Solubility equilibria of solid solutions of hydroxyl- and chlor-apatite of arsenic

The solubility equilibria of arsenic hydroxylapatite, Ca₁₀(AsO₄)₆(OH)₂, chlorapatite, Ca₁₀(AsO₄)₆(Cl)₂, and their nine solid solutions were investigated at 37°C in the pH range, 4.6 to 7.8, in buffered systems through microanalytical determination of calcium, arsenic and chloride in their saturated solution. Stoichiometric dissolution of the samples was proved by the constancy of the ionic products of the apatite phase in the saturated solution.     

Volumes and heat capacities of mixtures of dimethylformamide with several dialkylacetamides

Densities and heat capacities per unit volume of binary mixtures of dimethylformamide and a series of di-n-alkylacetamides have been measured and converted into excess molar volumes and heat capacities of the mixtures. In addition, the apparent and partial molar volumes and heat capacities of the various components have been evaluated. They vary smoothly with the mole fraction. The apparent molar heat capacities in the mixtures depend linearly on volume fraction, so that the partial molar heat capacities can be described using only one parameter for each mixture.     

Molar excess volumes of ternary mixtures of nonelectrolytes

Molar excess volumes V^E_ijk of methylenebromide i + pyridine j + β-picoline (k, cyclohexane (i) + pyridine (j) + β-picoline(K), benzene(i)+toluene(j)+1,2-dichloroethane(k), benzene(i) + 0-xylene(j) + 1,2-dichloroethane(k) and benzene(i) + p-xylene(j) + 1,2-dichloroethane(k) mixtures have been determined dilatometrically at 298.15 K. The data have been examined in terms of Sanchez and Lacombe theory and the graph-theoretical approach, and it is found that they are described well by the latter. Self- and cross-volume interaction coefficients V_jk, V_jjk and V_jkk, etc., have also been evaluated and the values utilised to study molecular interactions between the jth and kth molecular species in the presence of the ith in these i + j + k mixtures.     

Fluorometric determination of hydrazine and ammonia separately or in mixtures

Hydrazine and ammonia are often added to boiler water to inhibit corrosion. The reagents o-phthalaldehyde and mercaptoethanol have been found to form derivatives with hydrazine and ammonia which can be determined by fluorimetry. Because the optimum pH values for formation of the hydrazine and ammonia derivatives were different, analysis of mixtures of the two components without prior separation was possible. Simulated wet-lay-up boiler water samples containing 5-200-mug/ml levels of hydrazine and ammonia have been analysed with an average relative error of about 10%.     

Molar excess enthalpies of ternary mixtures of non-electrolytes

Molar excess enthalpies, H^E_ijk(T₁, x_i, x_j), for methylenebromide (i)+pyridine (j)+β-picoline (k); pyridine (i)+β-picoline (j)+cyclohexane (k); benzene (i)+toluene (j)+1,2-dichloroethane (k); benzene (i)+o-xylene (j)+1,2-dichloroethane (k); and benzene (i)+p-xylene (j)+1,2-dichloroethane (k) mixtures have been measured calorimetrically as a function of temperature and composition. The data have been analysed in terms of the Sanchez and Lacombe theory and using an approach employing the “graph theoretical” concept of connectivity parameters to characterize its pure components. It has been observed that the H^E_ijk (T, x_i, x_j) data calculated from the “graph theoretical” approach using ³ξ values based on δ^v considerations (that take into consideration the valency of individual atoms of the molecular graph constituent components) best reproduces the corresponding experimental H^E_ijk data.     

Thermodynamic properties of liquid mixtures of carbon monoxide and methane

The equations of state of liquid methane at 125.00 K and of six liquid mixtures of carbon monoxide and methane at 116.30, 120.00 and 125.00 K have been measured from just above the saturation vapour pressure to the freezing pressure of methane. The results show that the excess volume V^E is large and negative at low pressures but becomes less negative as the pressure is increased, being almost zero at the highest pressures. The curve of V^E against the mole fraction x is very asymmetrical at low pressures, but becomes more symmetrical with rising pressure.The effect of pressure on the excess functions G^E, H^E and T·S^E has been calculated. H^E and T·S^E prove to be much more sensitive to pressure than G^E.Conformal solution theory, in the van der Waals one-fluid form, reproduces the experimental results very successfully.     

Stability constants of zinc halide complexes in DMSO—water and DMF—water mixtures

The overall stability constants of zinc bromide and iodide complexes in DMSO—water and those of zinc chloride, bromide and iodide in DMF—water mixtures have been determined potentiometrically at mole ratios about 0.2–1 for the organic solvents at 25°C and in a 0.5 M ammonium perchlorate ionic medium. The complex formation is much stronger in DMF and its mixtures than in DMSO and the log βs are generally higher in solvent mixtures than those expected from the values measured in the pure components.     

