Analytical techniques for determining radionuclides associated with colloids in waters

Colloids play a major role in the transport of trace metals as well as radionuclides in natural waters. These species are of importance for passive take in biota.Radionuclides may form colloids and pseudocolloids during hydrolysis or through interaction with other components present in the water phase, such as clay minerals or humic substances. Furthermore, aggregation and dispersion and other transformation processes, will influence the colloidal fraction, for instance during storage of samples. Fractionation of radionuclides associated with colloids in natural waters should, therefore, take place in situ or shortly after sampling.Different analytical techniques are useful for the fractionation of colloids, pseudocolloids, and particles. In the present paper, the application of hollow fiber ultrafiltration and dialysis is demonstrated for radionuclides in waste waters from the Oscarshamn nuclear installation in Sweden.The results illustrate that hollow fiber ultrafiltration is a more powerful technique than dialysis. The fractionation is rapid, sorption is of minor significance, the pore size distribution is rather narrow, and the filtering capacity is high.     

Radionuclide chemical species determination in waste management studies

The bio-geochemical processes of actinides potentially released to the environment from nuclear waste repositories are mainly determined by their chemical form. Results of direct and indirect determinations of soluble and colloidal species of radionuclides are reported. Experimental investigations on americium speciation in sea water are compared with model calculations. Americium pseudocolloids smaller than 0.45 m were identified. The application of the Specific Interaction Theory to activity coefficient correction is shown for the chloro- and sulphate complexes of americium. Analytical techniques for direct speciation studies are briefly reviewed.     

Fluoroaliphatic esters of fluorosulfonic acid. 6. Interaction of fluorine-containing α,β-bis-fluorosulfatocarbonyl compounds with nucleophilic reagents

Fluorine-containing ,-fluorosulfatocarbonyl compounds interact with halides of alkali metals with the formation of -halogeno--dicarbonyl derivatives.A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Heteroorganic Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 177813 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 715–719, March, 1992.     

Determination of trace elements in Na-bentonitic clay by INAA in Turkey

Instrumental neutron activation analysis was applied to the determination of trace elements in a Na-bentonitic clay. The irradiation was done in the Triga Mark II type reactor of ITU Nuclear Energy Institute. The sample was irradiated in two steps for short- and long- lived isotopes. After irradiation, spectra were taken using a germanium detector, multichannel analyzer Canberra System 100 and a fitting program called Sampo 90. The spectra of short-lived isotopes were analyzed to determine Al, Mg, Na, K, Ca, Ti elements and Mn, V trace elements. The spectra of long-lived isotopes were analyzed to determine Sc, Br, Sb, Cs, La, Ce, Sm, Yb, Hf, Pa, Np trace elements.     

Iriterpene glycosides of Astragalus and their genins XLIII. Cycloaraloside B from Astragalus amarus

The structure of a new cycloartane glycoside, cycloaraloside B, isolated from the roots ofAstragalus amarus Pall. (Leguminosae) has been established on the basis of chemical transformations and spectral characteristics: it is 20R,24S-epoxycycloartane-3,6,16,25-tetraol 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-(6-O-acetyl--D-glucopyranoside)].Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 528–531, September–October, 1992.     

Trends of development in plasma techniques for atomic spectrometric analysis: A review

Trends of development in atomic spectrometry with plasma sources for optical emission spectrometry and mass spectrometry are discussed, especially for inductively coupled plasmas and discharges under reduced pressure. Important fields of application such as materials analysis and environmental analysis with special reference to the speciation of traces of heavy metals are discussed.Introductory lecture at the Symposium on Plasma Techniques of the 1994 International Symposium on Microchemical Techniques, Montreux, May 16–20, 1994     

Claisen rearrangement taking place in the mass spectrometer

Conclusions The Claisen rearrangement of bucharaine and of the aldehyde bucharainal takes place under the conditions of mass spectrometry. At low temperatures inversion predominates and at high temperatures the anomalous rearrangement.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 577–583, September–October, 1970.     

Mössbauer study of the thermal decompositions of alkaline earth tris(oxalato)ferrates(III)

The thermal decompositions of alkaline earth tris(oxalato)ferrates(III) (Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba) have been studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy and other techniques. During the thermal decomposition, dehydration occurs first, followed by reduction to iron(II) species, and oxides and ferrites (MFe^IIIO₄) are then formed at higher temperature. In the case of strontium tris(oxalato)ferrate(III), strontium ferrite (SrFe^IVO₄) is formed at 700°.

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Zusammenfassung Die thermische Zersetzung von Tris(oxalato)ferraten(III) der Erdalkalimetalle (Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) wurde durch Mössbauer-Spektroskopie und andere Techniken untersucht. Im Verlaufe der thermischen Zersetzung verläuft zunächst die Dehydratisierung, gefolgt von der Reduktion zu Eisen(II)-Species. Oxide und Ferrite (MFe^IIIO₄) werden danach bei höheren Temperaturen gebildet. Strontium-tris(oxalato)-ferrat(III) geht bei 700 °C in Strontiumferrit (SrFe^IVO₄) über.

