Adsorption separation of carbon dioxide,methane, and nitrogen on Hβ and Na-exchanged β-zeolite

Adsorption isotherms of carbon dioxide （CO2）, methane （CH4）, and nitrogen （N2） on Hβand sodium exchanged β-zeolite （Naβ） were volumetrically measured at 273 and 303 K. The results show that all isotherms were of Brunauer type I and well correlated with Langmuir-Freundlich model. After sodium ions exchange, the adsorption amounts of three adsorbates increased, while the increase magnitude of CO2 adsorption capacity was much higher than that of CH4 and N2. The selectivities of CO2 over CH4 and CO2 over N2 enhanced after sodium exchange. Also, the initial heat of adsorption data implied a stronger interaction of CO2 molecules with Na＋ ions in Naβ . These results can be attributed to the larger electrostatic interaction of CO2 with extraframework cations in zeolites. However, Naβ showed a decrease in the selectivity of CH4 over N2, which can be ascribed to the moderate affinity of N2 with Naβ. The variation of isosteric heats of adsorption as a function of loading indicates that the adsorption of CO2 in Naβ presents an energetically heterogeneous profile. On the contrary, the adsorption of CH4 was found to be essentially homogeneous, which suggests the dispersion interaction between CH4 and lattice oxygen atoms, and such interaction does not depend on the exchangeable cations of zeolite.     

Adsorption separation of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen on Hβ and Na-exchanged β-zeolite

Adsorption isotherms of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrogen (N2) on Hβ and sodium exchanged β-zeolite (Naβ) were volumetrically measured at 273 and 303 K. The results show that all isotherms were of Brunauer type Ⅰ and well correlated with Langmuir-Freundlich model. After sodium ions exchange, the adsorption amounts of three adsorbates increased, while the increase magnitude of CO2 adsorption capacity was much higher than that of CH4 and N2. The selectivities of CO2 over CH4 and CO2 over N2 enhanced after sodium exchange. Also, the initial heat of adsorption data implied a stronger interaction of CO2 molecules with Na+ ions in Naβ. These results can be attributed to the larger electrostatic interaction of CO2 with extraframework cations in zeolites. However, Naβ showed a decrease in the selectivity of CH4 over N2, which can be ascribed to the moderate affinity of N2 with Naβ. The variation of isosteric heats of adsorption as a function of loading indicates that the adsorption of CO2 in Naβ presents an energetically heterogeneous profile. On the contrary, the adsorption of CH4 was found to be essentially homogeneous, which suggests the dispersion interaction between CH4 and lattice oxygen atoms, and such interaction does not depend on the exchangeable cations of zeolite.     

Density Functional Theory Study on the Adsorption of CN on Transition Metal M（100） （M = Ni,Pd, Pt,Cu, Ag and Au） Surfaces

The adsorption of cyanide on the top site of a series of transition metal M（100） （M = Cu, Ag, Au, Ni, Pd, Pt） surfaces via carbon and nitrogen atoms respectively, with the CN axis perpendicular to the surface, has been studied by means of density functional theory and cluster model. Geometry, adsorption energy and vibrational frequencies have been determined, and the present calculations show that the adsorption of CN through C-end on metal surface is more favorable than that via N-end for the same surface. The vibrational frequencies of CN for C-down configuration on surface are blue-shifted with respect to the free CN, which is contrary to the change of vibrational frequencies when CN is adsorbed by N-down structure. Furthermore, the charge transfer from surface to CN causes the increase of surface work function.     

Density Functional Study of the C Atom Adsorption on the α-Fe2O3 （001） Surface

The adsorption of C atoms on the α-Fe2O3(001) surface was studied based on density function theory(DFT) ,in which the exchange-correlation potential was chosen as the PBE(Perdew,Burke and Ernzerhof) generalized gradient approximation(GGA) with a plane wave basis set. Upon the optimization on different adsorption sites with coverage of 1/20 and 1/5 ML,it was found that the adsorption of C atoms on the α-Fe2O3(001) surface was chemical adsorption. The coverage can affect the adsorption behavior greatly. Under low coverage,the most stable adsorption geometry lied on the bridged site with the adsorption energy of about 3.22 eV;however,under high coverage,it located at the top site with the energy change of 8.79 eV. Strong chemical reaction has occurred between the C and O atoms at this site. The density of states and population analysis showed that the s,p orbitals of C and p orbital of O give the most contribution to the adsorption bonding. During the adsorption process,O atom shares the electrons with C,and C can only affect the outermost and subsurface layers of α-Fe2O3;the third layer can not be affected obviously.     

