Synthesis of nano-sized MgO particle and thin film from diethanolamine-stabilized magnesium-methoxide

The effects of diethanolamine (DEA) addition on the crystallization behavior of magnesium methoxide and the stabilization behavior of the Mg-alkoxide were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry, X-ray powder diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy. 20 mol% DEA additions to magnesium methoxide showed enhanced stability such that a time-dependent change in the sol was not observed in air. Moreover, the DEA addition enhanced the crystallization process. Crystalline MgO in the 20 mol% of DEA-added magnesium methoxide powder was observed at 300°C for samples processed in O₂ and a high degree of crystallinity was observed at 400°C when processed in O₂. The enhanced crystallization of Mg-methoxide with added DEA in O₂ is discussed in terms of structural relaxation and heat generation during the ignition of an organic species of DEA. Using a DEA added sol, a MgO thin film with a high degree of crystallinity was prepared at 400°C in O₂.     

Preparation of MgFe<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>4</Subscript> nanoparticles by microemulsion method and their characterization

This work presents the preparation and characterization of magnesium ferrite which is one of the important magnetic oxides with spinel structure. Magnesium ferrite was prepared via microemulsion method mediated hydrolytic decomposition of mixed alkoxide solutions. This microemulsion was using for preparation magnesium ferrit for the first time. The starting solution, composed from magnesium methoxide and iron ethoxide in dry ethanol, was introduced in to the prepared microemulsion and sequentially hydrolyzed by distilled water addition (Pithan et al. in J Cryst Growth 280:191–200, 2005; Shiratori et al. in J Eur Ceram Soc 25:2075–2079, 2005; Herrig and Hempelmann in Mater Lett 27:287–292, 1996). After raw powder precipitation, the samples were decantanted by ethanol and then calcined at temperatures 800, 900, 1,000 or 1,100 °C for 1 h. The resulting samples were characterized using powder X-ray diffraction, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetic measurements. X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy confirmed the presence of the spinel phase. The particles size was calculated from the XRD line broadening using Scherrer equation and their size was found about 31–38 nm, with only slight dependence on the heat treatment temperature. TEM revealed the particles size of about 39 nm. Magnetic measurements showed a ferrimagnetic behavior for all samples.     

Stereochemistry of some reactions between alkyl S-methyl methylphosphonothioates and chiral alkoxides

With R-(+) ethyl (or methyl) S-methyl methylphosphonothioate and (+)-pinacolyl alkoxide competitive and highly stereoselective displacements of O-alkyl and S-methyl occur, both reactions being with inversion of configuration. With the enantiomeric S-(-) ethyl (and methyl) S-methyl methylphosphonothioates and (+)-pinacolyl alkoxide the reactions, although still competitive, are no longer stereoselective. In contrast similar reactions with the sodium salt of (-)-menthol, (which might be considered to be the mirror image of (+)-pinacolyl alkoxide) occur highly stereoselectively with the S-(-) but not with R-(+) enantiomers. The displacement of O-alkyl from alkyl S-methyl methyl-phosphonothioates by ethoxide, pinacolyl alkoxide and menthyl alkoxide is not observed when methoxide is the nucleophile; in this case only displacement of S-alkyl group occurs.     

Synthesis of Porous Magnesium Oxide by Thermal Decomposition of Basic Magnesium Carbonate

On calcination of basic magnesium carbonate at 20-800°C, an induction period was observed in the initial stage of thermal decomposition. At the decomposition degree higher than 20% of the weight loss, the specific surface area varied in proportion with the decomposition degree, which points to equal rates of gas liberation and recrystallization of intermediate products into an active oxide. The individual phase of magnesium oxide alone is identified at the minimal temperature of 500°C. As the calcination temperature and time increase, the MgO phase is structured further, which decreases in its specific surface area and basicity.     

