Research problem

This section appears from time to time. Contributions are invited, and should be submitted to R C. Thompson, Mathematics Department. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA93106-3080, USA.     

Reactions of hole species in γ-irradiated KCl,KBr and KI with the emulsion of aniline and water

-Irradiated KCl, KBr and KI are dissolved separately in the emulsion of water and aniline. Halogens as radiolytic products are extracted in aniline forming stable halogen-aniline complexes. Hole species from V₂ and V₃ centers and free halogens trapped in crystalline salts are solvated first in water phase during dissolution and immediately form complexes with aniline. A typical vibrational structure of absorption bands around 300 nm is observed. The yields of halogens and thereby complexes are found to depend upon the concentration of F and hole centers and the mesh of the salt.     

Determination of ascorbic acid by iodate using iodine cyanide end point; indirect determination of vanadium, and colorimetric determination of ascorbic acid

Summary Two methods for the determination of ascorbic acid are described. The first employs titration with iodate in presence of cyanide and hydrochloric acid and starch indicator with two end points, corresponding to the formation of iodine after reduction to iodide and conversion of iodine to iodine cyanide respectively. The titration is applied to the indirect determination of vanadium(V). In the second method ascorbic acid is treated with excess ferric solution and the ferrous iron formed is determined colorimetrically by ortho-phenanthroline.

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Zusammenfassung Zwei Verfahren zur Ascorbinsäurebestimmung werden beschrieben. Bei dem ersten wird in Gegenwart von KCN und Salzsäure sowie von Stärke als Indicator mit Jodatlösung titriert. Dabei werden zwei Endpunkte erhalten, die der Reduktion von Jodat zu Jodid und damit verbundener Jodbildung bzw. der Umwandlung des Jods in JCN entsprechen. Diese Titration wird auch zur indirekten Bestimmung von Vanadium(V) verwendet. Bei dem zweiten Verfahren wird die Ascorbinsäure mit überschüssiger Eisen(III)-lösung behandelt und das gebildete zweiwertige Eisen colorimetrisch mit o-Phenanthrolin bestimmt.

     

Determination of thiourea and its methyl derivatives by hypoiodite oxidation, and iodine monochloride end point; iodine bromide end point in the titration of thiourea with iodate

Summary Procedures have been described for the quantitative determination of thiourea and its methyl derivatives, wherein iodate, permanganate, and ceric sulphate have been used as direct titration solution, either following preoxidation by alkali hypoiodite via (ICI + KOH) or in case of thiourea, by iodine bromide method. Apart from using standard oxidants the methods have an added advantage of a high conversion factor due to oxidation of sulphur to sulphate. Alternative physical methods of detecting the end point is an added feature of these procedures.The authors wish to express their grateful thanks to Dr. S. S. Joshi, D. Sc. (London), for his kind interest in the work.     

Application of the two stage ascorbic acid-iodate titration to the determination of iodine and iodide

Summary An extension of the two stage titration of ascorbic acid against iodate to the determination of iodine and iodide in a solution is described. A known excess of ascorbic acid, standardized against iodate, is added to a mixed iodine and iodide solution and the excess ascorbic acid together with the total iodide is titrated against the same iodate to the two end points under controlled conditions of acidity. The differential method of calculation gives the amount of iodine and iodide with a blank and a direct titration. The accuracy of the results provides a useful evidence for the mechanism suggested for the two stage titration of ascorbic acid against iodate.Our sincere thanks are due to Professor S. S. Joshi for kind interest in the work.     

Amperometric determination of metals forming normal selenites

Summary A new procedure for the quantitative determination of Ag, Hg and Pb has been described. This is based on the precipitation, under appropriate conditions of their normal selenites and titrating amperometrically the excess Se^IV against NaOBr after filtering the precipitate. In this respect the method is almost analogous to the volumetric determination of the above metals after precipitating their pyridine thiocyanate complexes.Sincere thanks of the authors are due to Prof. S. S. Joshi for kind interest in the work, and to the National Institute of Sciences of India for an award of a fellowship to one of them (M. G. B.).     

A theoretical and experimental investigation of the formation of S 2 - from CS2 by electron impact

Theoretical and experimental investigation of the formation of S ₂ ^- from CS₂ by electron impact has been carried out. Molecular orbital calculations show that some of the low lying states of CS ₂ ^- have lower potential energy in the bent geometries suggesting a transformation in the geometric structure of the precursor molecular ion, leading to the formation of S ₂ ^- . In contrast to the formation of S ₂ ^- and S ₂ ^- , the kinetic energy associated with S ₂ ^- is small and disproportionate to the increase in electron energy, indicating the formation of S ₂ ^- in vibrationally excited states due to the mechanism of its formation.     

Renewed Looks at the Distribution of a Sum of Independent or Dependent Discrete Random Variables and Related Problems

Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability - Butler and Stephens (2017) have investigated the exact and approximate distributions of a sum S of independent binomial random variables with...