Determination of mercury in soils and sediments by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry with slurry sampling

A graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometric procedure for the determination of mercury is presented, in which the samples are suspended in a solution containing hydrofluoric and nitric acids. Silver nitrate (4% m/v) and potassium permanganate (3%) are incorporated, in the order specified, and aliquots are directly introduced into the graphite furnace. A fast heating programme with no conventional pyrolysis step is used. The detection limit for mercury in a 125 mg ml⁻¹ suspension is 0.1 μg g⁻¹. Calibration is performed by using aqueous standards. The reliability of the procedure is proved by analysing certified reference materials.     

氯化钠对锂离子电池石墨负极的修饰改性

Numerous carbonaceous materials have been studied as anodes of lithium ion batteries during the past several years[1￣4].Graphite was favored for battery applications because it exhibits a high specific capac- ity, low working potential close to that of l…     

钇对Nd-Fe-Al-Ni非晶合金热稳定性与晶化行为的影响

采用差示扫描量热法（DSC）、X射线衍射（XRD）和透射电镜（TEM）研究了Y对Nd-Fe-Al-Ni非晶合金热稳定性和晶化行为的影响。结果表明,淬火态的Nd60Fe20Al10Ni10-xYx（x=0,2）合金基本为非晶组织同时还含有少量的淬态相,Y的加入抑制了淬态相的析出。加入Y后,非晶合金的晶化开始温度和晶化峰值温度都向高温方向移动,证明其热稳定性提高。Y的加入改变了合金的晶化方式和最终晶化产物,使非晶基体中析出的晶化相更加弥散圆整细小。并且Y具有在化学上钝化氧杂质的作用,从而抑制了氧的有害作用。利用Kissinger方程获得了Nd60Fe20Al10Ni8Y2非晶合金的晶化开始和晶化峰值激活能分别为1.21和1.16 eV。     

X-ray emission spectroscopy with EPMA applied to high Tc Superconductors using new spectrometer crystals

The High Temperature Superconductors are characterized by a very anisotropical structure and by typical arrangements of Cu- and O-atoms within CuO₂-planes. In studying the electronic structure of these compounds there is a strong demand for high resolution valence band spectroscopy. Using an electron probe microanalyzer we study the X-ray emission of O-K_ga and Cu-L emerging from polycrystalline YBa₂Cu₃O₇ and Tl₂Ba₂Ca₂Cu₃O₁₀. The O-K emission band is analyzed using a chlinochlore crystal in (001) orientation (2d = 28.4 Å). For the Cu-L emission band we use a beryl crystal in (10¯10) orientation (2d = 15.9 Å). Furthermore, orientation dependent X-ray emission spectroscopy of single-crystalline YBa₂Cu₃O₇ and Tl₂Ba₂Ca₁Cu₂O₈ specimens was performed. We present the partial O-K spectra which represent the O-2p ( = x, y, z) electronic densities of states of the valence band and compare them with calculated data.     

一系列氢键诱导液晶复合物的合成及表征

以２－氰基－３－（４－（２－氯－３－甲基－１－丁酰氧基）－苯基丙烯酸（Ａ）为质子给体，Ｎ－（４－吡啶基亚甲基）－４－烷氧基苯胺（ｎＳＳＺ）为质子受体，合成了一系列新的氢键复和物，经红外光谱证实了分子间氢键的存在，通过ＤＳＣ，偏光方法及Ｘ射线衍射方法对其液晶行为进行研究，结果表明复合物呈现近晶相行为。     

预取向液晶单体光聚合反应

通过表面摩擦、施加外电场(或磁场)和应力剪切等手段使液晶单体取向后进行光聚合反应是制备高度取向、高度均匀和高度透明高分子液晶膜的重要方法。它在高分子非线性光学材料、导电商分子材料和光纤涂层等领域中具有广泛的应用前景。     

