Comparison of radiolysis of cyclopentane, 2,3-dimethylbutane,and neopentane at 4.2 K with that at 77 K as studied by analysis of dimer products

The γ-radiolysis of cyclopentane, 2,3-dimethylbutane, and neopentane at 4.2 K was compared with that at 77 K by analysis of dimer products with capillary gas chromatography. In the radiolysis of cyclopentane, the yield of bicyclopentyl dimer at 4.2 K is lower than that at 77 K. The difference of the yields at two temperatures was explained in terms of disproportionation reaction of cyclopentyl radicals at very low temperature. In the radiolysis of 2,3-dimethylbutane, the distribution of dimer products at 4.2 K is different from that at 77 K. The results is due to the effect of phase change between two temperatures. In the radiolysis of 2,3-dimethylbutane, the fraction of unsaturated dimers in all dimer products at 77 K is much larger than that at 4.2 K. The olefinic dimer-products at 77 K is related to favorable formation of olefinic cations at 77 K. In the radiolysis of solid neopentane, addition of helium gas promotes the formation of 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutane by a non-radical process.     

ESR studies of local concentrations of radicals in polyethylene irradiated at 1.5, 4.2 and 77 K

The microwave power saturation behaviour of alkyl radicals in polyethylene irradiated at 1.5, 4.2 and 77 K suggests that the local concentrations of radicals in spurs is considerably higher in the samples irradiated at 1.5 and 4.2 K. Upon annealing the samples at 77 K, the local concentrations became nearly the same as those of the sample irradiated at 77 K. The decrease of the local concentrations at 77 K was larger than that of the total concentrations suggesting an expansion of the initial spur at 77 K.     

Cu2S-EuS phase diagram

In the Cu₂S-EuS system, a eutectic is formed between Cu₂S- and EuS-based solid solutions (ss) at (1069 ± 2) K, 24.5 mol % EuS. EuS dissolves 7.0 (at 1770 K), 5.0 (1170 K), and 3.0 (770 K) mol % Cu₂S. A ??-Cu₂S-based ss is of the open type, has an extent (mol %) of 15.5 (at 1069 K), 7.5 (970 K), 4.5 (770 K), 2.5 (520 K), and 1.5 (379 K) EuS, and melts incongruently at 1186 K, 7.0 mol % EuS. ??-Cu₂S at 379 K dissolves 6.5 mol % EuS; ??-Cu₂S at (1186 ± 3) K dissolves 3.5 mol % EuS.     

Origin of the monoclinic-to-monoclinic phase transition and evidence for the centrosymmetric crystal structure of BiMnO3

Structural properties of polycrystalline single-phased BiMnO3 samples prepared at 6 GPa and 1383 K have been studied by selected area electron diffraction (SAED), convergent beam electron diffraction (CBED), and the Rietveld method using neutron diffraction data measured at 300 and 550 K. The SAED and CBED data showed that BiMnO3 crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group C2/c at 300 K. The crystallographic data are a = 9.5415(2) A, b = 5.61263(8) A, c = 9.8632(2) A, beta = 110.6584(12) degrees at 300 K and a = 9.5866(3) A, b = 5.59903(15) A, c = 9.7427(3) A, beta = 108.601(2) degrees at 550 K, Z = 8, space group C2/c. The analysis of Mn-O bond lengths suggested that the orbital order present in BiMnO3 at 300 K melts above TOO = 474 K. The phase transition at 474 K is of the first order and accompanied by a jump of magnetization and small changes of the effective magnetic moment and Weiss temperature, mueff = 4.69 microB and theta = 138.0 K at 300-450 K and mueff = 4.79 microB and theta = 132.6 K at 480-600 K.     

