Thermochemistry of the binary system nitrocellulose+2,4-dinitrotoluene

Melting enthalpy and mixing enthalpy of binary system 2,4-dinitrotoluene and nitrocellulose were determined by DSC method. The maximum value of mixing enthalpy was H _max ^M=1.38 kJ mol⁻¹ for molar fraction x _w24DNT = 0.501. The Flory-Huggins parameter (c) was estimated. The solubility curves and glass transition temperatures were predicted and compared with the experimental results. The measurements were performed for the samples with different times of storage at room temperature. The analysis of melting peaks for the mixture leads to the conclusion that for the long periods of storage the melting of 2,4-dinitrotoluene takes place in the confined spaces (pores) and unconfined space (bulk). The crystallization and melting is observed during the short time of storage in mixtures with low nitrocellulose content and in the case of mixtures with a large amount of NC the glass transition is additionally observed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Thermochemistry of the binary system nitrocellulose+N-nitrodiethanolamine dinitrate

The melting and mixing enthalpy of the binary system nitrocellulose and N-nitrodiethanolamine dinitrate (DINA) was determined by DSC. The mixing enthalpy H _max^M = 1.95 kJ mol⁻¹ had maximum at mass fraction x _wDINA=0.46. The influence of samples storing on glass and endothermic transitions were studied. The temperature range of glass transition broadened with x _wDINA what proved the increase of samples heterogeneity. For x _wDINA≤0.750 no influence of samples storing on the phase changes was observed. The heat capacity change decreased and temperature range of glass transition increased for x _wDINA≤0.500 what indicated the reduction of glass phase fraction in studied samples.     

Nitrocellulose porosity - thermoporometry

Nitrocellulose porosity was investigated by thermoporometry, based on melting point depression of liquid in limited space. Strange behaviour of water-saturated nitrocellulose was observed, which consisted of melting peak shifting of some of liquid. Thermal resistance, connected with limited contact area of nitrocellulose walls and water, is supposed as the source of phenomenon. Water is unable to completely penetrate into pores as nitrocellulose is a hydrophobic material, though prolonged stirring or boiling of mixture improves saturation. Thus total pore volume cannot be estimated correctly. In spite of this pore radius was calculated from obtained DSC curves. The results show good consistency for the same nitrocellulose materials, which proves that thermoporometry is a useful method of nitrocellulose characterisation. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

吡啶-2,6-二甲酸氢锂的合成、结构及热化学性质

以甲醇和水的混合溶液为溶剂, 合成了吡啶-2,6-二甲酸氢锂Li(HDPC)(H₂O)(s), 利用X射线单晶衍射法表征了其晶体结构. 用精密自动绝热热量计测量了其在78～378 K温区的低温热容. 通过最小二乘法拟合得到摩尔热容随折合温度变化的多项式方程, 利用此方程计算出了化合物的舒平热容和各种热力学函数. 设计合理的热化学循环, 利用等温环境溶解-反应热量计分别测定所设计热化学反应的反应物和产物在选定溶剂中的溶解焓, 通过计算得到反应焓为-(46.83 ±0.16) kJ/mol. 利用Hess定律计算出吡啶-2,6-二甲酸氢锂的标准摩尔生成焓为-(747.90 ±1.46) kJ/mol. 利用紫外-可见光谱仪对反应物和产物溶液的测量证实所设计热化学循环的可靠性.     

Thermochemistry of the Decomposition of Some Cobalt Compounds

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to determine the molar enthalpies of dehydration and decomposition of CoC₂O₄·2H₂O, Co(HCOO)₂·2H₂O and [Co(NH₃)₆]₂(C₂O₄)₃·4H₂O. The first stage of dissociation of each compound is a single-step dehydration both in air and argon atmospheres. The next stages are decomposition processes influenced by experimental parameters. The enthalpies of dehydration and decomposition vary from compound to compound in each atmosphere. The obtained data have been related to the macromechanisms proposed for the thermal decomposition and the parallel-consecutive decomposition-oxidation processes. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

吡啶-2,6-二甲酸氢钾的合成、结构表征及热化学性质

合成了吡啶-2,6-二甲酸氢钾(KHDPC). 利用X射线单晶衍射仪确定了化合物的晶体结构. 用精密自动绝热热量计测量了其在78~360 K温度区间的低温热容. 利用最小二乘法对配合物的实验热容进行拟合, 得到热容随温度变化的多项式方程. 利用此方程计算出温度区间内的舒平热容值及相对于298.15 K时的热力学函数值. 利用Hess定律设计合理的热化学循环, 在等温环境下利用溶解-反应热量计分别测定所设计热化学反应的反应物和产物在所选溶剂中的溶解焓并计算出反应的反应焓. 最后, 计算出该化合物的标准摩尔生成焓为-(1052.69±1.52) kJ/mol.     

