Ion acoustic solitons in a streaming relativistic plasma with negative ions

We analyze the effect of a nonzero streaming velocity of both positive and negative ions on the formation of solitary waves in a relativistic plasma. The thermodynamic situation is considered to be isothermal. For various values ofu _0/C andn _o/nowe obtain the variations of the amplitude and the width of the solitary wave.     

Rhenium chemistry of azooximes: oxygen atom transfer, azoimine chelation, and imine-oxime contrast

The concerned azooximes (L1OH, 1) are of type p-X-C6H4C(N2Ph)(NOH) (X = H, Me, Cl). The reaction of [Re(MeCN)Cl3(PPh3)2] with [Ag(L1OH)(L1O)] in cold dichloromethane-acetonitrile solvent has furnished the green colored ionized azoimine complex [ReV(O)Cl(PPh3)2(L1)](PF6), 2. In effect L1O- has undergone oxidative addition, the oxygen atom being transferred to the metal site. Upon treatment of [ReV(NPh)Cl3(PPh3)2] with L1OH in solution, the neutral azoimine complex [ReV(NPh)Cl3(L1H)], 3, resulted due to the spontaneous transfer of the oxime oxygen atom to a PPh3 ligand, which is eliminated as OPPh3. In contrast, the oxime of 2-acetylpyridine (L2OH, 4) did not undergo oxygen atom transfer and simply afforded the imine-oxime complex [ReV(NC6H4Y)Cl2(PPh3)(L2O)], 5, upon reacting with [ReV(NC6H4Y)Cl3(PPh3)2] (Y = H, Me, Cl). The spectral and electrochemical properties of 2, 3, and 5 and the structures of three representative compounds are reported. In the cation of 2 (X = H) the two PPh3 ligands lie trans to each other and the equatorial plane is defined by the five-membered azoimine chelate ring and the oxo and chloro ligands. The oxo ligand which forms a model triple bond (Re-O length 1.616(6) A) lies cis to the imine-N atom. In 3 (X = Cl) the ReCl3 fragment has meridional geometry and the imido nitrogen lies trans to the imine nitrogen of the planar azoimine chelate ring. In 5 x H2O (Y = Me), the Cl, oximato-N, and P atoms define an equatorial plane and the pyridine-N lies trans to the imido-N. The water of crystallization is hydrogen bonded to the oximato oxygen atom (O...O, 2.829(5) A). Reaction models in which chelation of the azooxime precedes oxygen atom transfer are proposed on the basis of oxophilicity of trivalent rhenium, Lewis acid activity of pentavalent rhenium, electron withdrawal by the azo group, and observed relative disposition of ligands in products.     

Application of TMA and DTA for study of the crystallization behaviour of SiO2 in the thermal transformation of kaolinite

TMA/DTMA with DTA studies on the thermal changes of kaolinite were performed with special emphasis on the crystallization behaviour of amorphous SiO₂. The results of four different physical techniques (semiquantitative XRD, DTA, TMA and DTMA) were clearly in good agreement with the fact that the 1420°C exotherm in DTA is due to silica crystallization.Thanks to Dr. B. K. Sarkor, Director of the Institute for his kind permission to publish the paper and to Mr. D. K. Ahosh for his needful suggestions.     

Separation,detection and determination of uranium,thorium, bismuth,and lead in a drop of solution by the ring oven technique

Summary The separation of uranium, lead, bismuth and thorium from a drop of solution containing uranyl acetate, lead nitrate, bismuth nitrate and thorium nitrate has been achieved, using the ring oven technique. The drop was taken on a circular filter paper, treated with1 N HNO₃ and uranium was washed to the ring zone with n-butanol. Lead was next washed to the ring zone on another filter paper using 20% aqueous ethylenediamine hydrate. The spot was then treated with 1% aqueous sodium diethyldithioearbamate and bismuth was transported to the ring zone on a third paper with ethyl acetate. Finally 0.5N HNO₃ was employed to transfer thorium to the ring zone. The separated rings were then compared with standard rings prepared similarly to compute the amounts of the ions present.

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Zusammenfassung Die Trennung von U, Pb, Bi und Th wurde mit dem Ringofen durchgeführt. Ein Tropfen der Lösung wird auf ein Rundfilter gebracht, mit n-HNO₃ behandelt und das U mit n-Betanol in den Ring gewaschen. Blei wird auf einem anderen Filterpapier mit 20%iger wäßriger Äthylendiaminlösung in den Ring gewaschen, dann wird der Tüpfel mit 1%iger, wäßriger Lösung von Na-Diäthyldithiocarbamat behandelt und Wismuth auf einem 3-Filter mit Äthylacetat in den Ring gewaschen. Schließlich wäscht man Thorium mit 0,5-n Salpetersäure in den Ring. Die einzelnen Ringe werden mit Standardproben verglichen, um die Mengen abzuschätzen.

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Résumé On a réussi à séparer par la technique du four annulaire l'uranium, le plomb, le bismuth et le thorium dans une goutte de solution contenant de l'acétate d'uranyle, du nitrate de plomb, du nitrate de bismuth et du nitrate de thorium. La goutte est déposée sur un papier-filtre circulaire, traitée par HNO₃ N et l'uranium est entraîné vers la zone annulaire par lavage avec du butanolN. Le plomb est ensuite entraîné vers la zone annulaire sur un autre papier filtre à l'aide d'éthylènediamine en solution aqueuse à 20%. La tache est alors traitée avec le diéthyldithiocarbamate de sodium en solution aqueuse à 1% et le bismuth transporté sur la zone annulaire sur un troisième papier par l'acétate d'éthyle. Finalement, on utilise HNO₃ 0,5N pour le transport comparé avec des anneaux types préparés de la même manière pour estimer les quantités d'ions présents.

     

Formation of fast exotic atoms by radiative Coulomb capture

Interesting surprises in some exotic atom kinetics have been reported recently. These involve muonic atom transfer cross sections, nuclear pion capture and theq 1s effect in CF. These can be explained if the exotic atom population contains a contributing fast component. Such fast atoms can be formed by radiative continuum to bound transitions of fast (keV) muons or pions. Cross sections for formation of such fast pionic and muonic atoms and their velocity distributions are reported. The possibility of these processes competing with the thermalisation channels and contributing effectively to the exotic atom population is discussed.     

m-Aminobenzoic acid inserted β-turn in acyclic tripeptides: a peptidomimetic design

X-ray diffraction studies show that peptides Boc-Leu-Aib-m-ABA-OMe (I) (Aib, α-aminoisobutyric acid; m-ABA, meta-aminobenzoic acid) and Boc-Phe-Aib-m-ABA-OMe (II) adopt a type-II β-turn conformation, solely stabilized by co-operative steric interactions amongst the amino acid residues. This type of β-turn without any intramolecular hydrogen bonding is generally referred to as an open turn. Although there are some examples of constrained cyclic peptides in which o-substituted benzenes have been inserted to mimic the turn region of the neurotrophin, a nerve growth factor, peptides I and II present novel two examples where m-aminobenzoic acid has been incorporated in the β-turn of acyclic tripeptides. The result also demonstrates the first crystallographic evidence of a β-turn structure containing an inserted m-aminobenzoic acid, which can be considered as a rigid γ-aminobutyric acid with an all-trans extended configuration.