A cryostat and equilibrium vessel, together witI: auxiliary ap.p~ratus for. establis hi~lg equilibrium between liquid and vapor pl.1~s e~ of SOlutlO!lS of low bOllmg mat~nll;ls by a ?ll'-culation method, is described. The eqUllIbnum vessel mcorporates a n ovell~qUld samplmg device. Vapor and liquid compositions and t otal ;;apo~ press Ul'~s of s o,lubons.
The single specimen derivative (SSD) method provides an absolute absorption spectrum of a substance in the absence of a suitable reference. Both a reference and a measuring monochromatic beam pass through a single sample, and the specimen itself acts as its own reference. The two monochromatic beams maintain a fixed wavelength difference upon scanning, and the difference in absorbance of the two beams is determined. Thus, the resulting spectrum represents the first derivative of the conventional type absorption spectrum. Tissues and cell fractions have been examined at room and liquid N(2) temperature and chromophoric molecules such as the mitochondrial cytochromes and blood pigments have been detectable in low concentrations. In the case of isolated cellular components, the observed effects of substrates and inhibitors confirm similar studies by conventional spectrophotometry. The extension of the SSD concept to the microscopic level has permitted the study of the tissue compartmentalization and function of cytochromes and other pigments within layered tissue.
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