Technique, ALPA DASHORA, L. VADKHIYA , N.L. HEDA, Y. SHARMA and B.L. AHUJA, S195
Nature of Bonding in Chromium Chalcogenides: A Compton Profile Study, L. VADKHIYA, N. L. HEDA, ALPA DASHORA and B. L. AHUJA, S199
Directional Compton Profiles and Energy Bands of Palladium, GOPAL CHOUDHARY, N.L. HEDA, G. AHMED, V. RAYKAR ,B.K. SHARMA and B.L.AHUJA, S203
Use of Gamma-Ray Spectrometry for Assessment of Natural Radioactive Dose in Some Samples of Building Materials, KOMAL BADHAN, ROHIT MEHRA, RAJENDRA G SONKAWADE, and SURINDER SINGH, S207
Measurement of Natural Radioactivity in Brick Samples Using Gamma-Ray Spectrometry, ROHIT MEHRA, RAJENDRA G SONKAWADE, KOMAL BADHAN, and SURINDER SINGH, S212
A Comparative Study on the Influence of IR Radiations to Some Polymers, SANGEETA PRASHER, MEENAKSHI NARWAL, SHAVETA RANA, and MUKESH KUMAR, S216
Elemental Analysis of Ash using X-Ray Fluorescence Technique, PRAKASH CHAND, ASHAVANI KUMAR, ANURAG GAUR and S.K. MAHNA, S220
Investigations of Building Materials as Gamma Ray Shielding Materials, TEJBIR SINGH, PARAMJEET KAUR, and PARJIT S. SINGH, S225
Interaction of gamma ray photons with some biological samples, PARAMJEET KAUR, TEJBIR SINGH, and PARJIT S. SINGH, S229
Total Bremsstrahlung Cross-Section for Al, Ti, Sn and Pb at Incident Electron Energy of 10 keV, 50 keV and 100 keV, TAJINDER SINGH, K. S. KAHLON and A. S. DHALIWAL, S233
Investigations of Energy Dependence of Saturation Thickness of Multiply Backscattered Gamma Photons in Carbon, ARVIND D. SABHARWAL, B. S. SANDHU, and BHAJAN SINGH, S237
Non-Destructive Evaluation of Pb-Sn Alloys by Scattering of 145 Kev Gamma Rays, M.P. SINGH, AMANDEEP SHARMA, BHAJAN SINGH and B.S.SANDHU, S242
Energy, Charge and Z Dependence of Carbon (I.E.C+Q Where Q=1,2,3)Projectile Induced Sub Shell X-Ray Intensity Ratios in Au, Tl, Bi, Th and U Elements, BALTEJ SINGH SIDHU, MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, K. S. MANN, K. S. KAHLON and A.S. DHALIWAL, S246
Various Types of Hα Emissions and Absorptions in Be/Shell Stars, H. S. GHUMMAN , B. S. SALARIA, NARDEEP KUMAR and P. S. GORAYA, S250
Contribution of CK Transfer to Proton induced L Subshell X-Ray Production Cross Sections for Direct and Indirect Vacancies, ROHIT THAKKAR , N. SINGH and K. L. ALLAWADHI, S254
Coster-Kronig Corrected Experimental and Theoretical Alignment Parameter for Tungstena Comparison, AJAY SHARMA and RAJ MITTAL, S259
Empirical Relations for Matrix Effects in Synthetic Thick Samples Comprising Low Z Elements, MEENAKHI BANSAL and RAJ MITTAL, S264
Activity Measurements and Dependence of Radon Exhalation Rate on Physical Sample Parameters in Soil Samples, RASHMI, K. KANT, and G.S. SHARMA, S271
Indoor Radiation Levels Enhanced by Underground Radon Diffusion, A.K.NARULA, R.S.SAINI, S.K.GOYAL, R. P. CHAUHAN, and S. K. CHAKARVARTI, S275
Study of Neutron Induced Modification on Optical Band Gap of CR-39 Polymeric Detector, VIJAY KUMAR, R.G. SONKAWADE, A.S. DHALIWAL and ROHIT MEHRA, S279
Study of CK Enhancement Factors for Oxygen Induced L Subshell X-rays in Lanthanum Series (58 ≤ Z ≤ 70), MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, BALTEJ SINGH SIDHU, K. S. KAHLON and A. S. DHALIWAL, S284
Comparative Evaluation of UV/Solar Light Induced Photodegradation of Azo Dye in Aqueous Solutions, PRITI BANSAL, DAMANJIT SINGH and DHIRAJ SUD, S287
