阴离子与非离子表面活性剂复配体系反胶团的电导研究

在SDS/Tween60/正己醇/环己烷/水形成的反胶团复配体系中,电导率(κ)与水和表面活性剂的摩尔比(W0)关系曲线上存在最大值,随着复配体系中SDS的摩尔分数(xSDS)增大,最大增溶水量(W0,max)向W0值更大的方向移动.xSDS≤0.5时,随着xSDS的增大,W0,max所对应的电导率值增大;xSDS≥0.5时,其电导率值减小.在AOT/Tween60/环己烷/水体系中,出现了与SDS/Tween60/正己醇/正己烷/水体系类似的现象,但W0,max所对应的电导率值,随着xAOT的增大而增大,不会出现极大值,两者的差异主要是由于助表面活性剂醇的影响.在SDS/TritionX-100/正己醇/环己烷/水体系中也印证了该结论.     

Isotopic Analysis of tungsten using multiple collector-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer coupled with electrothermal vaporization technique

We have developed a micro-electrothermal vaporization (μETV) device for the multiple collector-ICP-mass spectrometry (μETV-MC-ICPMS) to improve analytical precision in the ¹⁸²W/¹⁸³W and ¹⁸⁴W/¹⁸³W ratio measurements from nanogram quantities of W. The W solution was loaded onto the Re-filament, and the gradual evaporation of W was achieved by controlling the incident current onto the Re filament and D-Glucose. With the W evaporation under the Ar atmosphere, the measured W isotope ratios became erroneous mainly due to the contribution of signal spikes Ala-Arg-Gly-Phy-Tyr. In strike contrast, signal intensity profile became smooth when the He ambient/carrier gas was employed, and this resulted in better precision in the isotope ratio measurements. The measured UV–vis isotope ratio data obtained with present μETV technique were significantly deviated from the ratio data obtained with solution nebulization technique, mainly due to the contribution of the isotope fractionation effect through the evaporation process. Rigorous testing for the correction of the isotope fractionation processes pH–activity curve revealed that the Rayleigh fractionation law, rather than the conventional exponential law, provided the most reliable ratio data (1.851720 ± 0.000018 for ¹⁸²W/¹⁸³W and 2.141248 ± 0.000028 for ¹⁸⁴W/¹⁸³W ratios), which agreed well with the ratio data obtained through the conventional solution nebulization technique (1.851718 ± 0.000039 for ¹⁸²W/¹⁸³W and 2.141248 ± 0.000022 for ¹⁸⁴W/¹⁸³W). Moreover, mass dependency for the mass fractionation law suggested that W was evaporated as oxides (WO₃), rather than the metallic form (W), from the Re filament, and therefore, information concerning the chemical form of the analytes could also be derived by the ETV technique developed in this study. The data presented here demonstrate clearly that the ETV sample introduction technique has a potential to become a sensitive tool for the precise isotope analysis for the MC-ICPMS technique.     

The effect of long-term exposure to combinations of growth promoters in Long Evans rats: part 2. Adrenal morphology (histopathology and immunochemical studies)

The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of long-term exposure (45 days) to growth promoters: clenbuterol (CB: 1 mg kg(-1) bw) and/or dexamethasone (DEX: 0.1 mg kg(-1) bw), in adrenal gland morphology, and the possibility of recovery after the withdrawal of drug treatment. Animals were sacrificed at different days of withdrawal (W0, W5, W10, W15 and W20), and adrenal glands processed for histopathology and immunohistochemistry. Adrenals of CB treatment showed typical features of long-term administration of beta-agonists at W0 such as capillary dilatation in the fasciculata-reticularis zone, and this feature was also presented at W20. Adrenals of CB+DEX treatments showed the same results of CB treatment at days W0 and W20. However, DEX treatment presented the typical results of the exposure to corticoids with the atrophy of adrenal cortex. Immunohistochemistry of adrenal cortex steroidogenic enzymes (P450: scc, 3beta-HSD, aromatase) denoted that neither positive staining nor localization was affected by treatments. Aromatase enzyme was immunolocalized in adrenal medulla cells in controls as well as in treated groups. The immunolocalization of glucocorticoid receptors showed an increase in CB (+++) and CB+DEX (++) treatments compared to the control group (0) and DEX treatment (0). Histopathological and immunohistochemical results are closely related to those found for adrenal endocrine function. We can conclude that chronic administration of growth promoters influence adrenal morphology and glucocorticoid receptor expression.     

