Concentrations of trace and major elements in Mission–Progresso (Texas) soils

Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) was applied to determine trace and major elements in Mission–Progresso (Texas) soils. The Rio Grande river runs along the USA—Mexico border. The soil samples were collected at Mission and Progresso areas of the Rio Grande riverbank in the USA side. Soils were analyzed for the presence of toxic effluents due to human activities that might affect agricultural products and health because one of the possible paths of intoxication is the agricultural product consumption. Dried, sieved, and blended soil samples (~1.5 g) were irradiated at the UT Austin TRIGA reactor at a thermal neutron flux of 1 × 10¹² n cm⁻²s⁻¹ and epithermal neutron flux of 1 × 10¹¹ n cm⁻²s⁻¹. Different irradiations, decay, and counting times were combined to determine concentration and detection limits of 21 elements which represent four areas in Mission–Progresso (Texas) with the aim to achieve a consistent characterization. NIST certified reference materials were used in relative analysis and also to determine the accuracy and reproducibility values. The neutron flux was monitored using sulfur flux monitor wires. Normal and Compton suppression gamma ray spectrometers were used to detect different gamma ray energy peaks and this Compton system greatly reduces the background. Concentrations are evaluated in per cent and parts per million and errors are within acceptable levels and these values are compared with values reported in literatures from other countries. The results do not show significant contaminations neither from the Rio Grande river nor from nearby industries.     

16th International IUPAC Conference on High Temperature Materials Chemistry (Ekaterinburg,July 2–6, 2018)

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The Youth Workshop Conference “Current Problems of Organic Chemistry” (March 12—16, 2018)

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CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF 1-(4-DIMETHY-LAMINOPHENYL)-2- (3, 4-METHYLENE-DIOXYPHENYL ) ACRY-LONITRILE, C_(18)H_(16)N_2O_2

<正> C18H16N2O2, Mr = 292. 34, monoclinic space .group P21/c, a= 7.972(6), b = 6. 446(3), c=28.906(4)(?); β=95.59(8)°, V = 1478. 3(7)(?)3, Z = 4, Dx =1. 313 g/cm3, R = 0. 049. The non-hydrogen atoms of the title molecule are nearly co-planar forming a conjugation system.     

Ternary Germanides RE 2Ge2Mg (REY, La–Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb)

Summary. The ternary rare earth metal-magnesium-germanides RE₂Ge₂Mg (RE=Y, La–Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb) were synthesized by reaction of the elements in sealed tantalum tubes in a water-cooled sample chamber of an induction furnace. The germanides were characterized through their X-ray powder patterns. The structures of Ce₂Ge₂Mg and Pr₂Ge₂Mg were refined from X-ray single crystal diffractometer data: Mo₂FeB₂ type, P4/mbm, a=750.6(1), c=442.4(1)pm, wR2=0.0378, 386 F² values, 12 variable parameters for Ce₂Ge₂Mg, and a=745.7(1), c=439.2(1)pm, wR2=0.0462, 448 F² values, 12 variable parameters for Pr₂Ge₂Mg. The lanthanum compound shows a homogeneity range La_2+xGe₂Mg_1–x. The structure of a single crystal with x=0.249(5) was refined from X-ray data: a=770.52(7), c=447.4(1)pm, wR2=0.0481, 322 F² values, 13 variable parameters. The RE₂Ge₂Mg structures can be considered as a 1:1 intergrowth of CsCl and AlB₂ related slabs of compositions REMg and REGe₂.     

