Determination of 4-nonylphenol and 4-tert.-octylphenol in water samples by stir bar sorptive extraction and thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

A simple and highly sensitive method called thermal desorption (TD)-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), which is used for the determination of trace amounts of 4-nonylphenol (NP) and 4-tert.-octylphenol (OP) in water samples, is described. NP and OP in samples are extracted from water samples and concentrated by the stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) technique. A stir bar coated with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is added to a 2.0 ml water sample and stirring is carried out for 60 min at room temperature (25 °C) in a headspace vial. Then the extract is high sensitively analyzed by TD-GC-MS without any derivatization step. The optimum SBSE conditions are realized at an extraction time of 60 min. The detection limits are 0.02 ng ml⁻¹ for NP and 0.002 ng ml⁻¹ for OP. The method shows good linearity over the concentration range of 0.1-10 ng ml⁻¹ for NP and 0.01-10 ng ml⁻¹ for OP, and the correlation coefficients are higher than 0.999. The average recoveries of NP and OP are higher than 97% (R.S.D.: 3.6-6.2%) with correction using the added surrogate standards, 4-(1-methyl) octylphenol-d₅ and deuterium 4-tert.-octylphenol. This simple, accurate, sensitive and selective analytical method may be used in the determination of trace amounts of NP and OP in tap and river water samples.     

Dynamic release process of pollutants during suspended sediment transport in aquatic system

Pollutants release is highly consistent with suspended sediment concentration （SSC） in water column, especially during re-suspension and transport events. The present research focuses on pollutant dynamic release from re-suspended sediment, especially the vertical distribution relationship between them. The sediment erosion experiments on a series of uniform flow are conducted in a circulate flume. Reactive tracer （phosphorus） is used as the contaminant in fine-grained sediments to identify the release characteristic length and time. Experimental results show that the flow condition near-bed depends on the sediment surface roughness. The region with high turbulent intensities corresponds to a high concentration sediment layer. In addition, the SSC decreases with the distance, water depth, and particle grain size. The sediment in a smaller grain size takes much more time to reach equilibrium concentration. Total phosphorus （TP） concentration changes along the water depth as SSC in the initial re-suspension stage, appearing in two obvious concentration regimes： the upper low-concentration layer and the high-concentration near-bottom layer. This layered phenomenon remains for about 3 hours until SSC distri- bution tends to be uniform. Longitudinal desorption plays an important role in long-way transport to reduce the amount of suspended sediment in water column.     

含酮基团对煤焦异相还原NO的影响

基于量子化学密度泛函理论和过渡态理论研究了含酮基团对煤焦异相还原NO的影响及其产物发生氧脱附的微观反应机理。计算结果表明，NO更易于吸附在含酮基团煤焦表面。椅形含酮基团强化了煤焦异相还原NO；锯齿形含酮煤焦表面与NO异相反应决速步能垒值（495.45 kJ/mol）大于锯齿形纯碳基煤焦表面与NO决速步能垒值（331.32 kJ/mol），基于锯齿形含酮煤焦模型中的氧浓度不在利于NO还原的范围内而不易于NO的还原。中间产物P1在无CO存在情况下，较纯碳基煤焦表面更易于发生氧脱附而产生表面缺陷；在CO存在条件下，含酮煤焦表面为氧脱附过程提供自由活性位点，降低了过程能垒消耗。     

Modification of the lunar surface by solar wind ion bombardment

Trivalent osmium ions are substitutionally incorporated into aqueous precipitates and melt-grown single crystals of AgBr and AgC1. The ions are distributed between three structurally inequivalent lattice sites in both salts. From epr studies, we have inferred that these sites are distinguished by the arrangement of charge-compensating silver ion vacancies in the two closest cation subshells. The most reasonable dopant-vacancy configurations have been deduced from the epr data. These configurations persist up to at least 300 K, and are compared with those observed in other trivalent metal ion doped systems.     

