A model of nanofluids effective thermal conductivity based on dimensionless groups

Thermal conductivity is an important parameter in the field of nanofluid heat transfer. This article presents a novel model for the prediction of the effective thermal conductivity of nanofluids based on dimensionless groups. The model expresses the thermal conductivity of a nanofluid as a function of the thermal conductivity of the solid and liquid, their volume fractions, particle size and interfacial shell properties. According to this model, thermal conductivity changes nonlinearly with nanoparticle loading. The results are in good agreement with the experimental data of alumina-water and alumina-ethylene glycol based nanofluids.     

Synthesis, characterization and catalytic oxyfunctionalization of cyclohexene with tert-butylhydroperoxide over a manganese(II) complex covalently anchored to multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs)

The chemical modification of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) is an emerging area in material science. In the present study, an hydroxyl functionalized manganese(II) Schiff-base has been covalently anchored on modified MWNTs. The new modified MWNTs have been characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron (XPS), thermal analysis, UV–Vis, diffuse reflectance (DRS), FT-IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The results suggest that the symmetrical Schiff-base; N,N-bis(4-hydroxysalicylidene)-ethylene-1,2-diamine; H₂[(OH)₂-salen]; is a bivalent anion with tetradentate N₂O₂ donors derived from the phenolic oxygens and azomethine nitrogens. The formulae was found to be [Mn((OH)₂-salen)] for the 1:1 non-electrolytic complex. The multi-wall carbon nanotubes covalently anchored manganese(II) complex ([Mn((OH)₂-salen)]@MWNTs) catalyze the oxidation of cyclohexene with TBHP. Oxidation of cyclohexene catalyzed by this complex gave 2-cyclohexene-1-ol, 2-cyclohexene-1-one and 1-(tert-butylperoxy)-2-cyclohexene as the major products. The manganese(II) complex covalently anchored on MWNTs shows significantly higher catalytic activity than [Mn((OH)₂-salen)]. The activity of the immobilized catalyst remains nearly the same after three cycles, suggesting the true heterogeneous nature of the catalyst. This catalyst is more selective towards 2-cyclohexene-1-one.     

Facile One‐Pot Three‐Component Synthesis of Functionalized Pyridylfuran‐2‐amines

The reactive 1 : 1 zwitterionic intermediates generated in situ from the reaction between a series of isocyanides and diaroylacetylenes were trapped by pyridine carbaldehydes to yield highly functionalized 5‐pyridylfuran‐2‐amines in good yields (82–93%).     

K2CO3/H2O in [omim][BF4] Ionic Liquid: A Green Medium for Efficient Room‐Temperature Synthesis of N‐Substituted 1,4‐Benzoxazin‐3‐ones

A medium consisting of K₂CO₃ and H₂O in [omim][BF₄] ionic liquid (IL) was used to synthesize N‐substituted 2H‐benzo[b][1,4]oxazin‐3(4H)‐one derivatives from their corresponding o‐aminophenols and 2‐bromoalkanoates. As a result, chemoselective formation of benzoxazinones in high yields has been observed at room temperature. After the reactions and separation of the products, the IL was recovered and successfully reused in subsequent reactions without significant loss of activity.     

Sonochemical synthesis of silver vanadium oxide micro/nanorods: Solvent and surfactant effects

In this investigation, a facile sonochemical route has been developed for the preparation of silver vanadium oxide (SVO) micro/nanorods by using silver salicylate and ammonium metavanadate as silver and vanadate precursor, respectively. Here, silver salicylate, [Ag(HSal)], is introduced as a new silver precursor to fabricate AgVO₃ nanorods. The effect of numerous solvents and surfactants on the morphology and sonochemical formation mechanism of AgVO₃ nanorods was studied. AgVO₃ nanorods were characterized by SEM and TEM images, XRD patterns, FT-IR, XPS, and EDS spectroscopy. SEM, TEM, and XRD results showed that AgO nanoparticles were formed onto AgVO₃ nanorods in the presence of ethanol, cyclohexanol, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), and acetone. By using polyethylene glycol (PEG-6000) and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) as organic additives, the thickness of AgVO₃ nanorods decreased.     

