Nucleation in superheated argon,krypton and xenon liquids

The superheating of condensed noble gases (argon, krypton, xenon) was investigated by the techniques of continuous heating of liquid specimen in a glass capillary. Experiments covered the pressure range 1–35 bar at the nucleation rates ≈10⁵ cm^-3 s^-1. The superheating data obtained here were compared with the results of calculations based on the Volmer-Becker-Döring-Zeldovich-Frenkel homogeneous nucleation theory. A good agreement between theory and experiment as well as the thermodynamic similarity of the studied substances with respect to the fluctuation nucleation was found.     

Effect of coordination with rhodium on the selectivity of the mass spectral fragmentation of 4,4-disubstituted 2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ones

Conclusion A comparative study was carried out on the electron impact fragmentation of 4,4-disubstituted 1-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadienes and their rhodium acetylacetonate complexes. The coordination of the diene ligands with rhodium leads to an increase in the selectivity of the decomposition of the molecular ions, which occurs exclusively with loss of the most stable radical located at the geminal unit of the hydrocarbon -ligand and leads to (4-methyl-1-oxocyclohexadienyl) acetylacetonatorhodium cations.2. 15-, 16-, 17-, and 18-Electron complexes containing 4,4-dialkyl-1-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadiene (L) or 4-methyl-1-oxocyclohexadienyl ligands are obtained in the reaction of [acacRh · (CO)_n]⁺ and [(C₅H₅)Rh(CO)_n]⁺ ions (n=0–2) with 4,4-disubstituted 1-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadienes in the gas phase. The formation of [acacRh(CO)L]⁺ and [(C₅H₅)Rh(CO)L]⁺ ions indicated the reduced -donor capacity of 1-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadienes relative to 1-alkylidene-2,5-cyclohexadienes in reactions with rhodium-containing cations.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1088–1093, May, 1986.     

Effect of Impurities on Results of Redoxometric Determination of Molecular Oxygen in Natural and Waste Water by Winkler Method

The possibility of determining dissolved oxygen in natural and waste water by the potentiometric variant of the Winkler method, with samples prepared using the Ross procedure and blank sample technique employed, was studied.     

New Hybrid Material Based on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Decorated by Rhenium-Tungsten Nanodendrites

Re–W nanoparticles are deposited onto multiwalled carbon nanotubes by the metal organic chemical vapor deposition technique. A mixture of dirhenium decacarbonyl and tungsten hexacarbonyl is used as a precursor. Nanoparticles of hybrid materials are studied by scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray phase analysis. It is found that in a wide range of ratios of the precursors (dirhenium decacarbonyl and tungsten hexacarbonyl), the crystalline component is a Re–W phase, and the morphology of the nanoparticles is the same as that of the nanodendrites.     

MOCVD modification of the surface of multiwalled carbon nanotubes to impart to them necessary physicochemical properties

Multiwalled iron-containing carbon nanotubes were synthesized by the MOCVD method with pyrolysis of ferrocene and toluene mixtures in an argon flow at atmospheric pressure. Using the MOCVD method with vacuum pyrolysis of bis-arene-chromium compounds onto the surface of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), pyrolytic chromium films were deposited and new composite materials MWCNT/pyrolytic chromium were obtained. The composite morphology depends on the conditions of pyrolytic chromium deposition. Regular bead-shaped structures were detected. The mechanism of their appearance due to the formation of bis-arene chromium compounds of the intermediate viscoplastic polymer phase and the onset of Plateau-Rayleigh instability during pyrolysis is discussed.     

The hydeosilylation of functional olefins on nickel catalysts

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Interaction of sodium fullerene derivatives with trimethylchlorosilane

Soluble dimer compounds of the general formula [C₆₀(Me ₃Si)_n]₂ (where n = 3, 5, 7, or 9 and M _e = CH₃) and a soluble monomer compound, C₆₀(Me ₃Si)₁₂, are synthesized by the reaction of the compound C₆₀Na_n(THF)_x (where n = 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12 and THF = tetrahydrofuran) with trimethylchlorosilane Me ₃SiCl. The compounds synthesized are identified using IR and NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. An irreversible endothermic effect exhibited by the [C₆₀(Me ₃Si)₇]₂ compound in the temperature range 448–570 K is revealed by dynamic adiabatic calorimetry. From analyzing the experimental results, it becomes possible for the first time to demonstrate the structural flexibility of the fullerene in the following sequence of reactions: $\begin{array}{*{20}c} {C_{60} \xrightarrow[{ - 12C_{10} H_8 }]{{ + 12NaC_{10} H_8 }}C_{60} Na_{12} \xrightarrow[{ - 12NaCl}]{{ + excess Me_3 SiCl}}C_{60} (Me_3 Si)_{12} \xrightarrow[{ - 12Me_3 SiCl}]{{ + HCl(gas)}}[C_{60} H_n ]\xrightarrow[{ - 1/2nH_2 }]{{hv}}C_{60} } \\ {C_{60} \xrightarrow[{ - 8C_{10} H_8 }]{{ + 8NaC_{10} H_8 }}C_{60} Na_8 \xrightarrow[{ - 8NaCl}]{{ + excess Me_3 SiCl}}[C_{60} (Me_3 Si)_7 ]_2 \xrightarrow{{573K}}\begin{array}{*{20}c} {products of the} \\ {transformation of + } \\ {Me_3 Si groups} \\ \end{array} C_{60^ - } } \\ \end{array} $      

The role of carbon and metal in self-assembly of the iron-carbon system at various component ratios

The problem of self-assembly in a metal-carbon system under dynamic conditions (equilibrium and nonequilibrium) is considered using the iron-carbon system as an example. It is proved theoretically and experimentally that the ratio of the components of the system affects the possibility of carbon self-assembly with the formation of fractal iron structures and of metal self-assembly with the participation of polyhapto derivatives of iron and the formation of fullerene-like carbon structures.