Kinetics of cordierite crystallization from diphasic gels

Diphasic cordierite gels were prepared from colloidal silica, aluminum and magnesium nitrates and citric acid. The mechanism of xerogel decomposition was studied by infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). The thermal decomposition of the xerogel forms a solid mixture of MgO, Al₂O₃ and SiO₂ at around 250 °C. Cordierite crystallization was studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). Xerogels were initially thermally treated, and this sample crystallized to μ-cordierite at 850 °C, at 900 °C α-cordierite crystallizes and at 1150 °C α-cordierite is the major phase and μ-cordierite is totally consumed. The apparent activation energy for cordierite crystallization process was determined based on the Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov (JMAK) theory, Ligero methods and the Arrhenius law for dependence of activation energy with temperature. The apparent activation energy was (466.8 ± 34.3) kJ/mol, the exponent of Avrami was (1.9 ± 0.2) and the frequency factor was (1.55 × 10²⁰) s⁻¹. The Avrami value indicates a nucleation controlled process, which can be a consequence of the high xerogel homogeneity, a consequence of the early and simultaneous formation of the MgO, Al₂O₃ and SiO₂ mixture.     

Investigation of the reaction order for nucleophilic substitution of dialkyl methylphosphonates by alkoxides

The rate of nucleophilic substitution at the phosphorus centre of dialkyl methylphosphonates by methoxide and ethoxide has been studied to investigate the possible involvement of hexacoordinated phosphorus species in this reaction. For alkoxide concentrations less than ca. 1.5 M the rate increases with the square of alkoxide concentration. However, consideration of the activity of the alkoxides, represented by an appropriate acidity function, reveals that only one equivalent of alkoxide is involved in the rate-determining step. Thus, there is no requirement to invoke the intermediacy of a hexacoordinated species in the reaction pathway. © John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Synthesis of amorphous silicon colloids by trisilane thermolysis in high temperature supercritical solvents

Colloidal submicrometer-diameter amorphous silicon (a-Si) particles are synthesized with >90% yield by thermal decomposition of trisilane (Si3H8) in supercritical hexane at temperatures ranging from 400 to 500 degrees C and pressures up to 345 bar. A range of synthetic conditions was explored to optimize the quality of the product. Under the appropriate synthetic conditions, the colloids are spherical and unagglomerated. The colloids can be produced with average diameters ranging from 50 to 500 nm by manipulating the precursor concentration, temperature, and pressure. Relatively narrow particle size distributions, as measured by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), with standard deviations about the mean as low as approximately +/-10% could be obtained in some cases. We explored the thermal annealing of the amorphous silicon particles after isolation from the reactor and found that crystallization to diamond structure silicon occurred at temperatures as low as 650 degrees C. The amorphous and crystalline materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction and high resolution scanning and transmission electron microscopy.     

On the nature of metallic nanoparticles obtained from molecular Co3Ru-carbonyl clusters in mesoporous silica matrices

We report on the impregnation of THF solutions of the low-valent heterometallic cluster NEt(4)[Co(3)Ru(CO)(12)] into two mesoporous silica matrices, amorphous xerogels and ordered MCM-41, and a study of its thermal decomposition into metallic nanoparticles by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and in situ magnetic measurements under controlled atmospheres. The decomposition of the cluster was monitored as a function of temperature by examining the chemical composition of the particles, their size distributions and their structures as well as their magnetic properties. Treatment under inert atmosphere (i.e. argon) at temperatures below 200 degrees C resulted in the formation of segregated spherical particles of hcp-ruthenium (2.3 +/- 1.0 nm) and hcp-cobalt (3.1 +/- 0.9 nm). The latter is transformed to fcc-cobalt (3.2 +/- 1.0 nm) above 270 degrees C. At higher temperatures, Co-Ru alloying takes place and the Ru content of the particles increases with increasing temperature to reach the nominal composition of the molecular precursor, Co(3)Ru. The particles are more evenly distributed in the MCM-41 framework compared to the disordered xerogel and also show a narrower size distribution. Owing to the different magnetic anisotropy of hcp- and fcc-cobalt, which results in different blocking temperatures, we were able to clearly identify the products formed at the early stages of the thermal decomposition procedure.     