Multi-temperature synchrotron PXRD and physical properties study of half-Heusler TiCoSb

Phase pure samples of the half-Heusler material TiCoSb were synthesised and investigated. Multi-temperature synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data measured between 90 and 1000 K in atmospheric air confirm the phase purity, but they also reveal a decomposition reaction starting at around 750 K. This affects the high temperature properties since TiCoSb is semiconducting, whereas CoSb is metallic. Between 90 K and 300 K the linear thermal expansion coefficient is estimated to be 10.5 × 10(-6) K(-1), while it is 8.49 10(-6) K(-1) between 550 K and 1000 K. A fit of a Debye model to the Atomic Displacement Parameters obtained from Rietveld refinement of the PXRD data gives a Debye temperature of 395(4) K. The heat capacity was measured between 2 K and 300 K and a Debye temperature of 375(5) K was obtained from modelling of the data. Coming from low temperatures the electrical resistivity shows a metallic to semiconducting transition at 113 K. A relatively high Seebeck coefficient of ～-250 μV K(-1) was found at 400 K, but the substantial thermal conductivity (～10 W mK(-1) at 400 K) leads to a moderate thermoelectric figure of merit of 0.025 at 400 K.     

Gibbs系综Monte Carlo模拟甲烷的吸附平衡

在263、298和313 K下,对甲烷在1.91 nm的活性炭孔中的吸附平衡进行了Gibbs系综Monte Carlo(GEMC)模拟的研究.改进了GEMC方法,使之可用于模拟指定压力下的吸附平衡.通过改进的GEMC模拟,得到了在1.91 nm的活性炭中甲烷在263、298和313 K时的吸附等温线;发现263 K时的超额吸附量要大于298 K、313 K时的超额吸附量; 且不同温度下的超额吸附等温线均存在一最大超额吸附.263 K时,超额吸附量在5.0 MPa时出现最大值;而298 K、313 K时超额吸附量则在7.0 MPa时出现最大值.此工作为不同温度下天然气吸附存贮过程的开发及设计提供了依据.     

Fluid phase equilibria of binary and ternary mixtures of supercritical carbon dioxide with tetradecanoic acid and docosane up to 43 MPa and 393 K: cosolvency effect and miscibility windows

Isothermal pressure (p)-mass fraction (w) phase diagrams were measured for CO₂ + tetradecanoic acid at six temperatures from 328.2 K to 373.2 K and for CO₂ + docosane at four temperatures from 343.2 K to 393.2 K as well as isobaric temperature (T)-mass fraction (w) phase diagrams for both systems at 34.5 MPa. In addition the isothermal and isobaric Gibbs phase prisms at 373.2 K and 34.5 MPa respectively were determined for the ternary system CO₂ + tetradecanoic acid + docosane, and and isobaric miscibility window was found between 333 K and 385 K at 34.5 MPa.     

Liquid-like relaxation in hyperquenched water at < or = 140 K

Micrometre-sized water droplets were hyperquenched on a solid substrate held at selected temperatures between 150 and 77 K. These samples were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction. 140 K is the upper temperature limit to obtain mainly amorphous samples on deposition within 16-37 min. DSC scans of glassy water prepared at 140 K exhibit on heating an endothermic step assignable to glass --> liquid transition, with an onset temperature (T(g)) of 136 +/- 2 K on heating at 30 K min(-1). For T(g) of approximately 136 K, water relaxes during deposition at 140 K for 16 min, moving towards metastable equilibrium. The apparent increase in heat capacity (deltaC(p)) depends, for a given rate of heating, on the rate of prior cooling, and a so-called overshoot develops. 140 K deposits cooled at a rate of 5, 2 or 0.2 K min(-1) show on subsequent reheating at a rate of 30 K min(-1) deltaC(p) values of 0.7, 1.1 and 1.7 J K(-1) mol(-1). This is consistent with liquid-like relaxation at 140 K, and it indicates that different limiting structures are obtained. When these 140 K deposits are in addition annealed at 130 K for 90 min, after slow-cooling at 5, 2 or 0.2 K min(-1), their deltaC(p) values on subsequent reheating are similar to those of hyperquenched glassy water (HGW) deposits made at 77 K and annealed at 130 K. Thus, the previous deltaC(p) value of 1.6 J K(-1) mol(-1) obtained with glassy water samples annealed at 130 K (A. Hallbrucker, E. Mayer and G. P. Johari, Philos. Mag. B, 1989, 60, 179) must be an upper-bound limit because it contains a contribution from an overshoot. The T(g) value of 140 K deposits, which had relaxed during deposition towards metastable equilibrium, is within experimental error the same as that of 140 K deposits annealed in addition at 130 K. This contradicts Yue and Angell's (Y. Yue and C. Angell, Nature, 2004, 427, 717) claim for assigning the endothermic step to a sub-T(g) peak or a "shadow" T(g). Our new data further support the proposed fragile-to-strong transition on cooling liquid water from ambient temperature into the deeply supercooled and glassy state. We also describe in detail experimental aspects to obtain HGW specimens, show the ultrastructure of the deposits using electron microscopy, and discuss the mechanism of our hyperquenching method.     