Raman study of halogen exchange equilibria in low melting mixtures consisting of sodium tetrachloroaluminate and tetrabromoaluminate

The halogen-redistribution reactions between [AlCl₄]^? and [AlBr₄]^? in molten mixtures of NaAlCl₄ and NaAlBr₄ with widely varying mole ratios have been studied by Raman spectroscopy at 160–300°C and the melting points have been measured. By monitoring the intensities of the totally symmetric stretching a₁-modes of both the parent tetrahalides as well as those of the mixed halides [AlCl₃Br]^?, [AlCl₂Br]^? and [AlClBr₃]^? it is concluded that the mixtures equilibrate very fast and consist of an almost random distribution of the five species. NaAlCl₄ and NaAlBr₄ form an eutectic mixture with a molar ratio near to 4:1, with a melting point of ca 142°C.     

Molar excess volumes and molar excess enthalpies of methylenebromide + aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures

Molar excess volumes V^e and molar excess enthalpies H^e of binary methylenebromide (i) +benzene. +toluene, and + o^?, + m^? and + p-xylene (j) mixtures have been determined at 298.15 and 308.15 K. The data have been analysed in terms of recent approaches for solutions of nonelectrolytes, and the results suggest that these mixtures are characterised by specific interactions between the components. Self-volume interaction coefficients V_iiV_jj have also been evaluated.     

Cluster molecular orbitals and an orbital symmetry view of solid phase transitions in perovskites

The molecular orbitals, normalization constants and energies of the M₈(O_h), M₄(T_d) and M₆(O_h) clusters are derived and tabulated through the d-atomic orbitals. A vector method, adapted to computer application, is devised to compute s, p and d overlap between variously oriented orbitals at atoms that do not have co-directional local axes. Mixing of σ, π and δ orbitals to give the same irreducible representation is also included. As illustrations, the orbitals of Sr₈, La₈, TiO₆ and AlO₆ clusters are computed by the Mulliken—Wolfsberg and Helmholz approximations. During solid phase transitions in the perovskite structures of SrTiO₃ and LaAlO₃, the TiO₆ octahedron rotates about the C₄ axis whereas the AlO₆ octahedron rotates about the C₃ axis. This difference is explained qualitatively in terms of the relative symmetries of the cluster HOMOs and LUMOs using the second-order Jahn—Teller effect. Allusions are made to the application of this cluster symmetry approach to other systems.     

Hydrothermal synthesis of zinc silicates from borosilicate glasses and from mixtures of zinc oxide and silica

The formation of sauconite and hemimorphite from glasses and oxide precursors in aqueous solution at 150–200°C is described. A tentative schematic stability diagram for a portion of the system Na₂O-ZnO-SiO₂-H₂O at 150°C is presented. The relevance of this work to the use of a sodium zinc borosilicate glass as a matrix for the immobilization of nuclear fuel reprocessing wastes is discussed briefly.     

Excess enthalpies of binary and ternary mixtures of acetonitrile with methanol,ethanol and benzene

Excess molar enthalpies are measured for the binary mixtures methanol—acetonitrile and ethanol—acetonitrile at 25 and 35°C and for the ternary mixtures methanol—acetonitrile—benzene and ethanol—acetonitrile—benzene at 25°C using an isothermal dilution calorimeter. The binary results are well reproduced with an association model which contains four equilibrium constants for the association of alcohol, two equilibrium constants for that of acetonitrile, and two solvation equilibrium constants between alcohol and acetonitrile molecules. The ternary results are compared with those calculated from the model with binary parameters.     

Bubble pressures and saturated liquid molar volumes of trichlorofluoromethane—chlorodifluoromethane mixtures. Representation of refrigerant-mixtures vapor—liquid equilibrium data by a modified form of the Peng—Robinson equation of state

Experimental vapor—liquid equilibrium data and saturated liquid molar volumes of chlorodifluoromethane—trichlorofluoromethane binary mixtures have been obtained at four temperatures (298.15, 323.15, 348.15 and 373.15 K) using apparatus described previously.The experimental vapor—liquid equilibria are represented well by a modified form of the Peng—Robinson equation of state with one interaction parameter, but the mean deviation between the calculated and experimental densities is 5%.Vapor—liquid data for binary refrigerant mixtures from the literature are treated using the modified form of the Peng—Robinson equation of state with one adjusted interaction parameter in the mixing rule for a. The representation is fair and is not improved by introducing an additional parameter in the mixing rule for b.     

