Density, Refractive Index, and Related Properties for 2-Butanone + n-Hexane Binary Mixtures at Various Temperatures

Density refractive index n and the related properties molar volume V and molar refraction R have been investigated for 2-butanone + n-hexane liquid binary mixtures over the entire composition range and a wide range of temperatures. Some well-known relationships have been applied to study the temperature and composition dependence of the measured and derived quantities. Furthermore, the deviations of the respective excess properties V ^E, n ^E, and R ^E have been examined, with the aim of identifying particular intermolecular interaction patterns responsible for the macroscopic behavior of these binary mixtures. The results have been interpreted on the basis of structural and geometric effects between the components.     

On the Determination of Partial Molar Volumes,Partial Molar Refractions,Mean Electronic Polarizabilities and Effective Molecular Radii from Dilute Multi-component Data alone using Response Surface Models

A quaternary system consisting of three solutes, namely ethanol, diethylene glycol (DEG) and triethylene glycol (TEG) in benzene at 298.15 K and 1.0125 × 10⁵ Pa was studied. An experimental design in the range of concentration 0.006 < x _solute−i < 0.023 was explored, optimizing the metric distance among the solutes to avoid clustering. On-line simultaneous experimental measurements using a densitometer and a refractometer were utilized to measure bulk solution density and bulk refractive index, respectively. Response surface models describing the total molar volume and total molar refraction were employed to determine the partial molar volumes and the partial molar refractions of each solute from the dilute multi-component data alone. Neither densities nor refractive indices of any of the pure components were used and no binary information was required for the analysis. Definitions for the mean electronic polarizability and the effective molecular radius of a solute based on the partial molar refraction were introduced. Subsequently, the mean electronic polarizabilities and the effective molecular radii for each solute in multi-component solutions, as well as the solvent were determined. The results obtained for the partial molar volumes, partial molar refractions, electronic polarizabilities and the effective molecular radii were in good agreement with those obtained from independent binary experiments as well as those from literature binary data.     

Apparent Molar Volume and Apparent Molar Refraction of Mono-, Di-, Tri-, and Tetra(oxyethylene) Glycol in Aqueous, 1,4-Dioxane, and Benzene Solutions at 298.15?K

The density and refractive index of aqueous, 1,4-dioxane, and benzene solutions of poly (oxyethylene) glycols of the type HO–(CH₂CH₂O) _n –H (n varying from 1 to 4) were measured at 298.15K. From these experimental data the apparent molar volume and the apparent molar refraction at infinite dilution were calculated. The limiting apparent molar volume of the investigated compounds in a definite solvent depends linearly on the number of oxyethylene groups. From these data, the volume of the monomeric unit was evaluated and found to be greater in non-aqueous solvents than in water. The limiting apparent molar refraction of the solute for the investigated systems, within the experimental uncertainties, is equal to the molar refraction of the pure solute. The electronic polarizability of the solute molecule depends linearly on the number of monomeric units and the ratio of the electronic polarizability to the molecular van der Waals volume is constant and independent of the number of oxyethylene groups.     

Apparent Specific Volume and Apparent Specific Refraction of Some Poly(oxyethylene) Glycols in 1,4-Dioxane and Benzene Solutions at 298.15 K

Summary. The density and refractive index of 1,4-dioxane and benzene solutions of poly(oxyethylene) glycols of the type HO–(CH₂CH₂O)_n–H (n varying from 4 to 36) were measured at 298.15K. From the experimental data the apparent specific volume and the apparent specific refraction at infinite dilution were calculated. The limiting apparent specific volume and the limiting apparent specific refraction were found to be inversely proportional to the number average molecular weight of solute. From the limiting apparent specific values at the infinite degree of polymerization, the partial molar volume and partial molar refraction of the monomeric unit were calculated. The partial molar volume as well as the partial molar refraction of the investigated compounds at infinite dilution are additive and depend linearly on the number of oxyethylene groups. The volumetric data were analyzed in terms of the intrinsic volume of solute molecules and by a void partial molar volume. The packing density of the investigated compounds approaches a uniform value as the size of the molecules increases and in both solvents limiting values are reached.     

