Thermal stability and related thermodynamic properties of N-ethylthiourea

The enthalpy and entropy of sublimation of N-ethylthiourea were obtained from the temperature dependence of its vapour pressure measured by both the torsion–effusion and the Knudsen effusion method in the temperature range 360–380 K. The compound undergoes no solid-to-solid phase transition or decomposition below 380 K. The pressure against reciprocal temperature resulted in lg(p, kPa) = (13.40 ± 0.27) − (6067 ± 102) /T(K). The molar sublimation enthalpy and entropy at the mid interval temperature were Δ_subH_m(370 K) = (116.1 ± 2.0) kJ mol⁻¹ and Δ_subS_m(370 K) = (218.0 ± 5.2) J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹, respectively. The same quantities derived at 298.15 K were (118.8 ± 2.1) kJ mol⁻¹ and (226.1 ± 5.5) J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹, respectively.     

Thermal stability and thermodynamic properties of hybrid proton-conducting polyaryl etherketones

The thermal and structural stability of sulfonated cross-linked PEEK (polyether ether ketone) and its silicon-containing class II hybrid derivatives were characterized by combination of mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry. Thermodynamic properties of the hybrids were determined, including glass-transition temperature, degree of crystallinity, and thermal stability. The decomposition processes of the hybrid polymers could be consistently interpreted and their energetics quantitatively determined. The introduction of inorganic silanol moieties improves the thermal stability compared to sulfonated products.     

Gaseous salts of oxygen-containing acids: Thermal stability,structure, and thermodynamic properties

Experimental data and results of quantum-chemical calculations on the structure and thermodynamic properties of gaseous salts of oxygen-containing acids were systematized. A criterion of thermal stability of these compounds was offered and regularities in the atomization enthalpies were established.     

The effects of mechanical properties of DNA on the thermodynamic stability of the DNA-dendronized polymer nanocluster

The effects of the mechanical properties of DNA, such as bending, twisting, and bending-twisting interactions on the thermodynamic stability of DNA-dendronized polymer nanoclusters with different conformations in terms of free energy are investigated. The effect of temperature on the free energy is also studied and the values of enthalpy and entropy of the solution of the nanocluster are predicted. The obtained thermodynamic quantities help us to have a better understanding about the mechanical properties of DNA and the stability of the nanocluster in gene therapy.     

Thermal behavior and thermodynamic properties of berberine hydrochloride

The low-temperature heat capacities of berberine hydrochloride were measured over the temperature range from 78 to 350 K by an adiabatic calorimeter. The thermodynamic functions H _T ? H _298.15 and S _T ? S _298.15 were derived from the heat capacity data. The results showed that the structure of berberine hydrochloride was stable over the temperature range from 78 to 350 K. The thermal stability of the compound was further tested by DSC and TG measurements. The results were in agreement with those obtained from adiabatic calorimetry experiment. The standard molar enthalpy of formation in the crystalline state of berberine hydrochloride was obtained from the standard molar energies of combustion in oxygen at T = 298.15 K, measured by a rotating-bomb combustion calorimeter.     

Thermal properties and stability of lithium titanophosphate glasses

DTA was used to study thermal properties and thermal stability of (50-x)Li₂O-xTiO₂-50P₂O₅ (x=0–10 mol%) and 45Li₂Ot-yTiO₂-(55-y)P₂O₅ (y=5–20 mol%) glasses. The addition of TiO₂ to lithium phosphate glasses results in a non-linear increase of glass transition temperature. All prepared glasses crystallize under heating within the temperature range of 400–540°C. The lowest tendency towards crystallization have the glasses with x=7.5 and y=10 mol% TiO₂. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that major compounds formed by annealing of the glasses were LiPO₃, Li₄ P₂O₇, TiP₂O₇ and NASICON-type LiTi₂(PO₄)₃. DTA results also indicated that the maximum of nucleation rate for 45Li₂O-5TiO₂-50P₂O₅ glass is close to the glass transition temperature.     

Thermal stability and X-ray-luminescent properties of fluorozirconates and fluorosulfatozirconates

The thermolysis of fluorozirconates (M₂ZrF₆, M₅Zr₄F₂₁ · 3H₂O, MZrF₅ · H₂O, Rb₂Zr₃OF₁₂, and Cs₂Zr₃F₁₄ · 1.5H₂O) and fluorosulfatozirconates (M₂ZrF₄SO₄, Rb₃Zr₂F₉SO₄ · 2H₂O, and Cs₈Zr₄F₂(SO₄)₁₁ · 16H₂O) with M = K, Rb, or Cs in undried air was studied by thermal analysis in tandem with X-ray powder diffraction. The X-ray luminescence (XRL) intensity was determined for these compounds and their thermolysis products. A mixture of Rb₂Zr₃OF₁₂ and Rb₂ZrF₆ luminescent phases was detected in the thermolysis products of Rb₅Zr₄F₂₁ · 3H₂O and RbZrF₅ · H₂O for the first time. After heat treatment, a considerable quantum yield was observed for ZnZrF₆ · 5H₂O, ZnZrF₆ · 6H₂O, and ZnZr₂F₁₀ · 7H₂O. The XRL luminescence was affected by the composition of the phase and the density of excited states (F* and O*).     