Depth Dependence Radon Study in Indian Tube-Wells, M. SHAKIR KHAN, A. H. NAQVI and AMEER AZAM, S292
Investigation of Electron Capture after- Effects and Environmental Changes in Some Barium Compounds With 133Ba Nuclear Probe, S. S. GHUMMAN, S296
A Gamma Scattering Technique for Inspecting Density Variation, AMANDEEP SHARMA, M.P. SINGH, BHAJAN SINGH and B.S.SANDHU, S301
Abnormal reversal of V/R ratio of Hα line in the shell star HD 142983, NARDEEP KUMAR, B.S.SALARIA, P.S.GORAYA AND H.S.GHUMMAN, S305
Li(i=1-3) sub-shell X-ray Relative Intensities for some Elements, ANIL KUMAR, YOGESHWAR CHAUHAN and SANJIV PURI, S309
Measurements of L1 and L2 Subshell Fluorescence Yields for Dy at 22.6 keV Incident Photon Energy, ANIL KUMAR and SANJIV PURI, S314
CONTENTS
Laser Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanowires, S MOLLAH, S001
Ceramic-Ceramic Composite Superconducting Materials (YBCO-BaPbO3) for Cryoelectronic Applications, ANAND K TYAGI, S004
Aspects of Surface Ionic Conduction, P.K. GHOSH and A.SARKAR, S009
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Gd Doped CeO2, KALPANA NAGDE ANUSHREE KHANDALE and SHYAMSUNDAR BHOGA, S013
Penetrometer for Soil and Snowpack Characterization, M. SINGH, and M. SINGH, S017
Structural, Dielectric and Electrical Studies of Ba5-xCaxSmTi3Nb7O30 (x = 0,1) Ferroelectric Ceramics, PRASUN GANGULY, A. K. JHA and K. L. DEORI, S022
Transient Photoconductivity of Amorphous Se85-XTe15Bix Thin Films, AMBIKA and P.B.BARMAN, S028
Synthesis, Properties and Potential Applications of Semiconductor Quantum Particles, A.B. SHARMA, M. SHARMA and R.K. PANDEY, S033
High Temperature Synthesis and Characterization of Mn2+ Doped Zns Nanoparticles, C. K. RASTOGI, C. S. TIWARY, P. KUMBHAKAR and A. K. MITRA, S039
Analysis of Electrical Properties of Li3+ ion Beam Irradiated Lexan Polycarbonate, SANGEETA PRASHER, MUKESH KUMAR, and SURINDER SINGH, S043
Slag Recycling in Submerged Arc Welding and its Influence on Chemistry of Weld Metal, KULWANT SINGH, V. SAHNI, and S. PANDEY, S047
Measurement of Alpha Radioactivity in Some Building Construction Materials, MONIKA GUPTA, MAMTA SAINI and R. P. CHAUHAN, S052
Effect of Magnetic and Electric Field Dynamics on Copper-Iron Thermocouple Performance, JASPAL SINGH and S.S. VERMA, S056
Performance Comparison of Some Common Thermocouples for Waste Heat Utilization, VINOD KUMAR, JASPAL SINGH and S S VERMA, S062
Al-Cu-Si - (Al2O3)p composites using A 384.1 Al Alloys, NRIP JIT, ANAND K. TYAGI and NIRMAL SINGH, S066
Waste to Wealth: Reuse of Slag as a Flux in Submerged Arc Welding, V. SAHNI, KULWANT SINGH, and S. PANDEY, S072
Magnesium Oxide Films as Temperature Sensor, ISHU SHARMA, AMBIKA and P.B.BARMAN, S076
Plasmonics with Nanostructure Materials, JAGMEET SINGH and S S VERMA, S081
Transport and Magnetic Properties of La0.85Ca0.15Mn1-xAlxO3 Manganites, G ANJUM and S MOLLAH, S086
PIC Based Automatic Solar Radiation Tracker, R. KANSAL and M. SINGH, S091
Dielectric Studies of Carbon Nanotube Doped Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Films, P. MALIK, A. CHAUDHARY and K. K. RAINA, S095
Evaluation of Acetobacter Strain for the Production of Microbial Cellulose, P.S. PANESAR, Y.V. CHAVAN, M.B. BERA, O. CHAND and H. KUMAR, S099