Thermochemistry of the Binary System Nitrocellulose-s-Diethyldiphenylurea

A method of gelation enthalpy determination of nitrocellulose (NC)+s-diethyldiphenylurea (Centralite 1, C1) binary system was elaborated using the change of Centralite 1 melting enthalpy in the mixture. The heats of C1 melting together with gelation and dissolution of NC fibres were determined by DSC calorimetric methods. A sharp maximum of the gelation enthalpy for C1 mole fraction x _C1 ^max =0.555 suggests that the complex is very stable and one partly nitrated anhydroglucose ring is interacting with about 1.25 C1 molecules. The gelatinization enthalpy maximum equals =−4.59 kJ mol⁻¹. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Thermochemistry of heteroatomic compounds

The enthalpies of vaporization of different classes three-coordinated arsenic compounds have been determined according to their enthalpies of solution in hexane and molar refraction. The enthalpies of solvation of cyclic and acyclic As(III)-derivatives in hexane, carbon tetrachloride,p-xylene and pyridine are obtained and discussed. Part 6, see Ref. [1].     

Heat capacity and thermodynamic properties of 1-hexadecanol

Three different nitrocellulose (NC) samples produced from linters were investigated. DSC studies on the NC+sym-diethyldiphenylurea (C1) mixtures were carried out. The influence of storage time on their pore structures was examined using thermoporometry. The results led to conclusion that large pores are multiples of small ones. The parameter n was used to characterize the number of C1 molecules equivalent to NC ring. Its value for short storage time was about 9 but for longer time reached the value of 3. The influence of thermal history on the phase transition and porosity of the different nitrocellulose samples was different.     

Thermochemistry of heteroatomic compounds

The enthalpies of combustion (H _comb) of 13 primary, secondary, and tertiary alkylphoshines in the condensed state were calculated using the equation H _comb = –860.7 – 107.0N, where N is the number of valent (bond-forming) electrons. This equation can be used for the calculation of enthalpies of combustion and formation of phosphoric acid esters.Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1693–1694, August, 2004.     

DSC studies on long-term properties of nitrocellulose and SYM-diphenylurea system

Long-term investigations of the phase structure and pore structure of nitrocellulose and sym-diethyldiphenylurea (C1) mixtures were conducted for samples with C1 mass fractions w _C1=0.5, 0.6 and 0.8. The distribution of pore sizes and the composition of the nitrocellulose matrix were determined based on the melting enthalpy of C1. The three kinds of pores was observed with the characteristic size of about 7, 14 and 28 nm. Long-term storage of mixtures caused an increase in size of the smallest pores and a decrease of C1 concentration in the nitrocellulose matrix. The mechanism of changes in pore sizes is presented in term of multi-sheet model of NC fiber. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Thermochemistry of heteroatomic compounds

The enthalpies of solvation of four geometric isomers of 2,5-dimethyl-1-phenyl-1-thioxophosphorinan-4-one in chloroform, nitrobenzene, and methanol were calculated using the enthalpies of vaporization of the isomers determined by the modified Solomonov—Konovalov method from the enthalpies of solution of the compounds in CCl₄ andp-xylene and molar refractions. The enthalpies of formation (ΔH _f ^o) of the isomers in the condensed and gas phase were assessed in the framework of Benson's group additivity scheme by summing the ΔH _f ^o values for phosphacycloketone fragments obtained from molecular mechanics calculations with the contributions of the phenyl group and S atom attached to the P atom. Published inIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1533–1536, September, 2000.     

Heat capacity and standard molar enthalpy of formation of crystalline 2,6-dicarboxypyridine (C7H5NO4)

Low-temperature heat capacity C_p,m of 2,6-dicarboxypyridine (C₇H₅NO₄; CAS 499-83-2) was precisely measured in the temperature range from (80 to 378) K with a high precision automated adiabatic calorimeter. No phase transition or thermal anomaly was observed in this range. The thermodynamic functions [H_T − H_298.15] and [S_T − S_298.15] were calculated in the range from (80 to 378) K. The standard molar enthalpy of combustion and the standard molar enthalpy of formation of the compound have been determined, and , by means of a precision oxygen-bomb combustion calorimeter at T = 298.15 K. The thermodynamic properties of the compound were further investigated through differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and the thermogravimetric (TG) analysis.     

