Comprehensive Thermal Characteristics of Different Cultivars of Flaxseed Oil (Linum usittatissimum L.)

The aim of this study was to describe the thermal properties of selected cultivars of flaxseed oil by the use of the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) technique. The crystallization and melting profiles were analyzed depending on different scanning rates (1, 2, 5 °C/min) as well as oxidative induction time (OIT) isothermally at 120 °C and 140 °C, and oxidation onset temperatures (Ton) at 2 and 5 °C/min were measured. The crystallization was manifested as a single peak, differing for a cooling rate of 1 and 2 °C/min. The melting curves were more complex with differences among the cultivars for a heating rate of 1 and 2 °C/min, while for 5 °C/min, the profiles did not differ, which could be utilized in analytics for profiling in order to assess the authenticity of the flaxseed oil. Moreover, it was observed that flaxseed oil was highly susceptible to thermal oxidation, and its stability decreased with increasing temperature and decreasing heating rate. Significant negative linear correlations were found between unsaturated fatty acid content (C18:2, C18:3 n-3) and DSC parameters (OIT, Ton). Principal component analysis (PCA) also established a strong correlation between total oxidation value (TOTOX), peroxide value (PV) and all DSC parameters of thermo-oxidative stability.     

Kendall random walk,Williamson transform,and the corresponding Wiener–Hopf factorization

We give some properties of hitting times and an analogue of the Wiener–Hopf factorization for the Kendall random walk. We also show that the Williamson transform is the best tool for problems connected with the Kendall convolution.     

Melting and crystallization DSC profiles of milk fat depending on selected factors

The aim of this study was to test selected factors, such as sample preparation and measurement procedure, potentially influencing repeatability of DSC analysis of milk fat melting and crystallization. The study investigated the effect of such factors as scanning rate, type of sample pans, method of butter dehydration, and final temperature in the cooling experiment. Based on recorded results, it was observed that cooling rate has a considerable effect on temperature, enthalpy, and height of peaks in the process of milk fat crystallization, as well as peak height and enthalpy in the melting process. By contrast, in the melting process no significant differences were observed in all measured temperatures in the range of heating rate of 2–20 °C min^?1 (p > 0.05). No statistically significant effect on thermodynamic parameters was found for sample pan type, the applied butter dehydration method and various final cooling temperatures (?60, ?50, and ?40 °C) either in the melting or crystallization processes. Only temperature of the second peak (T _c2) in the crystallization process constituted an exception in this respect, with significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) being recorded depending on the applied pan and dehydration method. With regard to the dehydration method, for the extraction and centrifugation methods the first peak forming during crystallization was characterized by high instability, manifested by various peak shape. Generally, it was found that the analysis of the melting and crystallization processes in milk fat, despite its complex composition, is characterized by high repeatability. Mean values of RSD calculated from all the experiments were very low, i.e., 1.8 % for the temperature in the melting process and 1.5 % in crystallization, 0.9 % for melting enthalpy, and 3.2 % for crystallization enthalpy, whereas for peak heights in melting it was 2.9 % and for crystallization it was 9.3 %, respectively.     

Quotients of peripherally continuous functions

We characterize the family of quotients of peripherally continuous functions. Moreover, we study cardinal invariants related to quotients in the case of peripherally continuous functions and the complement of this family.     

Comparison of ground and excited state polarizabilities of thiophene,cyclopentadiene, and fulvene oligomers and their cyano substituted derivatives—Ab initio study

Ab Initio study of the ground and excited state polarizabilities of thiophene, fulvene, and cyclopentadiene based conducting oligomers and their cyano derivatives have been performed using the restricted Hartree–Fock (RHF) and the configuration interaction singles (CIS) approaches, respectively, with 3‐21G* basis set. For comparison purposes, for some small oligomers (monomers and dimers), higher basis sets (6‐31G*, 6‐31+G*, aug‐cc‐pVTZ) were also employed in the computations of polarizabilities. The trends in polarizability as a function of oligomer length were investigated. For all systems, the RHF polarizability increases as n^1.2–1.3 as n gets larger and the CIS polarizability increases as n^1.4–1.6 for n less than seven or eight rings and then increases approximately linearly with n for larger n. For the thiophene based systems the dependence of the polarizability on bond length alternation (BLA) along the backbone of the oligomers was also investigated using the RHF, density functional (DFT), and CIS theories (with 3‐21G* basis set). For thiophene dimer, we also performed RHF/aug‐cc‐pVTZ calculations of polarizabilities versus BLA. We found that the polarizability is largest when BLA is near zero (for both ground and excited states), which correlates with the lowest excitation energy. Comparison with experimental results has been made where possible. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 1983–1995, 2007     

