Spectrophotometric determination of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) in waste water from lead styphnate primer plants

An accurate spectrophotometric method is proposed for the determination of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) in waste water from lead styphnate primer plants by use of phenoldisulphonic acid. The waste water is filtered through a sintered glass crucible and the PETN is determined in the filtrate and the residue. In the determination of PETN in the filtrate, sodium hydroxide is added and the PETN is extracted with methylene chloride (in alkaline solution, styphnate and TNT are not extracted). The methylene chloride solution is then evaporated to dryness, the residue is treated with a solution of phenoldisulphonic acid in sulphuric acid, water and ammonia are added, and the yellow colour is measured. In the determination of PETN in the residue, the PETN is dissolved in acetone, an aliquot of the acetone solution is treated with water and sodium hydroxide, the PETN is extracted with methylene chloride and the colour is developed as above. Various factors affecting the determination were investigated. The solubility of PETN in water was studied.     

冶金炉料中二氧化硅和碳化硅的联合测定

提出冶金炉料中二氧化硅及碳化硅的联合测定方法，硝酸－氢氟酸－盐酸溶解二氧化硅，用硅氟酸钾容量法测定，残渣经焦硫酸钾溶解杂质，不溶碳化硅以重量法测定，经试样全分析及精密度考证，方法简便、可靠．     

Recombination of ions of a dense ion plasma in a fluorine atmosphere

A new effect leading to the slowing of recombination in a weakly nonideal ion plasma is considered. The solvation of ions is included in the explanation of the results from studying a gas discharge afterglow in a fluorine atmosphere. It is shown that recombination in such a system is slowed in comparison to the standard relationships for ideal plasma. The formation and composition of cluster ions in such a medium are considered. The relationship between the variation in the kinetics of recombination and the course of the process according to a complicated mechanism with the intermediate formation of metastable cluster pairs is established. A quantitative model is built and a formula allowing us to describe the recombination rate over a wide range of parameters of the medium is obtained. It is shown that the proposed model is in good agreement with the experimental data.     

Time correlation functions and chemical reaction rates

The relation between time-dependent density correlation functions and chemical reaction rates is investigated. The case of a simple two-atom reaction in a fluid system is studied in detail. It is found that the reaction is obtainable from a three-density correlation function, taken in the long-time, long-wavelength limit. This result is analogous to the well known relation between the diffusion rate and the two-density correlation in a fluid. The present calculation is valid in an arbitrary fluid system, and is applicable in particular to reactions in a catalytic medium.     

A New Formulation of the Lindemann Mechanism of Unimolecular Reactions

A new formulation of the Lindemann mechanism of unimolecular reactions in gaseous phase is presented, without the use of steady state hypothesis. It is hereby shown that the nature of applicability of steady state hypothesis in the regime of high reactant gas pressure is different from that in the regime of low gas pressure. In the former case it is an equilibrium approximation, while in the latter case it is a highly reactive intermediate approximation in no connection with a steady state. Furthermore for the latter case it is shown that in the classical formulation of Lindemann mecbRnism the use of steady state hypothesis is an ad hoc assumption. A highly reactive intermediate in the sense that its concentration is very small during the whole course of reaction is a necessary condition for the applicability of very reactive intermediate approximation. When the two distinctive nature of the applicability of steady state hypothesis is mlxed-up, wrong or useless conclusion may be arrived at. The only possible case of realizing a true steady state in a complex reaction is pointed out.     

聚苯胺薄膜电极上示差脉冲伏安法可逆波理论研究

本文提出了聚苯胺(PANI)薄膜电极上示差脉冲伏安法可逆波理论,经验证理论和实验结果相符合.     

山东省主栽果树生殖器官中稀土与微量营养元素的相关性研究

通过对山东省5大类主栽果树20余个树种的花粉、种子和果实稀土与微量元素自然含量进行分析比较, 认为稀土(RE)与微量元素在各树种花粉中平均含量顺序为Fe＞Zn＞B＞Cu＞Mn＞RE, 种子中B＞Fe＞Zn＞Mn＞Cu＞RE, 果实中Fe＞B＞Zn＞Cu＞Mn＞RE. 各元素在各生殖器官中的自然分布因树种而有很大差异. 但基本规律类同, 即花粉＞种子＞果实. 花粉富集各种微量营养元素的能力都很强. 花粉和果实稀土与微量元素之间绝大多数呈正相关, 种子大多呈负相关, 但相关性均不显著.     

Chiral recognition in gas-phase cyclodextrin: Amino acid complexes—Is the three point interaction still valid in the gas phase?

