An investigation of micro-brownian motions in polydimethylsiloxane by complementary incoherent-neutron-scattering and nuclear-magnetic-resonance experiments below room temperature

Two different experimental methods, neutron scattering and nuclear magnetic resonance are used to investigate the random methyl group and segmental rotational jump motions in polydimethylsiloxane. It is shown that nuclear magnetic relaxation and line width experiments are complementary to incoherent neutron scattering fixed-window experiments, the principle of the fixed-window experiments being discussed in somewhat detail. Satisfactory agreement of these experimental techniques is achieved as to the determination of the two model parameters of the motional processes in question, i. e. the activation energy and the preexponential factor of the Arrhenius ansatz made for the correlation time or jump time, respectively.Contribution partly presented during the meeting of the Macromolecular Club, June 8–10, 1983 in Uppsala, the spring conference of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, March 12–17, 1984 in Münster and the Fourth International Seminar on Polymer Physics, October 22–26, 1984 in Eyba (GDR).     

On the recognition of structural features: Some general problems illustrated by hamiltonian paths in polyhexes

Human and machine recognition skills are discussed, though not comprehensively reviewed, and some of the difficulties are illustrated by algorithms written to search for Hamiltonian paths in polyhexes. The most successful strategy for this is based upon the branching graph, a recently introduced graph-theoretical device which can aid the recognition of edges that arenot part of a Hamiltonian path. Another, more widely applicable approach that is interesting, although in this preliminary form only a little better than random methods, uses the metaphor of biological evolution, and tries to breed and grow paths subjected to natural selection.     

Distribution of the active component among pores of different size (microdistribution)

The role of active component distribution among the pores of different size in supported catalysts has been examined. The influence of microdistribution on catalyst pellet activity and stability were studied. It was shown that the microdistribution parameter does not affect the pellet effectiveness factor in the case of gas-phase reactions. High catalyst stability can be achieved when the fraction of micropores does not exceed 30–40%, otherwise the deactivation rate constants in small and large pores differ less than 5 times.     

Structure-reactivity problem in cycloaddition reactions to form heterocyclic compounds

The steric and electronic effects of substituents in both diene and dienophile components have been considered as the main factors that control the electronic character of (4+2)-cycloaddition leading to transitions between normal, neutral, and inverse Diels-Alder reactions.Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany. Published in Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1307–1322, October, 1995. Original article submitted August 15, 1995.     

Plutonium in soils, bottom sediments and lichen near peaceful nuclear explosion sites in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

During the 1974–1987 period 12 paceful nuclear explosions were conducted in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). For the first time^239,240Pu and²³⁸Pu concentrations were determined in samples of soils, bottom sediments and lichen taken at the Craton-3 and Crystal nuclear explosion sites. At the Craton-3^239,240Pu concentrations in the range 6.2 mBq/g to 5.9 Bq/g samples of soil and^239,240Pu concentrations up to 7.4 Bq/g in samples of lichen were observed.^239,240Pu concentration measurements in bottom sediments of a stream washing out the banking around the borehole of Craton-3 show that plutonium migrates in the direction of the Markha river. At the Crystal site local plutonium concentrations up to 35 Bq/g in soil and 1.8 Bq/g in lichen were observed.     

Bericht über die 4. Tagung Steine und Erden in Aachen 29. und 30.4.54

Ohne ZusammenfassungDie Vorträge sollen ausführlich in den Fachzeitschriften: Tonindustriezeitung undZement, Kalk, Gips erscheinen.     

Beitr?ge zur Untersuchung des Torfes im Hinblick auf seine balneotherapeutische Verwendung

Zusammenfassung Für die balneologische Beurteilung des Torfes werden die am Balneologischen Institut bei der Universität München und an der Deutschen Forschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelchemie München ausgearbeiteten und gebräuchlichen Methoden der chemischen und physikalischen Untersuchung beschrieben.Der Kleinen Badetorfanalyse, die für die überwiegende Mehrzahl der Badetorfe Deutsehlands in Frage kommt, wird ein Verfahren der abgekürzten organischen Gruppenanalyse zugrunde gelegt, das auf den früher von W. BENADE sowie von S. W. Souci u. Mitarb. ausgearbeiteten Torf-Analysengängen aufgebaut ist und die quantitative Ermittelung der wichtigsten Stoffgruppen (gekennzeichnet durch den vorwiegenden Gehalt an Huminsäuren, Bitumen, wasserlöslichen Kohlenhydraten, Hemicellulosen und Cellulose, Lignin und Huminen) ermöglicht. Die angegebenen Methoden gestatten einen weiteren Ausbau zur Groen Badetorfanalyse.Ein Berechnungsschema und eine tabellarische Übersicht zum Zwecke der einheitlichen Darstellung der Untersuchungsergebnisse werden angegeben.Frl. Anneliese Hartmann, Technische Assistentin, sei für ihre sorgfältige Mitarbeit auch an dieser Stelle bestens gedankt.     

Natural flavours of wine: correlation between instrumental analysis and sensory perception

Summary The aroma of wine consists of 600 to 800 aroma compounds from which especially those, typical for the variety, are already present in the grapes. The aroma extracts — received by extraction with trichlorofluoromethane — are separated by gas chromatography. There are significant varietal differences between the aromagrams (fingerprint pattern). Thus the amount of some flavour compounds (key substances) shows typical dependence on the variety. Especially monoterpene compounds play an important role in the differentiation of wine varieties.The German white wines can be differentiated into three groups only by quantitative determination of 12 monoterpenes (terpene profile). These groups are: Riesling type, Muscat type and Silvaner-Weißburgunder type. Such terpene profiles are also useful for the separation of real Riesling wines from others called Riesling (e.g. Welschriesling, Kap Riesling, Emerald Riesling) but not produced from grapes of the variety Riesling. Including further components and by means of statistical methods as for example linear discriminant analysis even the different varieties within the mentioned groups (for instance the Riesling-group: Riesling, Kerner, Ehrenfelser, Bacchus, Müller-Thurgau) can be separated from each other.To identify compounds causing off-flavours the sniffing technique is the method of choice. The off-flavour is pinpointed during gas chromatography separation of the complex aroma mixture by effluent sniffing. Once allocated, the chemical nature of the off-flavours is elucidated by spectroscopic methods. Substances contributing to the green pepper taint, the strawberry note, mousiness, corkiness etc. in wine could be found in this way.     

Is Chromatography a Science, a Process, a Method, or a Scientific Discipline?

In the controversy over an article entitled Chromatography as a Scientific Discipline by V.G. Berezkin, it was pointed out that the subdivision of chromatographic processes into sorption–sieve chromatography and field nonsorption chromatography is inadmissible. It was demonstrated that all chromatographic processes, including flow fractionation in a transverse force field, are in principle two-phase (or polyphase) processes. It was illustrated that a longitudinal field in a flow cannot introduce a chromatographic component into the system. An additional definition of chromatography as a phenomenon was proposed on the basis of key points revealed by Professor Berezkin.