On-line filtration system for determining total chromium and chromium in the soluble fraction of industrial effluents by flow injection flame atomic absorption spectrometry

Two manifolds were assessed for the purpose of determining both the total chromium content and that present as a soluble form in industrial effluents by flow injection flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FI-FAAS). To determine the chromium content in the soluble fraction the samples were used without additional treatment, a 0.45 microm filter being included in the FI system. To determine the total chromium content, the samples were acidified with nitric acid 20% (v/v) and heated for 30 s in a microwave oven (temperatures of about 70 degrees C were reached). The problem posed by the very different concentration range in which total and soluble chromium are present was overcome by using programmed flow rate methodology and by only partially emptying the sample loop. A personal computer controlled both the rotation speed of a peristaltic pump and the volume of sample injected into the system, thus obtaining the dispersion degree required. Using the manifold proposed, the chromium content in the soluble fraction can be determined in the 0.5-20 microg mL(-1) range using a 10 microg mL(-1) single standard for calibration. To determine the total chromium content, a calibration line in the 20-200 microg mL(-1) range was obtained using a single 50 microg mL(-1) chromium standard solution. The reliability of the semi-automatic devices was verified by comparing the results obtained with those found by treating the samples and using both FAAS in a conventional way and a spectrophotometric method using diphenylcarbazide at the 95% confidence level (ANOVA test). The proposed procedures showed a RSD lower than +/-3%.     

On Transition Structures for Hydride Transfer Step in Enzyme Catalysis. A Comparative Study on Models of Glutathione Reductase Derived from Semiempirical, HF, and DFT Methods

As a model of the chemical reactions that take place in the active site of gluthatione reductase, the nature of the molecular mechanism for the hydride transfer step has been characterized by means of accurate quantum chemical characterizations of transition structures. The calculations have been carried out with analytical gradients at AM1 and PM3 semiempirical procedures, ab initio at HF level with 3-21G, 4-31G, 6-31G, and 6-31G basis sets and BP86 and BLYP as density functional methods. The results of this study suggest that the endo relative orientation on the substrate imposed by the active site is optimal in polarizing the C4-Ht bond and situating the system in the neighborhood of the quadratic region of the transition structure associated to the hydride transfer step on potential energy surface. The endo arrangement of the transition structure results in optimal frontier HOMO orbital interaction between NADH and FAD partners. The geometries of the transition structures and the corresponding transition vectors, that contain the fundamental information relating reactive fluctuation patterns, are model independent and weakly dependent on the level of theory used to determine them. A comparison between simple and complex molecular models shows that there is a minimal set of coordinates describing the essentials of hydride transfer step. The analysis of transition vector components suggests that the primary and secondary kinetic isotope effects can be strongly coupled, and this prompted the calculation of deuterium and tritium primary, secondary, and primary and secondary kinetic isotope effects. The results obtained agree well with experimental data and demonstrate this coupling.     

Electrodeposition of cobalt on stainless steel foils. Preparation of57Co sources for Mössbauer experiments

Conditions for the electrodeposition of⁵⁹Co and⁵⁷Co on stainless steel foils have been studied. A set of electrolytic parameters has been determined to get a reasonably good electrodeposited sample. The⁵⁷Co electrodeposited foil was then introduced in a quartz tube to be annealed in an argon flow. The final product was a 11 Ci Mössbauer source for college experiments which was succesfully tested by obtaining spectra of stainless steel and sodium nitroprusside.     

Simultaneous spectrofluorimetric determination of the rare earths with calcein

The reactivity of the fluorescent reagent calcein with the trivalent cations of the rare earths has been spectrofluorimetrically studied in aqueous solution. Optimum excitation and emission wavelengths were 492-497 and 519-522 nm, respectively. Optimum pH was in the range 6.0-9.2. The stoichiometry of the complexes was 1:1. A direct, rapid and sensitive method for the determination of rare earth mixtures has been proposed with a detection limit of 4.49x10(-8) M and a coefficient of variation of 0.82%.     