Electronic effects and the stereochemistries in rearrangement-displacement reactions of triaryl(halomethyl)silanes with fluoride and with alkoxide ions

Tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) reacts with (halomethyl)diphenyl(para-substituted-phenyl)silanes (13, X = Cl), 14 (X = Br), and 15 (X = I) in ether solvents to give fluorodiphenyl(para-substituted-phenylmethyl)silanes (17a) and fluorophenyl(phenylmethyl)(para-substituted-phenyl)silanes (20a) by attack on silicon and migrations of the phenyl or the para-substituted-phenyl groups to C-1 with displacement of chloride ion. Sodium methoxide in dioxane effects rearrangement-displacements of 14 (X = Br) to yield methoxydiphenyl(para-substituted-phenylmethyl)silanes (17b) and methoxyphenyl(phenylmethyl)(para-substituted-phenyl)silanes (20b). The migratory aptitudes of the varied phenyl groups in rearrangement-displacements of 13 with F(-) at 25 degrees C are p-CF(3)-Ph, 2.72 > p-Cl-Ph, 1.67 > Ph, 1.00 > p-CH(3)-Ph, 0.91 > p-CH(3)O-Ph, 0.58 > p-(CH(3))(2)N-Ph, 0.55. For reactions of 14 with sodium methoxide in dioxane, the migratory aptitudes at 23 degrees C are p-CF(3)-Ph, 2.53 > p-Cl-Ph, 1.64 > Ph, 1.00 > p-CH(3)O-Ph, 0.84 > p-CH(5)-Ph, 0.79 > p-(CH(3))(2)N-Ph, 0.68. The migratory aptitudes in the above rearrangement-displacements are increased by electron-withdrawing substituents, and logarithms of the migratory aptitudes give satisfactory linear correlations with sigma and/or sigma-zero values of the phenyl substituents. Hammett correlations however of the migratory aptitudes from reactions of F(-) with 13 (X = Cl) at 0 and -20 degrees C, 14 (X = Br) at 23, 0, and -20 degrees C, and 15 (X = I) at 23 degrees C are not linear. (+)-(Bromomethyl)methyl-1-naphthylphenylsilane (23, +8.29 degrees, cyclohexane) reacts with CsF and with TBAF in THF to give benzylfluoromethyl-1-naphthylsilane (51, = 0.00 degrees, cyclohexane) and fluoromethyl-(1-naphthylmethyl)phenylsilane (52, impure) in 10.4:1 ratio along with unchanged 23 ( 8.29 degrees, cyclohexane). Sodium methoxide and (+)-23 in dioxane at 25 degrees C and at 0 degrees C yield (+)-benzylmethoxymethyl-1-naphthylsilane (64) and (+)-methoxymethyl(1-naphthylmethyl)phenylsilane (65) in approximately 9:1 ratio. The conversions of (+)-23 to (+)-64 occur with >93% inversion about silicon. Reaction of (+)-23 with sodium methoxide at 25 degrees C to give (+)-65 also occurs with inversion. Further, sodium ethoxide and sodium 2-propoxide react with (+)-23 at 20-25 degrees C by rearrangement-displacements on silicon with phenyl migrations to yield (+)-benzylethoxymethyl-1-naphthylsilane (69) and (+)-benzylmethyl-1-naphthyl-2-propoxysilane (70), respectively, each with >95% inversion about silicon. The mechanisms of rearrangement-displacements of 13-15 and (+)-23 by fluoride and by alkoxide ions are discussed.     

Kinetics of thermal decomposition of 4-carboxyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenediazonium ion (CDNBD)

