Reliable evaluation of temperature-independent parameters in correlation of vapour–liquid equilibrium data

A new algorithm/program has been elaborated for simultaneous processing of different sets of vapour–liquid equilibrium data. The program was tested with six binary hexane + isomeric pentanol systems, each of them measured at three different isobaric conditions and one isothermal system of tert-butyl-methyl-ether + 2-methyl-2-propanol measured at three different temperatures. The correlation uses the maximum likelihood method, taking into account real behaviour of vapour phase. The parameters obtained are valid within the whole temperature range of the data, and are consistent in comparison with those obtained from individual correlations of isobars or isotherms. Results are presented for the Wilson and NRTL equations.     

Microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography separation by using hexane-in-water microemulsions without cosurfactant: comparison with MEKC

A new hexane-in-water microemulsion was investigated as buffer in microemulsion EKC (MEEKC). At difference with other microemulsions, the addition of cosurfactant was not necessary to stabilize the microemulsion. The proposed microemulsion was successfully used to achieve electrophoretic separation of seven antibiotics including nitroimidazoles, cephapirin and tetracyclines. Selectivity and separation efficiency achieved in MEEKC were compared with MEKC. MEEKC technique proved to be more efficient than MEKC for performing the separation of the analytes and the presence of microemulsions was found to be critical to achieve the separation of tetracyclines. The proposed microemulsion also points out that solvents with high volatility, such as hexane, can be stabilized and used as a microemulsion of SDS.     

Shock reaction of hexane at 77, 193, and 273 K with special reference to shock pressure

Shock waves generated by projectile impacts were transmitted into hexane and the shocked hexane was analyzed by TCD-GC, FID-GC, GCMS, and FABMS for produced aliphatic hydrocarbons. The projectile length and its velocity were varied from 10 to 40 mm and from 220 to 1040 m/s, respectively. The initial temperature of the hexane was 77, 193 and 273 K. The major products detected throughout the reactions were hydrogen, light alkanes from C to C, and light alkenes from C to C. The minor products were heavy alkanes from C to C and soot-like materials. Experiments with varied projectile length revealed that the shock reaction occurred only while the shock wave was transmitted through hexane (about seconds). This short reaction time may be responsible for a lower yield of branched products in the shock reaction compared with yield produced by hexane pyrolysis in previous studies. In the shock reaction of hexane, the dehydrogenation was one of the important reactions and the recombination of hexyl radicals might play a role in the formation of -C. Experiments with varied initial temperature suggested that the molar yield of products depends not on the shock temperature but on the shock pressure, and that the reaction mechanisms for solid hexane and for liquid hexane are not identical. As the shock pressure increased, the relative yield of heavy products increased while that of light products decreased. This could be interpreted mainly by considering the activation volumes of the reaction involved. Received 12 September 1997 / Accepted 14 October 1997     

气相色谱法测定工作场所空气中正己烷、丙酮、丁酮和乙酸丁酯的含量

用气相色谱法对空气中正己烷、丙酮、丁酮和乙酸丁酯的含量进行测定。采用活性炭管采集了空气中的正己烷、丙酮、丁酮和乙酸丁酯,采用二硫化碳进行解吸,用Agilent 19091N-216HP-INNOWAX Polyethylene Glycol毛细管色谱柱分离,氢焰离子化检测器检测。正己烷、丙酮、丁酮和乙酸丁酯的检出限(3S/N)为0.43,0.30,0.44,1.7mg.L-1。方法的解吸率在86.7%～100.3%之间,相对标准偏差(n=6)在1.97%～3.89%之间。     

Contribution to study of the thermodynamics properties of mixtures containing 2-methoxy-2-methylpropane,alkanol, alkane

Excess molar enthalpies for the ternary system {x₁ 2-methoxy-2-methylpropane (MTBE) + x₂ 1-pentanol + (1 − x₁ − x₂) hexane} and the involved binary mixture {x 1-pentanol + (1 − x) hexane}, have been measured at T = 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure over the whole composition range. We are not aware of the existence of previous experimental measurement of the excess enthalpy for the ternary mixture under study in the literature currently available. Values of the excess molar enthalpies were measured using a Calvet microcalorimeter. The results were fitted by means of different variable degree polynomials. The ternary contribution to the excess enthalpy was correlated with the equation due to Verdes et al. (2004), and the equation proposed by Myers–Scott (1963) was used to fit the experimental binary mixture measured in this work. Smooth representations of the results are presented and used to construct constant excess molar enthalpy contours on Roozeboom diagrams. The excess molar enthalpies for the binary and ternary system are positive over the whole range of composition. The binary mixture {x 1-pentanol + (1 − x) hexane} is asymmetric, with its maximum displace toward a high mole fraction of decane. The ternary contribution is also positive with the exception of a range located around the rich compositions of 1-pentanol, and the representation is asymmetric.Additionally, the group contribution model of the UNIFAC model, in the versions of Larsen et al. (1987) [18] and Gmehling et al. (1993) [19] was used to estimate values of binary and ternary excess enthalpy. The experimental results were used to test the predictive capability of several empirical expressions for estimating ternary properties from binary results.     

