Estimation of molecular diffusivity in aqueous solution of acetonitrile by the Wilke-Chang equation

It was tried to estimate the molecular diffusivity (D(m)) of solutes in the mixtures of acetonitrile (ACN) and water by the Wilke-Chang equation. Although the information about association coefficient (α) is necessary for the calculation, it has never been proposed for ACN. The value of α was estimated as 1.37 from D(m) of benzene in ACN at 303 K experimentally measured by the peak parking method. The values of α, i.e. 2.6, 1.9, 1.5, and 1.0, which have respectively been proposed for four solvents, i.e. water, methanol, ethanol, and benzene, were correlated with two physico-chemical parameters of the solvents, i.e. solubility parameter and E(T) value. The α value for ACN was plotted around the two correlations, indicating its appropriateness. The values of D(m) calculated by the Wilke-Chang equation using the α value for ACN were compared with those measured by the peak parking method and the Aris-Taylor method in aqueous solutions of ACN. The mean square deviation of the estimation of D(m) was calculated as 8.8 and 14%. It was demonstrated that the Wilke-Chang equation can be used for estimating D(m) with a reasonable accuracy in the mixtures consisting of ACN and water.     

Estimation of the Activity Coefficients in Liquid Mixtures by Using Volumetric Data

We present an equation that relates the partial molar volume of binary liquid mixtures with the natural logarithms of the activity coefficients of solute and solvent. This equation, in combination with one of the activity coefficient models such as those of Margules, Wilson, Van Laar or NRTL, can be used to estimate the activity coefficients of binary liquid mixtures, knowing only the densities of the mixtures over the full range of concentration. In addition, we show a comparison of the estimated activities and activity coefficients at infinite dilution with experimental values for aqueous solutions of 1,2-butanediol, 2,3-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, and 1,4-butanediol at 298.15?K. This method for the estimation of activity coefficients can be applied to aqueous binary mixtures, because the equation presented is deduced from physicochemical principles.     

The use of tg to measure different concentrations of lime in non-hydraulic lime mortars

A high speed method of thermal analysis was developed to allow the carbonation profile of lime mortars to be followed within a convenient time-frame. The loss in mass on heating, up to 700°C, of lime/sand mixtures of different proportions was related to the known quantity of lime in each mixture. It was shown that a heating rate of 50°C min^–1 produced data which had a very high correlation with known quantities of Ca(OH)₂. Thismethod can be used to measure the extent of carbonation at varying depths through a limemortar. This can be repeated at intervals to give an insight into the shape and extent of the carbonation front as it develops over time.     

Method for evaluating the bioconversion of radioactive polyunsaturated fatty acids by use of reversed-phase liquid chromatography

Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography on a thermostatted octadecylsilyl column was used to separate mixtures of labelled polyunsaturated fatty acids (as their methyl esters) formed by successive desaturations and elongations of labelled linoleic (18:2 n - 6) or linolenic (18:3 n - 3) acid by rat liver microsomes. Acetonitrile-water mixtures were used for elution of the esters. Unsaturated and saturated esters were detected by their refractive indices. The order of elution of fatty acid methyl esters in complex mixtures varies as a function of the chain length and unsaturation, analysis temperature, water concentration and solvent flow-rate. The peak areas vary as a function of the unsaturation. Specific radioactivities of 14C-labelled fatty acids and the percentage distribution of radioactivity among fatty acids from complex mixtures can be efficiently determined by collection and direct measurement of the radioactivity in the solvent by liquid scintillation counting. The method can be applied to complete compositional analysis, but is especially useful for determination of specific radioactivities during studies on the metabolic conversion of labelled polyunsaturated fatty acids.     

气体传感器阵列信号的盲分离研究

本文在使用一个四单元微热板式集成气体传感器阵列测试煤矿中的两种主要易燃易爆气体一氧化碳和甲烷的基础上, 将气体传感器阵列与盲信号分离技术相结合, 讨论了混合气体分析的盲可辨识性, 并使用盲信号分离中的一种主要方法独立分量分析法(ICA)进行了分析和验证.     

