Thermal properties of potassium dichromate

Thermosonimetry, DTA, high temperature XRD and hot stage microscopy have been used to study the thermal behaviour of K₂Cr₂O₇. A rapid triclinic to monoclinic phase transformation occurs at 543 K slowly reversible at 508 K. Severe crystallite fracturing is associated with the reverse transition and manifests anomalous X-ray intensities which have been previously interpreted as metastable phase formation. On reheating, the transformation occurs at 528 K. Possible interpretations of the temperature hystereses are given.

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Zusammenfassung Thermosonimetrie, DTA, Hochtemperatur-XRD und Mikroskopie in heißem Zustand wurden zur Untersuchung des thermischen Verhaltens von K₂Cr₂O₇ eingesetzt. Eine schnelle Phasenänderung von der triklinen zur monoklinen Form findet bei 543 K statt, welche bei 508 K langsam reversibel ist. Der schwere Kristallbruch ist mit dem umgekehrten Übergang verbunden und weist anomale Röntgenstrahlen-Intensitäten auf, welche früher als Bildung einer metastabilen Phase gedeutet wurden. Bei wiederholtem Aufheizen geht die Änderung bei 528 K vor sich. Mögliche Deutungen der Temperaturhysterese werden gegeben.

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Résumé On a étudié le comportement thermique de K₂Cr₂O₇ par thermosonimétrie, ATD, diffraction des rayons X à haute température et microscopie avec platina chauffante. Une transformation rapide de la phase triclinique à la phase monoclinique a lieu à 543 K et est lentement réversible à 508 K. Un fractionnement important des cristallites est associé à la transition inverse et se manifeste par des intensités anormales des raies de diffraction X, ce qui a été préalablement interprété comme la formation d'une phase métastable. Lors d'un nouvel échauffement, la transformation a lieu à 528 K. Diverses interprétations possibles de l'hystérèse de température sont proposées.

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EPR and magnetic studies on the regeneration of cobalt-molybdenum catalysts for coal liquefaction

Changes in composition and structure occurring in cobalt promoted and unpromoted Mo/Al₂O₃ catalysts during several subsequent cycles of activation and regeneration have been studied. Regeneration does not lead to the initial oxide form of the catalysts completely. The changes in the oxide catalyst composition increase with increasing number of activation-regeneration cycles.

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Homogeneous decomposition of gaseous methanol induced by CO2 laser

The laser heating procedure has been used to study chain reactions under strictly homogeneous conditions. The rate constants for the initiation and overall chain decomposition of methanol have been determined.

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Realisation d'un derivateur permettant la mesure precise et continue de tres faibles variations de temperature

Résumé Cet article présente un dérivateur de température à très bas niveau. Il permet la mesure exacte et continue des vitesses de chauffage ou de refroidissement, de l'ambiante à 900°C avec un seuil de détection de 30°C. s^–1. Cet appareil peut être utilisé pour faire de l'analyse thermique dérivée ou comme générateur de rampes linéaires.

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A very low level temperature derivative apparatus is described. It is able to give a true and continuous measurement of heating or cooling rate from room temperature up to 900° with a detection threshold as low as 30°Cs^–1. This apparatus can be used for derivative thermal analysis and as slope temperature generator.

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Zusammenfassung Ein Derivativgerät mit sehr niedrigem Temperaturniveau wird beschrieben. Es ermöglicht eine wahre und kontinuirliche Messung der Aufheiz- und Abkühlgeschwindigkeit von Raumtemperatur bis zu 900°C mit einer Nachweisschwelle von weniger als 30°C s^–1. Dieses Gerät kann zur derivativen Thermoanalyse und als Neigungstemperaturgenerator eingesetzt werden.

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High-resolution1H NMR and IR spectra of OH-groups of oxide catalysts

Chemical shifts in high-resolution PMR spectra of hydroxyl groups of SiO₂, Al₂O₃, aluminosilicate, phosphate and H-ZSM-5 zeolite catalysts have been measured and compared with IR spectroscopic data and proton charges calculated by the MINDO/3 method.

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Oxidizing properties of alumina towards alcohols. Possible reaction scheme

By chemical trapping, an acyl species has been evidenced in the oxidation of alcohols to carboxylate on an alumina surface. A possible reacton scheme is discussed.