The validity of the "three-point interaction" model is examined in the guest exchange reaction involving complexes of cyclodextrins and amino acids. The amino acid guest is exchanged in the gas phase in the presence of a gaseous alkyl amine. The net reaction is proton transfer between the protonated amino acid and the alkyl amine. The amino acid is lost as a neutral species. This reaction is sensitive to the chirality of the amino acid. Several amino acids are examined as well as the respective methyl esters to determine the role of the three interacting groups (ammonium, carboxylic acid, and side chain) in enantioselectivity. We find that the three-point interaction model is indeed valid in the gas phase. Enantioselectivity is optimal when two points of attraction and one repulsion is present in the gas-phase complex. The results are supported by molecular modeling calculations. A mechanism for the exchange is proposed.     

蟹,虾壳微观形貌与结构研究

用Ｘ射线衍射与扫描电镜研究了蟹壳，虾壳的形貌与微观结构，蟹壳中以方解石晶型存在的碳酸钙分布在网状结构的有机质中，网孔的尺寸约５～２５μｍ有机基质脱去蛋白后留下的甲壳质呈片层状结构，它的重复距离为０．９６ｎｍ。     

Spectrophotometric determination of bismuth in copper and cartridge brass by the iodide method

An improved spectrophotometric method is proposed for the determination with iodide of trace amounts of bismuth in copper and cartridge brass. The sample is dissolved in nitric acid and the bismuth is separated from the copper by an ammoniacal precipitation in the presence of iron(III) hydroxide as a gathering agent. The hydroxide precipitate is dissolved in hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid is added, the solution is evaporated to a few ml, hydrobromic acid is added to volatilize the antimony and tin, and the solution is evaporated to fumes of sulfuric acid. The bismuth iodide color is then developed with a composite potassium iodide—sodium hypophosphite reagent. Factors affecting the bismuth iodide color are investigated.     

Physico-chemical aspects of polyethylene processing in an open mixer. Part 17. Effect of oxygen availability

The gas in contact with polyethylene has considerable impact on its oxidation. The rate of oxidation product formation is mostly larger with oxygen blanketing than in air. Similarly, the rate in air is larger than that under nitrogen blanketing. Moreover, the relative effect of the surrounding gas is depending heavily on the particular oxidation product considered. The effect on the alcohol concentration on passing from air to pure oxygen is the same as that on the hydroperoxide concentration. It is only under pure nitrogen that alcohol formation is relatively more affected than hydroperoxide formation. The overall carbonyl groups as well as the ketones show the expected ranking, i.e. faster rate in pure oxygen than in air and faster rate in air than under pure nitrogen. However, carboxylic acids are formed much faster in oxygen than in air. For the acids the results in air and under nitrogen are significantly closer in the initial stages of processing than the results obtained under pure oxygen. This is different for γ-lactones for which formation is faster in oxygen than in air where it is faster than under nitrogen. With trans-vinylene groups the situation is opposite to that observed for carboxylic acids: the rate of formation is close for the experiments performed under air and under oxygen and significantly faster than under nitrogen. The results for hydroperoxides, alcohols and ketones are easily interpreted taking into account the kinetics developed in previous work. Fitting the data to the heterogeneous kinetics shows the effect of the oxygen concentration on this kinetics. It is especially unexpected with respect to its impact on the initiation rate. It is discussed taking into account various possibilities. The only one that is compatible with all the data envisages chain initiation resulting from interaction of oxygen with strained polymer molecules.     

Bitumen-clay interactions in aqueous media studied by zeta potential distribution measurement

A new method of measuring the amount of coalescence that occurs between drops during the emulsification process is proposed. The method uses a hydrophobic fluorescent probe, which is introduced into a fraction of the oil phase that is to be homogenized. The ratio of the intensity of the excimer peak to the intensity of the monomer peak in the fluorescent emission spectrum is sensitive to the concentration of the probe in the oil phase. Random coalescence events between oil drops lead to redistribution of the probe and its effective dilution in the oil phase. Coalescence results in a decrease in the intensity ratio in the fluorescence spectrum obtained from the ensemble of drops. Monte Carlo simulation is used to relate the change in intensity ratio to the coalescence rate. It is experimentally verified that the signal change is only due to coalescence and is not affected by the drop size of the distribution.     

Generalized doubly symbolic formulation for integral-driven direct configuration interaction method

Summary A direct configuration interaction (CI) scheme using the generalized double symbolism both for the external space and for the internal space is proposed in an integral-driven context. The reason why the double symbolism is used in the present formulation is that the main target is in investigating large molecular systems. The integrals, configuration state functions, and energy expressions are systematically classified in terms of the orbital labels and their mutual relations. Various types of CI wavefunctions can be set up flexibly. The resulting structure of integral processings in the sigma vector construction is complicated. The number of unique loop types for two-electron integrals is 1325. Because the parallel architecture is gaining importance in the recent computational platforms, the parallelism is also addressed.     

