Influence of the conditions of manufacture of nanomeric zirconium dioxide,stabilized with yttrium oxide,on its catalytic properties in the oxidation of CO

The morphological and catalytic properties of samples of nanomeric zirconium dioxide, stabilized with yttrium oxide, manufactured via the effect of a UHF field during the process of drying precipitated zirconium hydroxide and calcination at temperatures from 300 to 1000 °C, were studied. It was shown that the highest activity in the oxidation of CO occurred with 40 nm particles of zirconium dioxide prepared at 1000 °C. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 96–101, March–April, 2007.     

ESR study of products of transformation of 3,6-tert-butylpyrocatechol on alumina, zinca, silica, and titania

The formation of semiquinone and phenoxazyl radicals and metallocomplexes with semiquinone ligands was observed by ESR during the interaction of di-tert-butylpyrocatechol with Al₂O₃, ZnO, SiO₂, and TiO₂. In the case of different modifications of SiO₂, admixtures of TiO₂ exhibit a higher reactivity in complex formation with the organic substrate. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1975–1978, October, 1998.     

Characterization and catalytic behavior of La2 - x (Sr, Th)xCuO4 ± λ in reaction NO+CO

Two mixed oxide systems La₂-_xSr_xCuO_{4± λ} (0.0⩽x⩽1. 0) and La_2-xTh_xCuO_{4± λ} (O. O⩽x⩽ 0.4) with K₂NiF₄ structure were prepared by varyingx values. Their crystal structures were studied by means of XRD and IR spectra. The average valence of Cu ion at B site, nonstoichiometric oxygen (λ) and the chemical composition in the bulk and on the surface of the catalysts were measured by means of chemical analysis and XPS. The catalytic behavior in reaction CO+NO was investigated under the regular change of average valence of Cu ion at B site and nonstoichiometric oxygen (λ). Meanwhile, the adsorption and activation of the small molecules NO and the mixture of NO+CO over the mixed oxide catalysts were studied by means of MS-TPD. The catalytic mechanism of reaction NO+CO over these oxide catalysts were proposed; and it has been found that, at lower temperatures the activation of NO is the rate determining step and the catalytic activity is related to the lower valent metallic ion and its concentration, while at higher temperatures the adsorption of NO is the rate determining step and the catalytic activity is related to the oxygen vacancy and its concentration. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

固—液界面阴离子集团构型的密度泛函理论研究

通过键合不同数量的H2PO4^-离子构造了H4P2O8^2-和H4P4O16^8-两种阴离子集 团。利用密度泛函理论对它们的构型进行优化并计算其振动频率和喇曼散射效率。 测量了固—液界面边界层的喇曼光谱并与理论计算结果进行对比分析，进一步研究 了阴离子集团的结构、聚合及脱水等过程。实验和理论研究均表明阴离子二聚体是 KDP晶体的生长基元，他们在固液界面将进一步形成多聚体分子集团，而离子集团 的脱水过程则发生在距KDP晶体表面约50μm的固—液界面边界层中。随着生长层向 界面的推进，这些分子集团将变得越来越有序。本文的研究结果对确定晶体生长界 面动力学过程、发展和完善晶体生长理论有重要意义。     

Mn位掺杂钙钛矿结构化合物LaSr2Mn2-xNixO7的磁性和电性的研究

The effect of Ni substitution for Mn on magnetic and transport properties has been investigated for layered manganese oxides LaSr₂Mn_2-xNi_xO₇. Nickel doping hampered the canted antiferromagnetic (AFM) exchange at low temperature and their Neel temperature (T_N) decreased from 138 K (x=0) to 102 K (x=0.3). Meanwhile, spin glass, charge ordering and metal-insulator transition are suppressed by Ni addition. The resistivity increases obviously with increasing x due to double exchange interaction channel broken by Ni²⁺ addition. The resistivity of all samples in low temperature range fits to the Mott′s variable rang hopping (VRH) model, while it fits to nearest neighbor hopping of small polarons model in high temperature range.     

Networks and chain coverings in partial orders and their products

For an arbitrary poset P, subposets {P _i : 1ik} form a transitive basis of P if P is the transitive closure of their union. Let u be the minimum size of a covering of P by chains within posets of the basis, s the maximum size of a family of elements with no pair comparable in any basis poset, and a the maximum size of an antichain in P. Define a dense covering to be a collection D of chains within basis posets such that each element belongs to a chain in D within each basis poset and is the top of at least k-1 chains and the bottom of at least k-1 chains in D. Dense coverings generalize ordinary chain coverings of poset. Let d=min {|D|–(k–1)|P|}. For an arbitrary poset and transitive basis, a convenient network model for dense coverings yields the following: Theorem 1: da, with equality iff P has a minimum chain decomposition in which every pair of consecutive elements on each chain are comparable in some basis poset. Theorem 2: usda. Theorem 3: s=d iff s=a. The most interesting special case is where the transitive basis expresses P as the product of two posets, in which case u and s measure the minimum and maximum sizes of unichain coverings and semiantichains.     

Age related changes in the thermal transition of Turkey leg flexor tendon collagen

A differential scanning calorimetric, thermogravimetric and electron microscopic investigation has been carried out on the uncalcified areas of turkey leg flexor tendon as a function of age. Rehydrated samples exhibit an increase of thermal stability with age. The H_D values drop from about 11 cal·g^–1 in the first weeks of life down to 7 cal·g^–1 after the 11th week.At about 11 weeks, the collagen fibril diameter distribution passes from unimodal to multimodal. The DSC curves as well as the TG-DTG curves recorded from dried samples do not show any appreciable difference with ageing. The variations in thermal behaviour of rehydrated samples and fibril diameter distribution could be related to modifications in water binding with ageing.The Authors are grateful to Dr. G. Fabris for discussion and help in the selection of the samples. They also wish to thank Mr. G. Pizzuto for excellent technical assistance. The financial support by Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche is gratefully acknowledged.     

离聚体的结构表征——Ⅴ.含氟离聚体中离子微区稳定性的研究

本文用DSC方法研究了羟酸型含氟离聚体中不同金属离子种类、可离子化基团含量、配位结构单元构型及离子微区大小对离聚体中离子微区稳定性的影响。实验表明:离聚体中金属离子配位能力愈强,羟酸含量愈高,离子微区尺寸愈大,则相应离聚体中离子微区稳定性愈大。铅高聚体>锌离聚体>钙离聚体>钠离聚体。