Effect and Mechanism Analysis of Solvent on the Electron Transition of Fluoroquinolones Based on Quantum Chemical Calculation

Ciprofloxacin(CIP), moxifoxacin(MOX) and enrofloxacin(ENR) were selected as typical fluoroquinolones(FQs) to analyze the excitation-enhancing effect and mechanism of solvents on FQs' electron transition based on quantum chemical calculations. The UV spectra of three FQs in gas and five different solvents(water, cyclohexane, dimethylsulfoxide, methanol, acetone) were calculated using Gaussian 09 software. The transition mechanisms of FQs' main electron transitions were analyzed by natural bond orbital(NBO) theory, and the solvent effect on each electron transition was assessed qualitatively and quantitatively by sensitivity analysis and an established index system. The excitation enhancing mechanism of solvent on electron transitions of FQs was analyzed from the view of photo-induced reactions between solvent and FQs molecules. The results show that there are two main transitions located in the spectrum ranges of 300~380 and 240~300 nm for each FQ in any medium, which are assigned as n →π* and π→π* electron transitions, respectively. By comparison, the n →π* transition is more sensitive to solvent because of the energy transfer between solvent molecules and FQs, but the solvent effect on the π→π* transition is stronger than on the n →π* transition. The sequence of affected extent of solvent effect on electron transition was CIP MOX ENR, and the sequence of solvent effect was water DMSO methanol acetone cyclohexane(stronger solvent effect with increasing the dielectric constant of solvent). From the view of photo-induced reactions, the reaction between FQs*T1 and solvent*T1 has the decisive regulatory effect on the n →π* transition of FQs in solvent, and the reaction between FQsS0 and solvent*TI has an enhancing effect on the π→π* transition.     

Action mechanism of antioxidation and anticorrosion and molecular design for perfluoropolyether fluid additives (Ⅰ)——Action mechanism of additive and property of donating-accepting electron

The combination energy and chemical adsorption energy of N-substituted perfluoropoly-alkyletherphenylamide (PFPEA) additive to perfluoropolyalkylether oxygen radical (RfO.) and to Fe atom have been calculated by quantum chemical methods. Structural characteristics, action mechanism, property of donating-accepting electron and substituent effect for antioxidant and anticorrosive additive are investigated. It is found that HOMO of the additives is a π-molecular orbital with lone pair electron of heteroatom. The HOMO of PFPEA additive reacts with LUMO of Fe atom to result in chemical adsorption. The LUMO of additive can interact with the SOMO of RfO. and accept electron of RfO. to form stable addition product. The additives have the property of donating-accepting electron. The electron-releasing group, particularly, the phenyl group, introduced to N atom of phenylamide can increase the combination energy and chemical adsorption energy, and enhance the antioxidant and anticorrosive efficiency. The research achi     

Studies on the Adsorption of Asymmetrical Triblock Copolymers by Scheutjens-Fleer Theory and Monte Carlo Simulation

The adsorption of asymmetrical triblock copolymers from a non-selective solvent on solid surface has been studied by using Scheutjens-Fleer mean-field theory and Monte Carlo simulation method on lattice model. The main aim of this paper is to provide detailed computer simulation data, taking A8-kB20Ak as a key example, to study the influence of the structure of copolymer on adsorption behavior and make a comparison between MC and SF results. The simulated results show that the size distribution of various configurations and density-profile are dependent on molecular structure and adsorption energy. The molecular structure will lead to diversity of adsorption behavior. This discrepancy between different structures would be enlarged for the surface coverage and adsorption amount with increasing of the adsorption energy. The surface coverage and the adsorption amount as well as the bound fraction will become larger as symmetry of the molecular structure becomes gradually worse. The adsorption layer becomes thicker with increasing of symmetry of the molecule when adsorption energy is smaller but it becomes thinner when adsorption energy is higher. It is shown that SF theory can reproduce the adsorption behavior of asymmetrical triblock copolymers. However, systematic discrepancy between the theory and simulation still exists.The approximations inherited in the mean-filed theory such as random mixing and the allowance of direct back folding may be responsible for those deviations.     