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Luminescence of the pyrene/N,N-diethylaniline triplet exciplex in methanol at room temperature

Fluorescence, whose spectral and magnetic properties permit its assignment to the luminescence of a triplex exciplex, has been discovered at times 3 sec after photoexcitation in the luminescence spectrum of the pyrene+N,N-diethylaniline system in methanol at 600 nm by the method of nanosecond stroboscopic fluorometry.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Eksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 623–626, September–October, 1989.     

Effect of the roughness factor on the surface oxidation of ruthenium catalysts

The surface oxidation of ruthenium catalysts with different roughness factor values has been analyzed. It is shown that electro formation of oxidized species on the exposed surface of ruthenium is strongly affected by the rougher characteristics of the surface. This effect has been explained through the addition and removal of protons to and from the oxidized species.

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Potassium addition to Fe/MgO, Ni/MgO and Ni/SiO2: Reducibility, dispersity and stabilization of the promoter by the support

The influence of potassium addition on the morphological properties of Fe/MgO and Ni/MgO has been investigated: KNO₃ addition to precursors results in a decrease of the reducibility and in a smaller dispersity of the metallic phase. A loss of potassium is observed at reduction temperatures in excess of 773 K. Silica-supported Ni behaves differently: silica inhibits the potassium volatilization and nickel reducibility is enhanced. This illustrates how promoter effects can be influenced by the nature of support.

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Proton Magnetic Resonance and Molecular Simulation in Configurational and Conformational Analysis of Cyclohexanone Derivatives

Developing the previously tested approach to the configurational and conformational analysis of cyclic chiral compounds based on a complex use of NMR spectra and molecular simulation, we determined the configuration 1R, 2R, 4R, 1S and conformational state of 2[1hydroxy1(4carbomethoxyphenyl) methyl]pmenthane3one, a minor product of the directed aldol reaction of (–)menthone with 4carbomethoxybenzaldehyde. The configurations of the cyclic chiral centers were determined by analysis of the spin–spin coupling constants of the protons of the cyclohexanone ring for the most probable conformations of alternative stereoisomers. The S configuration of the C (1) exocyclic chiral center was established from the different orientation of the benzene ring relative to the cyclohexanone fragment in alternative stereoisomers, as shown by semiempirical quantumchemical simulations (AM1 and PM3 methods), and from the observed difference in proton chemical shift between the examined hydroxyketone and the model (+)isomenthone (1R, 4Rdiastereomer).     

Investigation of dehydration process,II

The dehydration of hydrated calcium and strontium bromides and iodides was studied by thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis. The melting in the crystallization water was distinguished from the dehydration in a self-generated atmosphere. The results of the TG and DTA curves made simultaneously were verified by measurements with a Du Pont DSC apparatus. This latter investigation was extended to the previously studied chlorides too. Correlations were found between the temperature of melting or of dehydration and the ionic radii of the respective cations and anions.

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Zusammenfassung Die Dehydratisierung von Calcium- und Strontium-Bromid- und Jodidhydraten wurde mit den Methoden der Thermogravimetrie und Differentialthermoanalyse verfolgt. Das Schmelzen im Kristallwasser wurde von der Dehydratisierung in der selbsterzeugten Atmosphäre getrennt. Die Ergebnisse der simultan erhaltenen TG- und DTA-Kurven wurden durch Messungen mit einem Du Pont DSC-Gerät bestätigt, wobei die bereits schon untersuchten Chloride mit einbezogen wurden. Korrelationen zwischen den Schmelzoder Dehydratisierungstemperaturen und den Ionenradien der entsprechenden Kationen und Anionen werden beschrieben.

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Résumé Etude de la déshydratation des bromures et iodures de calcium et de Strontium hydratés par thermogravimétrie et par analyse thermique différentielle. La fusion dans l'eau de cristallisation a été distinguée de la déshydratation en atmosphère auto-générée. Les résultats des courbes TG et ATD obtenues simultanément ont été vérifiés par des mesures effectuées à l'aide d'un analyseur calorimétrique différentiel (DSC) Du Pont. L'étude a également été étendue aux chlorures précédemment étudiés. On propose des corrélations entre les températures de fusion ou de déshydratation et les rayons ioniques des cations et anions respectifs.

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Oxidative dehydrogenation (OXD) of n-butane I. Activity of natural quartz II. Kinetic and catalytic activity of nickel oxides

The oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butane on nickel oxide catalysts and on natural quartz, used as catalysts diluent, were studied. It is assumed that oxygen ions from the oxide lattice participate in the initial step of the reaction.