Correction for instrument time constant and baseline in determination of reaction kinetics

Rates of reactions can be expressed as dn/dt = kf(n), where n is moles of reaction, k is a rate constant, and f(n) is a function of the properties of the sample. Instrumental measurement of rates requires c(dn/dt) = ckf(n), where c is the proportionality constant between the measured variable and the rate of reaction. When the product of instrument time constant, τ, and k is ? 1, the reaction is much slower than the time response of the instrument and measured rates are unaffected by instrument response. When τ k < 1, = 1, or >1, the reaction rate and instrument response rate are sufficiently comparable that measured rates are significantly affected by instrument response and correction for instrument response must be done to obtain accurate reaction kinetics. This paper describes a method for simultaneous determination of τ, k, c, and instrument baseline by fitting equations describing the combined instrument response and rate law to rates observed as a function of time. When τ cannot be neglected, correction for instrument response has previously been done by truncating early data or by use of the Tian equation. Both methods can lead to significant errors that increase as τk increases. Inclusion of instrument baseline as a fitting parameter significantly reduced variability in k and c compared with use of measured instrument baselines. The method was tested with data on the heat rate from acid‐catalyzed hydrolysis of sucrose collected with three types of calorimeters. In addition, to demonstrate the generality of this method of data analysis, equations including τ, k, c, and instrument baseline are derived for the relation between the reaction rate and the observed rate for first order, second order (first in each reactant), nth order in one reactant, autocatalytic, Michaelis–Menten kinetics, and the Ng equation. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 43: 53–61, 2011     

Volume efficiency correction factor determination for gamma spectrometry using <Superscript>82</Superscript>Br

An easy experimental method for volume efficiency correction factor determination in gamma spectrometry was evolved in this work using ⁸²Br volume samples. The ⁸²Br point sample was diluted successively to form cylindrical samples of different volumes. The gamma spectra of these samples were measured before and after dilution for different sample—detector spacing. The theoretical basis of this method is simple. The volume efficiency dependence on the radius and height was determined.     

Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Semidilute Polymer Solutions: A Multiparticle Collision Dynamics Study

The diffusion of nanoparticles immersed in semidilute polymer solutions is investigated by a hybrid mesoscopic multiparticle collision dynamics method. Effects of polymer concentration and hydrodynamic interactions among polymer monomers are focused. Extensive simulations show that the dependence of diffusion coefficient D on the polymer concentration c agrees with Phillies equation D-exp (-αc^δ) with a scaling exponent δ≈0.97 which coincides with the experimental one in literature. For increasing nanoparticle size, the scaling prefactor α increases monotonically while the scaling exponent always keeps fixed. Moreover, we also study the diffusion of nanoparticle without hydrodynamic interactions and find that mobility of the nanoparticle slows down, and the scaling exponent is obviously different from the one in experiments, implying that hydrodynamic interactions play a crucial role in the diffusion of a nanoparticle in semidilute polymer solutions.     

Apparent Molar Volume and Apparent Molar Refraction of Mono-, Di-, Tri-, and Tetra(oxyethylene) Glycol in Aqueous, 1,4-Dioxane,and Benzene Solutions at 298.15 K

Summary. The density and refractive index of aqueous, 1,4-dioxane, and benzene solutions of poly (oxyethylene) glycols of the type HO–(CH₂CH₂O) _n –H (n varying from 1 to 4) were measured at 298.15K. From these experimental data the apparent molar volume and the apparent molar refraction at infinite dilution were calculated. The limiting apparent molar volume of the investigated compounds in a definite solvent depends linearly on the number of oxyethylene groups. From these data, the volume of the monomeric unit was evaluated and found to be greater in non-aqueous solvents than in water. The limiting apparent molar refraction of the solute for the investigated systems, within the experimental uncertainties, is equal to the molar refraction of the pure solute. The electronic polarizability of the solute molecule depends linearly on the number of monomeric units and the ratio of the electronic polarizability to the molecular van der Waals volume is constant and independent of the number of oxyethylene groups.Received February 24, 2003; accepted (revised) April 10, 2003 Published online August 18, 2003     

Calculated properties of neutral and charged Al<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>Co<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis></Subscript> clusters by density functional theory

Density functional calculations are performed to study the structures and electronic properties of Al _n Co _m clusters with n = 1–7 and m = 1–2. Frequency analysis is also performed after structural optimization to make sure that the calculated ground states are real minima. The corresponding total and binding energies, adiabatic electron affinities and ionization potentials are presented and discussed to aid the identification of our calculations. The BSSE correction is also considered in our calculation. Among Al _n Co _m , Al _n Co _m ⁻, and Al _n Co _m ⁼ clusters (n = 1–7 and m = 1–2), Al₄Co⁻, Al₆Co⁻, Al₂Co₂, and Al₆Co₂ are predicted to be more stable. Our results are consistent with the available experimental data.     

