Hydrogen determination in coal samples by the recoil proton method

Radioiodine adsorption from aqueous solutions on metal-containing membranes with different compositions have been investigated. Radioiodine can be adsorbed from aqueous media using Bi- or Ag-containing membrane filters. The results of testing the metal-containing membrane filters with NPP water coolant samples are presented. A procedure for the determination of radioiodine in the NPP water coolant is developed.     

A comparison between rate-equation and Fabry-Perot amplifier models of injection locked laser diodes

The rate-equation and the Fabry-Perot amplifier models for injection locked laser diodes are compared. Both models give identical results at the limiting case of no injected signal. The Fabry-Perot model predicts a wider locking bandwidth and is more useful for large signal applications. The rate-equation model is suitable for investigating the dynamic properties. Numerical results from both models are presented.     

Synthesis of some substituted benzimidazoles with potential antimicrobial activity

Summary The synthesis andin vitro antimicrobial evaluation of several benzimidazole derivatives with different heterocyclic nuclei at position-2 are described.

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Synthese einiger substituierter Benzimidazole mit potentieller antimikrobieller Aktivität

Zusammenfassung Die Synthese und antimikrobielle Prüfung einiger Benzimidazole mit verschiedenen heterozyklischen Substituenten in 2-Stellung wird beschrieben.

     

Kinetics of the solvolysis of [Co(3Rpy)4Cl2]+ ions (R = Me or Et) in water and in water + methanol mixtures

Rates of solvolysis of ions [Co(3Rpy)₄Cl₂]⁺ with R = Me and Et have been measured over a range of temperatures for a series of water-rich water + methanol mixtures to investigate the effect of changes in solvent structure on the solvolysis of complexes presenting a largely hydrophobic surface to the solvent. The variation of the enthalpies and entropies of activation with solvent composition has been determined. A free energy cycle relating the free energy of activation in water to that in water + methanol is applied using free energies of transfer of individual ionic species from water into water + methanol. Data for the free energy of transfer of chloride ions ΔG(Cl^?) from both the spectrophotometric solvent sorting method and the TATB method for separating ΔG(salt) into ΔG(i) for individual ions are used: irrespective of the source of ΔG(Cl^?), in general, ?ΔG(Co(Rpy)₄Cl²⁺) > ?ΔG(Co(Rpy)₄Cl₂⁺), where Rpy = py, 4Mepy, 4Etpy, 3Etpy, and 3Mepy, showing that changes in solvent structure in water-rich water + methanol mixtures generally stabilize the cation in the transition state more than the cation in the initial state for this type of complex ion. A similar result is found when the free energy cycle is applied to the solvolysis of the dichloro (2,2′,2″-triaminotriethylamine)cobalt(III) ion. The introduction of a Me or Et group on the pyridine ring in [Co(Rpy)₄Cl₂]⁺ has little influence on the difference {ΔG(Co(Rpy)₄Cl²⁺)?ΔG(Co(Rpy)₄Cl₂⁺)} in water + methanol with the mol fraction of methanol < 0.20.     

The Spectra of General Differential Operators in the Direct Sum Spaces

In this paper, the general ordinary quasi-differential expression M _pof n-th order with complex coefficients and its formal adjoint M _p ⁺ on any finite number of intervals I _p =(a _p ,b _p ),p= 1,...,N, are considered in the setting of the direct sums of L _wp ² (a _p ,b _p )-spaces of functions defined on each of the separate intervals, and a number of results concerning the location of the point spectra and the regularity fields of general differential operators generated by such expressions are obtained. Some of these are extensions or generalizations of those in a symmetric case in [1], [14], [15], [16], [17] and of a general case with one interval in [2], [11], [12], whilst others are new.     

Kinetics of hydrogen peroxide decomposition with Fe(III) and Cr(III)-ethanolamines complexes sorbed on dowex-50W resin

The kinetics of the H₂O₂ decomposition in presence of Fe(III)- and Cr(III)-complexes of mono-, di-, and triethanolamine supported on Dowex-50W resin have been investigated. The decomposition process proceeded with first-order kinetics for the substrate concentration. The rate of reaction increased with increasing number of the coordinated ligands in the metal complex as well as with increasing ligand basicity. The decomposition reaction involved the formation of an intermediate active species, which converts into a peroxo-metal complex of brown, green, or gray color. A mechanism describing the decomposition process is proposed. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.