A non-linear equilibrium analysis of blowdown policy in pressure—swing—adsorption separation

Using the local non-linear equilibrium approach, we investigated pressure—swing—adsorption (PSA) cycles directed toward the removal of an adsorbable impurity present in large amounts in an inert substance. Three blowdown policies are compared (the blowdown is the part of the PSA cycle in which the pressure of a column is released by rejecting gas). In one such policy, the gas resulting from blowdown is rich in the impurity and is rejected as waste. In a second policy in contrast, the production is adjusted so that the blowdown gas is pure and is considered as a product or is reused to recompress or purge another column. The third policy is intermediate, in the sense that part of the blowdown gas is pure and recovered, and part is impure and rejected.The equilibrium approach presented neglects mass-transfer and dispersion effects, but accounts for non-linear equilibria and variations in gas velocity. It thus allows analytical or semi-analytical expressions to be obtained for quantities such as the inert recovery ratio, and hence an easy qualitative discussion of the effects of operating parameters on the recovery. It is shown that the intermediate policy (partial recovery of the blowdown gas) is optimal. The adsorption of methane and ethane on activated carbon from helium or hydrogen are presented as illustrations.     

Excimer formation of fluoradene. Evidence for aggregation in alcohols

The absorption of fluorescence spectra of fluoradene in several solvents have been measured. In addition to the expected fluorescence band, a broad structureless band at 440 nm is observed in hexane which increases in intensity with increasing fluoradene concentration. In alcoholic solutions and in polycrystalline solid, only the broad, red-shifted band is observed. This broad band is attributed to excimer emission. It is shown that in alcoholic solutions that rate of excimer formation via diffusion is unacceptably large and it is suggested that fluoradene is aggregated in these solvents.     

N,O-羧甲基壳聚糖的合成和性质研究

采用多段升温法将壳聚糖改性,合成了取代度为1.84、平均分子量为3.08×105、等电点为7.28的N,O-羧甲基壳聚糖(CMC),分别用紫外光谱、红外光谱、荧光光谱对其结构进行了表征,并对其水溶液的Zeta电位、电导率、表面张力以及水分散体系中羧甲基壳聚糖微粒的粒径分布进行了研究.结果表明, N,O-羧甲基壳聚糖具有表面活性;介质的pH值和浓度对羧甲基壳聚糖溶液的稳定性有很大的影响.     

五羰基合铁分子化学键特性的研究

We have found from experimental data that, in the iron pentacarbonyl molecule, the length of Fe-C bond in axial is shorter than that in planar, but the bond is weaker; the bond distances of C-O of both planar and axial are equal, while the bond strengths are different. This is against the traditional view of “the shorter the bond is, the stronger the bond will be”. We have got through calculation and research, that the main cause of such difference is that the effects of the backdonor of Fe atom′s electrons to C-O bonds in axial and planar are different. The shorter the Fe-C bond is, the more effective the backdonor (or transfer) of electrons is. So that the population between Fe and C in axial are less than those in planar, so the bond is weaker, and the C-O bonds have gained more backdonor electrons than those in planar, thus the bond is stronger.     

Development and validation of a gas chromatography/mass spectrometry procedure for confirmation of para-toluenesulfonamide in edible fish fillet tissue

Chloramine-T is a disinfectant being developed as a treatment for bacterial gill disease in cultured fish. As part of the drug approval process, a method is required for the confirmation of chloramine-T residues in edible fish tissue. The marker residue that will be used to determine the depletion of chloramine-T residues from the edible tissue of treated fish is para-toluenesulfonamide (p-TSA), a metabolite of chloramine-T. The development and validation of a procedure for the confirmation of p-TSA is described. Homogenized fish tissue is dried by mixing with anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the mixture is extracted with methylene chloride. The extract is passed through a silica gel solid-phase extraction column, from which p-TSA is subsequently eluted with acetonitrile. The acetonitrile extract is evaporated, and the oily residue is dissolved in hexane. The hexane solution is shaken with fresh acetonitrile. The acetonitrile solution is evaporated and the residue is redissolved in dilute potassium hydroxide solution. The aqueous solution is extracted with methylene chloride to further remove more of the fat co-extractive. The aqueous solution is reacted with pentafluorobenzyl bromide in presence of tetrabutylammonium hydrogensulfate. The resulting di-(pentafluorobenzyl) derivative of p-TSA is analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. This method permits the confirmation of p-TSA in edible fish tissue at 20 ppb.     

The convergence properties of direct energy minimisation with respect to linear coefficients in the MC-LCAO-MO-SCF approach

It is shown that in the LCAO-MO-MC-SCF problem, if the molecular orbital orthonormality constraints are introduced in the manner suggested by Kari and Sutcliffe or indeed by any similar method then the Hessian of the problem with respect to the linear coefficients is singular. The nature of this singularity is analysed and it is shown that in general it is possible to remove it in a level-shifting-like scheme, but that only in certain special cases is this procedure likely to be quickly convergent.