Analysis of Low Molecular Weight Polymers with Gel Permeation Chromatography

Intrinsic viscosities and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) elution times were determined in toluene on commercially available standards of polystyrene (PSTY) and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) having M_n in the range of 10³ to 10⁵ and 10⁴ to 10⁶, respectively. In addition, elution times were determined on the discrete GPC peaks of dimer, trimer, tetramer, etc. as seen in lower molecular weight PSTY and PMMA. Intrinsic viscosities of oligomers were estimated by extrapolation of the Mark-Houwind-Sakurada equations determined from our data, and the results were used to establish a universal calibration curve over a wide range of molecular weights. A similar approach was taken by using literature data for the intrinsic viscosities of PSTY and PMMA in tetra-hydrofuran. It was verified by proton NMR that the universal calibration curve so constructed is useful at M_n, values as low as 300. No correction was necessary for chain length dependence of the detector response.     

Measurement of dispersion numbers for 36 and 100% tri-isoamyl phosphate solvents equilibrated with aqueous nitric acid solutions

The cross sections for the ¹¹⁸Sn (n, α)¹¹⁵Cd, ¹²⁰Sn (n, α)^117gCd and ¹²⁰Sn (n, α)^117mCd reactions have been measured in the neutron energy range of 13.5–14.6 MeV using the activation technique and a coaxial HPGe γ-ray detector. The fast neutrons were produced by the T (d, n) ⁴He reaction. The neutron energies in the measurements were determined by cross section ratios for ⁹³Nb(n,2n)^92mNb and ⁹⁰Zr(n, 2n)^89m+gZr reactions. The results of present work were discussed and compared with theoretical calculation data, measurement results found in the literature and with the comprehensive evaluation data in ENDF/B-VII.0, CENDL-3.1, JENDL-4.0 libraries.     

Theoretical study of electronic spectra of linear carbon clusters HC2nS (n = 1–5)

In this work we report the structures and stabilities of linear carbon clusters HC_2nS (n = 1–5) in their ground states using the B3LYP density functional. The rotational constants at the optimized geometries give excellent agreement with the experimental and previous theoretical values. The vertical excitation energies of the 2²Π ← X²Π transitions at the CASPT2 level are 3.16, 2.66, 2.05, 1.78, and 1.55 eV, respectively, in good agreement with the corresponding observed values of 3.01, 2.48, 2.10, 1.84, and 1.65 eV. Also, the exponential-decay curves for these vertical excitation energies obtained from experiments and theoretical calculations are illuminated.     

Physico-chemical studies of a biologically active molecule (L-valine) predominant in aqueous alkali halide solutions with the manifestation of solvation consequences

The apparent molar volume (?_V), viscosity B-coefficient and molar refraction (R_M) have been determined of L-valine in aqueous solution of LiCl, NaCl and KCl at 298 K, 303 K and 308 K from density (ρ), viscosity (η) and refractive index (n_D) measurements, respectively. The limiting apparent molar volumes (?_V⁰) and experimental slopes (S_V*) derived from the Masson equation have been interpreted in terms of solute–solvent and solute–solute interactions, respectively. The viscosity data were analysed using the Jones–Dole equation and the derived parameter B has also been interpreted in terms of solute–solvent interactions in the solutions. Molar refraction (R_M) has been calculated using the Lorentz–Lorenz equation.     

Thermodynamics of hydrogen-isotope-exchange reactions. Proton solvation inn-hexanol and water

This paper reports our results for the direct experimental determination of the equilibrium constant for the hydrogen-isotope-exchange reaction, 1/2D₂(g)+HCl(hexOH)=1/2H₂(g)+DCl(hexOD), where hexOH isn-hexanol and hexOD isn-hexanol with deuterium substitution in the alcohol function. The reaction was studied in electrochemical double cells without liquid junction for which the net cell reaction is the above isotope-exchange reaction. The experimentally determined value of ε° (296.0°K) for this cell is 4.03±0.95 mV (strong electrolyte standard states, mole-fraction composition scale); the value of the equilibrium constant for the reaction is 1.17±0.05. The contributions of isotope-exchange and transfer effects to the magnitude of the standard Gibbs energy change for the above reaction and for the analogous reaction 1/2D₂(g)+HCl(aq)=DCl(daq)+1/2H₂(g) are considered. Our results support the conclusion of Heinzinger and Weston that the formulation of the solvated proton in water as H₃O⁺, as opposed to H₉O₄ ⁺, is sufficient for the interpretation of the thermodynamics of hydrogen-isotope-exchange reactions in water. We also find that the formulation of the solvated proton inn-hexanol as ROH ₂ ⁺ is sufficient for the interpretation of our results on the thermodynamics of hydrogen-isotope-exchange inn-hexanol.     