Adsorption of Sulfur Dioxide from Pseudo Binary Mixtures on Hydrophobic Zeolites: Modeling of the Breakthrough Curves

The adsorption of SO₂ from pseudo binary mixtures with water and CO₂ on hydrophobic zeolites (MFI and MOR type) was investigated using the breakthrough curve method. The SO₂ and water breakthrough curves were compared with theoretical ones based on an axially dispersed plug flow through the column and the linear driving force rate equation. In addition, different semi-predictive multi-component equilibrium equations were used for the breakthrough modeling: Langmuir 1, Langmuir 2 and Langmuir-Freundlich extended models. The overall mass transfer coefficients were derived by matching theoretical with experimental breakthrough curves for single component systems, i.e., water vapor or SO₂ in a carrier gas. They were also predicted from a simplified bi-porous adsorbent model and compared with experimentally derived values. The presence of CO₂ species in ternary mixtures with water vapor and SO₂, even at relatively high concentrations of 9 vol%, had no significant effect on the breakthrough behavior of the other two species. For that reason the CO₂ species was ignored in the analysis of the resulting pseudo binary mixtures. The breakthrough model was solved by finite element orthogonal collocation method using the commercial software gPROMS. Both extended Langmuir 1 and Langmuir 2 based models gave reasonable predictions of the water and SO₂ breakthrough curves for pseudo binary mixtures involving a mordenite sample for all water concentration levels used in this study (up to 3.5 vol%). However, the same models were successfully used to predict SO₂ breakthrough curves for a MFI sample only at low water concentrations, i.e., 1.5 vol%. At the higher water levels both models failed to describe equilibrium behavior in the MFI sample due to the introduction of multi-layer adsorption in the interstices between small MFI-26 crystals.     

Adsorption of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and propanol mixtures with regard to wettability of polytetrafluoroethylene. I. Adsorption at aqueous solution-air interface

Measurements of surface tension of aqueous solutions of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and propanol mixtures (gamma(L)) for 1 x1 0(-5), 1 x 10(-4), 6 x 10(-4), and 1 x 10(-3) M concentrations of CTAB as a function of propanol concentration in the range from 0 to 6.67 M at 293 K were carried out. The obtained results indicate that there is first-order exponential relationship between the surface tension and propanol concentration in the solution at constant CTAB concentration. These results were compared with those calculated from the equations derived by von Szyszkowski, Joos, Miller et al. From the comparison it resulted that the values of gamma(L) determined by the Szyszkowski equation are correlated with those measured only in a limited propanol concentration range because of changes of the constant related to the specific capillary activity in this equation as a function of propanol concentration, particularly in the range of its high concentration. In the case of the modified Joos equation there is a correlation between the calculated and measured values of gamma(L) only at a very low concentration of propanol. The values of the surface tension of aqueous solutions of CTAB and propanol mixtures determined by the relationships of Miller et al. at CTAB concentration, corresponding to unsaturated surface layer in the absence of propanol, are close to those measured, but there are bigger differences between the calculated and measured values of the surface tension for solutions at a constant value of CTAB concentration close to CMC. However, the values of the surface tension of aqueous solution of CTAB and propanol mixtures calculated from the modified Miller et al. equation, in which the aggregation process of alcohol molecules at water-air interface was taken into account, are in excellent agreement with those measured. The measured values of the surface tension and the Gibbs equations were used for determination of the surface excess of CTAB and propanol concentration at solution-air interface. The obtained results indicate that at the constant concentration of CTAB equal to 1 x 10(-5) and 1 x 10(-4) M there is a maximum of excess concentration of propanol in the surface region at its bulk concentration close to 1 M. Using the calculated values of the surface excess concentration of propanol and CTAB at solution-air interface and assuming the proper thickness of the interface region, the total values of their concentration in this region were evaluated. Next, the standard surface free energy of CTAB and propanol mixtures adsorption was calculated. The calculated values of this energy indicate that the tendency to adsorb molecules of CTAB and propanol decreases with increasing propanol concentration probably because of entropy of adsorption decrease resulting from water structure destruction by propanol molecules.     