Structural effects of DNA on thermodynamic stability of DNA-dendronized polymer nanoclusters and nanoclusteration process

We studied the means by which DNA-dendronized polymer nanoclusters and the nanoclusteration process are affected by structural properties of the nanocluster components, including the length of dendronized polymer, wrapping radius of DNA, and surface charge densities on the DNA and dendronized polymer, by calculating the total free energy of the system and free energy of the nanoclusteration process. The most thermodynamically stable nanocluster conformation was then predicted based on the values of the free energies. It was found that the nanoclusters with longer dendronized polymers, shorter DNA wrapping radius, and larger surface charge density on both the DNA and dendronized polymers are more stable.     

Thermal behavior of a mixture of fullerenes and fullerites C60/70

The thermal behavior of a mixture of fullerites C_60/70 was studied by X-ray diffraction and IR and UV spectroscopy. The temperature range in which the molecular and crystal states degrade was determined (825?C875°C in a CO medium). In the C_60/70 mixture, fullerenes decomposed at lower temperatures than in pure C₆₀ and C₇₀; the decomposition temperature depended on the impurity (oxygen and solvent) content.     

Position effects of single vacancy on transport properties of single layer armchair h-BNC heterostructure

Based on certain single layer armchair h-BNC heterostructures, six molecular devices with different positions of single vacancy atoms are investigated to explain the modulating process of negative differential resistance (NDR) behaviors and rectifying performance. The results show that NDR behaviors can be observed clearly with vacancy atoms near the interface of graphene nano-ribbon and BN nano-ribbon, and rectifying performance can be enhanced obviously when there are vacancy atoms in the moiety of the BN nano-ribbon. The first-principles analysis of the microscopic nature reveals that strength of electronic transmission, evolutions of molecular orbitals and distributions of molecular states are the intrinsic responses to these transport properties.     

Thermal stability and X-ray luminescence properties of cesium fluorophosphatohafnates

The thermal stability of cesium fluorophosphatohafnates (crystalline CsHf₂F₂(HPO₄)₂PO₄ · 2H₂O, CsHfF₂PO₄ · 0.5H₂O, CsHf₂F₆PO₄ · 4H₂O and X-ray amorphous Cs₂Hf₃O_1.5F₅(PO₄)₂ · 5H₂O, Cs₅H₄Hf₃F₇(PO₄)_3.66(NO₃)₃ · 5H₂O) was determined. The weight ratios Cs⁺/Hf and PO ₄ ^3? /ZrHf in CsHf₂F₂(HPO₄)₂PO₄ · 2H₂O were confirmed by identifying the calcination production CsHf₂(PO₄)₃ (～1000°C). A new crystalline compound CsHf₂F(HPO₄)(PO₄)₂ was found by thermogravimetric and X-ray powder diffraction analysis during heating. A new method for hydrothermal synthesis of CsHf₂(PO₄)₃, which was different from the already known one, was proposed. It was ascertained that CsHf₂(PO₄)₃ possesses a significant X-ray luminescence; whereas in fluorophosphatehafnates show low luminescence intensity.     

Thermal stability and X-ray luminescent properties of cesium fluorophosphatozirconates

Crystalline cesium fluorophosphatozirconates (CFPZs) CsZr₂F₆PO₄ · 4H₂O, CsZrF₂PO₄ · 0.5H₂O, CsH₂Zr₂F₂(PO₄)₃ · 2H₂O, and amorphous Cs₂Zr₃OF₆(PO₄)₂ · 3H₂O were synthesized, and their thermal stability and luminescence ability were studied. The compositions of initial CsH₂Zr₂F₂(PO₄)₃ · 2H₂O and Cs₂Zr₃OF₆(PO₄)₂ · 3H₂O were refined. CsZr₂O_0.5F₅PO₄, CsHZr₂F(PO₄)₃, CsZr₂(PO₄)₃, and Cs₂Zr₃OF₆(PO₄)₂ crystalline intermediates, which are comparable with BaSO₄ and CaF₂ luminophors in the context of their X-ray luminescence intensity, were recognized by thermal analysis and X-ray powder diffraction under heating.     