Optical Chirality Induced in Evaporated Poly(diacetylene) Film by Circularly Polarized Light

Summary: 10,12-tricosadiynoic acid films were deposited on glass substrate by vacuum evaporation proceess at substrate temperatures of 273 K and 313 K, and then photopolymerized using left- and right- circularly polarized light (CPL). The resulting prepared poly(diacetylene) films changed from blue phase to red phase successfully by sample annealing at 353 K for 10 min, and the absorption spectra well reflected the red phase. Surface morphology change was not observed by anneling at 353 K. Furthermore, the CD spectra revealed that the chirality induced by CPL at 313 K was stronger that at 273 K.     

Surface products and coverage dependence of dissociative ethane adsorption on Pt{110}-(1 x 2)

The dissociation of ethane on Pt{110}-(1 x 2) has been studied using supersonic molecular beam and temperature-programmed reaction techniques. The study unequivocally shows that the stable dissociation product of ethane on Pt{110}-(1 x 2) at all coverages is CCH2 at 350-400 K and CCH at 440 K. Temperature-programmed-reaction (TPR) experiments indicate that the CCH2 species decomposes to CCH with a reaction-limited peak temperature of 430 K. Above 450 K, the CCH species becomes unstable and decomposes with a peak temperature of 540 K. By 600 K, ethane dehydrogenates completely to form a surface carbon layer. The sticking probability is initially 0.02 at 370 K and 0.03 at 600 K and follows a linear (1-2theta) dependence for coverages of up to theta = 0.4 ML, where theta is defined as the number of C2Hx units per (1 x 2) unit cell. However, a much weaker coverage dependence at 800 K suggests that the carbon agglomerates into high-density islands.     

Thermodynamic study of the sublimation of six aminomethylbenzoic acids

The Knudsen mass-loss effusion technique was used to measure the vapour pressures at different temperatures of the following substituted benzoic acids: 2-amino-3-methylbenzoic acid at T between 343.16 K and 357.17 K; 2-amino-5-methylbenzoic acid at T between 345.15 K and 361.16 K; 2-amino-6-methylbenzoic acid at T between 339.17 K and 355.15 K; 3-amino-2-methylbenzoic acid at T between 367.16 K and 381.22 K; 3-amino-4-methylbenzoic acid at T between 363.18 K and 377.16 K; and 4-amino-3-methylbenzoic acid at T between 367.17 K and 383.14 K. The standard, p⁰ =  10⁵Pa, molar enthalpies, entropies, and Gibbs energies of sublimation at T =  298.15 K were derived from the temperature dependence of the vapour pressure using estimated values for the heat capacity differences between the gas and the crystal phases of the studied compounds.     