1,4-丁二醇蒸馏底物解聚溶液组成的分析方法

使用液液萃取法分析溶液中的1,4-丁二醇(BDO)含量,正辛醇作为萃取剂,在30 ℃下测定了水-BDO-正辛醇三元液液相平衡数据。 使用扩展型UNIQUAC模型建立了溶液中水-BDO-正辛醇的活度系数模型,关联该体系的液液平衡数据,通过单纯型法回归获得三元体系组分之间的相互作用能参数。 实验数据以及计算结果表明,通过分析萃取相的组成,能可靠地预测萃余相的组成,进而得到原溶液中BDO的含量。 该法准确、简便,可作为该体系的常规分析方法。     

Development of solid-phase extraction and solid-phase microextraction methods for the determination of chlorophenols in cork macerate and wine samples

Tri-, tetra- and pentachlorophenol (TCP, TeCP and PCP) can be considered the precursors in the formation of corresponding chloroanisoles, known to be powerful odorants in corks and wine. Determining the presence of these chlorophenolic compounds in cork soaking solutions (ethanol/water mixtures, 12% (v/v) ethanol used for cork quality control testing), or in wine can be achieved by acetylation/gas chromatography electron-capture detection. In order to reach the required sensitivity, a previous preconcentration step is necessary. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) and headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) have given good results for the preconcentration of TCP, TeCP and PCP in such matrices. The use of Oasis HLB cartridges gives acceptable recoveries for the three compounds when different volumes (50-250 mL) of cork macerate with concentrations ranging from 20 to 150 ng/L are processed. Preconcentration based on HS-SPME has also been optimised with a 100 microm polydimethylsiloxane fibre and in situ derivatization. The HS-SPME method allows chlorophenols in a cork soaking solution and in wine to be determined with a limit of detection of 1 ng/L for each compound (in cork macerate) and a repeatability of around 0.5%-5% (n=8) for a concentration level of 30 ng/L.     

The adsorption of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and propanol mixtures with regard to wettability of polytetrafluoroethylene II. Adsorption at polytetrafluoroethylene-aqueous solution interface and wettability

Measurements of contact angles (theta) of aqueous solutions of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and propanol mixtures at constant CTAB concentration equal to 1x10(-5), 1x10(-4), 6x10(-4) and 1x10(-3) M on polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) were carried out. The obtained results indicate that the wettability of PTFE by aqueous solutions of these mixtures depends on their composition and concentration. They also indicate that, contrary to Zisman, there is no linear relationship between cos theta and the surface tension (gamma(LV)), but a linear relationship exists between the adhesional (gamma(LV)cos theta) and surface tension of aqueous solutions of CTAB and propanol mixtures. Curve gamma(LV)cos theta vs gamma(LV) has a slope equal -1 suggesting that adsorption of CTAB and propanol mixtures and the orientation of their molecules at aqueous solution-air and PTFE-aqueous solution interfaces is the same. Extrapolating this curve to the value of gamma(LV)cos theta corresponding to theta=0, the value of the critical tension of PTFE wetting equal 23.4 mN/m was determined. This value was higher than that obtained from contact angles of n-alkanes on PTFE surface (20.24 mN/m). The difference between the critical surface tension values of wetting probably resulted from the fact that at cos theta=1 the PTFE-aqueous solution of CTAB and propanol mixture interface tension was not equal to zero. This tension was determined on the basis of the measured contact angles and Young equation. It appeared that the values of PTFE-aqueous solution of the CTAB and propanol mixtures interface tension can be satisfactorily determined by modified Szyszkowski equation only for solutions in which probably CTAB and propanol molecules are present in monomeric form. However, it appeared that using the equation of Miller et al., in which the possibility of aggregation of propanol molecules in the interface layer is taken into account, it is possible to describe the PTFE-solution interfacial tension for all systems studied in the same way as by the Young equation. On the basis of linear dependence between the adhesional and surface tension it was established that the work of adhesion of aqueous solution of CTAB and propanol mixtures does not depend on its composition and concentration, and the average value of this work was equal to 46.85 mJ/m(2), which was similar to that obtained for adhesion of aqueous solutions of two cationic surfactants mixtures to PTFE surface.