Oxygen Concentration
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Manufacture of Concentrated, Lipid-based Oxygen Microbubble Emulsions by High Shear Homogenization and Serial Concentration
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2014
We describe methods for the manufacture of large volumes of lipid-based oxygen microbubbles (LOMs) designed for intravenous oxygen delivery using high-shear homogenization and serial concentration.
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Operation of a 25 KWth Calcium Looping Pilot-plant with High Oxygen Concentrations in the Calciner
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2017
This manuscript describes a procedure for operating a calcium looping pilot-plant for post-combustion carbon capture with high oxygen concentrations in the calciner in order to reduce or eliminate the flue gas recycle.
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Calculating Equilibrium Concentrations
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2020
Being able to calculate equilibrium concentrations is essential to many areas of science and technology—for example, in the formulation and dosing of pharmaceutical products. After a drug is ingested or injected, it is typically involved in several chemical equilibria that affect its ultimate concentration in the body system of interest. Knowledge of the quantitative aspects of these equilibria is required to compute a dosage amount that will solicit the desired therapeutic effect. A more...
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Cerebral Blood Oxygenation Measurement Based on Oxygen-dependent Quenching of Phosphorescence
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2011
We present an experimental procedure for measuring the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) in cerebral vasculature based on oxygen-dependent quenching of phosphorescence. Animal preparation and imaging procedures were outlined for both large field of view CCD-based imaging of pO2 in rats and 2-photon excitation based imaging of pO2 in mice.
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Concentration Cells
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2020
A concentration cell is a type of a voltaic cell constructed by connecting two almost identical half-cells, both based on the same half-reaction and using the same electrode, differing only in the concentration of one redox species. A concentration cell's potential, therefore, is determined only by the concentration difference of the particular redox species. Consider the following voltaic cell: From the given information, the cell potential of this concentration cell can be calculated using...
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Local oxygen availability shapes cell behavior through diffusion down concentration gradients. Oxygen moves from regions with higher concentration toward regions with lower concentration, so a cell’s exposure can differ from the surrounding air, water, or tissue environment. This spatial variation helps researchers connect measured oxygen concentration with localized physiological responses rather than treating an entire biological system as uniform.
During mitochondrial respiration, oxygen accepts electrons at the end of the electron-transfer process. When oxygen supply is adequate, this role supports ATP production, providing energy for cellular activities. If availability falls, researchers can examine how reduced aerobic energy generation changes cellular metabolism. This mechanism makes oxygen concentration useful for linking environmental conditions to bioenergetic outcomes.
Cells do not merely experience oxygen concentration passively; they sense local levels and respond to them. Those responses can influence gene regulation, development, and disease-related biology. Studying these changes is important because two environments with different oxygen availability may produce different cellular programs, even when other conditions are similar. Oxygen therefore acts as both a metabolic resource and a biological signal.
An oxygen-focused experiment generally begins by defining the biological environment, measuring its oxygen concentration, and then comparing conditions that differ in oxygen availability. Researchers may control the concentration to test how cells, tissues, microbes, or environmental systems respond. The resulting measurements can be interpreted alongside changes in metabolism, growth, physiology, gene regulation, development, or disease-associated behavior.
Researchers examine oxygen concentration when they need to understand hypoxia, meaning reduced oxygen availability, or its consequences for living systems. The topic is especially relevant to cellular metabolism, mitochondrial energy production, microbial growth, and tissue physiology. Comparing oxygen conditions can reveal whether a biological outcome reflects insufficient aerobic supply, a local oxygen gradient, or a broader change in environmental conditions.
In environmental biology, oxygen concentration provides information about the condition of air or water and its capacity to support aerobic life. Measurements can be used to investigate environmental health while connecting oxygen availability to microbial activity and biological responses. The same principle also applies to controlled biological settings, where oxygen is adjusted to clarify how organisms or cells respond to changing conditions.