Investigation of the growth rate of β-cyclodextrin in water during both flow-cell and batch experiments

Growth rate measurements of β-cyclodextrin in water were performed both ways. Firstly, experiments were conducted with single monocrystals located in a supersaturation-controlled flow cell. Diffusional limitations and perturbations due to a competition between surface secondary nucleation and growth at high level of supersaturation have been put in evidence. The evolution of the growth rate with supersaturation has been modelled with a BCF law, assuming a screw dislocation mechanism. Secondly seeded cooling batch trials have been carried on in a well-mixed suspension crystallizer in order to assess the growth rate of the seeds. Refractometry was used as an in situ sensor for measuring the evolution of the concentration of the solute. Measurements of the crystals size distribution of the seeds and of the final crystals are performed off line with laser diffraction technique. A kinetic law with three parameters allows a consistent assessment of the growth of the seeds. The comparison of the two sets of data shows that overall growth rate of the seed is partially limited by diffusion. Nevertheless, the estimation of a surface integration growth kinetic coefficient from batch trials is rather difficult. The theoretical framework of nucleation models developed by Mersmann et al. (Crystallization Technology Handbook, second ed., Marcel Dekker, New York, 2001, pp. 45–80 and 81–144) coupled with the estimated growth kinetics can therefore be used to better monitor the seeding process during batch crystallization operations so as to favor the growth of the seed crystals.     

N=82 shell quenching of the classical r-process "waiting-point" nucleus 130Cd

First beta- and gamma-spectroscopic decay studies of the N=82 r-process "waiting-point" nuclide 130Cd have been performed at CERN/ISOLDE using the highest achievable isotopic selectivity. Several nuclear-physics surprises have been discovered. The first one is the unanticipatedly high energy of 2.12 MeV for the [pi g(9/2) multiply sign in circle nu g(7/2)] 1(+) level in 130In, which is fed by the main Gamow-Teller transition. The second surprise is the rather high Q(beta) value of 8.34 MeV, which is in agreement only with recent mass models that include the phenomenon of N=82 shell quenching. Possible implications of these new results on the formation of the A approximately 130 r-process abundance peak are presented.     

Globally smooth solutions of quasilinear hyperbolic systems in diagonal form

We prove the existence of a large class of globally smooth solutions of the Cauchy problem for the system of n equations u_t + Λ(x, t, u)u_x = 0, where Λ is a diagonal matrix. We show that, under certain monotonicity conditions on both Λ and the initial data u₀, the solution u will be locally Lipschitz continuous at positive times. Since u₀ is a function of locally bounded variation, our result thus provides both for the smoothing of discontinuities in u₀ as well as for the global preservation of smoothness. The global existence results from an a priori estimate of $\text{?u}\text{?x}$, which we obtain by a device which enables us to effectively uncouple the system of equations for $\text{?u}\text{?x}$. Finally, we prove a partial converse which demonstrates that our hypotheses are not overly restrictive.     

Organometallic chemistry of the transition metals: XXXIII. Some new reactions of cyclopentadienyltetracarbonylniobium

Photolysis of C₅H₅Nb(CO)₄ with excess cycloheptatriene gives the dark brown tetrahapto complex C₅H₅Nb(CO)₂C₇H₈ but no C₅H₅NbC₇H₇ analogous to the corresponding reaction of C₅H₅V(CO)₄ with cycloheptatriene. Photolysis of C₅H₅Nb(CO)₄ with cyclooctatetraene gives the dark green tetrahapto complex C₅H₅Nb(CO)₂C₈H₈, the C₈H₈ ring in this complex remains fluxional below -86° C. Reaction of C₅H₅Nb(CO)₄ with I₂ gives re-brown C₅H₅Nb(CO)₃I₂ in which the carbonyl groups are relatively labile. Thus reaction of C₅H₅Nb-(CO)₃I₂ with (CH₃)₂PCH₂CH₂P(CH₃)₂ under ambient conditions results in the rapid replacement of two CO groups to give C₅H₅Nb(CO)[(CH₃)₂PCH₂CH₂ -P(CH₃)₂]I₂. Treatment of C₅H₅V(CO)₄ with I₂ at room temperature gives the carbonyl-free complex C₅H₅VI₂ with no evidence for any cyclopentadienyl-vanadium carbonyl iodide intermediates.     

Neue Strukturen in Polyäthylen-Einkristallen

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Gross properties of delayed neutron spectra

Envelopes of energy spectra of delayed neutrons from 8 precursors are calculated, taking into account transitions to excited states in the final nuclei. Theoretical branching ratios to these states are presented and compared with the few observed data available.