Identification of a chemical indicator of the rupture of 1,4-β-glycosidic bonds of cellulose in an oil-impregnated insulating paper system

In this study, headspace gas chromatography/mass spectrometry has been used to assess the volatile by-products generated by the ageing of oil-impregnated paper insulation of power transformers. Sealed-glass ampoules were used to age under oxidative conditions 0.5-g specimens of insulating paper in 9 mL of inhibited mineral oil in a temperature range of 60–120 °C and moisture of 0.5, 1 and 2% (w/w). A linear relationship between one of the oil-soluble degradation by-products, i.e. methanol, and the number of ruptured 1,4-β-glycosidic bonds of cellulose, regardless of the type of paper (ordinary Kraft or thermally-upgraded (TU) Kraft paper), was established for the first time in this field. Ageing at 130 °C of model compounds of the Kraft paper constituents (α-cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin) and two cellulosic breakdown by-products (D-(+)-glucose and 1,6-anhydro-β-d-glucopyranose) confirmed that the α-cellulose degradation was mostly responsible for the presence of this molecule in the system. Furthermore, additional 130 °C-tests with six different papers and pressboard samples under a tight control of initial moisture indicated that at least one molecule of methanol is formed for each rupture of 1,4-β-glucosidic bond of the molecular chains. Stability tests showed that the ageing indicator is stable under the oxygen and temperature conditions of open-breathing transformers. The presence of methanol was detected in 94% of oil samples collected from over than 900 in-service pieces of equipment, confirming the potential for this application. Lastly, the tests have shown that oil-oxidation by-products and TU-nitrogenous agents modify the methanol partitioning coefficients in the paper/oil/air system, which makes their study essential over a range of field conditions encountered by power transformers. Results are presented and discussed in comparison with 2-furfuraldehyde, which is the current reference in the domain.     

Organic–inorganic nanocomposites prepared from fluoro-aramid and silica

Fluoro-aramid-based sol/gel-derived nanocomposites were synthesized by condensing a mixture of 4,4′-(hexafluoro-isopropylidene)dianiline and 1,3-phenylenediamine with terephthaloylchloride (TPC) in dimethylacetamide. TPC was added in slight excess to produce amide chains with carbonyl chloride end groups and then replaced with alkoxy groups using aminophenyltrimethoxysilane to develop bonding with the silica network. Mechanical, dynamic mechanical thermal, water absorption and morphological measurements were carried out on the thin hybrid films. Increase in the tensile strength and modulus was observed as compared to pristine polyamide. The thermal decomposition temperature was found in the range of 400–500 °C. The water absorption was found to be reduced with higher silica content. The glass transition temperature and the storage moduli increased with increasing silica concentration. The maximum increase in the T _g value (345 °C) was observed with 20 wt% silica. Scanning electron microscopy revealed the uniform distribution of silica in the matrix with an average particle size ranging from 8 to 50 nm.     

HPLC–MS Analysis of Isoniazid in Dog Plasma

A simple, rapid, and sensitive liquid chromatography–mass spectrometric (LC–MS) method was developed and validated for the determination of isoniazid in dog plasma. Plasma samples were deproteined with methanol and separated on a C₁₈ column interfaced with a single quadrupole mass spectrometer, using 0.1% formic acid–acetonitrile (91:9 v/v) as mobile phase. Detection was performed by positive electrospray ionization with selected ion monitoring at m/z 138 for isoniazid and 152 for entecavir maleate internal standard. Linearity was obtained over the range of 25–5,000 ng mL^?1, with a lower limit of quantification of 25 ng mL^?1. The intra- and inter-day precision was less than 2.7% in terms of relative standard deviation. Accuracy, expressed as relative error, ranged from ?2.0 to 8.0%. Plasma samples were analysed within 5 min. The method was successfully applied to the evaluation of the pharmacokinetics of isoniazid in dog plasma.     

Filamentous growth in activated sludge

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Bulking and foaming in activated sludge have been associated with filamentous overgrowth. FilamentousNocardia amarae and nonfilamentousPseudomonas...     

THE SEPARATION,PURIFICATION AND DECOLORIZATION OF NEW ANTIBIOTICS-MILUPEINAN USING ADSORPTION RESIN

1. INTRODUCTION Fig.1 The Chemical Structure of Milupeinan As a new type of antibiotics Milupeinan, not only possesses antibacterial activities against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, but also higgh stability under th…     

On the maximum modulus of complete trigonometric sums

LetQ _k (p) be a set consisting of all polynomials of degreek with integral coefficientsf(x)=a _k x ^k +...+a ₁ x, wherep×a _k . For givenk andp any polynomialf _k,p (x)εQ _k (p) satisfying ‖S(p, f _k,p )‖=sup ‖S(p, f)‖fεQ(p) is called a maximum modular polynomial inQ _k (p), where $$S(p,f) = \sum\limits_{x = 0}^{p - 1} {e^{2\pi if(x)/p} } $$ Moreover, we definec(k, p)=‖S(p, f _k.p (x))‖. The main results are the following theorems.

1. For k=p?1 and p≥3 we have $$c(k,p) = \sqrt {p^2 - 4(p - 1)\sin ^2 \frac{\pi }{p}} $$ Besides, we may take \(f_{k,p} (x) = \prod\limits_{r = 0}^{p - 2} {(x - r)} \)
2. For k=p?s, 2≤s≤(p+1)/2 and p≥5, we have $$c(k,p) \leqslant p - 4(s - 1)\sin ^2 \frac{\pi }{p}$$ .

In Theorems 3 and 4, an interesting connextion between the present question and the famous problem of Prouhet and Tarry is given, some conditions under which the sign of equality in Theorem 2 holds are given and a method used to construct a maximum modular polynomial inQ _k (p) is also given.     

液晶的激光拉曼光谱研究——Ⅰ.十九种液晶的固相激光拉曼光谱

本文报道联苯、联苯酯、单酯、双酯、Schiff碱和氧化偶氮苯型十九种液晶化合物的固相激光拉曼光谱,讨论了2300～400 cm~(-1)范围内基团的特征谱带归属以及光谱与结构之间的关系.     

A new C21-steroidal glycoside from Cynanchum stauntonii

A new C21-steroidal glycoside with two known compounds were isolated from the root of Cynanchum Stauntonii.Based on thespectral analysis,including MS,1H NMR,13C NMR,DEPT,1H-1H COSY,13C-1H COSY,HMQC and HMBC,their chemicalstructures were determinated as glaucogenin-C 3-O-a-L-cymaropyranosyl-(1→4)-b-D-digitoxopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-canaropyranoside(1),stigmasterol(2)and ursolic acid(3).