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF 2-METHYL-4-(ρ-)PLUOROPHENYL-2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO-BENZO-(l,5)-THIAZEPINE(C16H16SNF)

<正> INTRODUCTION. In our systematic investigation on the 2, 4-substituted derivatives of dihydro- and tetrahydro-benzo-(1,5)-thiazepines, it has been discovered that there are large differences between dihydro- and tetrahydro- compounds in their conformation and in their spectral splits of proton     

Synthesis,crystal structure,spectroscopy, and magnetism of a mixed valence Co(III)–Co(II)–Co(III) complex stabilized by N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)salicylaldimine

Reaction of Co(OAc)₂ · 4H₂O with N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)salicylaldimine (H₂L_a) in dimethylformamide (DMF)–H₂O yields a linear trinuclear mixed valence complex [Co^III(μ-L_a)(μ-L_b)(μ-OAc)]₂Co^II · 2DMF (1). Here, HL_b is salicylaldimine, which is afforded by an in situ transformation of H₂L_a via cleavage of the C–N bond. Complex 1 has been characterized by X-ray crystallography as well as elemental analysis, UV-Vis, and IR spectroscopy. The cathodic and anodic responses of 1 in DMF appeared at ?1.46 V (Co^III → Co^II, quasi-irreversible) and +0.99 V (Co^II → Co^III, irreversible) versus saturated calomel electrode, respectively. The magnetic behavior of 1 has been analyzed by the one-ion approximation with spin–orbit coupling in O_h symmetry giving λ = ?121 cm^?1.     

离子色谱法测定生活饮用水中的F~–,Cl~–,SO_4~(2–)和NO_3~–

建立了电导检测–离子色谱法同时测定生活饮用水中F–,Cl–,SO42–,NO3–的方法。选择30 mmol/L Na OH溶液为淋洗液,流量为1.40 m L/min,检测器电流为106 m A。F–的线性范围为0.15~2.0 mg/L,Cl–,SO42–,NO3–的线性范围为3.00~40.0 mg/L,4种离子的线性相关系数均大于0.999 5。F–,Cl–,SO42–,NO3–的方法检出限分别为0.02,0.13,0.14,0.02 mg/L,加标回收率在95.2%~103.0%之间。对环境标准204715进行了平行测试,各阴离子测定值均在标准值的不确定度范围内,测定结果的相对标准偏差小于2%(n=6)。该方法灵敏、准确、快速,可用于生活饮用水中F–,Cl–,SO42–,NO3–的同时测定。     

Influence of the Length of the Alanine Spacer on the Acidic–Basic Properties of the Ac–Lys–(Ala) n –Lys–NH2 Peptides (n?=?0, 1, 2, …, 5)

By using the potentiometric titration method, we have determined the pK _a values of the two terminal lysine groups in six alanine-based peptides differing in the length of the alanine chain: Ac?CLys?CLys?CNH₂ (KK), Ac?CLys?CAla?CLys?CNH₂ (KAK), Ac?CLys?CAla?CAla?CLys?CNH₂ (KAK2), Ac?CLys?CAla?CAla?CAla?CLys?CNH₂ (KAK3), Ac?CLys?CAla?CAla?CAla?CAla?CLys?CNH₂ (KAK4), and Ac?CLys?CAla?CAla?CAla?CAla?CAla?CLys?CNH₂ (KAK5) in aqueous solution. For each compound, the model of two stepwise acid?Cbase equilibria was fitted to the potentiometric-titration data. As expected, the pK _a values of the lysine groups increase with increasing length of the alanine spacer, which means that the influence of the electrostatic field between one charged group on the other decreases with increasing length of the alanine spacer. However, for KAK3, the pK _a1 value (8.20) is unusually small and pK _a2 (11.41) is remarkably greater than pK _a1, suggesting that the two groups are close to each other and, in turn, that a chain-reversal conformation is present for this peptide. Starting with KAK3, the differences between pK _a1 and pK _a2 decrease; however, for the longest peptide (KAK5), the values of pK _a1 and pK _a2 still differ by about 1 unit, i.e., by more than the value of log₁₀ (4)?=?0.60 that is a limiting value for the pK _a difference of dicarboxylic acids with increasing methylene-spacer length. Consequently, some interactions between the two charged groups are present and, in turn, a bent shape occurs even for the longest of the peptides studied.