Theoretical Investigation of Hydrogen Sulfide Adsorption on the Surface of F Functionalized Carbon and Carbon Silicon Nanotubes (7,0) in the Gas Phase and Water

In order to develop a sensor for the detection of toxic H_2S molecule,the interactions of C–NT and CSi–NT with H_2S molecule were investigated by density functional theory calculations. The effects of F functionalization and water on the adsorption of H_2S gas on C–NT and CSi–NT surfaces were investigated. The studied nanotubes can interact with the H_2S molecule effectively and so adsorptions of H_2S on studied nanotubes are exothermic and possible from the energetic viewpoint. Replacing the C atoms of C–NT with Si atoms may be a good strategy for improving the sensitivity of C–NT towards H_2S. F functionalization and water cause an increase and decrease in the absolute adsorption energy(Ead) values of H_2S on the studied nanotubes,respectively. There are good linearity dependencies between Ead and orbital energy values of studied nanotubes. The Ead and orbital energy values of studied nanotubes can be considered as important parameters to propose suitable nanotubes with increased potential of H_2S adsorption.     

First-Principle Studies on Adsorption of Cu^＋ and Hydrated Cu^＋ Cations on Clean Si（111） Surface

To study the adsorption behavior of Cu+ in aqueous solution on semiconductor surface, the interactions of Cu+ and hydrated Cu+ cations with the clean Si(111) surface were investigated via hybrid density functional theory(B3LYP) and Mller-Plesset second-order perturbation(MP2) method. The clean Si(111) surface was described with cluster models(Si14H17, Si16H20 and Si22H21) and a four-silicon layer slab under periodic boundary conditions. Calculation results indicate that the bonding nature of adsorption of Cu+ on Si surface can be viewed as partial cova- lent as well as ionic bonding. The binding energies between hydrated Cu+ cations and Si(111) surface are large, suggesting a strong interaction between them. The coordination number of Cu+(H2O)n on Si(111) surface was found to be 4. As the number of water molecules is larger than 5, water molecules form a hydrogen bond network. In aqueous solution, Cu+ cations will safely attach to the clean Si(111) surface.     

Adsorption of phenylalanine from aqueous solution onto active carbon and silica gel

The adsorption isotherms of phenylalanine from aqueous solution on active carbon andsilica gel at varying pH,and the influence of inorganic salt upon the ad rption have been studied(at 25℃).The adsorption amount of phcnylalanine on the silica gel is very low due to the strong ad-sorption of water by silica gel.The results on the active carbon show:(1)The adsorption is found to bepH-dependent,within pH 4.1—5.1 it increases with pH,within pH 5.1—11.8 it decreases with pH,atpH 5.1 the adsorption reaches its maximum;(2)The phenylalanine is adsorbed mainly in the formof zwitterion;(3)A certain amount of cations and anions of phenylalanine are also adsorbed with vander Waals interaction;(4)After adding NaCl,the adsorption of phenylalanine increases markedly.     

Ab initio study of the transition-metal carbene cations

The geometries and bonding characteristics of the first-row transition-metal carbene cations MCH_2~ were investigated by ab initio molecular orbital theory (HF/LANL2DZ). All of MCH_2~ are coplanar. In the closed shell structures the C bonds to M with double bonds; while in the open shell structures the partial double bonds are formed, because one of the σ and π orbitals is singly occupied. It is mainly the π-type overlap between the 2p_x orbital of C and 4p_x, 3d_(xz), orbitals of M~ that forms the π orbitals. The dissociation energies of C—M bond appear in periodic trend from Sc to Cu. Most of the calculated bond dissociation energies are close to the experimental ones.     