(Liquid + liquid) extraction of methanol from alkanes using dialkylphosphate-based ionic liquids as solvents

In this work, the feasibility of ionic liquids (ILs), 1,3-dimethylimidazolium dimethylphosphate ([MMIM][DMP]), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium diethylphosphate ([EMIM][DEP]), and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium dibutylphosphate ([BMIM][DBP]), as solvents for the extraction of methanol from its mixtures with hexane and heptane was analyzed. The knowledge of (liquid + liquid) equilibria (LLE) of these mixtures is necessary for the design of the extraction separation process. Hence, the LLE data for the ternary systems, {methanol + hexane + ([MMIM][DMP], or [EMIM][DEP], or [BMIM][DBP])}, and {methanol + heptane + ([MMIM][DMP], or [EMIM][DEP], or [BMIM][DBP])}, were measured at T = 298.2 K and atmospheric pressure. The experimental results were correlated with the thermodynamic nonrandom two-liquid (NRTL) model. The solute distribution ratios of methanol and methanol/alkane selectivities, derived from the experimental LLE data, were calculated and analyzed to evaluate the capability of the studied ILs to accomplish the separation target. Meanwhile, these capabilities were also compared with that of other ILs obtained from the literature.     

正己烷在不同硅含量SAPO-5分子筛上的裂化反应特征

正己烷在不同硅含量ＳＡＰＯ┐５分子筛上的裂化反应特征高大维黄彦孙铁杨胥微（吉林大学化学系，长春１３００２３）关键词磷酸硅铝分子筛，正己烷，裂化反应，酸中心１９８２年Ｗｉｌｓｏｎ等［１］首次报道了ＡｌＰＯ４－ｎ系列分子筛的合成工作，１９８３年Ｂｅｎｎｅ...     

Study on hexane adsorption in zeolite ITQ-29 by molecular simulation

Adsorption isotherms and isosteric heat of adsorption of n-hexane in zeolite ITQ-29 were simulated using the Configurational Bias Monte Carlo (CBMC) technique in the grand-canonical (μ VT) ensemble and compared with experimental results published by Gribov et al. and obtained by IR spectroscopy where the fractional loadings of n-hexane in ITQ-29 are presented in units from integral intensities of the absorption bands [u.a.]. In this work we present the simulation loadings of n-hexane in ITQ-29 converted to fractional coverages and compared to the experimental results. The simulations were performed using a united atom force field. In addition, we calculated equilibrium adsorption isotherms of ethane and propane in ITQ-29 in excellent agreement with published experiments. This force field successfully reproduces adsorption properties of linear alkanes in cation-free LTA zeolite and is suitable for fast and accurate adsorption data predictions.     

Effect of the Pretreatment of Lipase with Organic Solvents on its Conformation and Activity in Reverse Micelles

The activity and conformation of Chromobacterium viscosum lipase-pretreated with various organic solvents were investigated. The pretreatment of lipase led to a substantial increase of enzyme activity in AOT (sodium bis [2-ethyl -1-hexyl] sulfosuccinate)/isooctane/water reverse micelles. Among the organic solvents used, n-hexane was found to be most effective. It was observed that higher hexane content with shorter agitation time and vice versa had almost the same effect on the initial activity of lipase. The kinetic study showed that the Michaelis constant (K _m) and the substrate adsorption equilibrium constant (K _ad) were reduced by the pretreatment of lipase with hexane, whereas the change in the maximum reaction rate (V _max) was insignificant. The two spectroscopic techniques (Fluorescence spectra of lipase encapsulated in RMs and Fourier transform infrared [FTIR] spectra of lipase powders) were performed to detect possible conformational changes in the enzyme caused by the pretreatment. A correlation between the maximum fluorescence intensity and the activity of treated lipase was found as a function of agitation time. The FTIR spectrum of lipase showed a new shape peak corresponding to 1,500 cm⁻¹ as a result of pretreatment with organic solvents.