A robust spin-coated optical sensing device for rapid determination of predominant metal ions in wastewater streams

The potential of an optical sensing material for determination of metal ions in wastewater streams is presented. The initial results in the development of a chromo-ionophore-based optical sensor for metal ions are detailed. An azo dye species, 2-(5-bromo-2-pyridylazo)-5-diethylaminophenol (BrPADAP), together with an ionophore and plasticiser was immobilised in a film of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC). Initial investigations using the dye-impregnated sensing film showed a reproducible and reversible response to Pb(II) ions in aqueous solution. The response of this sensing film to Pb(II) at pH 6 was found to be linear in the 0.1-10 mg/L range, with a %RSD of 1.55%. The film can be regenerated by immersion in a low-pH buffer solution. The authors demonstrate how this method shows potential for analysis using once-off sensing probes. The sensing film response for Pb(II) occurs within 30 s.     

Marine Sediments and Snow from Ross Sea Region (Antarctica) Dating by 210Pb Method

Abstract

²¹⁰Pb is widely used to determine accumulation rates in order to obtain a time scale in environmental samples. The most accurate method uses the determination of ²¹⁰Pb via its grand-daughter ²¹⁰Po by alpha spectrometry. Unfortunately this method requires a complex wet-chemistry procedure to achieve the separation of ²¹⁰Po from its matrix. In this work a simplified procedure for the chemical separation of ²¹⁰Po is proposed and applied to three marine sediment cores and a 10 m snow core collected in Antarctica. The calculated sedimentation rates for marine sediments range from 0.053 to 0.071 cm y^?1. The mean annual accumulation rate for the snow is 16.6 cm y^?1 w.e. A comparison with literature data in the same region is given.     

A generalized super AKNS hierarchy associated with orthosymplectic Lie superalgebra OSP(2,2) and its super bi-Hamiltonian structures

For the orthosymplectic Lie superalgebra $\text{◂⋅▸}OSP(2,2)$, we choose a set of basis matrices. A linear combination of those basis matrices presents a spatial spectral matrix. The compatible condition of the spatial part and the corresponding temporal parts of the spectral problem leads to a generalized super AKNS (GSAKNS) hierarchy. By making use of the supertrace identity, the obtained GSAKNS hierarchy can be written as the super bi-Hamiltonian structures.     

锂铅合金释氚实验研究

由于锂铅合金因具有高增殖比、低活泼性和可能作为冷却剂的特点,被认为是最有潜力的能源堆包层氚增殖材料。在理论模型描述熔融锂铅合金氚释放行为的基础上,开展了中子辐照后Li₁₇Pb₈₃合金的离线氚释放实验。结果表明: 释放氚的化学形式99％以上为难溶于水的成分（HT或T2）; 氚滞留时间随载气中氢分压的增加而减小,氢分压达到1000 Pa后变为常数,且与实体积无关;氚释放速率对温度的依赖性符合Arrhenius定律。以此为基础得到的氚在熔融锂铅中的动力学参数结果,虽与文献值有差异,但同样证明了在633—973 K的范围内, 氚从液态锂铅到气相的整个释放过程中起决定作用的是氚在合金内的扩散和气\|液界面的多相反应重组。Lithium\|lead alloy is considered to be one of the most prominent tritium breeding materials for the fusion reactor blanket because of its high breeding ratio, and low reactivity and possible use as coolant. An out\|of\|pile experiment of tritium release from Li₁₇Pb₈₃ alloy was performed after neutron irradiation on the base of mathematical model to describe tritium release behavior from an eutectic lithium\|lead alloy. The results suggest that the dominant chemical form of the released tritium (>99%) was the water\| insoluble component (HT or T2). Tritium residence time decreased with increasing H₂pressure in carrier gas up to 1000 Pa, and above this concentration limit it became constant and not influenced by the plenum volume. The temperature dependence of the tritium release rate can be described by an Arrhenius law. Consequently, the present results on the kinetic parameters of tritium in molten Li₁₇Pb₈₃alloy are considered to be different from the values in literature, but it is the same that the overall release process is governed by the diffusion of tritium atoms in the Li₁₇Pb₈₃and by the heterogeneous reaction at the gas\|eutectic interface of the tritium atom recombination at temperatures from 633 to 973 K.     

Configuration interactions constrained by energy density functionals

A new method for constructing a Hamiltonian for configuration interaction calculations with constraints to energies of spherical configurations obtained with energy-density-functional (EDF) methods is presented. This results in a unified model that reproduced the EDF binding-energy in the limit of single-Slater determinants, but can also be used for obtaining energy spectra and correlation energies with renormalized nucleon–nucleon interactions. The three-body and/or density-dependent terms that are necessary for good nuclear saturation properties are contained in the EDF. Applications to binding-energies and spectra of nuclei in the region above ²⁰⁸Pb are given.     

微波消解–ICP–OES法测定陶土中铅和镉含量

建立微波消解–ICP–OES法测定陶土中铅和镉含量的方法。采用氢氟酸–硝酸作为消解液,微波消解法处理样品,消解液定容后直接进入耐氢氟酸的进样系统,用ICP–OES法测定陶土中重金属铅和镉的含量。结果表明,Pb和Cd检出限分别为0.027μg/m L和0.011μg/m L,回收率分别为90.5%~98.8%和95.0%~98.4%,测定结果相对标准偏差分别为1.38%和2.17%(n=7)。该方法具有快速、准确、灵敏度高等优点,适用于陶土中铅和镉含量的检测。     

质量控制图用于石墨炉原子吸收光谱法检测海水中铅元素

为保证海水中重金属检测结果的准确可靠,以铅元素为例,每个工作日使用石墨炉原子吸收光谱仪平行测定铅质控样2次,收集20组有效数据后,通过计算均值、标准差得出上下控制限、警告线及辅助限,绘制出在当前实验室环境条件、仪器设备、试剂药品和人员水平等因素条件下的质量控制图。该质量控制图不仅用于实际检测过程中对检测结果进行监控,还可为该实验室的人员考核、留样复测等实验室质量控制行为提供结果判定依据。     

A novel way to synthesize Pb nanotapes in liquid ammonia

Lead nanotapes were synthesized in liquid ammonia solvent in the presence of sodium metal at low temperature.The process was template free.Transmission electron microscopy(TEM) observations and X-ray diffraction(XRD) characterizations revealed that the as-prepared Pb nanotapes have average diameters in the range of 40-50 nm.and lengths up to several hundred nanometers, and exhibit cubic crystal structures.     

Sediment records of Sb and Pb stable isotopic ratios in Lake Qinghai

A sediment core in Lake Qinghai in northwest China was collected in 2006. ¹³⁷Cs and ²¹⁰Pb activities were analyzed to investigate the chronology of the sediment core. Sb and Pb concentrations, and Pb stable isotopic ratios were analyzed to study the historical atmospheric deposition records and sources of Sb over the past 15 centuries. The Sb concentration was 4.21 ± 1.52 μg/g in the sediments, its vertical distribution of Sb shows three large peaks in the recent two centuries, 1799, 1896 and 1944, coincided with Sb contamination from large wars, respectively. The peak in 1920 responded the large earthquake that happened in northern China, which was not far away from Lake Qinghai. The Sb/Pb ratio, ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁷Pb and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁶Pb results suggest that Sb and Pb were probably from the ores in South China and coals in North China before 1965, but obviously from uses of leaded gasoline after 1965.