Experimental validation of corrections factors for γ–γ and γ–X coincidence summing of 133Ba, 152Eu,and 125Sb in volume sources

True coincidence summing correction factors for ¹³³Ba, ¹⁵²Eu and ¹²⁵Sb were determined experimentally for a small volume source and compared with correction factors obtained with three softwares (EFFTRAN-X, GESPECOR and VGSL). The radionuclides investigated have a relatively challenging decay scheme and their spectra are known to suffer from losses due to summation (γ–γ, γ–X and X–X) when measured at close distances on a HPGe detector sensitive to low energy photons. This study shows that the softwares were in good agreement with each other and the experimental data and the calculated activity was consistent with the activity in the volume source.

     

Thermally activated crystallization of two FeNiPSi alloys

The crystallization kinetics of two alloys in the Fe-Ni-P-Si quaternary system have been investigated, with both isothermal and continuous heating experiments, by means of differential scanning calorimetry. Both alloys present two separated crystallization processes. The Johnson-MehlAvrami-Erofeev equation with a rate constant following the Arrhenius behavior gives the best fit of the experimental data. In all processes the value of its JMAE kinetic exponent is not constant. In the nearly stages, n changes steeply revealing the transient nucleation effect to reach values corresponding to a three-dimensional volume growth controlled by diffusion in the central part (0.3<x<0.55). Latter in the transformation n continuously decreases reflecting the saturation of nucleation. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The identification of in vitro metabolites of bupropion using ion trap mass spectrometry

We have identified in vitro metabolites of bupropion (Wellbutrin®) from incubations with human liver S9 fraction and human liver microsomes based on molecular weight information from full scan experiments using a liquid chromatograph coupled to a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer capable of multi-stage operation (LC/MSⁿ). Preliminary experiments have shown that this instrument provides comparable sensitivity to conventional LC-coupled triple quadrupole instruments for metabolic studies, while allowing detailed structural studies using MS_n experiments and routine on-line coupling with high performance liquid chromatography via an external atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) source. The LC/MS analysis of human S9 showed the presence of three isomeric monohydroxylated metabolites of bupropion. These were further characterized in a series of MS/MS experiments which gave characteristic spectra for the three isomers. A minor dihydroxylated species was also identified in the human S9 sample and further characterized in a series of MS_n experiments. Detailed structural information was generated by the use of on-line LC/MS_n type experiments. We have followed the fragmentation pathways of several molecular ion species in a series of sequential LC/MS_n experiments, extending as far as MS⁶ with scan cycle times of less than 1.5 s. Such experiments have provided insights into the structure of specific fragment ions. Additional metabolic products were identified in the rat liver microsomes incubation sample.     

Data-dependent neutral gain MS<Superscript>3</Superscript>: Toward automated identification of the N-Oxide functional group in drug metabolites

We report here an automated method for the identification of N-oxide functional groups in drug metabolites by using the combination of liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS ⁿ ) based on ion-molecule reactions and collision-activated dissociation (CAD). Data-dependent acquisition, which has been readily utilized for metabolite characterization using CAD-based methods, is adapted for use with ion-molecule reaction-based tandem mass spectrometry by careful choice of select experimental parameters. Two different experiments utilizing ion-molecule reactions are demonstrated, data-dependent neutral gain MS³ and data-dependent neutral gain pseudo-MS³, both of which generate functional group selective mass spectral data in a single experiment and facilitate increased throughput in structural elucidation of unknown mixture components. Initial results have been generated by using an LC/MS ⁿ method based on ion-molecule reactions developed earlier for the identification of the N-oxide functional group in pharmaceutical samples, a notoriously difficult functional group to identify via CAD alone. Since commercial software and straightforward, external instrument modification are used, these experiments are readily adaptable to the industrial pharmaceutical laboratory.     

Volumetric and optical study of molecular association in binary mixtures of dimethyl sulphoxide with carboxylic acid

Density and refractive index have been measured for the binary mixture of dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) with propanoic acid and n-butyric acid at three temperatures, 293, 303 and 313 K, over the entire composition range. Excess parameters such as excess molar volume (V ^E) and molar refraction deviation (ΔR _m) have been calculated from the measured density and refractive index to study the molecular association between the component molecules. The V ^E and ΔR _m values of these mixtures were fitted to the Redlich–Kister polynomial equation. Both excess parameters were plotted against the mole fraction of DMSO over the whole composition range. The values of V ^E and ΔR _m have been found to be negative for both mixtures over the entire composition range, which suggests the presence of strong intermolecular interaction. The experimental refractive data of these mixtures were also used to test the validity of the empirical relations for the refractive index.