Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for preparing RNA ready for an enzymatic reaction more easily than conventional techniques. The present invention provides a reagent for RNA extraction from a biological sample which contains an alkali metal salt and a surfactant.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for preparing RNA ready for an enzymatic reaction more easily than conventional techniques. The present invention provides a reagent for RNA extraction from a biological sample which contains an alkali metal salt and a surfactant.

Abstract: A gas amount measuring device including a vacuum container, a first pipe, an air release valve being attached to the first pipe, a second pipe, a calibration gas generator being attached to the first pipe, a third pipe, a vacuum gauge, a first valve, a leak valve, a second valve, a turbomolecular pump, a third valve, and a roughing pump being attached to the third pipe in order from a vacuum container side, a first bypass pipe connecting the third pipe between the vacuum container and the first valve to the third pipe between the leak valve and the second valve, a fourth valve being attached to the first bypass pipe, and a second bypass pipe connecting the third pipe between the leak valve and the second valve to the third pipe between the third valve and the roughing pump, a fifth valve being attached to the second bypass pipe.

Abstract: A gas amount measuring device including a vacuum container, a first pipe, an air release valve being attached to the first pipe, a second pipe, a calibration gas generator being attached to the first pipe, a third pipe, a vacuum gauge, a first valve, a leak valve, a second valve, a turbomolecular pump, a third valve, and a roughing pump being attached to the third pipe in order from a vacuum container side, a first bypass pipe connecting the third pipe between the vacuum container and the first valve to the third pipe between the leak valve and the second valve, a fourth valve being attached to the first bypass pipe, and a second bypass pipe connecting the third pipe between the leak valve and the second valve to the third pipe between the third valve and the roughing pump, a fifth valve being attached to the second bypass pipe.

Abstract: The unwanted or unreacted decaborane gas that results from a boronizing operation using decaborane which is solid at ordinary temperatures but which is heated to a gaseous phase for injection into a vacuum vessel is passed through a metal tube packed with the granules of an alkaline oxidizing agent consisting of potassium permanganate and potassium hydroxide, whereby the decaborane gas is oxidized to solid and gaseous stable substances including manganese compounds and hydrogen. This provides an effective method for removing boron from the boron-containing exhaust gases that result from the coating of the inner surfaces of vacuum vessels in nuclear fusion reactors with an evaporated boron film.

Abstract: A flow-control type piezoelectric element valve simplifies calibration of the gas flow rate, permits stable control of the gas flow rate and facilitates to supply a gas at stable flow rate. A gap is produced between a valve seat and a sealing portion comprising a sheet arranged on the top of the valve seat and a piezoelectric element, by applying from a current installation element to the piezoelectric element. Then a gas is introduced into a gas channel within the valve seat through the gap, pressure of the gas flowing along the gas channel is detected by means of a pressure sensor mounted near the outlet of the gas channel. According to correlation between pressure and gas flow rate in the output characteristics on the pressure sensor, the flow rate at the time when a gas flows along the gas channel can be accurately and easily calculated.