铬天青S的液/液界面离子转移过程

本文研究了酸性染料显色剂铬天青S的液/液界面离子转移行为, 用循环伏安法和电流扫描计时电位法研究了铬天青S在水/硝基苯和水/1,2-二氯乙烷两种界面上的离子转移过程, 根据铬在青S在溶液中的离解平衡和电化学性质, 讨论了界面离子转移机理,研究了基础电解质和溶剂对铬天青S转移性能的影响, 在Britton-Robinson缓冲溶液中测得半波电位PH曲线与理论公式相一致, 由本法所得离解常数与文献值接近, 计算了转移离子的标准转移电位和标准吉布斯转移能。     

TOPO萃取色谱分离钨,钼的研究

研究了用TOPO的二甲苯溶液从盐酸水溶液中单取分离钨、钼的条件,测定了萃取配合物的组成及萃取平衡常数,提出了分离钨、钼的萃取色谱法,并用于合金钢及地球化学样品中钨和钼的测定。     

FORMATION OF MULTIPLE EMULSIONS IN A FOUR-COMPONENT SYSTEM CONTAINING NONIONIC SURFACTANTS

ABSTRACT

W/O/W and O/W/O multiple emulsions have been found in systems consisting of water, light mineral oil, and two nonionic surfactants (Span 80 and Tween 20).No specific order of addition of the components or pre-mixing was followed. Following gentle agitation at 25°, 35° and 45° for 48?hours, W/O/W emulsions were found at water contents above 30%, while 0/W/O emulsions generally appeared below 60% water.W/0 and 0/W emulsions, micellar phases and liquid crystalline phases were also observed at various compositions. The multiple emulsion regions decreased in size as temperature increased and the areas and positions of the other phases were also temperature dependent.     

Biospeciation of tungsten in the serum of diabetic and healthy rats treated with the antidiabetic agent sodium tungstate

It is known that oral administration of sodium tungstate preserves the pancreatic beta cell function in diabetic rats. Healthy and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were treated with sodium tungstate for one, three or six weeks, after which the species of W in serum, were analysed. An increase in serum W with treatment time was observed. After six weeks, the serum W concentration in diabetic rats (70 mg L⁻¹) was about 4.6 times higher than in healthy specimens. This different behaviour was also observed for Cu accumulation, while the Zn pattern follows the contrary. The patterns observed in the retention of Cu and Zn may be attributable to a normalization of glycaemia. The speciation analysis of W was performed using 2D separations, including an immunoaffinity packing and a SEC (Size Exclusion Chromatography) column coupled to an ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry) for elemental detection. Ultrafiltration data together with SEC-ICP-MS results proved that around 80% of serum W was bound to proteins, the diabetic rats registering a higher W content than their healthy counterparts. Most of the protein-bound W was due to a complex with albumin. An unknown protein with a molecular weight higher than 100 kDa was also found to bind a small amount of W (about 2%). MALDI-TOF (Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight) analysis of the desalted and concentrated chromatographic fractions confirmed albumin as the main protein bound to tungstate in rat serum, while no binding to transferrin (Tf) was detected. The interaction between glutathione and W was also evaluated using standard solutions; however, the formation of complexes was not observed. The stability of the complexes between W and proteins when subjected to more stringent procedures, like those used in proteomic methodologies (denaturing with urea or SDS, boiling, sonication, acid media, reduction with β-mercaptoethanol (BME) or DTT (dithiotreitol) and alkylation with iodoacetamide (IAA), was also evaluated. Our results indicate that the stability of the complexes between W and proteins is not too high enough to remain unaltered during protein separation by SDS-PAGE in denaturing and reducing conditions. However, the procedures for in-solution tryptic digestion and for ESI-MS analysis in MeOH/H₂O/with 0.1% formic acid could be used for protein identification without large loss of binding between W and proteins.     

Ion transport across a bilayer lipid membrane facilitated by valinomycin

The facilitated ion transport from one aqueous phase, W1, to another, W2, across a bilayer lipid membrane, BLM, containing valinomycin, Val, as an ionophore was investigated by voltammetry. Cyclic voltammograms for the ion transfer were symmetrical about the origin (0 V, 0 A) and the magnitude of the ion transfer current increased with an increase in the absolute value of the applied potential. The magnitude of the ion transfer current at a definite potential in the voltammograms depended on the cation species added to W1 and W2 and was proportional to the concentration of Val in the BLM. The magnitude of the ion transfer current at a definite potential also varied in proportion to the hydrophobicity of the counter anion in W1 and W2. Taking into account the conjugated ion transfers at the W1|BLM and BLM|W2 interfaces, the positive current that flowed from W1 to W2 across the BLM was attributable to both the transfer of the complex-forming cation from W1 to the BLM and the transfer of the anion, which was distributed in the BLM as the counter ion from W2 to W1. The transfer from the BLM to W1 occurred at the W1|BLM interface and both the transfer of the cation from the BLM to W2 and the transfer of the anion from W2 to the BLM at the BLM|W2 interface. The negative current was then attributed to the opposite reaction. The voltammograms were asymmetrical with the origin when the ion components in W1 and W2 were different.     

MICROEMULSION SYSTEMS WITH A NONIONIC COSURFACTANT

The conditions to obtain W/0 microemulsions using ionic surfactants and a nonionic cosurfactant, a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether, were investigated. The length of the polyoxyethylene chain was critical to obtain the typical water solubilization maximum

The variation of the W/0 microemulsion region with hydrocarbon content was different from that of the usual type of microemulsions having a medium chain length alcohol as cosurfactant. In the present systems the W/0 microemulsion region was not a direct continuation of the inverse micellar area at zero content of hydrocarbon. Addition of hydrocarbon was necessary for the formation of inverse micelles

The microemulsion regions were sensitive to the kind of hydrocarbon used; a sign of the importance of the nonionic surfactant for the stability of this kind of microemulsions.