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IR study of 1-hexene isomerization on HZSM-5 zeolites

In the IR spectra of 1-hexene adsorbed on HZSM-5 zeolites with different Si/Al ratios, a new band at 1510 cm^–1 has been observed. The cis/trans-2-hexene and trans-2-hexene/1-hexene ratios were determined.

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1-, HZSM-5 Si/Al, 1510 cm^–1. /-2- -2-/1-.

     

Crystallization kinetics of polyamide 6 containing pigments

In terms of the Avrami equation, the effects of selected organic pigments on the kinetic parameters of the isothermal crystallization of coloured polyamide 6 were examined in the temperature range 468–478 K. It was found that B Blue and BB Red are active nucleating agents, which is acribed to their crystalline structure. G Orange slightly accelerates the crystallization of PA 6 at lower temperatures and concentrations, whereas in other conditions its effect is the opposite.The isothermal data were confirmed by the results of non-isothermal crystallization. The degree of supercooling corresponding to the peak of the DSC curve was the measured feature in this case.It was found that B Blue and BB Red reduce the free energy of formation of criticalsize nuclei by 20 and 12%, respectively, which is reflected in the rates of crystallization.

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Zusammenfassung Mit Hilfe der Avrami Gleichung wurde der Einfluß einiger ausgewählter organischer Pigmente auf die kinetischen Parameter der isothermen Kristallisation gefärbter Polyamide 6 im Temperaturbereich 468–478 K untersucht. B Blue und BB Red erwiesen sich als aktive Keimbilder, was mit Hilfe ihrer kristallinen Struktur erklärt werden kann. Bei niedrigeren Temperaturen und geringeren Konzentrationen wird die Kristallisation von PA 6 durch G Orange leicht beschleunigt, unter anderen Bedingungen kann das Gegenteil beobachtet werden. Die isothermen Daten wurden durch die Ergebnisse bei nichtisothermer Kristallisation bekräftigt. In diesem Falle wurde das dem DSC Peak entsprechende Maß an Unterkühlung untersucht. Es wurde gefunden, daß B Blue und BB Red die freie Energie zur Bildung von Keimen kritischer Größe um 20 bzw. 12% herabsetzen, was sich in den Kristallisationsgeschwindigkeiten widerspiegelt.

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This work was supported by the Polish Academy of Science, goal 01.14.     

A bifunctional stopcock-winch device in cells for infrared investigations of solids

A simple glass device is described acting as stopcock and winch at the same time. The device is especially suitable for the dislocation of solid sample holders in IR cells.

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Kinetics and mechanism of ketone-bisulfite addition reaction in aqueous solution

The kinetics of the addition of bisulfite to acetone has been studied by the polarographic technique. The specific rate increases with pH and hence the reaction is probably base catalyzed. Mechanisms have been suggested for the reaction in the presence and absence of added base.

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Interaction of PM12?nVnO40?(3+n) (M=Mo, W) heteropoly complexes with nitrogen oxide

In aqueous solution, PM_12–nV_nO₄₀ ^–(3+n) (M=Mo,W) hetero-polyanions provide a much faster oxidation of NO than mononuclear VO ₂ ⁺ ions, yielding HNO₂, NO ₃ ^– and reduced HPA.

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, PM_12–nV_nO₄₀ ^–(3+n) (M=Mo,W) , VO ₂ ⁺ , NO HNO₂ NO ₃ ^– .

     

Thermal and other studies on bivalent metal selenltes

BaSeO₃·2·5H₂O(I), PbSeO₃· 2H₂O(II) and CdSeO₃·3.5H₂O(III) were prepared and analysed. Their hygroscopicity and solubility was investigated. These compounds have high thermal Stability, as shown by their TG and DTA data. IR spectra show multi-dentate coordination of selenite to cations, due to considerable splitting of the asymmetric v₃ and v₄ bands of SeO ₃ ^{2 –} in the 780-730 cm^–1 and 420-325 cm^–1 region.Tentative structures have been proposed involving bridging oxygen atoms.

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Zusammenfassung BaSeO₃-2.5H₂O(I), PbSeO₃ · 2H₂O(II) und CdSeO₃· 3.5H₂O(III) wurden hergestellt, analysiert sowie deren Hygroskopizität und Löslichkeit untersucht. TG- und DTA-Untersuchungen erweisen die hohe thermische Stabilität dieser Verbindungen. Die IR-Spektren zeigen mehrzählige Koordination von Selenit zu Kationen, was aus einer beträchtlichen Aufspaltung der antisymmetrischenv ₃ undv ₄ Banden von SeO ₃ ^{2 –} im Bereich 780-730cm^–1 bzw. 420-325 cm^–1 hervorgeht. Es wurden versuchsweise Strukturen mit überbrückenden Sauerstoffatomen vorgeschlagen.

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