Thermal decomposition of ammonium uranates precipitated from uranyl nitrate solution with ammonium hydroxide

Thermal decomposition of ammonium uranates precipitated from uranyl nitrate solutions on addition of aqueous ammonium hydroxide under various conditions has been examined by thermogravimetry (TG), differential thermal analysis (DTA), infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction study. The TG curves of all precipitates show the weight-loss corresponding to the calculated value as UO₃·NH₃·H₂O. The DTA curves of the precipitates give the endotherms at about 130, 210 and 590 °C and the exotherms at 340–420 °C. As a result, it is found that ammonium uranates thermally decompose to amorphous UO₃ at about 400 °C, and transform to U₃O₈ via β-UO₃.     

New routes for copolymerization of carbon monoxide with styrene or vinyl chloride and photodegradation of these copolymers in solutions

New routes for copolymerization of carbon monoxide with styrene or vinyl chloride were found by emulsion polymerization (nonionic or ionic emulsifier). These procedures yielded copolymers containing carbonyl groups even at high conversion. These carbonyl-containing polyketones were photoirradiated in solvent. In carbon monoxide—styrene copolymer of high molecular weight, the viscosity change produced by photoirradiation was especially remarkable, while in carbon monoxide—vinyl chloride copolymer no pronounced change in viscosity was observed, even at high contents of carbonyl group.     

Polymerization of vinyl chloride and copolymerization with carbon monoxide by a new initiator

The system comprising the ethoxydized product of triethylaluminum, cuprous chloride, and carbon tetrachloride was used as an initiator for polymerization of vinyl chloride, and the polymerization kinetics was studied. From plots of the molar number of number-average polymer chain Y/P? versus yield Y, the two parameters a ( = ∫ R_idt ? 1/2 ∫ R_tdt) and b ( = ∫ R_trdt/∫ R_pdt) were estimated to be 6 × 10^?3 mole/l. and 6.6 × 10^?4 respectively. Studies of the tacticity of the poly(vinyl chloride) showed isotactic = 49.3% and syndiotactic = 50.7%. The present initiator also permitted copolymerization of vinyl chloride with carbon monoxide; the monomer reactivity ratios were r₁ = 0.40 (vinyl chloride) and r₂ = 0.01 (carbon monoxide).     

Thermal decomposition of ammonium uranates

The thermal decomposition of ammonium uranates precipitated from uranyl nitrate solution on the addition of aqueous ammonium hydroxide and hexamine under various conditions has been studied by means of thermogravimetry, differential thermal analysis, infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Although all precipitates show the composition corresponding to UO₃ · NH₃ · H₂O, the precipitates with hexamine give X-ray diffraction patterns designed as types I and II, in which type I is similar to the precipitates with ammonia. As a result, it is concluded that ammonium uranates thermally decompose to amorphous UO₃ at about 400°, and transform to U₃O₈ via-UO₃ and/or-UO₃, latter being formed in the case of type II only.

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Zusammenfassung Die thermische Zersetzung von unter verschiedenen Bedingungen durch wässrige Lösungen von Ammoniumhydroxid und Hexamin aus Uranylnitrat-Lösung gefällten Ammoniumuranaten wurde mittels TG, DTA, IR-Spektroskopie und Röntgendiffraktometrie untersucht. Obwohl die Zusammensetzung aller Niederschläge der Formel UO₃ · NH₃ · H₂O entspricht, geben die mit Hexamin gefällten Niederschläge die als Typ I und II bezeichneten Röntgendiffraktogramme, von denen das des Typs I ähnlich dem der mit Ammoniak gefällten Niederschlage ist. Es wird festgestellt, daß Ammoniumuranate bei 400° thermisch zu amorphen UO₃ zersetzt werden und sich über-UO₃ und/oder-UO₃—wobei beim Typ II nur das letztere gebildet wird — in U₃O₈ umwandeln.

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Thermal decomposition of aluminium hydroxides

The thermal decompositions of the crystalline aluminium hydroxides hydrargillite, bayerite and nordstrandite were investigated by thermogravimetry, differential thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction and infrared spectrophotometry. It was found that these aluminium hydroxides undergo thermal decomposition in the following sequences: hydrargillite-1

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Zusammenfassung Die thermische Zersetzung von kristallinen Aluminiumhydroxiden, wie Hydrargillit, Bayerit und Nordstrandit, wurde thermogravimetrisch, differentialthermoanalytisch, röntgendiffraktometrisch und IR-spektrophotometrisch untersucht. Es wurde festgestellt, da\ diese Aluminiumhydroxide in der folgenden Reihenfolge zersetzt werden: Hydrargillit-I

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Reactions of zirconacyclopentadienes with C [double bond] ), C [double bond] N, and N [double bond] N moieties with electron-withdrawing groups: formation of six-membered heterocycles

Reactions of zirconacyclopentadienes with diethyl ketomalonate gave alpha-pyrans in excellent yields in the presence of BiCl3. In the absence of BiCl3, zirconacyclopentadienes did not react with diethyl ketomalonate. Tetraphenylzirconacyclopentadiene reacted with diethyl ketomalonate in the presence of BiCl3 to give a ring-opening product, dienolic ether, in 53% yield. The structures of the alpha-pyran prepared from diethyldiphenylzirconacyclopentadiene and the ring-opening product were determined by X-ray analysis. When oximinosulfonate was added to tetraethylzirconacyclopentadiene in THF at -78 degrees C, 3,4,5,6-tetraethylpyridine-2-carbonitrile was obtained in 95% yield within 10 min. The structure of the product was confirmed by X-ray analysis. When tetraethylzirconacyclopentadiene was treated with azodicarboxylate in the presence of 2 equiv of CuCl at -78 degrees C, 1,2-dialkoxycarbonyl-3,4,5,6-tetraethyl-1,2-dihydropyridazine derivatives were obtained. The structure of one of dihydropyridazine was also confirmed by X-ray analysis.     

One-pot isomerization of aldo-disaccharides to keto-disaccharides in deep sea water under sub-critical conditions

A novel and facile one-pot isomerization of aldo-disaccharides to keto-disaccharides is achieved by making use of deep sea water in sub-critical conditions. The resulting keto-disaccharides having pharmaceutical and food applications were obtained in modest yields of about 30–32% at the optimum reaction conditions (temperature: 180 °C, reaction time: 5 min). Detailed investigation of all major ions in deep sea water revealed that bicarbonate ions play a key role as a catalyst in this isomerization reaction.