Mössbauer study of carbide phases in catalysts for ammonia synthesis

Samples of a catalyst CA-1 for ammonia synthesis were studied. After reduction the samples were treated with CO₂ or with a mixture of 1% O₂+2.4% H₂O+CO₂ at temperatures between 600 and 783 K. Mössbauer spectroscopy data indicate that above 600 K carbide phases and magnetite are formed. A probable mechanism for carbide formation is suggested.     

Thermodynamics of micellar solubilization of various water-insoluble dyes

Summary A linear relation between the free energy of micellar solubilization,G _s ⁰ , and surfactant alkyl chain length is shown. This relation is found to be valid for various water-insoluble dyes in different homologous series of surfactants. It is further shown that the change inG _s ⁰ per added CH₂ group is constant in these various systems, within the experimental accuracy.

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Zusammenfassung Es wurde gezeigt, daß zwischen der freien Energie der mizellaren SolubilisierungG _s ⁰ und der Alkylkettenlänge des Tensids eine lineare Beziehung besteht. Diese Beziehung gilt für verschiedene wasserunlösliche Farbstoffe mit verschiedenen homologen Reihen von Tensiden. Es wird weiterhin gezeigt, daß die Änderung vonG _s ⁰ pro CH₂-Gruppe in diesen verschiedenen Systemen innerhalb der experimentellen Fehlergrenze konstant ist.

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A new intramolecular cyclisation reaction—I : Novel synthesis of benzo(k,1)thioxanthene-3,4-dicarboxylic anhydride and derived dyestuffs

A new direct synthesis of benzo(k,1)thioxanthene-3,4-dicarboxylic anhydride from 4-nitro-naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic anhydride and 2-aminobenzenethiol is reported; 4-(2-aminophenylthio) naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic anhydride and 4-phenylthionaphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic anhydride are also formed. Similar reaction in presence of amyl nitrite or sodium nitrite results in formation of larger amounts of 4-phenylthionaphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic anhydride, together with other products arising from the oxidation of 2-aminobenzenethiol; one such product is the new heterocycle 9,10-dithiaphenanthrene. 4-(2-Aminophenylthio)-naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic anhydride is rapidly converted by amyl nitrite or sodium nitrite in dimethylformamide into benzo(k,1)thioxanthene-3,4-dicarboxylic anhydride, constituting a novel one-stage intramolecular cyclisation reaction of greater convenience than the conventional two stage Pschorr cyclisation.     

Hetero analogs of alloxazines. 2. Structure and tautomerism of 6,8-dimethyl-7,9-dioxo-5h-6,7,8,9-tetrahydropyrimido[4,5-b][4′,5′-e][1,4]thiazines

It is demonstrated by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy that the dipyrimidothiazines that are formed in the reaction of 1,3-dimethyl-5-nitro-6-chlorouracil with 4-R-5-amino-6-mercaptopyrimidines are dipyrimido[4,5-b][4,5-e] [1,4]thiazines. The tautomeric transformations of these compounds were studied.For communication 1, see [1]Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1426–1432, October, 1992.     

Determination of cadmium by atomic-fluorescence and atomic-absorption spectrophotometry

The adaptation of a conventional atomic-absorption/flameemission spectrophotometer to the measurement of atomic-fluorescence in an air-acetylene flame is described. The determination of cadmium on the same instrument by both atomic-fluorescence and absorption shows that, even with a rather simple and inefficient means of exciting and measuring fluorescence, results can be obtained which indicate that the fluorescence technique is considerably more sensitive than atomic-absorbance and is equally free from inter-element interference.     

Non self-consistent field theory

Roothaan's SCF method [2] is reformulated so that two non-SCP methods are developed to solve the eigenequation. The results from these methods can be used as starting eigenfunctions for Roothaan's SCF method.

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Zusammenfassung Die self-consistent field Methode von Roothaan [2] wird neu formuliert: dabei werden zwei Nicht-SCF Methoden zur Lösung der Eigenwertgleichung entwickelt. Deren Resultate können als Anfangsfunktionen bei Rechnungen mit der SCF-Methode von Roothaan benutzt werden.

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Résumé La méthode SCF de Roothaan [2] est reformulée en développant deux méthodes non-SCF pour la solution de l'équation aux valeurs propres. Les résultats de ces deux méthodes peuvent être utilisées comme fonctions de départ pour la méthode SCF de Roothaan.

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The title Theoretical Chemistry has been transferred to the Division of Physical Chemistry.