The Effect of Modification on the Structural,Acidic, and Catalytic Properties of a Layered Aluminosilicate

The effect of modification on the structural, acidic, and catalytic properties of a natural layered aluminosilicate containing 90% montmorillonite was studied. With the use of low-temperature nitrogen adsorption and XRD analysis, it was found that the addition of hydroxo complexes of aluminum prevents the silicate layers of the layered aluminosilicate from closing upon heating and results both in the formation of stable micropores and in a considerable increase in the specific surface area. The acidic properties of the H, Na, and Al forms of the layered aluminosilicate were studied by IR spectroscopy of adsorbed CO molecules and by the indicator method. After modification with hydroxo complexes of aluminum, the number of Lewis acid sites and the accessibility of acidic OH groups to CO adsorption increased. The total number and strength of acid sites increased as the calcination temperature of the layered aluminosilicate was increased. A correlation between catalytic activity in the reaction of acetone dimerization and the number of acid sites in different forms of the layered aluminosilicate was obtained.     

Investigation of the fusion reaction27Al+236U→263105 at excitation energies of 57 MeV and 65 MeV

The neutron-deficient isotopes^257,258105 were produced in the reaction²⁷Al+²³⁶u in 6n and 5n evaporation channels, respectively. The evaporation residues emerging from the target were separated in-flight from the projectiles and from products of different nuclear reactions by the electrostatic separator VASSILISSA [1]. The isotopes were then implanted into position-sensitive silicon detectors and identified using the --correlation method. The measured production cross-section is (5n)=(0.45±0.20)nb atE _P =154 MeV and (6n)=(0.075±0.055) nb atE _P =163 MeV. These cross-sections are compared with data measured for the same isotopes in the more symmetrical reaction⁵⁰Ti+²⁰⁹Bi.     

Observed difference between the probabilities of recoilless resonance absorptionf′ and reemissionf″ of gamma-quanta in single crystals of Na2[Fe(CN)5NO]·2 H2O

The recoilless absorption probability factor,f, and recoilless reemission,f, both measured on Na₂[Fe(CN)₅NO]·2 H₂O single crystals using the black filter technique, were found to be different. Unexpectedly, the results found weref>f. In the calculation off, selfabsorption in the scatterer, non-ideality of the black filter and the influence of non-resonant scattering processes have all been taken into account. By varying the scattering geometry for the incoming and outgoing -beam relative to the crystallographic axes only a change in the reemitted valuesf _a, f_b, f_c could be detected because of the long lifetime of the excited nucleus (10^–7 s) relative to the lattice vibration frequencies (10¹² Hz).     

Syntheses and conversion of polyhedral compounds. 26. Synthesis of new heteropolyhedral compounds by heterocyclization of certain 3,7-disubstituted derivatives of 3,7-diaza-and 1,3,7-triazabicyclo-[3.3.1]nonanes

The following heterocyclization reactions have been carried out: heterocyclization of 3,7-diacryloyl-3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane by benzylamine, heterocyclization of 3,7-diacryloyl-, 3,7-bis(-bromopropionyl)-, and 3,7-bis(-chloroethyl)-3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes by hydrogen sulfide, and heterocyclization of 3,7-bis(bromoacetyl)- and 3,7-diacryloyl-1,3,7-triazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes by benzylamine and hydrogen sulfide. New compounds were obtained, based on previously unknown thiadiaza-, triaza-, and tetraazatricyclic systems.For Communication 25, see [1].A. L. Mndzhoyan Institute of Fine Organic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Erevan 375014. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1133–1136, August, 1998.     

Coplanar monolithic resonator for X-ray and synchrotron radiation

A scheme of a three-block monolithic X-ray resonator with Si \((04\bar 4,40\bar 4)\)-configuration single crystal for NiKα₂ and synchrotron radiation is proposed and realized experimentally. Specialties and advantages of the proposed scheme are given. It is shown that using asymmetric Bragg reflections makes possible to solve one of the basic problems of X-ray resonators, that of the input of radiation into the resonator and creation of the lossless cycle. The technology of fabrication of the resonator is described and the problems of raising the efficiency of its operation are considered.     

One-step synthesis of [4-(alkylsulfanyl)buta-1,3-diene-1-yl]-triphenylphosphonium iodides from buta-1,3-diene-1,4-diylbis(triphenylphosphonium) iodide

Buta-1,3-diene-1,4-diylbis(triphenylphosphonium) iodide reacted with alkanethiols at room temperature in the presence of triethylamine to give [4-(alkylsulfanyl)buta-1,3-diene-1-yl]triphenylphosphonium iodides and triphenylphosphine in high yields. Two presumable reaction mechanisms involving ethynylvinyl intermediate (formed via the Hofmann decomposition of the starting diiodide and the initially formed 1,4-adduct with a thiol) were discussed.     

Determination of concentrations of fissionable elements in the Black Sea sediment samples before and after Chernobyl using neutron radiography method

The fissionable elements content, particularly uranium, of the Blask Sea sediment samples obtained in 1978 and 1989 as surfacial sediments were determined by neutron radiography using solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs).     

Some Mo¨ssbauer and X-ray investigations of theα2-Snformation during the reduction of SnCl2 water solutions

Tin structures with very high values of the isomer shifts (δ = +4.3 ± 0.1 mm/sec and δ = +7 ± 0.4 mm/sec) of the Mo¨ssbauer lines, have been observed not only in thin tin films but also in bulk samples. The samples have been obtained by the reduction of SnCl₂ water solutions with Mg, carried out either in the presence of ferromagnetic impurities (Fe, Co, Ni) or in an external magnetic field. The parallel X-ray studies are in accordance with the RHEED observations of thin tin films. The temperature dependence of the Mo¨ssbauer effect on samples rich inα₂-Snhas been studied and microcalorimetric measurements on samples containingβ₁-Snandα₂-Snhave also been performed.     

On the free scalar massless field in two-dimensional space-time

In the present paper the solutions of the quantum field problem for the free scalar massless field in two-dimensional space time are constructed. It is shown that the fields obtained cannot vanish at space-like infinity. The latter fact implies the existence of two conserved charge operators. The transformation properties of these solutions under the two-dimensional Lorentz group are examined.