Study of transport processes in plants by radioabsorption and microradiographic methods

The passive transport processes in plants of²²Na⁺,¹³⁷Cs⁺,⁴⁵Ca²⁺,⁶⁵Zn²⁺,⁵⁹Fe³⁺ and³²PO ₄ ³⁻ ions and the plant-protecting agent “Saphidon (¹⁴C)” were studied by a radioabsorption method. The parameters of the passive transport processes of²¹²Pb²⁺, borate and tetraborate ions in plants were measured by quantitative microradiographic methods, using photoemulsion and solid state nuclear track detectors. Ion diffusion concentration profiles within the plants were determined at various diffusion times and temperatures. The equation of linear diffusion combined with convection was used to determine the diffusion coefficients characteristic of the transport processes.     

Coordination polymers. IX

Poly-(butanediol-1,4-adipate) and poly-(diethyleneglycol-succinate) polyesters and their ionized derivatives, containing Mg²⁺ and Zn²⁺ ions with different stoichiometric ratios to the chain-end COOH groups of the polyesters have been investigated by derivatograph.The thermal decompositions of the metal-containing polyesters differ significantly from those of the unionized polyesters. These differences are connected with the chemical repeating unit of the polyesters and the chemical nature of the metal ions, and proportional to the amount of the latter.An explanation is given of the catalytic effect of metal ions on the process of decomposition of the polyesters.

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Zusammenfassung Poly-(butandiol-1,4-adipat) und Poly-(diethylenglycolsuccinat) polyester und ihre «ionisierten» Derivate — mit Mg²⁺ — und Zn²⁺-Ionengehalt in verschiedenen stöchiometrischen Verhältnissen zu den endständigen COOH-Gruppen der Polyester — wurden im Derivatographen untersucht.Die thermische Zersetzung der metallhaltigen Polyester unterscheidet sich wesentlich von nicht-ionisierten Polyestern. Diese Unterschiede sind mit den sich wiederholenden chemischen Einheiten der Polyester und der chemischen Beschaffenheit der Metallionen verbunden, und proportional dem Anteil derselben.Es wird eine Erklärung des katalytischen Effekts der Metallionen auf den Zersetzungsvorgang der Polyester gegeben.

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Effects of genesis and ionizing radiation on the kinetics of reduction of NiO-CeO2 mixed oxides with hydrogen

The reduction of mixed oxides NiO-CeO₂ of various composition with hydrogen was studied at 290–470° by means of thermogravimetry. Some physicochemical properties of the system were also investigated and compared with earlier studied analogous samples of different “origin”. The degree of mutual interaction of the two components, the reduction kinetics and the sensitivity to the different sorts of radiation (gamma-rays, fast neutrons and electrons), applied in different doses, are strongly affected by the “pre-history” and by the composition in both compared series of mixed oxides.     

Effect of vibrational excitation of HBr on the H+HBr abstraction and exchange reactions

The effect of vibrational excitation of HBr on the H+HBrH₂+Br and H+HBrH+HBr reactions has been investigated on the extended LEPS surface (ELEPS) constructed on the basis of quantum chemically calculated points of PES. Together with this surface the LEPS surface of Sudhakaran and Raff [1] was used for comparison at two relative translational energies. A quasiclassical trajectory method was used to study the abstraction and exchange reaction dynamics. The reactive cross section was calculated as a function of the relative collision energy and the vibrational state of HBr. The following conclusions can be drawn from the results of the study: (i) vibrational excitation v=0 v=2 more than doubles the reaction cross section, (ii) the increase in the collision energy is most effectively channelled into the product translational energy.Dedicated to Professor J. Koutecký on the occasion of his 65th birthday     

Modifications de la position C-8 de purines nucleosides par action de reactifs electrophiles sur leurs derives silyles et lithies

The alkylation of 8-lithiopurine trimethylsilyl nucleosides at carbon 8 can be carried out conveniently by reaction with various electrophilic reagents.     

Tetrabutylammonium bromide/thenoyltri-fluoroacetone/mibk extraction for aas determination of cobalt, nickel, and manganese in copper ores and concentrates

An extraction-AAS method of determination of Co, Ni, and Mn in metallurgical copper materials containing considerable amounts ofCu, Fe, Pb, Zn, and Al has been developed. Good selectivity of group separation of Co, Ni, and Mn has been achieved by (a) the use of tetrabutylammonium bromide to improve extractability of HTTA complexes by ion-pair formation, and (b) the masking of major elements with sodium thiosulphate and sulphosalicylic acid. The extracts are stable for at least 3 weeks.