The kinetics of thermal decomposition of 4-carboxyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenediazonium ion (CDNBD), an arenediazonium ion newly developed as a derivatizing reagent for drug analysis, are described. The arenediazonium ion, in an optimized concentrated sulfuric acid/orthophosphoric acid medium, was incubated for various time intervals at 30 degrees, 45 degrees, 55 degrees , 65 degrees , 75 degrees, and 85 degrees C. The amount of ion left after each time interval was quantified selectively by colorimetric assay at 490 nm, using mefenamic acid as a model diazo-coupling component. The rate constants for the decomposition were determined graphically. An Arrhenius plot was used to delineate the dependence of the rate constant on temperature and to predict the half-life at 25 degrees C and lower temperatures. The diazonium ion decomposed by first-order kinetics. The rate constants of decomposition, which increased progressively with temperature, were 3.18 +/- 0.41 x 10(-5), 1.19 +/- 0.07 x 10(-4), 4.87 +/- 0.15 x 10(-4), 12.88 +/- 0.73 x 10(-4), and 21.32 +/- 2.74 x 10(-4) (s(-1)) with corresponding half-lives of 363, 97.06, 23.72, 8.97, and 5.42 min at 30 degrees, 45 degrees, 55 degrees, 65 degrees, and 75 degrees C, respectively. CDNBD is highly stable in concentrated acid medium, with half-life values of about 10 h, 10 days, and 7.3 months at 25 degrees, 0 degrees, and -20 degrees C, respectively. The reagent stability profile shows that it could be readily adapted for routine applications in instrumental chemical analysis.     

Preparation and Characterization of MgO Thin Films by a Novel Sol-Gel Method

MgO thin films have been prepared on Si substrates by a novel and simple sol-gel method using magnesium nitrate and collodion as starting material. Solutions consisting of magnesium nitrate in a mixture of collodion and ethanol were spin-coated onto silicon substrates. It was found that collodion was a necessary component to form stable sols and the crystallization and structures were clearly dependent on the amount of the collodion and the annealing temperature. The MgO thin films with good crystallization were obtained after annealing at 800°C. Meanwhile, the microstructure of the MgO films was examined by transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy.     

Temperature scanning ultrasonic velocity study of complex thermal transformations in solid lipid nanoparticles

The purpose of this study was to determine whether temperature scanning ultrasonic velocity measurements could be used to monitor the complex thermal transitions that occur during the crystallization and melting of triglyceride solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). Ultrasonic velocity ( u) measurements were compared with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements on tripalmitin emulsions that were cooled (from 75 to 5 degrees C) and then heated (from 5 to 75 degrees C) at 0.3 degrees C min (-1). There was an excellent correspondence between the thermal transitions observed in deltaDelta u/delta T versus temperature curves determined by ultrasound and heat flow versus temperature curves determined by DSC. In particular, both techniques were sensitive to the complex melting behavior of the solidified tripalmitin, which was attributed to the dependence of the melting point of the SLNs on particle size. These studies suggest that temperature scanning ultrasonic velocity measurements may prove to be a useful alternative to conventional DSC techniques for monitoring phase transitions in colloidal systems.     

Kinetics of the Thermal Decomposition of Magnesium Salicylate Powder in Air

IntroductionThe chelate complexes of salicylic acid with rareearth and alkali earth ions have attracted considerableattention because of their special antibacterial proper-ties[1—3].The study of the thermal degradation of metalsalicylates is of major int…     

Reaction of hydrogen atoms with hydroxide ions in high-temperature and high-pressure water

The rate constant for the reaction of hydrogen atoms (H(*)) with hydroxide ions (OH(-)) in aqueous solution has been measured from 100 to 300 degrees C by direct measurement of the hydrated electron ((e(-))(aq)) product growth rate. In combining these measurements with previous results, the reaction is observed to display Arrhenius behavior in two separate temperature regions, 3-100 and 100-330 degrees C, where the data above 100 degrees C show an obvious decrease in activation energy from 38.2 +/- 0.6 to 25.4 +/- 0.8 kJ mol(-1). The value of the rate constant is smaller than that estimated previously in the 200-300 degrees C range. The very unusual activation energy behavior of the forward and backward reactions is discussed in the context of transition state theory.     

