Influence of the heating conditions on the thermal and chemical behaviour of solid particles undergoing a fast endothermic decomposition

This paper deals with models describing the thermal and chemical behaviour of solid particles undergoing fast endothermic reactions under the influence of an external heat flux. The heat source temperature is supposed to be constant, to increase with time, or to deliver a simple thermal flash. It is shown that the pyrolysis conditions (reaction temperature, conversion, etc.) depend on the chemical characteristics of the reaction and also to a large extent on the external heating conditions. Relationships are proposed to take into account these parameters. The results are applied to the thermal decomposition of NaHCO₃. The pyrolysis of cellulose is finally chosen in order to show how these operating parameters can also affect the selectivity of a more complex reaction.     

Synthesis and characterization of surface-cyanofunctionalized poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) latexes

 A series of P[N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM)] latexes with different contents of cyano groups were successfully prepared by either seeded or shot-growth polymerizations of an aqueous solution containing acrylonitrile (AN) onto a seed P[NIPAM] latex, respectively, and further characterized by FT-IR, ¹H-NMR, elemental analysis, as well as by quasielastic light scattering (QELS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). All prepared surface-cyanofunctionalized P[NIPAM] latexes exhibited the same range of lower critical solution temperature (LCST) as a pure P[NIPAM] latex. The shot polymerization process proved more efficient at yielding cyano derivatized latexes than the seeded polymerization technique. The amount of incorporated cyano groups onto the particles was determined with a good correlation both by ¹H-NMR and elemental analysis. The higher the amount of initially introduced AN monomer in the reaction mixture, the more cyano groups were incorporated onto the particles. The surface of the particles with high content of cyano groups appeared quite rough by SEM in comparison with that of the pure P[NIPAM] particles. Received: 25 February 1998 Accepted: 23 June 1998     

A reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method to analyze retinal isomers

A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) procedure was developed to separate all-trans-, 13-cis-, 11-cis- and 9-cis-retinal isomers. Two reversed-phase Vydac C18 columns in series were used with an isocratic solvent system of 0.1 M ammonium acetate-acetonitrile (40:60, v/v) as mobile phase and all-trans-9-(4-methoxy-2,3,6-trimethylphenyl)-3,7-dimethyl-2,4,6,8-no natetraene-1-ol (TMMP) as internal standard. Prior to HPLC, the retinal isomers were efficiently extracted in their original isomeric conformation using dichloromethane-n-hexane in the presence of formaldehyde. This technique is suitable for the assay of 11-cis- and all-trans-retinal isomers in retina.     

毛细管区带电泳法快速测定复方布洛芬片的有效成分

研究了用毛细管区带电泳法快速测定复方布洛芬片中布洛芬和伪麻黄碱含量的方法。在０．０２５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ的磷酸盐缓冲液（ｐＨ８．１）中，上述两组分可在３ｍｉｎ内得以完全分离，用紫外检测器在２１０ｎｍ处检测，并以外标法定量。１１次测定含有９．５ｍｇ／Ｌ盐酸伪麻黄碱和６６．７ｍｇ／Ｌ布洛芬的试样溶液，相对标准偏差为２．９％（伪麻黄碱）和１．９％（布洛芬），回收率为１０３．１％（伪麻黄碱）和９７．６％（布洛芬）。应用毛细管区带电泳法测定复方布洛芬片剂的含量，所得结果与ＨＰＬＣ法一致。     

A Computational Study of the Wallach Rearrangement

Treatment of azoxybenzene and its derivatives with acids is known to result in the Wallach rearrangement, which leads to 2- or4-hydroxyazobenzenes. Starting in the 1960s, experimental findings have lead to the proposal of several mechanisms for this rearrangement. In this work, molecular orbital theory employing the semiempirical AM1 method is used to locate and discuss the energetics of the intermediates and the transition states for this rearrangement. Based on the results of AM1 calculations in vacuum and in solution, the most plausible mechanistic pathways are proposed and discussed.     

Einflu? des Weichmachers auf die Eigenschaften der Schmelze und Faserbildung beim Flieben der Polymerengemische

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The vibrational spectra of molecular crystals of ferrocene,ruthenocene, osmocene and nickelocene

Studies are presented of the infrared spectra (3200–400 cm^?1) of monocrystal films of Fe (C₅H₅)₂ Ru(C₅H₅)₂, Os(C₅H₅)₂ using polarized radiation, and of the laser-Raman spectra of solid samples of these compounds in the temperature range +20° to ?190°C. The samples were prepared by slow cooling of the melts. The infrared spectra of solid films of Ni(C₅H₅)₂ made by deposition on a cold window, were also recorded. Assignments of the fundamental vibrational frequencies of these molecules are given. The fundamental modes of vibrations which are forbidden by symmetry appear in the spectra of the solid state. The vibrations of species E_1u and E_2u showed definite site group splitting. At the point of phase transition in the IR spectrum of Fe(C₅H₅)₂ factor-group splitting to give 3–4 components for bands of species A_1u and A_2u and 6–8 components for bands of species e_1u and E_2u was observed. Factor-group analysis is more consistent with C₁ site symmetry of the low-temperature phase of the crystal of ferrocene than C_i, as was proposed earlier.     

The determination of molybdenum and tungsten in sea and surface water

A simple method for the determination of molybdenum and tungsten in sea and surface water is presented. Molybdenum and tungsten are concentrated on activated charcoal by adsorption as the ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate complex; the optimal pH for adsorption is 1.3. Mo and W are then determined by thermal neutron activation, forming ⁹⁹Mo (T_{$\text{1}\text{2}$} = 66.7 h) and ¹³⁷W (T_{$\text{1}\text{2}$} = 23.8 h), respectively. The ^99mTc daughter of ⁹⁹Mo is measured as soon as the equilibrium between ^99mTc(T_{$\text{1}\text{2}$}= 6 h) and ⁹⁹Mo is established. The detection limits are 0.05 μg Mo l^-1 and 0.05 μg W l^-1 (or 0.001 μg W l^-1 after a simple chemical separation).