Raman spectroscopy of likasite at 298 and 77 K

Raman spectroscopy at 298 and 77K has been used to study the structure of likasite, a naturally occurring basic copper(II) nitrate of formula Cu3NO3(OH)5.2H2O. An intense sharp band is observed at 3522 cm(-1) at 298 K which splits into two bands at 3522 and 3505 cm(-1) at 77 K and is assigned to the OH stretching mode. The two OH stretching bands at 3522 and 3505 provide estimates of the hydrogen bond distances of these units as 2.9315 and 2.9028 angstroms. The significance of this result is that equivalent OH units in the 298 K spectrum become two non-equivalent OH units at 77 K suggesting a structural change by cooling to liquid nitrogen temperature. A number of broad bands are observed in the 298 K spectrum at 3452, 3338, 3281 and 3040 cm(-1) assigned to H2O stretching vibrations with estimates of the hydrogen bond distances of 2.8231, 2.7639, 2.7358 and 2.6436 angstroms. Three sharp bands are observed at 77 K at 1052, 1050 and 1048 cm(-1) attributed to the nu1 symmetric stretching mode of the NO3 units. Only a single band at 1050 cm(-1) is observed at 298 K, suggesting the non-equivalence of the NO3 units at 77 K, confirming structural changes in likasite by cooling to 77 K.     

The thermal and light induced spin transition in [FeL2](BF4)2 (L = 2,6-dipyrazol-1-yl-4-hydroxymethylpyridine)

This communication presents the crystal structures of the high spin state at 300 K, the low spin state at 30 K and the metastable high spin state after irradiation at 30 K and an estimate of the critical LIESST temperature of [FeL2](BF4)2 which is shown to undergo a spin transition at 271 K.     

Estimation of ultra-stability of methane hydrate at 1 atm by thermal conductivity measurement

Thermal conductivity of methane hydrate was measured in hydrate dissociation self-preservation zone by means of the transient plane source (TPS) technique developed by Gustafsson. The sample was formed from 99.9% (volume ratio) methane gas with 280 ppm sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solution under 6.6 MPa and 273.15 K. The methane hydrate sample was taken out of the cell and moved into a low temperature chamber when the conversion ratio of water was more than 90%. In order to measure the thermal conductivity, the sample was compacted into two columnar parts by compact tool at 268.15 K. The measurements are carried out in the temperature ranging from 263.15 K to 271.15 K at atmospheric pressure. Additionally, the relationship between thermal conductivity and time is also investigated at 263.15 K and 268.15 K, respectively. In 24 h, thermal conductivity increases only 5.45% at 268.15 K, but thermal conductivity increases 196.29% at 263.15 K. Methane hydrates exhibit only minimal decomposition at 1 atm and the temperature ranging from 263.15 K to 271.15 K. At 1 atm and 268.15 K, the total gas that evolved after 24 h was amounted to less than 0.71% of the originally stored gas, and this ultra-stability was maintained if the test was lasted for more than two hundreds hours before terminating.     

Two confined phases of argon adsorbed inside open single walled carbon nanotubes

Isothermal adsorption of Ar on single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been studied at 77 and 87 K. The SWNTs have been grown by laser vaporization of a graphite pellet containing 0.6% (atomic) Ni/Co catalyst. The nanotubes have been prepared for argon adsorption measurements by prolonged outgassing of as-grown material in a vacuum at room temperature (295 K), at elevated temperatures of up to 475 K, and by oxidization for 2 h in dry air at 470 K. Formation of two condensed phases of Ar in the interior of SWNTs has been observed at 77 K. The low-density phase is formed at 155(5) microTorr, while the high-density phase, at 120(5) microTorr. At 87 K, only a single phase has been observed at 185(5) microTorr. Condensation at both 77 and 87 K appears to be the first-order phase transition. Onset of the quasi-one-dimensional linear (one-channel) phase and the quasi-two-dimensional monolayer (six-channel) phase formation on the external surface of bundles has been observed at 77 K near 0.0017 and 0.8 Torr, respectively, and at 87 K near 0.018 and 5 Torr, respectively. Isosteric heats of adsorption for the one-channel phase, the first external layer, and the second external layer have been determined to be equal to 137, 107, and 70 meV, respectively.     