Chemistry of borate in salt lake brine (XXXIV) ——Phase diagram of thermodynamic nonequilibrium state of MgO-B_2O_3-18%MgCl_2-H_2O system at 20℃

The crystallization processes of hydrated Mg-borates, boric, magnesium hydroxide and Mg-oxychloride from MgO-B2O3-18%MgCl2-H2O supersaturated solution at 20℃ have been studied by kinetic method. The crystallization solid phases were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, IR spectra, thermal analysis and chemical analysis. The liquid-solid phase diagram of ther-modynamic nonequilibrium state has been given. In this phase diagram, there exist eight crystallization fields, boric acid(H3BO3), trigomagneborite(MgO · 3B2O3 · 7.5H2O, MgO · 3B2O3 · 7H2O), hungchaoite(MgO ·2B2O3 ·9H2O), inderite(2MgO ·3B2O3 · 15H2O), chloropinnoite(2MgO ·2B2O3 · MgCl2 · 14H2O), magnesium hydroxide(Mg(OH)2) and magnesium oxychloride (5Mg(OH)2 · MgCl2·8H2O).     

Ziegler–Natta catalysts on silica for ethylene polymerization

The amount of dibutylmagnesium (DBM) or triethylaluminum (TEAL) that reacted with silica at 55–60°C depended on the silica calcining temperature. Lower silica calcining temperatures resulted in more Mg or Al fixed to the silica surface, indicating greater amounts of DBM or TEAL reacting with the silica. The amount of the metal alkyls butyl(octyl) magnesium ethoxide, ethylaluminum dichloride, tri-n-hexylaluminum, and diethyl(ethyldimethylsilanolato) aluminum that reacted with 600°C calcined silica was also determined. The metal alkyl can react with the silica at two sites, a surface hydroxyl group and a siloxane group. The silica surface hydroxyl groups can be chemically converted to trimethylsilyl groups so that only the siloxane groups are available for attack. After the metal alkyl was reacted with silica, the resulting intermediate was treated with titanium tetrachloride to yield an ethylene polymerization catalyst in the presence of TEAL. When no metal alkyl was employed, titanium tetrachloride reacted only with the silica surface hydroxyl groups to yield a weakly active ethylene polymerization catalyst.     

Comparison of droplet flocculation in hexadecane oil-in-water emulsions stabilized by beta-lactoglobulin at pH 3 and 7

The influence of surface and thermal denaturation of adsorbed beta-lactoglobulin (beta-Lg) on the flocculation of hydrocarbon oil droplets was measured at pH 3 and compared with that at pH 7. Oil-in-water emulsions (5 wt % n-hexadecane, 0.5 wt % beta-Lg, pH 3.0) were prepared that contained different levels of salt (0-150 mM NaCl) added immediately after homogenization. The mean particle diameter (d43) and particle size distribution of diluted emulsions were measured by laser diffraction when they were either (i) stored at 30 degrees C for 48 h or (ii) subjected to different thermal treatments (30-95 degrees C for 20 min). In the absence of salt, little droplet flocculation was observed at pH 3 or 7 because of the strong electrostatic repulsion between the droplets. In the presence of 150 mM NaCl, a progressive increase in mean particle size with time was observed in pH 7 emulsions during storage at 30 degrees C, but no significant change in mean particle diameter with time (d43 approximately 1.4 +/- 0.2 microm) was observed in the pH 3 emulsions. Droplet aggregation became more extensive in pH 7 emulsions containing salt (added before thermal processing) when they were heated above 70 degrees C, which was attributed to thermal denaturation of adsorbed beta-Lg leading to interdroplet disulfide bond formation. In contrast, the mean particle size decreased and the creaming stability improved when pH 3 emulsions were heated above 70 degrees C. These results suggest that the droplets in the pH 3 emulsions were weakly flocculated at temperatures below the thermal denaturation temperature of beta-Lg (T < 70 degrees C) but that flocs did not form so readily above this temperature, which was attributed to a reduction in droplet surface hydrophobicity due to protein conformational changes. The most likely explanation for the difference in behavior of the emulsions is that disulfide bond formation occurs much more readily at pH 7 than at pH 3.     