Highly selective thiocyanate poly(vinyl chloride) membrane electrode based on a cadmium–Schiff’s base complex

A PVC membrane electrode based on a cadmium–salen (N,N′-bis-salicylidene-1,2ethylenediamine) complex as an anion carrier is described. The electrode has an anti-Hofmeister selectivity sequence with a preference for thiocyanate at pH 1.5–11.0. It has a linear response to thiocyanate from 1.0 × 10^–6 to 1.0 × 10^–1 mol L^–1 with a slope of 59.1 ± 0.2 mV per decade, and a detection limit of 7 × 10^–7 mol L^–1. This electrode has high selectivity for thiocyanate relative to many common organic and inorganic anions. The proposed sensor has a fast response time of approximately 15 s. It was applied to the determination of thiocyanate in a milk sample. Received: 1 December 2000 / Revised: 19 April 2001 / Accepted: 30 April 2001     

The Use of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to Study Catalyst Deactivation of V2O5/γ‐Al2O3 as Compared to Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) method is introduced as a novel approach in this work to study catalyst deactivation of V₂O₅/γ‐‐Al₂O₃ for gas‐phase dehydration of glycerol and producing acrolein. The LIBS results of V₂O₅/γ‐Al₂O₃ samples are compared with those data that are obtained by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP‐OES). Experimental data of LIBS data specify that line intensities of vanadium are decreased by deactivation of V₂O₅/γ‐Al₂O₃ catalyst. A comparison between the results of LIBS test as well as ICP‐OES analysis shows that the amount of vanadium is decreased in the catalyst. Moreover, coke formation changes the surface of the catalyst. The results of deactivation of V₂O₅/γ‐Al₂O₃ are also compared with Pd/C catalyst deactivation.     

Comparison of graphs associated to a commutative Artinian ring

Let R be a commutative ring with \(1\ne 0\) and the additive group \(R^+\). Several graphs on R have been introduced by many authors, among zero-divisor graph \(\Gamma _1(R)\), co-maximal graph \(\Gamma _2(R)\), annihilator graph AG(R), total graph \( T(\Gamma (R))\), cozero-divisors graph \(\Gamma _\mathrm{c}(R)\), equivalence classes graph \(\Gamma _\mathrm{E}(R)\) and the Cayley graph \(\mathrm{Cay}(R^+ ,Z^*(R))\). Shekarriz et al. (J. Commun. Algebra, 40 (2012) 2798–2807) gave some conditions under which total graph is isomorphic to \(\mathrm{Cay}(R^+ ,Z^*(R))\). Badawi (J. Commun. Algebra, 42 (2014) 108–121) showed that when R is a reduced ring, the annihilator graph is identical to the zero-divisor graph if and only if R has exactly two minimal prime ideals. The purpose of this paper is comparison of graphs associated to a commutative Artinian ring. Among the results, we prove that for a commutative finite ring R with \(|\mathrm{Max}(R)|=n \ge 3\), \( \Gamma _1(R) \simeq \Gamma _2(R)\) if and only if \(R\simeq \mathbb {Z}^n_2\); if and only if \(\Gamma _1(R) \simeq \Gamma _\mathrm{E}(R)\). Also the annihilator graph is identical to the cozero-divisor graph if and only if R is a Frobenius ring.     

A three-component cyclocondensation reaction for the synthesis of new triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine scaffolds using 3-aminotriazole,aldehydes and ketene N,S-acetal

Molecular Diversity - This study describes the use of 3-aminotriazole, different aldehydes and N-methyl-1-(methylthio)-2-nitroethenamine as a ketene N,S-acetal in a three-component condensation for...