Restricted rotation about the BN bond in aminoboranes: the determination of activation parameters using 13C NMR

In suitable cases, VT ¹³C NMR can provide a rapid and reliable method for obtaining activation parameters ΔH^★ and ΔS^★ for restricted rotation about the B  N bond in aminoboranes.     

Green's function solution of the time-dependent solar collector problem

The Green's function for the time-dependent solar collector problem is derived and examined. It is found that the influence of a point source of irradiance propagates with the speed of the heat transfer fluid. This result contradicts some earlier work.An analytical expression is derived for the output fluid temperature in terms of the irradiance as a function of position and time. Fluctuations in ambient and input fluid temperatures are also considered.     

Poly(styrene sulfonic acid)–poly(vinylidene fluoride) interpolymer ion-exchange membranes. II. Ultrafiltration properties

Highly porous interpolymer ion-exchange membranes of poly(styrene sulfonic acid) and poly(vinylidene fluoride) have been investigated under pressure filtration with KCI, Na₂SO₄, erythrosin, and bovine serum albumin as solutes in the feed solution. The rejection of the ionic solutes is governed by a Donnan exclusion of electrolyte from the membrane phase. A model for the transport behavior is proposed that includes both diffusive and convective salt transport. The calculated rejections agree adequately with the observed data.     

Crosslinked polydiacetylene and its two- and three-component interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs)

The synthesis of crosslinked polydiacetylene [poly4ECMU (a polydiacetylene with ethoxy carbonyl methylene urethane substitution): where R = ? (CH₂)₄OCONHCH₂COOCH₂CH₃] was carried out utilizing its polar and flexible substituent groups. Polydiacetylene was crosslinked by the formation of allophanate linkages utilizing urethane groups in the substituent groups of the polydiacetylene. Two-component IPNs of polydiacetylene [poly4BCMU (a polydiacetylene with butoxy carbonyl methylene urethane substitution): where R = ? (CH₂)₄OCONHCH₂COO(CH₂)₃CH₃] and an epoxy resin (diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A) were synthesized. Two-component IPNs of poly4ECMU with the above epoxy resin were also synthesized. For the first time, two-component stiff-backbone IPNs of two different kinds of polydiacetylene (poly4BCMU and polyECMU) and a three-component IPN of poly4BCMU, poly4ECMU, and the epoxy resin were synthesized. IPNs with fewer allophanate linkages were also made in order to examine morphological differences between them. The glass transition behavior of these networks was studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) by means of a Rheovibron.     

A note on weighted buddy systems for dynamic storage allocation

In this paper we first show that the Shen and Peterson System [1] is a combination of two Fibonacci buddy systems [2, 3]. Then we present a generalized Shen and Peterson system. The generalized system has more flexibility in the generation of fixed size blocks. For the generalized system, the algorithm for the determination of the buddy of any released block is easier than that of the Shen and Peterson system.     

Trace formulas for a class of Toeplitz-like operators

LetP _T denote projection onto the space of entire functions of exponential type ≦T which are square summable on the line relative to a measuredΔ and letG denote multiplication by a suitably restricted complex valued function,g. For a reasonably large class of measuresdΔ, which includes Lebesgue measuredγ, it is shown that trace {(P _TGP_T)ⁿ−P_TGⁿP_T} tends boundedly to a limit asT↑∞ and that the limit isindependent of the choice ofdΔ within the permitted class. This extends the range of validity of a formula due to Mark Kac who evaluated this limit in the special casedΔ=dγ using a different formalism.     

MS-Xα calculations on boron trihalides and comparison with their photoelectron spectra

The multiple-scattering Xα model has been applied to the sequence of boron trihalides BX₃ where X = F.C1. Br, and I. Transition state calculations show good agreement with the experimental ionization potentials measured by photoelectron spectra.     

Glueballs versus quarkonium-flavor symmetry signatures

Flavor symmetry selection rules provide unambiguous signatures for glueball decays at masses above 1500 MeV where many channels are open. For example, a 2⁺⁺ glueball should decay into ππ, K$\text{K}$, ηη, η'η', ωω, ?? and ψψ, but not into K¹$\text{K}$ nor ηη'. A quarkonium or a four-quark state cannot go into all channels allowed for a glueball; at least one is OZI-forbidden for any choice of flavors. But any quarkonium state that goes to K$\text{K}$ should also go to K¹$\text{K}$ and ηη'. These selection rules are shown to be stable against SU(3) symmetry breaking.