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Effect of molybdenum catalysis on the perborate-bromide reaction. Kinetics and mechanism and some theoretical considerations

In the presence of molybdenum, both the uncatalyzed and the catalyzed reactions proceed simultaneously. An equation for k_cat was derived and the effect of temperature was described through a temperature function F(T) by the use of the Arrhenius-Eyring equation. A plausible mechanism is postulated and the theoretical background given for the analytical application of molybdenum.

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Catalytic activity of honeycomb catalysts, I. The benzene-cyclohexane (de)hydrogenation reaction

Monolithic supported platinum catalysts were investigated with respect to their hydrogenation and dehydrogenation activity towards benzene and cyclohexane, respectively, between 250° and 350°C. Conversion of benzene to cyclohexane is optimal for the volume ratio H₂/Bz=5 at lower temperatures. In the cyclohexane dehydrogenation reaction, high temperatures, associated with lower N₂/Cy ratios, are beneficial. No byproducts were observed in the two reactions.

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Particle size determination of platinum, palladium and rhodium

Simple and sufficiently accurate equations are suggested for calculating the particle size of most frequently used supported or unsupported platinum metal catalysts from the amount of chemisorbed gas.

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Polyhydroxysteroids from the Far-Eastern starfishCtenodiscus crispatus

Four new polyhydroxysteroids, 5-cholesta-3,5,6,15,16,25,26-heptaol, 24-ethyl-5-cholesta-3,5,6,15,28,29-heptaol-29-sulfate, (22E)-24-methyl-5-cholest-22-ene-3,5,6,15,25,26-hexaol-26-sulfate, 24-propyl-5-cholesta-3,5,6,8,15,28,29-heptaol, and the known 5-cholesta-3,5,6,15,16,26-hexaol, have been isolated from the starfishCtenodiscus crispatus.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1821–1825, October, 1994.     

Autocatalysis in the formose reaction

It has been found that carbohydrates naturally present in ppm quantities in paraformaldehyde are the cause of the autocatalysis in the formose reaction of paraformaldehyde solutions. Paraformaldehyde sublimed into Ca(OH)₂ suspension was not transformed to sugars by formose reaction, only to methanol and formate by Cannizzaro reaction. A minute trace of glycolaldehyde — 3 ppm — was sufficient to initiate conventional autocatalysis. A formose reaction scheme in which formaldehyde reacts only with sugars by aldol condensation but not with itself is proposed.

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Proof of the kinetic reaction mechanism of PVC degradation using TA

The possibility of describing the kinetics of thermal degradation of PVC samples under both isothermal and nonisothermal conditions with a unique model and using the same set of parameters was investigated. Analysis of the experimental data revealed good agreement at higher temperatures (above 175 °C) when the catalytic action of generated HCl and its distribution in the sample were considered. At lower reaction temperatures, further experimental conditions and/or sample characteristics must be considered, and a modification of the model is necessary.

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Zusammenfassung Es wird die Möglichkeit untersucht, die Kinetik des thermischen Abbaus von PVC sowohl unter isothermen wie unter nichtisothermen Bedingungen durch ein einziges Modell und unter Verwendung des gleichen Parametersatzes zu beschreiben. Die Analyse der Messdaten zeigt gute Übereinstimmung bei hohen Temperaturen (über 175 °C), wenn die katalytische Aktivität des entwickelten HCL und seine Verteilung in der Probe berücksichtigt werden. Bei tieferen Temperaturen müssen weitere experimentelle Bedingungen und/oder Probeneigenschaften berücksichtigt werden, was eine Modifizierung des Modells erforderlich macht.

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On the complexity of linear reaction mechanisms

A complexity index is proposed, based on the structure of kinetic equations as well as on the formulas derived for the number of maximal trees.

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Stochastic simulation of chemical reaction by digital computer, I. The model

A stochastic model of complex chemical reactions is outlined. A discrete Markov process corresponds to the complex chemical reaction in the model i.e. the concentrations of the components are discrete quantities. The differences between the stochastic and deterministic models are discussed.

