Pyrolysis study of fluorinated sol-gel silica

Fluorinated silica gels at various fluorine content were prepared via sol-gel by hydrolysis of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane and tetraethoxysilane mixtures. The gels, of nominal stoichiometry Si(CH₂CH₂CF₃)_XO_(2-X/2)(X=0.1-1), were characterized by FT-IR, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and N₂ adsorption analysis. The thermal stability of the fluorinated samples was investigated by coupling thermogravimetric measurements with mass spectrometric and gas chromatographic analyses of the evolved gaseous species. The chemical reactions occurring in the gel matrices during heating were siloxane chain rearrangements involving condensation between residual hydroxyl and ethoxyl groups in the 100-350°C temperature range, whereas the thermal decomposition of the fluoroalkyl groups were observed at higher temperatures (450-600°C). The release of the fluoroalkyl moieties also involved C-F/Si-O bond exchanges inside the siloxane chains, with gas-phase evolution of different fluorinated silicon units. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Determination of decabromodiphenyl ether in sediments using selective pressurized liquid extraction followed by GC–NCI-MS

A method based on selective pressurized liquid extraction (SPLE) followed by gas chromatography–negative ion chemical ionization-mass spectrometry (GC–NCI-MS) has been evaluated for analysis of decabromodiphenyl ether (PBDE-209) in sediment samples. Instrumental operating conditions such as source temperature and system pressure were optimized in the NCI-MS system, giving an instrumental detection limit of 2 pg. The limit of determination of the entire SPLE–GC–NCI-MS procedure was around 50 pg g^–1 dry weight (dw), with repeatability of replicates between 4 and 21% relative standard deviation. Application of the method to 13 different river and marine sediment samples collected in Spain revealed that levels of decabromodiphenyl ether ranged between 2 and 132 ng g^–1 dry weight.     

天祝煤MRF工艺热解焦油的组成分析

本文对天祝煤ＭＲＦ（ＭｕｔｉｓｔａｇｅＲｏｔａｒｙＦｕｒｎａｃｅ）热解焦油进行了常规及元素分析，了解其基本特性；用毛细管色谱分别对焦油各馏分进行了分析，共定性定量了１０３种化合物，酚类化合物以低级酚（苯酚、甲酚）为主，中性化合物为多烷基芳烃衍生物、脂肪族链状烷烃和烯烃。上述分析结果为从焦油中提取酚类化工原料或将其加工成各种燃料油的可行性提供了依据。     

石油焦与煤混合燃料热重分析研究

石油焦与煤混合燃烧是高效处理石油焦的有效方法，作者对选用的石油焦和煤不同配比的混合燃料进行了热重分析研究。使用常压高温热天平研究、分析了各配比混合燃料的热解特性和燃烧特性。并根据化学动力学方法计算了各过程的化学动力学参数，即活化能E和频率因子A0。结果表明，各混合燃料热解起始温度大致相同，随煤焦比减小，挥发分析出速率变缓，最大释放速度所对应的温度升高，最终失重率减小，挥发分释放特性指数减小；随煤焦比增大，混合燃料着火温度和燃尽温度逐渐降低，最大燃烧速率所对应的温度降低，燃烧特性指数增大；随煤焦比减小，活化能和频率因子增大。     

聚苯基不对称三嗪的热分解

用高分辨裂解气相色谱－质谱（ＨＲＰｙＧＣ－ＭＳ）考察了由对苯二眯腙和四种不同芳香族四酮合成的聚苯基不对称三嗪的热分解行为，鉴定了相应裂解产物的组成、分布及其与高分子结构的关系，并用热重法（ＴＧ）测定了它们的热分解反应动力学参数，提出了其热分解反应机理．     

On-probe pyrolysis desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) mass spectrometry for the analysis of non-volatile pyrolysis products

An on-probe pyrolyzer has been constructed and interfaced with desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) mass spectrometry (MS) for the rapid analysis of non-volatile pyrolysis products. The detection and analysis of non-volatile pyrolysis products of peptides, proteins and the synthetic polymer poly(ethylene glycol) were demonstrated with this instrument. The on-probe pyrolyzer can be operated off-line or on-line with the DESI source and was interfaced with a tandem MS (MS/MS) instrument, which allowed for structure characterization of the non-volatile pyrolytic products. Advantages of this system are its simplicity and speed of analysis since the pyrolysis is performed in situ on the DESI source probe and hence, it avoids extraction steps and/or the use of matrices (e.g., as in MALDI–MS analyses).     

Comparison of Pyrolysis and Microwave Acid Digestion Techniques for the Determination of Mercury in Biological and Environmental Materials

 Microwave digestion reduction-aeration and pyrolysis combined with cold vapour atomic absorption and cold vapour atomic fluorescence are compared for the determination of total mercury in several biological and environmental matrices. The biological samples were digested in a mixture of HNO₃/H₂O₂, the environmental samples in a mixture of HNO₃/HClO₄. After reduction with SnCl₂, the mercury was collected by two-stage gold amalgamation. After microwave digestion reduction-aeration, detection limits of 1.4 ng g⁻¹ and 0.6 ng g⁻¹ were obtained for cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) and cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CVAFS), respectively, for 250 mg of environmental samples. For biological samples (500 mg) the detection limits were 0.7 ng g⁻¹ (CVAAS) and 0.4 ng g⁻¹ (CVAFS). After pyrolysis, detection limits of 3.5 ng g⁻¹ and 1.6 ng g⁻¹ for CVAAS and CVAFS, respectively, were obtained for a 10 mg sample. Pyrolysis can only be applied when the organic content of the sample is not too high. Accurate results were obtained for 8 certified reference materials of both environmental and biological origin. In addition, a real sludge sample was analysed. Author for correspondence. E-mail: richard.dams@rug.ac.be Received September 18, 2002; accepted December 3, 2002 Published online May 5, 2003     

New method for determination of heats of thermal gas-phase reactions yielding intermediates

A new procedure for the determination of the heats of thermal gas-phase reversible reactions leading to intermediates in the framework of the adiabatic compression method is proposed. A model problem is solved, and the error of the method is evaluated (-1 %). The validity of the method was confirmed using the reversible formation of the I,2-biradical from tetrafluoroethylene as an example. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 64–67, January, 1996.     

硬木热解过程中颗粒内部二次反应的数值研究Ⅱ.数值模拟结果

为了研究生物质（硬木）热解过程中颗粒内部的二次反应，对流化床环境下单颗粒生物质热解模型进行了求解。计算针对典型大颗粒和典型小颗粒在流化床反应器反应条件下的热解过程，对不同大小颗粒内部各种产物的生成、消耗、积累以及逃逸行为进行了定量描述。计算结果表明：对于直径为2mm的小颗粒，颗粒内二次裂解的份额可以忽略，但是对于直径10mm的大颗粒，热争过程中有超过20%的一次焦油参加了颗粒内部二次反应，颗粒内二次裂解显著地改变了热解产物分布，改变了热解产物的品质。     

Pyrolysis Analysis and Kinetics of Crude Oils

This research presents the results of an experimental study on the determination of pyrolysis behaviour and kinetics of six crude oils by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry (TG/DTG). Crude oil pyrolysis indicated two main temperature ranges where loss of mass was observed. The first region between ambient to 400°C was distillation. The second region between 400 and 600°C was visbreaking and thermal cracking. Arrhenius-type kinetic model is used to determine the kinetic parameters of crude oils studied. It was observed that as crude oils gets heavier (°API decreases) cracking activation energy increases. Activation energy of cracking also show a general trend with asphaltene content. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.