Colorimetric enantiodiscrimination of mandelic acid by indicator displacement assay

The colorimetric enantiodiscrimination between mandelic acid and L-proline-Cu(II) is exploited to develop enantioselective indicator displacement assays. The sensitivity of the assay could be tuned by using a colorimetric indicator. The chromophoric ligand, pyrocatechol violet, effectively competes with the mandelic acid guest for open coordination sites on L-proline-Cu(II). The DA could be increased to 0.12 by changing the ratio of(+)- and(à)-mandelic acid concentrations that were found to be optimal from the displacement experiments. The resultant enantiomer excess versus DA relationship is linear. From the calibration curves, the absorbance values of the unknowns may be calculated for the enantiomeric excess value and the colorimetric enantiodiscrimination of mandelic acid can thus be obtained.     

Magneto-optical visualization of three spatial components of inhomogeneous stray fields

The article deals with the physical principles of magneto-optical visualization (MO) of three spatial components of inhomogeneous stray fields with the help of FeCo metal indicator films in the longitudinal Kerr effect geometry. The inhomogeneous field is created by permanent magnets. Both p- and s-polarization light is used for obtaining MO images with their subsequent summing, subtracting and digitizing. As a result, the MO images and corresponding intensity coordinate dependences reflecting the distributions of the horizontal and vertical magnetization components in pure form have been obtained. Modeling of both the magnetization distribution in the indicator film and the corresponding MO images shows that corresponding to polar sensitivity the intensity is proportional to the normal field component, which permits normal field component mapping. Corresponding to longitudinal sensitivity, the intensity of the MO images reflects the angular distribution of the planar field component. MO images have singular points in which the planar component is zero and their movement under an externally homogeneous planar field permits obtaining of additional information on the two planar components of the field under study. The intensity distribution character in the vicinity of sources and sinks (singular points) remains the same under different orientations of the light incidence plane. The change of incident plane orientation by π/2 alters the distribution pattern in the vicinity of the saddle points.     

S-PLUS code for simple and multiple correspondence analysis

An exploration of the application of S-PLUS code designed to perform classical correspondence analysis is made in this paper. This code allows for the “classical” analysis to be performed on categorical data consisting of two or more variables. For multi-way contingency tables, correspondence analysis can be performed by considering either the indicator matrix or the Burt matrix. The code also allows the user to incorporate into the analysis confidence circles (to identify categorical responses that deviate from the hypothesis of independence) and for an asymmetrical analysis to be performed. The function includes various warnings and stoppages to help the user properly analyse their data.     

Blocking sets and semifields

We find a relationship between semifield spreads of PG(3,q), small Rédei minimal blocking sets of PG(2,q²), disjoint from a Baer subline of a Rédei line, and translation ovoids of the hermitian surface H(3,q²).     

A novel indicator series for measuring pKa values in acetonitrile

A series of substituted azobenzene dyes was found to span a range of 8 pK_a units in acetonitrile. The UV absorption spectra of the dyes are responsive to protonation, changing in both absorption maximum and intensity. These characteristics make the dyes useful as indicators for the measurement of pK_a values of neutral organic bases that absorb in the visible region of the spectrum.     

Ferroin as indicator in the dichrometric titration of uranium(IV)

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Gravimetric determination of fluoride by precipitation of LiF from homogeneous solution. Comparison with the classical method

     

19F-NMR进展

19F-NMR技术由于其化学位移范围大、不易出现峰重叠及灵敏度高等优点,自上个世纪50年代出现以来,在分析光学异构体,生命科学等研究中有其特殊意义.在体内核磁共振技术中,19F-NMR与其他方法相比,在不损伤样品的条件下,就可进行实时定量监测.近30年,引人氟代指示剂进行体内19F-NMR的研究,含氟生物活性物质以及含氟材料的研究受到很大的重视,19F-NMR技术及其应用发展起来.从近10年的情况来看,含氟生物活性物质的研究以及在医药、农药和具有优异性能的含氟材料的研究应用受到很大的重视,这是近期19F-NMR研究发展的一个主要特点.     

Photometric titration of arsenate with thorium nitrate on the microgram and milligram scale

Summary A method is described for the photometric titration of arsenate with thorium nitrate using pyrocatechol violet as indicator. The method works at a low pH level and is therefore not subject to the most cationic interferences. Alkali salts do not affect the determination even at high concentrations if present as halides, nitrates or perchlorates. This makes the method particularly suitable for the analysis of arsenic in organic and inorganic compounds after decomposition.

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Zur photometrischen Titration von Arsenat mit Thoriumnitrat im Mikrogramm- und Milligrammbereich

Zusammenfassung Ein Verfahren zur photometrischen Titration von Arsenat mit Thoriumnitrat gegen Brenzcatechinviolett als Indicator wird beschrieben. Die Titration erfolgt bei niedrigem pH-Wert und wird deshalb von den meisten Kationen nicht beeinflußt. Außerdem stören auch hohe Konzentrationen an Alkalisalzen nicht, wenn diese als Halogenide, Nitrate oder Perchlorate vorliegen. Deshalb ist das Verfahren insbesondere zur Analyse von anorganischen und organischen Arsenverbindungen nach Aufschlüssen geeignet.

     

On optimal two-level nonregular factorial split-plot designs

This article studies two-level nonregular factorial split-plot designs. The concepts of indicator function and aliasing are introduced to study such designs. The minimum G$G$-aberration criterion proposed by Deng and Tang (1999) [4] for two-level nonregular factorial designs is extended to the split-plot case. A method to construct the whole-plot and sub-plot parts is proposed for nonregular designs. Furthermore, the optimal split-plot schemes for 12$12$-, 16$16$-, 20$20$- and 24$24$-run two-level nonregular factorial designs are searched, and many such schemes are tabulated for practical use.