二硫代氨基甲酸螯合树脂化学修饰电极的制备及银离子的测定

将纯石墨电极经三氧化二铝抛光与浓硝酸和浓硫酸(1+1)混合酸使其极性化,之后于1 g·L-1聚氯乙烯(PVC)环己酮溶液10μL中浸渍片刻,取出,用红外灯照射烘干30 min,冷却后,将电极置于含有哌嗪、K3PO4及二甲基甲酰胺(DMF)(2:1:8)的混合液中使其反应;最后在氢氧化钠存在下与二硫化碳反应,用水洗至中性,即制成修饰有二硫代氨基甲酸螯合树脂的石墨电极,将其用于银的测定。与未修饰的电极相比此电极具有较高的灵敏度和较好的选择性,在1．0×10-8～1．0×10-5mol·L-1范围内,峰电流与浓度呈线性关系,检出限为5．0×10-9mol·L-1。     

Coprecipitation with metal hydroxides for the determination of beryllium in seawater by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

Coprecipitation first with magnesium hydroxide, next with tin(IV) hydroxide is developed for the determination of traces of beryllium in sea-water. To a 200-ml sample is added a sodium hydroxide solution to form magnesium hydroxide at pH 11.5, on which beryllium is quantitatively coprecipitated. The precipitate is separated by centrifugation and dissolved in 2 ml of 12 mol/l hydrochloric acid. The resulting solution (ca. 10 ml) is mixed with 2 mg of tin (IV) carrier and the pH is adjusted to 5.0 to collect the beryllium on tin (IV) hydroxide, leaving magnesium ions in the solution. The tin (IV) hydroxide is centrifuged, dissolved in 0.1 ml of 5 mol/l hydrobromic acid, and then diluted to 1 ml with water. Magnesium is so added as to be 500 g/ml for increasing the sensitivity about four times, and the beryllium in the solution is determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. The experiments with synthetic seawater samples showed that pg — g amounts of beryllium can be coprecipitated on the metal hydroxides and beryllium at the low ng/1 level can be determined with reasonable precision (RSD < 10%). The detection limit of the proposed method is 0.5 ng/l of beryllium in seawater.     

Corrugated single-layer graphite sheet as a model of stepped surface of a crystal

Electronic structure calculations have been performed for flat graphite sheets and periodically distorted sheets with different values of deformation angle and hydrogen adsorption. These characteristics do not all behave monotonically with increasing deformation angle. At small deformation angles, the electrons pass from the atoms of terraces to those of edges, while at larger angles the reverse pattern is observed. The position of the Fermi level also varies nonmonotonically. The binding energy of hydrogen depends significantly on the adsorption site, and the difference can be doubled. Based on the ata obtained, it was concluded that a priori statements derived from the “general concepts” on the difference in the physicochemical properties of, for example, terrace and edge atoms on high-index facets are unreliable.     

Molecular Recognition and Crystal Energy Landscapes: An X‐ray and Computational Study of Caffeine and Other Methylxanthines

We introduce a new approach to crystal‐packing analysis, based on the study of mutual recognition modes of entire molecules or of molecular moieties, rather than a search for selected atom–atom contacts, and on the study of crystal energy landscapes over many computer‐generated polymorphs, rather than a quest for the one most stable crystal structure. The computational tools for this task are a polymorph generator and the PIXEL density sums method for the calculation of intermolecular energies. From this perspective, the molecular recognition, crystal packing, and solid‐state phase behavior of caffeine and several methylxanthines (purine‐2,6‐diones) have been analyzed. Many possible crystal structures for anhydrous caffeine have been generated by computer simulation, and the most stable among them is a thermodynamic, ordered equivalent of the disordered phase, revealed by powder X‐ray crystallography. Molecular recognition energies between two caffeine molecules or between caffeine and water have been calculated, and the results reveal the largely predominant mode to be the stacking of parallel caffeine molecules, an intermediately favorable caffeine–water interaction, and many other equivalent energy minima for lateral interactions of much less stabilization power. This last indetermination helps to explain why caffeine does not crystallize easily into an ordered anhydrous structure. In contrast, the mono‐ and dimethylxanthines (theophylline, theobromine, and the 1,7‐isomer, for which we present a single‐crystal X‐ray study and a lattice energy landscape) do crystallize in anhydrous form thanks to the formation of lateral hydrogen bonds.