Diagrammes de phases des systemes binaires KNO3-CsNO3 et KNO3-NaNO3

(K?Na)NO₃ and (K?Cs)NO₃ phase diagrams were drawn using a simultaneous thermal analysis technique in the range 373 to 623 K. The first phase diagram shows a minimum freezing equimolar mixture at 494 K, a continuous solid solution in equilibrum with liquid phase and an eutectic mixture (88 molar % of KNO₃) at 380 K. The second one exhibits an invariant at 400 K corresponding to the KNO₃ solid-solid transition, an eutectoid mixture at 10 molar % of KNO₃ and 418 K involving the CsNO₃ solid-solid transition and an eutectic mixture at 60 molar % of KNO₃ and 495 K.     

库水硼镁石2MgO.3B2O3.15H2O的65-310K间的比热测定及其热力学性质的计算

用真空绝热量热计测定了库水硼镁石2MgO.3B2O3.15H2O在65-310K间的比热.根据Debye-Einsein函数组合式, 计算了0-65K间的比热, 其误差为0.4%.在65-310K范围内, 每隔5K, 计算了熵、焓和自由能函数.     

MgS-FeS phase diagram

The MgS-FeS system has a peritectic phase diagram with limited terminal solid solutions. The maximal solubility in FeS is reached at the peritectic point and is 2 mol % MgS at 1470 K. The extent of the MgS-based solid solution is 25 mol % MgS at 1470 K, 42 mol % MgS at 1170 K, and 65 mol % MgS at 770 K. The unit cell parameter of the cubic MgS phase (a NaCl-type structure) varies from 0.5196 nm (MgS) to 0.5164 nm (65 mol % MgS, 770 K) and 0.5127 nm (42 mol % MgS, 1170 K). The microhardness varies from 2600 to 3040 MPa. The iron ions in the solid solution are in a low-spin state.     

The mechanism of magnetic interactions in the bulk ferromagnet para-(methylthio)phenyl nitronyl nitroxide (YUJNEW): a first principles, bottom-up, theoretical study

The mechanism of magnetic interactions in the bulk ferromagnet para-(methylthio)phenyl nitronyl nitroxide crystal (YUJNEW) has been theoretically reinvestigated, using only data from ab initio calculations and avoiding any a priori assumptions. We first calculate the microscopic magnetic interactions (JAB exchange couplings) between all unique radical pairs in the crystal, and then generate the macroscopic magnetic properties from the energy levels of the corresponding Heisenberg Hamiltonian. We thus propose a first principles, bottom-up (i.e. micro-to-macro) approach that brings theory and experiment together. We have applied this strategy to study the magnetism of YUJNEW using data from the previously reported 298 and 114 K crystal structures, and also data from a 10 K neutron diffraction structure fully reported in this work. The magnetic topology at 298 K is two-dimensional: noninteracting planes, with three different in-plane JAB pair interactions (+0.24, +0.09, and -0.11 cm(-1)) and one numerically negligible (+0.02 cm(-1)) inter-plane JAB interaction. In contrast, the magnetic topology at 114 and 10 K is three-dimensional, with two non-negligible in-plane JAB constants (+0.11 and +0.07 cm(-1) at 114 K; +0.22 and +0.07 cm(-1) at 10 K) and one inter-plane pair interaction (+0.07 cm(-1) at 114 K; +0.08 cm(-1) at 10 K). Although this three-dimensional magnetic topology is consistent with YUJNEW being a bulk ferromagnet, there is only a qualitative agreement between computed and experimental magnetic susceptibility chiT(T) data at 114 K. However, the experimental chiT(T) curve is quantitatively reproduced at 10 K. The heat capacity curve presents a peak at around 0.12 K, close to the estimated experimental peak (0.20 K).