Simultaneous Voltammetric Determination of Lead and Tin by Adsorptive Differential Pulse Stripping Method and Orthogonal Signal Correction‐Partial Least Squares in Water Samples

An adsorptive differential pulse stripping method for the simultaneous determination of lead and tin is proposed. The procedure involves an adsorptive accumulation of lead and tin on a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE), followed by oxidation of adsorbed lead and tin by voltammetric scan using differential pulse modulation. The optimum experimental conditions are: 0.2 mol L^?1 HNO₃, accumulation potential of ?900 mV versus Ag/AgCl, accumulation time of 200 s, scan rate of 20 mV s^?1 and pulse height of 80 mV. Lead and tin peak currents were observed in the same potential region at about ?400 mV. The simultaneous determination of lead and tin by using voltammetry is a difficult problem in analytical chemistry, due to voltammogram interferences. The resolution of a mixture of lead and tin by the application of orthogonal signal correction‐partial least squares (OSC‐PLS) was performed. The linear dynamic ranges were 0.003‐0.35 and 0.008‐0.50 μg mL^?1 and detection limits were land 3 ng mL^?1 for lead and tin, respectively. The RMSEP for lead and tin with OSC and without OSC were 2.8737, 6.0557 and 8.0941, 9.5151, respectively. The capability of the method for the analysis of real samples was evaluated by the determination of lead and tin in water samples with satisfactory results.     

Sesquialkoxide von Gallium und Indium

Sesquialkoxides of Gallium and Indium Treatment of GaMe₃ with one equivalent of HO^cHex in toluene at 20 °C leads to [Me₂GaO^cHex]₂ ( 4 ) under evolution of methane. The reaction of InMe₃ with two equivalents of HO^cHex leads under similar conditions not to [MeIn(O^cHex)₂]_n but to the sesquialkoxide [In{Me₂In(O^cHex)₂}₃] ( 5 ). 5 can be described also as [{Me₂InO^cHex)}₂{MeIn(O^cHex)₂}₂]. The use of an excess of cyclohexanol in boiling toluene gives the same result. Under these reflux conditions, the reaction of GaMe₃ with an excess of PhCH₂OH leads exclusively to another type of sequialkoxides, [Ga{MeGa(OCH₂Ph)₃}₃] ( 6 ). 4 — 6 were characterized by NMR, vibrational and MS spectra, as well as by X‐ray structure determinations. According to this, 4 forms centrosymmetrical and therefore planar Ga₂O₂ four‐membered rings. 5 and 6 possess basically the same structural motif, central M³⁺ ion ( 5 : In³⁺; 6 : Ga³⁺) coordinated by three metalate units ( 5 : [Me₂In(O^cHex)₂]^—; 6 : [MeGa(OCH₂Ph)₃]^—). The central M³⁺ ions have always coordination number (CN) six while the three surrounding metal ions possess CN 4. Because of the spectroscopic findings 6 must exist in two isomers (1:1). The C₃‐symmetrical isomer C₃‐ 6 was characterized by X‐ray analysis, while the isomer C₁‐ 6 could by described mainly by the complex NMR data.     

Community detection in social networks based on improved Label Propagation Algorithm and balanced link density

Nowadays, community detection has been raised as one of the key research areas in the online social networks mining. One of the most common algorithms in this field is label propagation algorithm (LPA). Even though the LPA method has advantages such as simplicity in understanding and implementation, as well as linear time complexity, it has an important disadvantage of the uncertainty and instability in outcomes, that is, the algorithm detects and reports different combinations of communities in each run. This problem originates from the nature of random selection in the LPA method. In this paper, a novel method is proposed based on the LPA method and the inherent structure, that is, link density feature, of the input network. The proposed method uses a sensitivity parameter (balance parameter); by choosing the appropriate values for it, the desired qualities of the identified communities can be achieved. The proposed method is called Balanced Link Density-based Label Propagation (BLDLP). In comparison with the basic LPA, the proposed method has an advantage of certainty and stability in the output results, whereas its time complexity is still comparable with the basic LPA and of course lowers than many other approaches. The proposed method has been evaluated on real-world known datasets, such as the Facebook social network and American football clubs, and by comparing it with the basic LPA, the effectiveness of the proposed method in terms of the quality of the communities found and the time complexity has been shown.     

Simultaneous determination of cyproterone acetate and ethinylestradiol in tablets by derivative spectrophotometry

Derivative spectrophotometry offers a useful approach for the analysis of drugs in multi-component mixtures. In this study a third-derivative spectrophotometric method was used for simultaneous determination of cyproterone acetate and ethinylestradiol using the zero-crossing technique. The measurements were carried out at wavelengths of 316 and 226 nm for cyproterone acetate and ethinylestradiol respectively. The method was found to be linear (r2>0.999) in the range of 0.5-6 mg/100 ml for cyproterone acetate in the presence of 35 microg/100 ml ethinylestsradiol at 316 nm. The same linear correlation (r2>0.999) was obtained in the range of 10-80 microg/100 ml of ethinylestradiol in the presence of 2 mg/100 ml of cyproterone acetate at 226 nm. The limit of determination was 0.5 mg/100 ml and 10 microg/100 ml for cyproterone acetate and ethinylestradiol respectively. The method was successfully applied for simultaneous determination of cyproterone acetate and ethinylestradiol in pharmaceutical preparations without any interferences from excipients.     

Reaktionen von Nitrilen mit tBuAsLi2

Reactions of Nitriles with ^tBuAsLi₂ ^tBuAsLi₂ reacts with the α‐acidic nitrile malonicaciddinitrile in THF/TMEDA under deprotonation and formation of the coordination polymer [{Li(TMEDA}{HC(CN)₂}]_n ( 1 ). The more base‐stable PhCN gives with ^tBuAsLi₂ under aromatization the salt [Li(Diglyme)₂][Li(TMEDA){As[NC(Ph)NC(Ph)]}₂] ( 2 ), containing a diazaarsolide. 1 and 2 were characterized by NMR and vibrational spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and X‐ray analyses. According to that, 1 contains in the solid state infinite helical chains of cations and anions, running along [010]. 2 consists of distorted octahedrally coordinated Li⁺ ion, [Li(diglyme)₂]⁺, and the complex anion [Li(TMEDA){As[NC(Ph)NC(Ph)]}₂]^‐ with a distorted tetrahedrally environment of the Li⁺ ion.     

Analytic Solutions for Asymmetric Model of a Rod in a Lattice Fluid

We consider the problem of determining analytically some exact solutions of the concentration u(x, y, t) of particles moving by diffusion and advection or drift. It is assumed that the advection is nonlinear. The driven diffusive flow is impeded by an impenetrable obstacle (rod) of length L. The exact solutions for u are evaluated for small and big values of vL/D, where v is the drift velocity and D is the diffusion coefficient. The results show that in some regions in the (x, y) plane the concentration first increases (or decreases) monotonically and then is nearly constant after some critical length L. The location at which u is nearly constant depends on the nature of the driving field v/D. This problem has relevance for the size segregation of particulate matter which results from the relative motion of different-size particles induced by shaking. Methods of symmetry reduction are used in solving the nonlinear advection-diffusion equation in (2+1) dimensions.     

New exact solutions of heat conduction in metals

We consider the way in which a solution to a class of nonlinear partial differential equationsS(u)u _t=(K(u)u_x)_x approaches the similarity form. The problem we solve is chosen for two main reasons: first the equation above is of widespread use in modeling physical situations and second it provides a tractable but significant example of a free boundary problem.