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Hydrocarbon polymers, O-containing, F-containing and Cl-containing polymers are comprehensively studied by Coincidence Doppler Broadening Spectroscopy (CDBS). It is shown that for polymers with different chemical structure, CDBS results can effectively distinguish polar groups CO, CCl, and CF. For polymers with similar chemical structure, the intensity of the element-specific peak in the CDBS ratio curve is dependent not only on the fraction of free positrons, but also on the content of characteristic atom in polymer repeated unit, and the polarity of the polymer molecule. For polymers containing several different polar groups, such as PCTFE (CF & CCl) and PFA (CF & CO), whether the element-specific peak appears or not depends on the amount of the polar groups and its positron capture ability. This work may provide insights into potential applications of CDBS for studying complex polymer systems.
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Equivalent Threshold Sound Pressure Levels (ETSPLs) have been determined for the Sennheiser HDA 200 earphone and the Etymotic Research ER-2 insert earphone. Thirty-one young normal-hearing test subjects participated and the thresholds were determined for all recommended frequencies in the frequency range 125 Hz to 16 kHz. The results for the HDA 200 earphone are generally in very good agreement with the results from two other investigations which are available at present. Only at 6 kHz is a 9 dB deviation found and at 8 kHz a 6 dB deviation is found between the three investigations. For ER-2 it has not been possible to find other ETSPL determinations in the literature.