Catalytic wet air oxidation of 2-nitrotoluidine and 2,4-dinitrotoluene

The rates of wet air oxidation of 2-nitrotoluidine and 2,4-dinitrotoluene in the presence of excess oxygen and at different temperatures and oxygen pressures was investigated. Oxidation experiments were carried out at temperatures between 180 and 225^oC and oxygen partial pressures of 1,0-3,0 MPa, in a 280 mL glass vessel-inserted stainless steel reactor. Copper sulfate (CuSO₄ .5H₂O) was used as a catalyst, and the effect of catalyst loading was studied by varying the concentration: 0.75, 2.5 and 25 mg/L as Cu²⁺. Addition of Cu²⁺ ions in the reaction media accelerated 2-nitrotoluidine oxidation nearly ten times even if it exists in trace amount in the reaction medium (0.75 ppm Cu²⁺). Unfortunately copper did not show catalytic effect for the oxidation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Combustion Behaviour of Nitrocellulose and its Complexes with Copper Oxide. Hot stage microscopic studies

Complexes of nitrocellulose (NC – low and high nitrogen content) with copper oxide (CuO) have been synthesized and studied for morphological behaviour on heating from room temperature to 500°C with the help of hot stage microscopy (HSM). During decomposition, NC:CuO complexes show contraction of fibrous boundaries followed by mass movement of matrix, with the evolution of brown yellow colour gas at higher temperatures as compared to NC alone. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Thermochemistry of heteroatomic compounds

The vaporization enthalpies (ΔH _vap) of 97 primary, secondary, and tertiary alkylphosphines and alkyl(aryl)phosphines with different spatial structures were calculated using the Trouton and Wadso equations and the first-order topological solvation index¹χ^s. The contributions of the H₂P and HP groups and the phosphorus atom to the vaporization enthalpies of primary, secondary, and tertiary phosphines, respectively, were calculated. The results obtained can be used in calculations of ΔH _vap for related phosphorus compounds. For Part 16, see Ref. 1. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 32–37, January, 2000.     

Thermochemistry of Amines: Experimental Standard Molar Enthalpies of Formation of N-Alkylated Piperidines

The standard molar enthalpies of formation _f H _m ^° (l) at the temperature T = 298.15 K were determined using combustion calorimetry for N-methylpiperidine (A), N-ethylpiperidine (B), N-propylpiperidine (C), N-butylpiperidine (D), N-cyclopentylpiperidine (E), N-cyclohexylpiperidine (F), and N-phenylpiperidine (G). The standard molar enthalpies of vaporization _l ^g H ^{m °} of these compounds were obtained from the temperature variation of the vapor pressure measured in a flow system. From these data the following standard molar enthalpies of formation in gaseous phase _f H _m ^° (g) were derived for: A –(61.39 ± 0.88); B –(88.1 ± 1.3); C –(105.81 ± 0.66); D –(126.2 ± 1.3); E ( –88.21 ± 0.75); F –(135.21 ± 0.94); G (70.3 ± 1.4) kJ · mol^–1. They are used to determine the strain enthalpies of the cyclic amines A–G. The N-alkylated piperidine rings have been found to be about strainless.     

Detecting Mechanochemical Degradation of Nitrocellulose by Combining Dynamic Mechanical Analysis with Mass Spectrometry

Summary: Dynamic mechanical analysis is combined with mass spectrometry to study nitrocellulose under oscillating strain. At a constant temperature (150–160 °C) and frequency (400–600 Hz) nitrocellulose fractures demonstrating a modulus drop and release of products with m/z: 30 and 44. At linear heating (2 °C · min⁻¹) and a frequency of 10–50 Hz similar products are released in two steps, the second of which demonstrates a modulus drop and a temperature increase indicating ignition.

Data for an isothermal dynamic mechanical analysis–mass spectrometry experiment performed at 160 °C.     

Interplay of Thermochemistry and Structural Chemistry, the Journal (Volume 11, 2000), and the Discipline

As practiced disciplines, structural chemistry and thermochemistry need not be related. In the current study they are: the entire contents of the journal Structural Chemistry (Vol. 11) for the year 2000 has been reviewed and then each and every article that appeared therein was given a thermochemical commentary, spin or slant.     

Interplay of Thermochemistry and Structural Chemistry,the Journal (Volume 13, 2002) and the Discipline

As practiced disciplines, structural chemistry and thermochemistry need not be related. In the current study they are: the contents of the journal Structural Chemistry (Vol. 13) for the year 2002 have been reviewed and then most articles that appeared therein were given a thermochemical commentary, spin or slant.