Ketoconazol‐Triiodide Ion Pair Complex as a Suitable Carrier in an Iodide Selective Membrane Electrode

A novel membrane sensor for selective monitoring of iodide, consisting of a triiodide‐ketoconazole ion pair complex dispersed in a PVC matrix, plasticized with a mixture of 2‐nitrophenyl octyl ether and dioctylphtalate with unique selectivity toward iodide ions, is described. The influence of membrane composition, pH of test solution and foreign ions on the electrode performance were investigated. The optimized membrane demonstrates a near‐Nernstian response for iodide ions over a wide linear range from 1.0 × 10^?2 to 1.0 × 10^?5 M, at 25 ± 1 °C. The electrode could be used over a wide pH range 3–10 and has the advantages of high selectivity, fast response time and good lifetime (over 4 months). It was successfully used as indicator electrode in potentiometric titrations and direct potentiometric assay of iodide ions.     

Vibration analysis and design optimization of viscoelastic sandwich cylindrical shell

Damping properties of viscoelastic sandwich structure can be improved by changing some parameters such as thickness of the layers, distribution of partial treatments, slippage between layers at the interfaces, cutting and its distribution at the top and core layers. Since the optimization problem may result in a thick core layer, for achieving more accuracy a new higher-order Taylor's expansion of transverse and in-plane displacement fields is developed for the core layer of sandwich cylindrical shell in which the displacement fields at the core layer are compatibly described in terms of the displacement fields at the elastic faces. The presented model includes fewer parameters than the previously developed models and therefore decreases the number of degree of freedom in the finite element modeling. The transverse normal stress in the core layer is also considered. The formulations are developed to consider the slippage between layers at the interfaces. Finally, by combining the finite element method and the optimization algorithms based on the genetic algorithm and sequential quadratic programming technique, a design optimization methodology has been formulated to maximize the damping characteristics using the optimal number and location of cuts and partial treatments with optimal thicknesses of top and core layers.     

N-BROMOBIS(P-TOLUENESULFONYL)AMINE AS A NOVEL AND MILD REAGENT FOR CONVERSION OF OXIMES TO CARBONYL COMPOUND

N-Bromobis(p-toluenesulfonyl)amine (NBBTA) is a novel and efficient reagent for the conversion of oximes to their corresponding carbonyl compounds in good yields under mild conditions.     

Analysis of ethanol and methanol in human body fluids by headspace solid phase microextraction coupled with capillary gas chromatography.

A new method for extraction and analysis of ethanol and methanol in human whole blood, urine and saliva samples based on headspace solid phase microextraction (SPME) using silver sulfide (Ag(2)S) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) coated on silver wire is described. Unlike commercial fibers, which are coated on fused silica, the proposed fiber has a metallic base to which the coating adheres very strongly. Due to metallic base, this fiber is very durable and is thermally stable up to 250 degrees C. After optimization of coating composition and microextraction conditions, the fiber was used for sampling of methanol and ethanol from human body fluids prior to capillary gas chromatographic analysis. The high recovery (>94%), low detection limits (5.6 mg/L for ethanol and 12.8 mg/L for methanol) and excellent linearity (>0.9900) of calibration graphs made the proposed method suitable for this purpose.     

Foliations transverse to fibers of Seifert manifolds

In this paper we prove the conjecture of Jankins and Neumann [JN2] about rotation numbers of products of circle homeomorphisms, which together with other results of [EHN] and [JN2] (mentioned below) implies that a Seifert manifold admits foliations tranverse to its fibers only if it admits such foliations with a projective transverse structure. 1991Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 55R05, 57R30, Secondary 47A35, 57M99, 58F11. Partially supported by a Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, and by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.     

Calorimetric study of the oxidation of Al–Mg alloys for the prediction of healing of the double oxide film defect

The oxidation of Al alloys containing 0.3–4.5 wt% Mg in an atmosphere with a very low oxygen partial pressure (<0.5 ppm, to depict the atmosphere within a double oxide film defect) was studied using differential scanning calorimetry and scanning electron microscopy. The results showed that a newly formed Al₂O₃ layer held in an Al–Mg melt first transformed to MgAl₂O₄ spinel and then to MgO. This mechanism was the same for all the Al alloys containing 0.3–4.5 wt% Mg, but the kinetics of the transformations were different and depended on the Mg content of the melt. The results also suggest that the two layers of a double oxide film defect that is held in an Al melt containing 0.3–4.5 wt% Mg can heal (i.e. bond to each other) if held in the liquid metal for a long enough period of time.     

Effect of temperature and geometrical nonlinearity on wave propagation characteristics of carbon nanotubes

Considering the effect of temperature and geometrical nonlinearity in the constitutive relation, the equation of motion for a carbon nanotube is obtained based on the Euler–Bernouli beam model. Also, the effect of van der Waals forces is taken into account in the formulation. The carbon nanotube is assumed to be under the application of a constant distributed external load. At any temperature, the equilibrium solutions of the governing equations for a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) and a double-walled carbon nanotube (DWCNT) are obtained. A small perturbation is assumed around the equilibrium solution. Using this perturbation, the nonlinear equations of motion are linearized. Using the linearized form of the equations of motion, the characteristic equations and dispersion relations are obtained. It is shown that in the linear case and for the case of high temperature there exists a temperature beyond which the phase velocity does not exist. It is shown that in the case of room or low temperature there is no critical value for temperature. Based on the dispersion equation, a relation for the critical value of temperature is obtained. It is found that when the large deformation effect is taken into account, the critical value for temperature does not exist. Also, the effect of large deformations on phase velocities and lateral deformations of single-walled and double-walled carbon nanotube beams are studied. It is found that unlike the linear theory, the nonlinear theory predicts a non-zero phase velocity at the temperature corresponding to linear critical temperature.