Indirect Determination of Ascorbic Acid with Ammonium Sulfate and Isopropyl Alcohol by Extraction-flotation of Copper

A new method of indirect determination of ascorbic acid(Vc) with ammonium sulfateand isopropyl alcohol by extraction-flotation of copper is studied in this paper. It shows that asmall amount of Cu( II ) can be reduced to Cu( I ) by Vc, then Cu( I ) reacted with the SCN-,which precipitated on the interface of isopropyl alcohol and H2O. A good linear relationshin is observed between the flotation yield(E) of Cu( II ) and the amount of Vc. The detection limi(forVc is 1.76 μg/mL. The method is simple, rapid (5 rain), but suffers from little interference of common anions and cations. It has been successfully applied for the determination of Vc in fruits.     

THERMODYNAMICS ADSORPTION OF MANGANESE ION ON 1-（2-PYRIDYLAZO）-2-NAPHTHOL-6-SULPHONIC ACID IMPREGNATED RESIN

An ion-exchange resin of type 201×7 was impregnated with the reagent 1-（2-Pyridylazo）-2-naphthol-6-sulphonic Acid （PAN-S）. The adsorption characteristics of PAN-S resin for manganese ion were studied on the static equilibrium adsorption. Within temperature range of 288K-313K and the concentration range investigated, equilibrium data for the adsorption of manganese ions from aqueous solutions by PAN-S resin were obtained and correlated with Freundlich and Langmuir equation. The results showed that the process of the adsorption of manganese ions from aqueous solution by PAN-S was an exothermic process. Estimations of the isothermic enthalpy change of adsorption, free energy change and entropy of adsorption are reported, and the adsorption behaviors are reasonably interpreted.     

Adsorption of Co2B2 and Ni2B2 Clusters on the TiO2 (110) Surface: a Density Functional Study

Based on density functional theory and generalized gradient approximation calculations, the adsorption of Co2B2 and Ni2B2 clusters on the rutile TiO2 (110) surface has been investigated utilizing periodic supercell models. Unambiguously, the results demonstrate that the hollow site turns out to be preferable for Co2B2 cluster while Ti2 site is for Ni2B2 cluster to adsorb. Orbital population analysis indicates a strong interaction between Co2B2 and O atom of TiO2 surface, which can be attributed to the overlap of Co 3d and surface O 2p orbital. Similarly, for Ni2B2 , the bonding interaction occurs mostly through the interaction of Ni 3d/4s and O 2p orbitals. Note that, there is also an interaction within the Co2B2 clusters (Ni2B2) through B 2s/2p and Co 3d orbitals (Ni 3d/4s). Moreover, orbital analysis results shows that the strong bonding between Ni2B2 and Ti2 site is due to the overlap of HOMO of Ni2B2 and d-orbital of five-coordinated titanium atoms.     

Key Parameters Analysis and Regulation of Singlet Oxygen Quenching Rate of Carotenoids

28 kinds of carotenoids are studied to reveal the key parameters and regulation on the singlet oxygen quenching rate. First, the quantum chemistry parameters of carotenoids calculated by Gaussian software combined with substitution parameters were used to construct the quantitative structure-activity relationship model(QSAR) of the singlet oxygen quenching rate of carotenoids. The key parameters affecting the antioxidant activity of carotenoids are revealed, and the data predicted via the QSAR model were provided for subsequent research. Then, a three-dimensional(3D) pharmacophore model was used to regulate and modify the antioxidant activity of carotenoids. The correlation coefficients of the modeling group(R~2) and verification group(R_(pre)~2) of the established QSAR model were 0.945 and 0.916, respectively, which can be used for the analysis of antioxidant activity of carotenoids; the antioxidant activity of carotenoids can be significantly regulated by the number of conjugated C=C bonds, the energy difference between frontier molecular orbitals and the partial Mulliken charge in C1 and the π···π* excitation energy E(s); the antioxidant activity of carotenoids can be effectively regulated by the hydrogen bond acceptor pharmacophores on both sides of the conjugated C=C bonds and the hydrophobic groups on the conjugated C=C bond; the hydrophobic substituents attached to conjugated C=C bonds can effectively improve the singlet oxygen quenching rate of carotenoids.     

