A simple and sensitive analytical method for the determination of antimony in environmental and biological samples.

The results of a study and application of leucocrystal violet for the determination of antimony in parts per million levels is described here. The proposed method is based on the reaction of antimony(III) with acidified potassium iodate to liberate iodine. The liberated iodine selectively oxidizes leucocrystal violet to crystal violet dye. The formed dye shows maximum absorbance at 590 nm. The color system obeys Beer's law in the concentration range from 0.4 - 3.6 microg antimony per 25 ml of final solution. The molar absorptivity and Sandell's sensitivity were found to be 7.32 x 10(5) l mol(-1) cm(-1) and 0.0016 microg cm(-2), respectively. All variables were studied in order to optimize the reaction. The proposed method is satisfactorily applicable for the analysis of antimony in various environmental and biological samples. The method is simple, highly sensitive, accurate and reliable.     

Micropolar flow past a stretching sheet

Summary This paper studies the flow of an incompressible, constant density micropolar fluid past a stretching sheet. The governing boundary layer equations of the flow are solved numerically using a globally convergent homotopy method in conjunction with a least change secant update quasi-Newton algorithm. The flow pattern depends on three non-dimensional parameters. Some interesting results are illustrated graphically and discussed.

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Résumé Nous étudions l'écoulement d'un fluid micropolaire et incompressible, de densité constante, le long d'une surface qui l'étend. Les équations de la couche limite qui régissent l'écoulement sont résolues numériquement. On utilise un algorithme quasi-Newtonien de type least change secant update avec une méthode homotopique /`a convergence globale. Certains résultats intéressants sont discutés et illustrés graphiquement.

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This work performed at Sandia National Laboratories supported by the U. S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC04-76DP00789.     

Thermochemical and kinetic studies on the effects of cobalt salicylate on the oxidative degradation of polystyrene

The effect of cobalt salicylate on the oxidative degradation and ignition of polystyrene has been studied. It was found that cobalt salicylate sensitizes both the degradation and ignition of polystyrene by facilitating electron-transfer processes in the propagation step. From thermochemical and kinetic studies it was found that the cobalt ion, owing to its ability to exist in variable valence states, promotes electron transfer in the propagation step of polymer degradation, increasing the rate of propagation and consequently the overall rate. Using solid-phase thermal ignition theory, an attempt has been made to explain the sensitization of ignition by the cobalt ion.

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Zusammenfassung Die Wirkung von Kobaltsalicylat auf den oxydativen Abbau und die Entzündung von Polystyrol wurde untersucht. Es wurde festgestellt, daß Kobaltsalicylat sowohl den Abbau als auch die Entzündung des Polystyrols durch Erleichterung von Elektrontransferprozessen im Kettenfortpflanzungsschritt begünstigt. Thermochemische und kinetische Untersuchungen ergeben, daß das Kobaltion infolge seiner Fähigkeit, in mehreren Valenzstufen aufzutreten, den Elektronentransfer im Kettenfortpflanzungsschritt erleichtert wodurch die Geschwindigkeit der Kettenfortpflanzung und damit die Geschwindigkeit des Gesamtprozesses erhöht wird. Basierend auf der Theorie der thermischen Festphasenentzündung wird ein Versuch unternommen, Erleichterung der Entzündung durch Kobaltionen zu erklären.

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Results from multi-trace-element neutron activation analyses of marine biological specimens

Résumé Un grand nombre d'échantillons biologiques marins, s'étendant du varech au thon, à l'espadon et aux mammifères marins, ont été analysés pour évaluer la teneur en mercure, sélénium et zinc grace à l'analyse par activation aux neutrons thermiques et en employant un spectromètre Ge(Li). Dans ces conditions, des teneurs aussi faibles que 0,01 ppm de Hg, 0,02 ppm de Se, et 0,2 ppm de Zn sont détectées. De nombreux résultats intéressants ont été obtenus et sont décrits. On est en train d'étendre cette étude à d'autres éléments à l'état de trace en utilisant des séparations radio-chimiques après irradiation.      

Oxone as a Mild,Inexpensive, and Environmentally Benign Oxidant for the α-Thiocyanation of Ketones

An efficient and direct approach for the α-thiocyanation of ketones with α-hydrogens has been developed using ammonium thiocyanate as a thiocyanating agent and oxone as an oxidant in methanol.     

Novel Etodolac-Based 1,2,4-Triazole Derivatives as Antimicrobial Agents: Synthesis,Biological Evaluation,and Molecular Docking Study

Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry - A series of novel 1,2,4-triazole nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) derived from etodolac were designed and synthesized. The synthesized compounds...     

Synthesis and Antibacterial Evaluation of Benzofuran Based Di-1,2,3-triazoles

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - A series of novel benzofuran-1,2,3-triazole hybrid molecules are synthesized using the click chemistry approach. Structures of the synthesized compounds were...     

Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer in Methyl and Methoxy Substituted Salicylic Acid

The excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) processes in 3‐methylsalicyclic acid (3‐MeSA) and 3‐methoxysalicyclic acid (3‐MeOSA) have been investigated in cyclohexane medium by emission spectroscopic techniques. The ESIPT process was characterized in 3‐MeSA from the large Stokes fluorescent band (455 nm), but it was suppressed by 3‐MeOSA in cyclohexane. The ESIPT process was found to be accelerated both in 3‐MeSA and 3‐MeOSA in the presence of a hydrogen bond accepting agent, triethylamine (TEA). Further, theoretical calculations were carried out at the ground and excited states to complement the experimental evidences.