X-ray diffraction study of Al-Si melts

New layered metal-organic coordination polymers [Zn₃(bpdc)₃(DMA)₂]·3DMA (1) (H₂bpdc = 4,4′-biphenyldicaboxylic acid, DMA = N,N′-dimethylacetamide) and [Zn₃(bdc)₃(im)₂]·1.5H₂O (2) (H₂bdc = terephtalic acid, im = imidazole) are synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography.     

X-ray diffraction study of Raney nickel catalyst structure

X-ray diffraction studies have revealed that the modification of Raney nickel catalysts by iron leads to formation of Ni–Fe solid solution, whereas modification by chromium and titanium produces Cr₂O₃ and TiO₂. The higher dispersity of chromium — and especially of titanium-promoted catalysts is ascribed to the interaction of nickel with oxide components.

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Short-range order in some polymer melts from X-ray diffraction

Wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurements were performed on polymer melts of isotactic and syndiotactic polypropylene (IPP and SPP), poly(ethylenepropylene) (PEP), polystyrene (PS), polyisobutylene (PIB), and polyethylene (PE), to study the dependence of the short-range structure of polymer liquids on chain architecture. Total structure functions, which comprise intra- and intermolecular contributions, were derived from the scattering data. The trivial Fourier components of the intramolecular structure (C(SINGLE BOND)>C ≃ 1.54 Å and C(SINGLE BOND)C(SINGLE BOND)C ≃ 2.55 Å) were subtracted from the total structure functions. The remaining functions contain only those intramolecular contributions dependent on the chain's conformational degrees of freedom, plus the intramolecular contributions. The structural differences between the polymers in momentum space are discerned only when the trivial components are subtracted. This subtraction also reduces the effects of truncation errors on Fourier transformation to real space. The short-range structure of PIB appears very different compared to all the others, which correlates with anomalies in a number of physical properties for this polymer. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

X-ray diffraction study of the structure of carboxymethylcellulose-cationic surfactant complexes.

We have investigated dilute aqueous solutions of an anionic polymer (carboxymethylcellulose) mixed with cationic surfactants of different chain lengths (dodecyl to octadecyl trimethylammonium bromides: DTAB, TTAB, CTAB and OTAB). The structures of the concentrated phases formed above the precipitation threshold were studied by X-ray diffraction. Different body-centred cubic structures with space groups Pm3n were observed in the presence of surfactant with a short aliphatic chain (DTAB), despite the fact that the polymer persistence length is comparable to the repeat distance of the structure (5 nm). For larger surfactant chain lengths (TTAB and CTAB), the structure of the precipitates can be either cubic (Pm3n) or 2D hexagonal depending on the initial surfactant and polymer concentrations. For still larger chain length (OTAB), the structure becomes lamellar. This structural evolution from micellar cubic towards 2D hexagonal and lamellar is attributed to the decrease of the local curvature of the surfactant aggregates, as observed for flexible synthetic polymers and short DNA fragments under similar conditions. Furthermore, the structure of the bulk complexes formed just below the precipitation threshold anticipates the structure seen in the precipitated phases.     

X-ray diffraction study of ammonium octamolybdate

Ammonium isopolymolybdate (NH₄)₄[Mo₈O₂₆]·4H₂O was prepared for the first time and studied by X-ray diffraction analysis.     

X-ray diffraction study of human serum

Blood serum from people suffering from cancer and healthy subjects was subjected to a comparative study by X-ray diffraction. The diffraction patterns were referred to that of pure water. The patterns obtained for blood serum of healthy subjects were similar to that of pure water, while those of cancer patients (two kinds of cancer changes) were different. The former similarity is accounted for by the dominant interaction of water molecules in healthy blood serum with non-polar side chains of amino acids, stabilising the serum structure. In samples from cancer patients the structure of water in blood serum is destroyed because of enhanced interactions of water with polar molecules of conformationally changed proteins. This observation suggests X-ray examination of blood serum from cancer patients and healthy subjects, indicating X-ray diffraction as a diagnostic tool for the occurrence of cancer. The results of this work have shown that the presence of protein affected by cancer has a destructive effect on the structure of water in human serum. The results reported confirm the earlier finding relating cancer changes to optical circular birefringence effects.     

X-ray diffraction study of pore structure of pyrocarbon coatings obtained at various temperatures

X-ray diffraction (large- and small-angle scattering) has been used in an investigation of the pore structure and crystal structure of pyrocarbon coatings obtained by pyrolysis of a number of gaseous hydrocarbons at temperatures of 1300–2000°C. The coatings have a well-developed pore structure. The pore dimensions cover a range from fractions of a nanometer to hundreds of nano-meters. The pore volume and distribution depend primarily on the temperature of deposition. This relationship is extremal in nature. The volume of small pores (R=0.5-3.0 nm) is the greatest when T_d=1500°C; owing to the closed nature of the pores, this leads to an anomalous decrease in pycnometric density, the minimum density being observed at this same temperature. With T_d > 1500°C, growth of the crystals is observed, correlating with the decrease in volume of small pores.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya; No. 5, pp. 982–987, May, 1990.     

Crystal structure of amino acid peroxosolvates; X-ray diffraction study of norleucine peroxosolvate

Russian Chemical Bulletin - Norleucine peroxosolvate 2Nle · 3H2O2 was studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. There are 16 crystallographically independent amino acid molecules and 24...     

The structure of benzoyldimedone from X-ray diffraction analysis

The structure of benzoyldimedone was established by X-ray diffraction analysis. The only tautomer was found. In this tautomer, the enol proton is covalently bound to the oxygen atom that is remote from the phenyl group. The role of steric and electronic factors in stabilization of the enol structure is analyzed. The geometric characteristics of the ring formed through an intramolecular hydrogen bond are discussed. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1074–1076, June, 2000.     

X-ray diffraction investigations of the structure of concentrated ionic solutions

A liquid-type quasi-close-packing of molecular aggregates [In(NO₃)₂(H₂O)₄]⁺ is suggested as a model to interpret the scattered X-ray intensity of 2.27, 1.30, and 3.96 M aqueous solutions of indium nitrate; but the existence of another packing in the less concentrated solutions may not be excluded. Three different molecular models were tested to obtain agreement between the observed and calculated intensity, from s = (4π/λ)sinθ ≈ 0.7 to 13.0 Å⁻¹ for 2.27 and 1.30 M aqueous solutions.     

X-ray diffraction analysis of the fine structure of carbon fiber

X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the material of carbon fibers prepared from polyacrylonitrile is heterogeneous. Its component composition is determined by the fiber preparation conditions and depends on the angle at which the coherent scattering domains are oriented relative to the thread axis. The size of coherent scattering domains increases in going to components corresponding to lower d₀₀₂ values and depends on the orientation angle φ relative to the thread axis.     

X-ray diffraction investigations of the structure of concentrated ionic solutions

Concentrated aqueous solutions of inorganic salts of indium with halogen anions were investigated. The existence of a liquid-type quasi-close-packing of complexed cations is considered for interpreting the X-ray patterns of aqueous solutions for which the concentration of the salts approaches saturation at room temperature and pressure.