Non‐vacuum field desorption ion source implemented under super‐atmospheric pressure

Standard field desorption (FD) ionization is implemented under high vacuum condition. In this paper, non‐vacuum FD is performed under a super‐atmospheric pressure environment using untreated tungsten wires as FD emitter, and the ion source was coupled to a commercial linear ion trap mass spectrometer. The operating pressure of the ion source was 6 bars which was high enough to provide sufficient dielectric strength to the working gas so that the high voltage that was required for FD could be applied to the emitter without occurrence of electrical discharge. Non‐volatile sample deposited on the bare tungsten wire FD emitter was heated by flowing direct current through the emitter. Similar to vacuum FD, the formation of conical protrusion of the liquefied sample layer under the strong electric field was also observed. Using the present ion source, high pressure field‐desorption of polar neutral compounds, organic salts and ionic liquids is demonstrated. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于冷原子吸收分光光度法的热解析-低温等离子体脱汞技术研究

研究含汞土壤的修复问题，采用热解析和低温等离子体综合技术探究新途径，调整温度、添加剂、时间等因素来判断脱汞效果并探究其不同形态，分析工艺过程废料的内部联系，并对废气处理进行分析实验。结论如下：(1)通过改良技术的BCR连续萃取法，得出研究区汞的形态主要为有机结合态(53%)。之后依次是氧化物结合态(33%)、酸可提取态(8%)、残渣态(6%)。(2)温度对热解析程度影响较大。在500℃以上的热解析条件下，土壤中的汞浓度不足1.5 mg·kg-1。(3)当选用400℃的解析温度时，40 min汞去除总体完成。在低于1 700 mg·kg-1的浓度下，汞去除率随着土壤中的含量的增大而减小。(4)氯化钙对于热解析的促进作用最强，柠檬酸、升华硫也有一定作用，硫化钠对于汞去除形成阻滞。(5)低温等离子体的最佳状态是电源设置电压为22 kV，频率为660 Hz。整个系统的汞去除程度可达近90%。     

Distinguishing authentic and counterfeit banknotes by surface chemical composition determined using electrospray laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry

Electrospray laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (ELDI/MS) was used to rapidly distinguish authentic banknotes from counterfeits of the US dollar and the New Taiwan dollar. The banknotes' surfaces were irradiated with a pulsed ultraviolet laser, after which the desorbed ink compounds entered an electrospray plume and formed ions via interactions with charged solvent species. Authentic banknotes were found to differ from their counterfeit equivalents in their surface chemical compositions. The detected chemical compounds included various polymers, plasticizers and inks; these results were comparable with those obtained using solvent extraction followed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry analysis. Because of the high spatial resolution of the laser beam, ELDI/MS analysis resulted in minimal damage to the banknotes. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

聚乙烯亚胺改性氧化石墨对水中Cr(Ⅵ)的吸附

通过对石墨氧化、酯化,将聚乙烯亚胺耦合接枝到氧化石墨表面,制备聚乙烯亚胺改性氧化石墨(PEI-GO).通过FTIR、XRD、TEM、RS和XPS等对合成材料进行表征,并研究了其对水中的Cr(Ⅵ)吸附和脱附性能.表征结果表明,聚乙烯亚胺成功嫁接到氧化石墨上,其氨基含量为4.36 mmol·g^-1.PEI-GO对水中Cr(Ⅵ)具有很好的吸附性能,吸附等温线符合Freundlich方程,吸附动力学可用拟二级动力学方程来描述.PEI-GO对水中Cr(Ⅵ)的吸附随pH的升高而降低.阴离子的存在降低吸附剂对Cr(Ⅵ)的吸附,不同阴离子的影响大小顺序为PO₄^3- >SO₄^2- >NO^3- >Cl^-.XPS结果表明,PEI-GO对Cr(Ⅵ)的去除是吸附-化学还原耦合作用的结果.经4次脱附再生循环,PEI-GO对Cr(VI)仍具有较高吸附量,表明该吸附剂再生性好,可循环使用.     

Suppression of Photoinduced BBO Defects Generation on TIO2（110） by Water

We have investigated creation of variable concentrations of defects on TIO2（110）-（1×1） surface by 266 nm laser using temperature programmed desorption technique. Oxygen-vacancy defects can be easily induced by ultraviolet light, the defects concentration has a linear dependence on power density higher than 50 mW/cm2 for 90 s irradiation. No observation of O2 molecule and Ti atom desorption suggests that UV induced defects creation on TiO2（110）-（1×1） is an effective and gentle method. With pre-dosage of thin films of water, the rate of defects creation on TiO2（110）-（1×1） is slower at least by two orders of magnitude than bare TiO2（110）-（1×1） surface. Further investigations show that water can be more easily desorbed by UV light, and thus desorption of bridging oxygen is depressed.