Thermal stability of osmium mixed oxides. III. SrOsO3 decomposition products: A new defect pyrochlore Sr2Os2O6.4±0.2

The thermal decomposition of SrOsO₃ has been studied by DTA, thermogravimetry and X-ray powder diffraction. The decomposition of orthorhombic Sr₂Os₂O₇ depends strongly on the partial pressure of air above the samples investigated. In this paper the Sr₂Os₂O_6.4±0.2 pyrochlore formation and some properties of the phase are described. The stability conditions of SrOsO₃ are also discussed.     

The gas chromatography, thermal analysis and mass spectrometry of fluorinated lead β-diketonates Determination of traces of lead by the integrated ion-current technique

Preparative details for perfluoroalkanoylpivalylmethanes and their lead chelates are given. Thermal analysis, gas chromatography and mass spectral studies all indicate high thermal stability, but strong column interaction makes successful quantitative gas chromatography difficult. The integrated ion-current technique is applied to determine lead heptafluorobutanoylpivalylmethanate in the range 10^-9–10^-7 g of lead, but a lower detection limit of ca. 10^-14 g is indicated.     

Thermometrische Schnellanalyse von Martin- und Hochofenschlacken sowie anderen Silicaten

Summary A novel method has been developed for the rapid analysis of silicates. Each component is determined from the temperature variation of the solution resulting from the addition to the test solution of a selectively reacting reagent. By suitable construction of the instrument the concentration of the component to be determined can be read directly in per cent. The determination of a component takes usually 4 to 8 minutes.In the test solution a temperature change proportional to the concentration of the component to be determined has been produced by the following reagents: sulphuric acid for barium, ammonium peroxodisulphate for iron, hydrogen peroxide for titanium, hydrofluoric acid for silicic acid, potassium permanganate for sulphur, ammonium molybdate and hydrogen peroxide for phosphate, potassium permanganate for manganese, potassium oxalate for calcium, diammonium hydrogenphosphate for magnesium, ascorbic acid for chromium. The above components can be determined without any separations. Only in the case of aluminium a separation of silicic acid from aluminium by dehydrating with perchloric acid in necessary. Thereafter the aluminium can be determined with hydrofluoric acid.The precision of the determinations is practically identical with the precision of the usual plant methods.     

The analysis of some heterocyclic compounds

The mass spectra of some relatively simple sulphur compounds have been obtained. Comments upon the McLafferty rearrangement are reported.     

On the symmetry of iron(III) tris-acetylacetonate crystals

The crystal structure of iron tris-acetylacetonate is re-determined. Crystal data at 293 K are: a = 15.4524(5) Å, b = 13.5876(4) Å, c = 16.5729(7) Å, Z = 8; at 150 K: a = 15.2541(4) Å, b = 13.4451(3) Å, c = 16.4256(5) Å, Z = 8. The structure is molecular and comprises isolated molecules. The coordination polyhderon of iron is an almost regular octahedron, Fe-O bond lengths are 1.977–2.003 Å (293 K) and 1.982–2.006 Å (150 K). In the crystalline state, the molecules are arranged in layers, and iron atoms are located on a plane yielding an almost regular trigonal net with the Fe...Fe separations of 7.558–8.103 Å (293 K) and 7.472–8.017 Å (150 K). The adjacent layer is positioned exactly over the first one with a Fe...Fe distance of 8.303 Å (293 K) and 8.236 Å (150 K).     

Effect of the specific activity of the tracer on rat luteinizing hormone radioimmunoassay

Rat luteinizing hormone /LH/ was labelled with¹²⁵I by the Chloramine T method.¹²⁵I-LH, used as tracer in radioimmunoassay, was separated from the labelling reaction mixture by gel filtration. By using the proper protein/radioiodine ratio in the labelling reaction mixture the specific activity of¹²⁵I-LH was adjusted to 2.5–20.5 MBq g^–1. The influence of the specific activity on the assay parameters as well as on the tracer stability was investigated.     

New catalytic method for the synthesis of vitamins K

A new catalytic method for the synthesis of vitamins of the K family is suggested. In this method 2-methyl-1-naphthol is oxidized by dioxygen in the presence of Mo-V-P heteropoly acids or their salts in a two-phase system (organic solvent + water) to 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone or vitamin K3, which is the precursor of all K family vitamins.     

Membrane filtration studies of aquatic humic substances and their metal species: a concise overview. Part 2. Evaluation of conditional stability constants by using ultrafiltration

The assessment of conditional stability constants of aquatic humic substance (HS) metal complexes is overviewed with special emphasis on the application of ultrafiltration methods. Fundamentals and limitations of stability functions in the case of macromolecular and polydisperse metal-HS species in aquatic environments are critically discussed. The review summarizes the advantages and application of ultrafiltration for metal-HS complexation studies, discusses the comparibility and reliability of stability constants. The potential of ultrafiltration procedures for characterizing the lability of metal-HS species is also stressed.     

Fermi resonances in the Raman spectra of alkali halide/BH4−

Raman spectra of a series of alkali-halide/BH^?₄ (and BD^?₄ crystals have been obtained. These spectra show some interesting examples of Fermi resonance type interactions between the stretching mode levels and overtone and combination band levels of the bending modes. Two resonances will be considered: (i) that between ν₁ and 2ν₄(A₁), and (ii) that between ν₃, 2ν₄ (F₂) and (ν₂+ν₄) (F₂).The F₂ resonance between ν₃, 2ν₄ and ν₂+ν₄ appears in the infrared spectrum and it has been studied on several occasions. However the equivalent Raman spectrum is of interest because the relative intensities of the bands are significantly different to those shown by the infrared spectrum.In the A₁ (and E) Raman spectrum of the stretching mode region there are two strong bands for each for the ¹⁰B and ¹¹B isotopes. The ν₁ would not be expected to show any ¹⁰B and ¹¹B splitting, but the observed bands are both closely resonating mixtures of ν₁ and 2ν₄(A₁). In fact the analysis shows that the stronger band has the higher proportion of 2ν₄ character, and the larger isotopic shift of the more intense band can then be seen to be reasonable.