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Optisch aktive,aromatische Spirane, 11. Mitt.: Synthese optisch aktiver mono- bis heptasubstituierter 5-Methyl- und 5-Ethyl-2,2′-spirobiindane und analoger Naphthalinderivate bekannter Chiralität und enantiomerer Reinheit

Starting from optically active 5,5-dimethyl, diethyl, and 5-ethyl-5-methyl-2,2-spirobiindane as well as from 5-ethyl-spirobiindane-5-carboxylic ester of known enantiomeric purity and configuration 75 mono to polysubstituted 2,2-spirobiindanes have been prepared. Amongst these are several compounds with rings anellated in the 6,7 (and 6, 7) positions, especially a spirohydrocarbon4 x with orthogonal naphthalene units the circular dichroism of which is reported and discussed.Several mono and disubstituted 5-methyl and ethylindanes (1,2) have been prepared as models for synthetic transformations in the spirobiindane series.From the molar rotations of symmetrically diacylated 5,5-dimethyl and diethyl spirobiindanes (4a, 7b, 7c) empirical ligand parameters for acetyl and methoxycarbonyl were determined which gave much better results in the calculation of the rotations of appropriate spirobiindanes (with the shortened polynomal Ansatz) than the -values deduced previously from 5,5-disubstituted spirobiindanes. The significance of these results is briefly discussed.

10. Mitt.:Neudeck, H., Schlögl, K., Angew. Chem.92, 318 (1980), Intern. Ed. Engl.19, 308 (1980).     

Structural changes of NaX zeolite during the H2S+O2 reaction

Infrared spectra in the 600, 700, and 1000 cm^–1 regions and X-ray investigations indicate that during H₂S+O₂ reaction in the temperature region of 293–473 K partial dealumination of the NaX zeolite crystal structure occurs. The dealumination increases with reaction temperature.

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Selective hydrogenation of fatty oils on alloyed Ni?Al catalysts. II. Optimal reaction conditions

The previously suggested kinetic model permits to predict that maximum selectivity towards olein is attained under the limiting diffusional resistance with respect to hydrogen. This conclusion is confirmed by the experimental data obtained in a fixed catalyst bed reactor. Some recommendations to intensify industrial processes are given.

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Effect of the medium in hexacyanoferrate (III)-iodide and peroxodisulfate-iodide reaction

The kinetics of the two reactions hexacyanoferrate (III)-iodide and peroxodisulfate-iodide in several isodielectric water-cosolvent mixtures have been studied. The results can be rationalized as a consequence of the cosolventwater interaction.

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Kinetics of bromate-cerium(III) reaction

The induction period and the fast, and slow rates of the bromate-cerium(III) reaction were examined. It was found that the duration of the induction period was inversely proportional to both the bromate and acid concentrations, and that the fast reaction rate was proportional to the square of bromate concentration.

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Spin-crossover complexes in solution. III. Substituent- and solvent effects on the spin-equilibrium of 4-substituted iron(II)-2,6-bis-(benzimidazol-2′-yl)-pyridine systems

Summary Transition metal complexes of the composition [Fe(4-X-bzimpy)₂](ClO₄)₂ [bzimpy = 2,6-bis-(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine and X=H, OH, Cl] show thermally accessible spin-crossover behaviour in solution that depends on both the ligand and the solvent.¹H-NMR spectroscopy and UV-visible spectroscopy measurements suggest that ligand substituent effects, solvent donor-acceptor properties and hydrogen-bonding may be employed to fine-tune the ligand field strength and hence to affect the spin-crossover behaviour. The ligand substitution changes in solution are reflected by the magnetic data (X=H:_exp=2.50 _B; X=OH:_exp=4.20 _B and X=Cl:_exp=4.30 _B at 294 K in MeOH), and by the shift of metal-to-ligandcharge-transfer band (X=H, =557 nm; X=OH, =520 nm; X=Cl, =500 nm). [Fe(bzimpy)₂](ClO₄)₂ exhibits a pronounced spin-crossover equilibrium (¹A₁ ⁵T₂) in solution (K _sc=0.26 at 293 K; _exp=1.30 3.40 _B for 213 328 K in MeOH). A small variation of magnetic moments of [Fe(4-OH-bzimpy)₂](ClO₄)₂ (_exp=3.77 4.73 _B at 220 332 K) might indicate either the existence of (temperature dependent) hydrogen bonding between the ligand and solvent molecules or a temperature dependent variation in the population of the⁵E_g sublevel. The presence of strong donor solvents (DN 30) shifts the spin-state of the complexes.In course of absence from the Chemistry Department, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh