Flame retardant polypropylene through the joint action of sepiolite and polyamide 6

The influence of the incorporation of polyamide-6 (PA) and natural sepiolite nanoparticles on both the thermal degradation and fire behaviour of polypropylene (PP) matrix has been investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and mass loss calorimetry. For that purpose, PP/PA blends and nanocomposites thereof were prepared by melt processing. TGA results evidenced that the use of maleic anhydride grafted-polypropylene (MA-g-PP) as compatibilizer led to a significant improvement in thermal stability under air. Such improvement was linked to the formation of a char layer preventing the thermo-oxidative degradation of PP. Interestingly, the thermal resistance of this char layer was further improved by adding 5 wt% of natural sepiolite leading to important increase of time to ignition and reduction of peak of heat release rate (pHRR) during mass loss calorimeter test.     

Uranium extraction enhancement form phosphoric acid by emulsion liquid membrane

This work is mainly concerned with the uranium extraction from phosphoric acid commercially produced by Abu Zaabal Fertilizers and Chemical Co., Egypt. This target would realize a dual purpose where the phosphate ore is considered as an alternative source of uranium besides eliminating its environmental contamination. The applied procedures are that of the new technology of emulsion liquid membrane. Authors have indeed pointed out that the variables explored still leave open to question the roles of stripping at the internal interface as well as the bulk transfer of uranium in the internal phase. For this purpose, two reducing agents are studied as additives to two organic solvent systems; namely the organophosphorous synergistic mixture of D2EHPA/TOPO as well as the tridodecyl amine. The relevant factors have first been optimized upon synthetic uraniferous phosphoric acid solution followed by the application upon the commercial acid after purification. These factors include the concentration of solvent system and the used emulsifier, acid concentration of the external and internal phases besides the nature and concentration of the reductant added to the internal phase. In addition, the permeation time as well as the oxidation state of the external phase was studied. All these factors have indeed been studied under different mixing speeds ranging from 300 up to 1,000 rpm. Ascorbic acid concentration, 1 % as an additive to the internal phosphoric acid phase (40 % P₂O₅) resulted in 95 % uranium extraction efficiency at the lower speed of 600 rpm.     

Quantum chemical study of some triazoles as inhibitors of corrosion of copper in acid media

The efficiency of 1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-amine (Tz1), 4-amino-3-hydrazino-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol (Tz2), and 1H-1,2,4-triazole-3,5-diamine (Tz3) as inhibitors of corrosion of copper in nitric acid was investigated by use of density functional theory (DFT). Quantum chemical data, for example energy of the highest occupied molecular orbital (E _HOMO), energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (E _LUMO), energy gap (ΔE), dipole moment (μ), electronegativity (χ), electron affinity (A), global hardness (η), softness (σ), ionization potential (I), fraction of electrons transferred from the inhibitor molecules to the metallic atom (ΔN), and total energy (TE), were calculated. All calculations were performed by use of DFT with Gaussian 03W software. A good correlation was found between theoretical data and experimental results.     

Synthesis of Phosphonodithioate,Oxathiaphosphinin, Oxathiaphosphole,and Dithiaphosphole Derivatives from the Reaction of Lawesson's Reagent with Phenolic Mannich Bases and Oxime Derivatives

The reaction of Lawesson's reagent 1a, with niclosamide 2 proceeded by thionation and formation of carbothioamide 3 and the zwitterionic oxathiaphosphinin 4a. LR reacted with 8-hydroxyquinoline (5), 2-methylquinoline-4-ol (7), and β-naphthol (9) to give the phosphonodithioates 6, 8, or 10. The reaction of LR with the Mannich bases 11 and 14 afforded the oxathiaphosphinins 13 and 15, whereas the phosphonodithioates 17 and 19 were isolated in the case of Mannich bases 16 and 18. LR reacted with phthalimide Mannich base 20 to give the dithione 21 and N-methylphthalimide (22). Reaction of ketone monoxime 23 with LR resulted in the formation of the oxathiaphosphole 24 and the dithiaphosphole 25, whereas the monoxime 26 afforded the thioxoethanone thioxime 27. Ketone dioximes 28 and 34 afforded the phosphonodithioates 29 and 36, respectively, when they were allowed to react with LR, whereas the dioxime 30 gave compounds 32 and 33. Moreover, the molluscicidal potency of the newly synthesized compounds against Biomphalaria glabrata snails was studied, too.     

Adsorption and corrosion inhibitive properties of piperidine derivatives on mild steel in phosphoric acid medium

The present study describes the inhibition effect of 4-benzyl piperidine (P1), 1,6-bis(4-benzylpiperidine-1-carboxamide)hexane (P2) and bis(4-benzylpiperidine)thiuram disulfide (P3) towards the corrosion of mild steel in 5.5 M H₃PO₄ solution using weight loss measurements and polarization technique. The influence of inhibitor concentration and temperature on the inhibitory behavior of P2 and P3 was investigated. Meanwhile, the inhibition efficiency (IE) was found to depend on the molecule structure and the concentration of piperidine derivatives. The IE for 10^?3 M P2 and P2 in 5.5 M H₃PO₄ is around 90 %. Polarization studies clearly revealed that all the compounds used act as mixed-type inhibitors. Adsorption isotherms were fitted by the Langmuir isotherm. Adsorption energies ( $ \Updelta {\text{G}}^\circ_{\text{ads}} $ and $ \Updelta {\text{H}}^\circ_{\text{ads}} $ ) and kinetic parameters were evaluated. Significant correlations are obtained between inhibition efficiency with the calculated chemical indexes, indicating that the variation of inhibition with structure of the inhibitor may be explained in terms of electronic properties.     

Free boundary problems arising in the freezing of soils in a bounded region. II. Analytical treatment of the nonlinear parabolic free boundary problem

This paper treats the parabolic free boundary problem which was stated in Part I and referred to as Problem I. Based upon potential theoretic arguments, we prove existence, uniqueness, and continuous dependence on the initial and boundary data of solutions to the problem. Along with these results, explicit expressions for the densities, the specific heats, and the thermal conductivities as functions of time and local coordinates in their respective phases, which fit our analysis, are also obtained.     

Primary and secondary kinetic isotope effects in E2 elimination reactions

Primary and secondary deuterium kinetic isotope effects have been measured for elimination of LCl (L = H or D) from some substituted 1,2-diaryl-1-chloroethanes. Although changes in these effects are in agreement with theoretical predictions, the high values of (E_H-E_D)_β and the significantly low A_H/A_D may suggest that either proton tunnelling or an internal return mechanism is complicating this E2 elimination.     

Microchip analysis of plant glucosinolates

We describe a new and selective analytical method for the separation and quantitation of plant glucosinolates. The new method, which utilizes microchip CE (micro-CE) with fluorescence detection, circumvents the multistep procedures characteristic of conventional methods. Glucosinolates form charge transfer complexes with the xanthene dyes phloxine-B and eosin-B. The glucosinolates-phloxine-B complex cannot be excited at 470 nm. Thus, the decrease in peak intensity of phloxine-B after complex formation is used to quantitatively measure total glucosinolates in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds. For qualitative analysis, complex formation with eosin-B is used. The sensitivity of eosin-B detection at excitation/emission 470 nm/540 nm was low. However, sensitivity increased following complex formation with sinigrin (> or =3 microg/mL). A batch-learning, self-organizing map was applied to visualize and organize analytical data into 2-D matrix with similar and related data clustered together or near each other. This organized matrix was used to optimize electrophoretic conditions for the analysis. This study suggests potential applications of micro-CE in plant metabolomics analyses without use of labeling fluorophores.     

Chemistry of phosphorus ylides. Part 24 [1]. A route for the synthesis of oxazine derivatives via the reaction of phosphacumulenes and phosphallene with di- and tri-ketone monoximes

The reaction of bifunctional di- and tri- ketone monoximes with (N-phenylimino-vinylidene)-, (oxovinylidene)-, and (thioxovinylidene)-triphenylphosphorane was performed. These phosphacumulene ylides react with the oxime OH group rather than the carbonyl group by addition to give the corresponding phosphoranylidenes. Some of these phosphoranylidenes cyclized according to an intramolecular Wittig reaction to give the oxazines along with triphenylphosphine oxide. On the other hand, the monoximes afforded only the phosphoranylidenes when they were allowed to react with the hexaphenylcarbodiphosphorane. The reaction course between the phosphacumulenes and phosphallene with monoximes was found to depend on the nature of the reactants.