Simultaneous determination of structural and thermodynamic effects of carbohydrate solutes on the thermal stability of ribonuclease A

This communication describes a new technique for the study of the effects of carbohydrates on the thermal stability of proteins. This approach combines capillary electrophoresis (CE) and protein charge ladders, collections of proteins that differ incrementally in number of chemically modified charged groups, to provide information on both the thermodynamics (i.e., the free energy, DeltaGN-D, of denaturation), and structural changes (i.e., the effective hydrodynamic radius, RH, of proteins in both the native and denatured states) associated with stability. This information, obtained in a single set of electrophoresis experiments, allows a simple microscopic interpretation of the effects of carbohydrate solutes on protein stability. We use this technique to show that the stabilization of ribonuclease A at pH 8.4 by sucrose and fructose can be explained entirely by the contribution these solutes make to the entropy of formation of the protein-solution interface. There is no need, in this case, to refer to quasichemical concepts such as preferential hydration, binding, or exchange of solutes with water at specific sites on the protein to account for the stabilizing effects observed.     

Thermal stability and colour properties of new pigments based on BiREO3

A series of novel environmentally inorganic pigments based on Bi₂O₃ doped by rare-earth elements RE (Er, Ho, La, Nd, Dy, Lu and Y) have been developed and characterized using methods of thermal analysis, X-ray powder diffraction and by reflectance spectral data. The new pigments have been synthesized from mixtures containing Bi₂O₃ and RE₂O₃ by traditional solid-state route. The incorporation of RE³⁺ into crystal lattice Bi₂O₃ changes the colour from yellow, yellow-orange to orange. The simultaneous TG?CDTA measurements were used for determination of the temperature region of the pigment formation and thermal stability of pigments. The results confirm the positive effect of rare-earth ions doped into Bi₂O₃ that contribute to a growth of thermal stability of prepared pigments.     

Thermal effects of solvation processes on alkali metal alcoxide formation and stability

The formation of alkali metal alcoxides by an alcohol reacting on the elemental metal itself cannot be completed under stoichiometric conditions. As a consequence of solvation, the chemical activity of the reacting alcohol is drastically reduced. Thus, the reaction cannot undergo completion without a large excess of alcohol with respect to the alkali metal. Moreover, solvation processes can drop the reaction kinetics down to nearly zero. When an excess of alkali metal is reacted with alcohol, the heat accumulated by solvation can be suddenly released by an addition of pure alcohol. Extremely dangerous thermal runaways can be started this way. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Thermal stability and mechanical properties of sisal in cycle process

Differential thermal analysis (DTA) was the first thermal analysis technique used to qualitatively characterize natural clays and respective curves has been used since more than 60 years as their ‘fingerprint’. With the development of microprocessed equipments in the last decades, derivative thermogravimetric (DTG) curves also may be used for this purpose in some cases, which also may allow a quantitative characterization of clay components. TG and DTG curves are more indicated than DTA or DSC curves to identify and to better analyze the several decomposition steps of natural or synthetic organoclays. These questions are discussed in applications developed to characterize Brazilian kaolinitic clays, bentonites and organophilic clays.     

Influence of the molecular mass of soft segments on the thermodynamic stability and physicomechanical properties of plasticized polyether urethane

The physicomechanical properties and thermodynamic stability of segmented polyether urethane containing poly(tetramethylene oxide) segments of different molecular masses (М ～ 1000, 1400, 1950) and plasticized with di(2-ethylhexyl) sebacate were analyzed in relation to the molecular mass of the soft segments, and the glass transition point of the soft phase of the polymer was determined. Based on the results obtained, a rapid method was suggested for experimental determination of the osmotic pressure (up to ～1000 kPa) in the polymer–plasticizer system. The possibilities of preparing thermodynamically stable plasticized materials of high strength (up to 22–26 MPa) with the glass transition point as low as–95 to–100°С were demonstrated.     

Study on the thermodynamic properties of cholesterol

The standard molar enthalpy of combustion of cholesterol was measured at constant volume. According to value of Δ_r U _m^θ(−14358.4±20.65 kJ mol⁻¹), Δ_r H _m^θ(−14385.7 kJ mol⁻¹) of combustion reaction and Δ_f H _m^θ(2812.9 kJ mol⁻¹) of cholesterol were obtained from the reaction equation. The enthalpy of combustion reaction of cholesterol was also estimated by the average bond enthalpies. By design of a thermo-chemical recycle, the enthalpy of combustion of cholesterol were calculated between 283.15∼373.15 K. Besides, molar enthalpy and entropy of fusion of cholesterol was obtained by DSC technique.     

The thermodynamic properties and stability of tert-butyl peroxyesters of o-and m-carborane-1-carboxylic acids

The paper presents the results of experimental determination of the enthalpies of combustion and formation and the temperature dependence of the heat capacity of the o-and m-derivatives of tert-butyl peroxyesters of carborane-1-carboxylic acid. The entropies and Gibbs energies of formation of these compounds were calculated. The enthalpies, entropies, and Gibbs energies of the o-m transitions of the isomers in the condensed and gaseous states were determined.