A Quantum Chemistry Study of Inhibition Properties of Imidazole and Its Derivatives on Iron Surface Corrosion

The geometries of imidazole and its derivatives were respectively optimized by using ab initio method, and the molecular orbital energy levels and the charge densities were obtained for their optimum geometries. The frontier orbital energy levels, and the net charges of N (1) atom and the imidazole ring of those molecules were obtained with ab initio and SCC-DV-Xα methods. It was found that the inhibition properties of those compounds change with the highest occupied molecular orbital energy levels, and the net charges of N (1) atom. We took four iron atoms on the crystal plane (100) of α-iron as the surface which was used to study the adsorption towards the inhibitors. The adsorption models of the inhibitor to be adsorbed on the Fe-cluster surface were optimized with SCC-DV-Xα method. It turns out that the most favorable model is that the inhibitor molecule is adsorbed on the Fe-cluster surface in an inclined state. The calculation shows that the stabilization energies of the systems are well correlated with the inhibition efficiencies.     

The First-principles Study of Hydrogen Adsorption and Diffusion on the Biaxial Strained Fe(110) Surface

Hydrogen is known to play a negative role in mechanical properties of steel due to hydrogen embrittlement. Surface strain modifies the surface reactivity. In this paper, we employed spin-polarized periodic density functional to study the atomic H adsorption and diffusion on the biaxial strained Fe(110) surface. The result shows that the adsorption of H at the Tf site is the most stable on compressive surface and tensile surface. And H atom on the top site relaxes to Tf site on the strained surface. The adsorbed hydrogen atom at all calculated adsorption sites relaxes towards the surface due to the tensile strain. Lattice compression makes the bonding strength weaker between H atom and the surface. The analysis of the partial density of states shows that H 1 s orbital hybridizes with the Fe 4 s orbital. The result of charge density difference shows electrons are transferred from Fe to H atom. Compressive strain reduces the transferred electrons and decreases the Mulliken electrons of Fe 4 s orbital, which weaken the bonding interaction between H and Fe atoms. H atom diffuses into subsurface through a distorted tetrahedron. Surface strain does not change diffusion path but affects the diffusion barrier energy. Tetrahedron gap volume in the transition state of compressive system decreases to increase the diffusion barrier. This suggests compressive strain impedes H penetrating into the Fe subsurface. The present results indicate that it is a way to control adsorption and diffusion of hydrogen on the Fe surface by surface strain.     

Kinetics and Thermodynamics of the Adsorption of Copper(Ⅱ) onto a New Fe-Si Adsorbent

A new kind of Fe-Si adsorbent was synthesized by iron oxide and diatomite after calcining and hydrothermal process. The influences of the initial Cu2+ concentration, p H and adsorption time on the Cu2+ removal efficiency were discussed. Three adsorption empirical kinetics equations and two thermodynamics equations were used to simulate the adsorption process. The microstructures of newly developed copper removal materials and properties of copper removal are characterized in details by SEM and EDS. Adsorption mechanism of the adsorbent was discussed. The suitable p H value for Cu2+ removal is 5.0 to 6.0 and the adsorption capacity increases with increasing the initial Cu2+ concentration. The adsorption kinetics of the adsorbent could be better described by pseudo second order kinetic model, whereas the adsorption isotherms highly conform to the Freundlich equation. The main crystalline phase of the adsorbent is Fe(Si O3) which can build porous structures conducive to the Cu2+ adsorption.     

A STUDY ON MULTIPLE CENTER d-p π BOND IN OXO-CENTERED TRINUCLEAR TRANSITION METAL CARBOXYLATE COMPLEXES

<正> The self-empirical SCC-EHMO calculation has been carried out for a series of oxo-centered trinuclear metal carboxylate complexes. The results indicated that the four-center d-p ?π bonds, formed by combination of centered oxygen atom 2p2 orbital with metal atom dxz,dyz orbitals in core M3O or M2M1O (simplified as M3O in the following) ,are of importance for this class complexes. In the opinion of isolobal contrast, these bonds would be similar to four-center p-p π bonds in C(CH2)3 and can be used for explaining some characteristics of these complexes, such as stability, planar configuration of M3O core, chemical reactivity and so on .