Temperature dependence of the exciton—phonon coupling in the strong coupling limit: Results for solid nitrogen

High resolution (ΔE = 0.75 meV) absorption profiles of the vibronic bands in the range of the w¹Δ_u ← X¹Σ⁺_g and a¹II_g ← X¹Σ⁺_g exciton progressions at hv ≈ 8.9 eV in solid N₂ have been measured in the temperature range between 6 K and 30 K. These excitations are strongly localized so that the observed temperature dependence of the fine structure, consisting of a zero phonon line and a phonon side band, can be described very well in the model of strong exciton—phonon coupling at point defects. The experimental results for the w¹Δ_u transition are found to be consistent with the assumption of a Debye spectrum for the phonon density of states and we derive a value for the Debye temperature of θ = 78 K, which is in very good agreement with that derived from other measurements.     

Thermal reaction of aquaammineruthenium(III) complex with amino acid or imidazole derivative in the solid state

Intermolecular thermal-substitution reaction between aquaammineruthenium(III) complex and amino acid or imidazole derivative has been investigated in the solid state by the TG-DTA method. Pentaammineruthenium(III) complexes containing amino acid or imidazole derivative have been obtained directly by the thermal reactions. Glycine, β-alanine, and γ-aminobutyric acid coordinate to Ru(III) through their carbonyl oxygen, and imidazole does through its N(3) atom. Distinct coordination site is provided in the complex with histidine and/or adenine: the bonding site depends on the outer-sphere anion of aquaammine complex. The N(3) atom of the histidine and N(7) atom of the adenine coordinate to Ru(III) taking the paratoluenesulphonate salt of aquaammineruthenium(III) into the reaction. When the methanesulphonate salt is used, the nitrogen atom in the side-chain amino-group participates in complexation. Direct chelation of the glycine, histidine, and adenine to the deaquated cis-diaquatetraammineruthenium(III) complex has been confirmed.     

Prediction of activity coefficients and Henry's constants at infinite dilution for mixtures of n-alkanes

Trejo Rodríguez, A. and Patterson, D., 1984. Prediction of activity coefficients and Henry's constants at infinite dilution for mixtures of n-alkanes. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 17: 265–279.The corresponding-states principle (CSP) for chain molecules has been used to predict activity coefficients γ_i^∞ at infinite dilution and Henry's constants H_i,j for mixtures of n-alkanes. The mixtures for which predictions of γ_i^∞ are made include n-C₄ through n-C₁₀ as the solute in several pure higher n-alkanes, at several temperatures from 30 to 90°C. Predictions of H_i,j are made for mixtures where the solute is C₂ through n-C₈ and the solvent any n-alkane from n-C₄ through n-C₂₂, also at several temperatures, from –15 to 177°C. The predicted values are compared with experimental data from the literature, and in all cases the agreement is remarkably good. The temperature dependence of H_i,j for some mixtures is used to derive heats of solution ΔH_s, and comparison is again carried out with available experimental values.     

Decomposition of silane on solid P4O10

Silane undergoes thermal decomposition on the surface of “phosphorus pentoxide” ( P₄O₁₀) into its elements around 200–400°C. The hydrogen formed partially reduces the P₄O₁₀ forming lower oxides of phosphorus and water. Elemental silicon is precipitated as reddish-brown solid, which is separated by dissolving out the phosphorus oxides. Silica and disiloxane are not formed in the reaction.     

Further studies on semiconductivity in correlation with the optical properties of some related solid charge-transfer complexes for their possible application in solar cells

Several charge-transfer (CT) complexes have been prepared by (1:1) reactions of nitrobenzene derivatives (acceptors) with anil and anil derivatives (donors), recrystallized from the appropriate solvent and dried over P₂O₅. The electron affinities (E_A) and ionization potentials (I_P) have also been evaluated, from optical measurements, for the investigated acceptors and donors, respectively. Furthermore, the temperature dependence of the direct-voltage electrical conductivity has been extensively investigated in the solid state, correlated with E_A and I_P, and discussed in detail.     

Substitutional solid solutions of bismuth-containing lanthanide dititanates,Ln2−xBixTi2O7

The formation of solid solutions Ln_2?xBi_xTi₂O₇, where Ln = La to Lu and Y, except Ce, Pm, and Eu, has been studied by Raman spectroscopy and to a lesser extent by X-ray diffraction. It has been established that the solubility of bismuth increases with decreasing ionic radius of the lanthanide element. No evidence was experimentally found in this work for the existence of Bi₂Ti₂O₇.