Studies on Some Physical Properties of Protein-rich Legume (Lens esculantus) Splits, T. BHATIA, R. K. SHARMA, K. K. PRASAD and K. PRASAD, S103
Specific Heat of Cubic Phase of Protonic Conductor SrZrO, M. M. SINHA and ANUPAMDEEP SHARMA, S108
Colloidal Synthesis of Silver Nano Particles, RATYAKSHI and R.P. CHAUHAN, S113
Structural, Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties of Tungsten Substituted Barium Titanate Ceramics, SHEELA DEVI and A. K. JHA, S117
Phase Determination in Low Carbon Steel Metallographic Image Using Wavelet Transform, RAJESH KUMAR, and D.P. JENA, S125
Study of CSDA and Extrapolated Ranges of Electrons in some Selected Solvents in the Energy Range of 0.01-100 MeV, ASHOK KUMAR, B. S. SALARIA, SUKHPAL SINGH, BALKRISHAN, CHARANJEET SINGH, and G. S. MUDAHAR, S130
Growth features and band gap determination of InBiSb long wavelength infrared photo detectors, R.P.KHATRI, S.M.VYAS, P.J.PATEL, DIMPLE SHAH, and M.P.JANI,
S135
Low Temperature Charge Transport Study in p-Toluenesulfonic Acid Doped Polyaniline, ATUL KAPIL, MANISH TAUNK and SUBHASH CHAND, S138
Detection of Missing Ball in Bearing using Decomposition of Acoustic Signal, MANPREET BAINS, and RAJESH KUMAR, S143
In-vitro Release of Metformin Hydrochloride from Films of Chitosan-Methylcellulose Blends, KAMLESH KUMARI, CHARU SHARMA, and PATIT P. KUNDU, S148
Structural Characterization of fly ash doped lithium borate Glasses, JARNAIL SINGH, GURMELSINGH,NEETU CHOPRA,GAGANDEEP SINGH, and GOPI SHARMA, S153
Structural Properties of NiO-CGO Composites Precursor Prepared via Combustion Synthesis Route, PANKAJ KALRA, ANIRUDH P. SINGH and AJAY KUMAR, S157
Electronic-Ionic Conductivity in Molybdenum Oxide glasses Doped with Sodium ions, P. S.TARSIKKA and B. SINGH, S162
Application of Nanostructures and New Nano particles as Advanced Biomaterials, SURINDER SINGH BHINDER, and PAWAN DADRA, S167
Study of Phonons in CaSiO3 Perovskite at Lower Mantle Pressure, HARLEEN KAUR, RUBY and M. M. SINHA, S172
Low-Level Radiation Exposure to Some Industrial Workers, R.P. CHAUHAN, S176
Variation at Hα Emission Line in a Unique Be Star γ Cassiopeiae, B.S. SALARIA, P.S. GORAYA, NARDEEP KUMAR and H.S. GHUMMAN, S180
Spectroscopic Study of Four Members of Balmer Series in Be Stars, P.S.GORAYA, NARDEEP KUMAR, B.S.SALARIA AND H.S.GHUMMAN, S184
Radiation Hormesis in Humans Exposed to Low Level Ionizing Radiation, KRISHAN KANT, S188
Electronic Structure of TaC using Compton Scattering Technique, ALPA DASHORA, L. VADKHIYA , N.L. HEDA, Y. SHARMA and B.L. AHUJA, S195
Nature of Bonding in Chromium Chalcogenides: A Compton Profile Study, L. VADKHIYA, N. L. HEDA, ALPA DASHORA and B. L. AHUJA, S199
Directional Compton Profiles and Energy Bands of Palladium, GOPAL CHOUDHARY, N.L. HEDA, G. AHMED, V. RAYKAR ,B.K. SHARMA and B.L.AHUJA, S203
Use of Gamma-Ray Spectrometry for Assessment of Natural Radioactive Dose in Some Samples of Building Materials, KOMAL BADHAN, ROHIT MEHRA, RAJENDRA G SONKAWADE, and SURINDER SINGH, S207
Measurement of Natural Radioactivity in Brick Samples Using Gamma-Ray Spectrometry, ROHIT MEHRA, RAJENDRA G SONKAWADE, KOMAL BADHAN, and SURINDER SINGH, S212
A Comparative Study on the Influence of IR Radiations to Some Polymers, SANGEETA PRASHER, MEENAKSHI NARWAL, SHAVETA RANA, and MUKESH KUMAR, S216