Temperature dependence of the heterogeneous reaction of carbonyl sulfide on magnesium oxide

The experimental determination of rate constants for atmospheric reactions and how these rate constants vary with temperature remain a crucially important part of atmosphere science. In this study, the temperature dependence of the heterogeneous reaction of carbonyl sulfide (COS) on magnesium oxide (MgO) has been investigated using a Knudsen cell reactor and a temperature-programmed reaction apparatus. We found that the adsorption and the heterogeneous reaction are sensitive to temperature. The initial uptake coefficients (gammat(Ini)) of COS on MgO decrease from 1.07 +/- 0.71 x 10-6 to 4.84 +/- 0.60 x 10-7 with the increasing of temperature from 228 to 300 K, and the steady state uptake coefficients (gammat(SS)) increase from 5.31 +/- 0.06 x 10-8 to 1.68 +/- 0.41 x 10-7 with the increasing of temperature from 240 to 300 K. The desorption rate constants (kdes) were also found to increase slightly with the enhancement of temperature. The empirical formula between the uptake coefficients, desorption rate constants and temperature described in the form of Arrhenius expression were obtained. The activation energies for the heterogeneous reaction and desorption of COS on MgO were measured to be 11.02 +/- 0.34 kJ.mol-1 and 6.30 +/- 0.81 kJ.mol-1, respectively. The results demonstrate that the initial uptake of COS on MgO is mainly contributed by an adsorption process and the steady state uptake is due to a catalytic reaction. The environmental implication was also discussed.     

Adsorption of [D2]methanol on Ru(001)--O surfaces: the influence of preadsorbed oxygen on the methoxide geometry.

The influence of oxygen precoverage on the bonding geometry of methoxide on Ru(001) was studied using the isotopically labeled molecule CHD2OH by reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS). This molecule is an excellent model because the vibrational spectra of CHD2O- may be unambiguously correlated with the adsorption configuration. For Ru(001)--O layers with an effective oxygen coverage (theta0) between 0.25 and 0.6 ML (ML=monolayer), the influence of the oxygen precoverage was shown to vary with the initial methanol exposure. For an extremely low dose of [D2]methanol (0.01 L; L=Langmuir, 1 L=10(-6) torr s), at 90 K, no oxygen-coverage effects were detected on the geometry of [D2]methoxide: it adsorbs in an upright orientation (pseudo-C(3v) local symmetry), just as on clean Ru(001). An increase in the methanol exposure to 0.1 L, at the same temperature, results in the formation of a disordered layer of tilted methoxide: for theta(O)=0.25 ML, C(s)/C1 and intrinsic C1 configurations are present on the surface, whereas for theta(O)> or =0.5 ML, only the former species were identified. The thermal activation of these tilted layers to 105 K results in a lower coverage of upright methoxide for any oxygen precoverage, coadsorbed with decomposition products, as confirmed by the detection of adsorbed formaldehyde and, on the denser oxygen layer (theta(O)=0.6 ML), formate. The influence of the oxygen precoverage becomes determinant when annealing a [D2]methanol multilayer to 105 K: for theta(O)=0.25 ML, the RAIR spectrum correlates with a disordered layer of tilted methoxide and formaldehyde, whereas for theta(O)=0.6 ML upright methoxide, formate, and carbon monoxide were identified. On clean Ru(001), for methanol exposures > or =0.1 L, the C(3v) methoxide configuration was never attained upon thermal activation.     

烷基化程度对N-十八烷基化聚乙烯亚胺梳状高分子结构的影响

利用烷基化方法制备了烷基化取代程度(DS)介于47%～17.6%的N-十八烷基聚乙烯亚胺(PEI18C)梳状高分子.通过红外光谱、差示扫描量热法(DSC)、X-射线衍射和热失重分析等方法研究了PEI18C梳状高分子的结构、结晶行为和热稳定性,探讨了侧链烷基DS对C18侧链结晶及临界结晶行为的影响.结果发现,随DS的降低,PEI18C梳状高分子的结晶度由54.0%降至20.3%,可结晶碳原子数目由11.4个降到4.3个.受限于PEI骨架上C18烷基侧链的堆积排列模式并没有发生根本变化,仍以六方晶胞的形式进行排列.结果表明,侧链烷基DS或沿主链的侧链烷基分布密度对梳状高分子的结晶行为和临界结晶能力有明显的影响.从侧链结晶的角度,分析了侧链烷基取代度对梳状高分子结晶及热稳定性的影响.