Development of a new analytical method for the evaluation of hazards from slow decomposition of waste streams and process solutions

A wide variety of liquid streams are generated as part of the process research and development effort. Frequently these streams are drummed off, either as intermediates that must be held for processing or as wastes that must be sent off-site for disposal. Because of the long times and low concentrations often involved, current thermoanalytical techniques were inadequate to detect the potential of streams to generate gas. A custom-made apparatus, the gas evolution test cell (GETC), was developed in the Merck Research Laboratories to measure the gas generation potential of various streams under precisely defined conditions, is the key innovation for the development of a quantitative gas-generation test method.     

脱蜡剂DF-1的气相色谱-傅里叶变换红外光谱联用分析

脱蜡剂ＤＦ－１是一种含多种有机成分的碳氢化合物，经气相色谱－红外光谱联用分析后，确定了这些组分的组成与含量。     

Electron diffraction study of the molecular structure of gaseous 1,1-dibromo-3,3,5,5-tetramethyl-1-stanna-3,5-disila-4-oxacyclohexane,Br2Sn(CH2SiMe2)2O

The molecular structure of gaseous Br₂Sn(CH₂SiMe₂)₂O was studied by electron diffraction. The six-membered ring has a chair conformation whereas the entire molecule possessesC _s symmetry. The existence of a boat conformer cannot be completely excluded. The results of theoretical calculations for a twisted-boat conformation are at variance with the experimental data. Steric strain caused by mutual repulsion of the two axial methyl groups is reduced to the tilt of the Me₂Si fragments in opposite directions. This results in an increase (up to 26°C) in the angle formed by the bisector of the C_M-Si-C_M angle with the C_cSiO plane. The main geometrical parameters are as follows:r _g (Å): Si-O 1.708(20); Si-C_M 1.862(20); Si-C_c 1.882(9); Sn-C 2.108(26); Sn-Br 2.456(3); C-H 1.099(30); (degr.): C-Sn-C 105(2); Br-Sn-Br 107.9(1.2); Si-O-Si 129.6(3); C_M-Si-C_M 112; Si-C-H 113 (fixed value in accordance with experiment); C_c-Si-O 107(2); Sn-C-Si 109(2); torsion angles: (Si-C) 52(2); (Si-O) 62(1); (C_c-Sn) 54(1). The average amplitudes were fixed at the values calculated from the force field. Structural parameters of molecules with similar structures were analyzed and compared.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 384–387, February, 1993.     

B108中温变换催化剂宏观动力学的研究

常压下以内循环无梯度反应器研究了B108铁基中温变换催化剂上水煤气变换反应宏观动力学。测定了反应速率,并用马夸特非线性参数估值法获得了幂函数宏观动力学模型r_s=37.67exp(-43982/RT)y_(CO)~(0.7552)y_(H_2O)~(-0.0367)Y_(CO_2)~(-0.4874)y_(H_2)(1-β)根据方差分析和残差分析,证实模型是高度显著的。由实验数据计算出相应反应条件下的效率因子。内扩散对原粒度B108催化剂上的反应具有严重影响。模型用于工业变换炉催化剂的用量核算,模型值与实际值符合良好。     

A study of the oxidation of vegetable oils by inverse gas chromatography

Summary Inverse gas chromatography is shown to be suitable for the study of the oxidation of vegetable oils. With air as carrier gas characteristic plots of retention index versus time are obtained for hydroxylic test solutes that are consistent with the oxidation behaviour of vegetable oils. Shifts of retention are found to be accompanied by changes of column efficiency due to the oxidative crosslinking of polyunsaturated vegetable oils. The technique also leads to useful information concerning the oxidation of antioxidant inhibited systems. Presented at the 15th International Symposium on Chromatography, Nürnberg, October 1984     

微波辅助萃取-气相色谱-质谱法测定大气可吸入颗粒物中痕量多环芳烃

建立了微波辅助萃取－气相色谱－质谱联用测定大气可吸入颗粒物中痕量多环芳烃（PAHs）的分析方法，优化了萃取时间、溶剂用量、微波辐射功率等微波萃取条件，并与超声波萃取方法进行了对照研究。结果表明：除了苊、芴外，微波萃取方法的回收率在85％－130％之间；方法的检出限在0.002-0.016μg/m^3之间。通过实际样品中PAHs的分析表明，该法快速、溶剂用量小，满足痕量分析的要求。     

气相色谱-质谱法测定油炸淀粉类食品中的丙烯酰胺

 建立了油炸淀粉类食品中丙烯酰胺的溴衍生化气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)测定方法。样品经水提取、高速离心、石墨化 炭黑柱净化、溴衍生化后,以GC-MS选择离子进行定性,同位素稀释技术定量。该方法的检出限为5 μg/kg,回收率为90％ ～105％,相对标准偏差为6.3％。利用该方法对市场上某些油炸淀粉类食品进行了初步测定,发现薯片和炸薯条中含有27 8~4518 μg/kg的丙烯酰胺。     

Effects of Amplitude of the Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation on Aqueous Suspensions and Solutions

The effects of radiofrequency (RF) (1–4) and magnetic fields (5–9) on the behavior of aqueous solutions and suspensions have been a popular subject in recent years. The mechanism of the magnetic “water memory” effect, though, is still largely unknown (5). In this work, we present evidence that the primary “receptor” of the electromagnetic radiation is a gas/liquid interface. Gas can be either already present in water or produced by the effects of electromagnetic fields. Perturbed gas/liquid interfaces require hours to equilibrate. Certain RF and magnetic signals also produce reactive oxygen and hydrogen species (superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, hydrogen, atomic hydrogen). The perturbed gas/liquid interface modifies the hydrogen bonding networks in water and also the hydration of ions and interfaces. Careful outgassing removes all of the effects of the electromagnetic fields, including the magnetic memory effect. The amplitude of the applied field influences the observed effects. Different amplitudes of RF radiation perturb the interfacial water in different ways and consequently affect the behavior of colloids and ions in specific manners. For instance, the bulk and template precipitation of calcium carbonate, zeta potentials of suspended colloids, rate of dissolution of colloidal silica, and attachment of colloidal silica to metal surfaces are modified in specific ways with the low amplitude or high amplitude RF treatments described in this paper. The solubility/diffusivity of gas species is also modified in a different manner, and it is probably at the core of the specificity of the RF amplitude effects.