Elemental Analysis of Ash using X-Ray Fluorescence Technique, PRAKASH CHAND, ASHAVANI KUMAR, ANURAG GAUR and S.K. MAHNA, S220
Investigations of Building Materials as Gamma Ray Shielding Materials, TEJBIR SINGH, PARAMJEET KAUR, and PARJIT S. SINGH, S225
Interaction of gamma ray photons with some biological samples, PARAMJEET KAUR, TEJBIR SINGH, and PARJIT S. SINGH, S229
Total Bremsstrahlung Cross-Section for Al, Ti, Sn and Pb at Incident Electron Energy of 10 keV, 50 keV and 100 keV, TAJINDER SINGH, K. S. KAHLON and A. S. DHALIWAL, S233
Investigations of Energy Dependence of Saturation Thickness of Multiply Backscattered Gamma Photons in Carbon, ARVIND D. SABHARWAL, B. S. SANDHU, and BHAJAN SINGH, S237
Non-Destructive Evaluation of Pb-Sn Alloys by Scattering of 145 Kev Gamma Rays, M.P. SINGH, AMANDEEP SHARMA, BHAJAN SINGH and B.S.SANDHU, S242
Energy, Charge and Z Dependence of Carbon (I.E.C+Q Where Q=1,2,3)Projectile Induced Sub Shell X-Ray Intensity Ratios in Au, Tl, Bi, Th and U Elements, BALTEJ SINGH SIDHU, MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, K. S. MANN, K. S. KAHLON and A.S. DHALIWAL, S246
Various Types of Hα Emissions and Absorptions in Be/Shell Stars, H. S. GHUMMAN , B. S. SALARIA, NARDEEP KUMAR and P. S. GORAYA, S250
Contribution of CK Transfer to Proton induced L Subshell X-Ray Production Cross Sections for Direct and Indirect Vacancies, ROHIT THAKKAR , N. SINGH and K. L. ALLAWADHI, S254
Coster-Kronig Corrected Experimental and Theoretical Alignment Parameter for Tungstena Comparison, AJAY SHARMA and RAJ MITTAL, S259
Empirical Relations for Matrix Effects in Synthetic Thick Samples Comprising Low Z Elements, MEENAKHI BANSAL and RAJ MITTAL, S264
Activity Measurements and Dependence of Radon Exhalation Rate on Physical Sample Parameters in Soil Samples, RASHMI, K. KANT, and G.S. SHARMA, S271
Indoor Radiation Levels Enhanced by Underground Radon Diffusion, A.K.NARULA, R.S.SAINI, S.K.GOYAL, R. P. CHAUHAN, and S. K. CHAKARVARTI, S275
Study of Neutron Induced Modification on Optical Band Gap of CR-39 Polymeric Detector, VIJAY KUMAR, R.G. SONKAWADE, A.S. DHALIWAL and ROHIT MEHRA, S279
Study of CK Enhancement Factors for Oxygen Induced L Subshell X-rays in Lanthanum Series (58 ≤ Z ≤ 70), MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, BALTEJ SINGH SIDHU, K. S. KAHLON and A. S. DHALIWAL, S284
Comparative Evaluation of UV/Solar Light Induced Photodegradation of Azo Dye in Aqueous Solutions, PRITI BANSAL, DAMANJIT SINGH and DHIRAJ SUD, S287
Depth Dependence Radon Study in Indian Tube-Wells, M. SHAKIR KHAN, A. H. NAQVI and AMEER AZAM, S292
Investigation of Electron Capture after- Effects and Environmental Changes in Some Barium Compounds With 133Ba Nuclear Probe, S. S. GHUMMAN, S296
A Gamma Scattering Technique for Inspecting Density Variation, AMANDEEP SHARMA, M.P. SINGH, BHAJAN SINGH and B.S.SANDHU, S301
Abnormal reversal of V/R ratio of Hα line in the shell star HD 142983, NARDEEP KUMAR, B.S.SALARIA, P.S.GORAYA AND H.S.GHUMMAN, S305
Li(i=1-3) sub-shell X-ray Relative Intensities for some Elements, ANIL KUMAR, YOGESHWAR CHAUHAN and SANJIV PURI, S309
Measurements of L1 and L2 Subshell Fluorescence Yields for Dy at 22.6 keV Incident Photon Energy, ANIL KUMAR and SANJIV PURI, S314