Die Reaktion von tBu2P‐P=P(Me)tBu2 mit [Fe2(CO)9] und [(η2‐C8H14)2Fe(CO)3]

^tBu₂P‐P=P(Me)^tBu₂ reacts with [Fe₂(CO)₉] to give [μ‐(1, 2, 3:4‐η‐^tBu₂P¹‐P²‐P³‐P^4tBu₂){Fe(CO)₃}{Fe(CO)₄}] ( 1 ) and [trans‐(^tBu₂MeP)₂Fe(CO)₃]( 2 ). With [(η²‐C₈H₁₄)₂Fe(CO)₃] in addition to [μ‐(1, 2, 3:4‐η‐^tBu₂P¹‐P²‐P³‐P^4tBu₂){Fe(CO)₂PMe^tBu₂}‐{Fe(CO)₄}] ( 10 ) and 2 also [(μ‐P^tBu₂){μ‐P‐Fe(CO)₃‐PMe^tBu₂}‐{Fe(CO)₃}₂(Fe‐Fe)]( 9 ) is formed. 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c with a = 875.0(2), b = 1073.2(2), c = 3162.6(6) pm and β = 94.64(3)?. 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c with a = 1643.4(7), b = 1240.29(6), c = 2667.0(5) pm and β = 97.42(2)?. 9 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/n with a = 1407.5(5), b = 1649.7(5), c = 1557.9(16) pm and β = 112.87(2)?.     

Confocal micro-Raman investigation of multilayer systems

The modern technologies use many multilayer composites comprising, the connection of different classes substrates: ceramics, metals, polymers, etc. In this work we focused our attention on an application of confocal micro-Raman spectroscopy to study the multilayer composites. Different multilayer model systems were used to check the role of the confocal mode. The problem of the transparency of layer, and their thickness were discussed. The procedure of determination of interfaces from so-called depth profiles and their first derivatives was also presented.     

Bildung und Struktur von [μ‐(1,2 : 2‐η‐tBu2P–P){Mo(CO)2cp′}2]

Coordination Chemistry of P‐rich Phosphanes and Silylphosphanes. XXIV. Formation and Structure of [μ‐(1,2 : 2‐η‐^tBu₂P–P){Mo(CO)₂cp′}₂] [cp′Mo(CO)₂]₂ (cp′ = C₅H₄^tBu) reacts with ^tBu₂P–P=P(Me)^tBu₂ to yield the compound [μ‐(1,2 : 2‐η‐^tBu₂P–P){Mo(CO)₂cp′}₂], which crystallizes in the space group P2₁2₁2₁ with a = 1202.42(7), b = 1552.48(8), and c = 1765.3(1) pm.     

Die Reaktionen von tBu2P–P=P(Me)tBu2 und (Me3Si)tBuP–P=P(Me)tBu2 mit PR3

The Reactions of ^tBu₂P–P=P(Me)^tBu₂ and (Me₃Si)^tBuP–P=P(Me)^tBu₂ with PR₃ ^tBu₂P–P=P(Me)^tBu₂ ( 1 ) reacts at 20 °C with PMe₃, PEt₃, P(c‐Hex)₃, P(p‐Tol)₃, PPh₂Me, PPh₂Et, PPhEt₂, PPh₂ⁱPr, PPh₃ and P(NEt₂)₃ yielding ^tBu₂P–P=PR₃ and ^tBu₂PMe; however, P^tBu₃, P^tBu₂(SiMe₃) and ^tBu₂PCl don't. ^tBu₂PH and 1 form ^tBu₂P–PH–P^tBu₂ which yields ^tBu₂P–P=PEt₃ when treated with PEt₃. Ph₂PH, ^tBuPH₂, PH₃, Ph₂PCl and EtOH don't substitute the ^tBu₂PMe group in 1 , instead, the molecule is decomposed. With PEt₃, (Me₃Si)^tBuP–P=P(Me)^tBu₂ forms (Me₃Si)^tBuP–P=PEt₃. The compounds ^tBu₂P–P=PR₃ decompose at 20 °C to different degrees giving P‐rich consecutive products of the phosphinophosphinidene.