H-transfer rates in ion-neutral complexes versus those in intact aliphatic ions

The relative rates of H-transfer between partners in ion-neutral complexes were compared with those in intramolecular rearrangements using results of first differential photoionization mass spectrometry measurements. Complex-mediated H-transfers are inferred to have rates of the same order as those for intramolecular hydrogen rearrangements, suggesting a similar range of motion of the reactive sites in both types of reactions. It is also concluded that at their fastest H-transfers take place between the partners in ion-neutral complexes within at most the time of several rotations of the partners in the complexes. Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

矩形法兰孔孔口模态辐射阻抗的计算与分析*

针对半空间矩形法兰孔孔口模态辐射阻抗计算困难的问题,提出一种模态辐射阻抗的计算方法。该方法通过坐标变换将四重积分转换为二重积分并消除奇异积分,且将这一系列过程通过MATLAB内置函数直接实现,显著降低了模态辐射阻抗计算的复杂程度。通过对比与分析,验证了该方法的正确性,得到了自模态辐射阻抗随模态阶次增加峰值逐渐往高频移动且呈减小趋势、互模态辐射阻抗相比于自模态辐射阻抗小到可以忽略不计的性质。     

pH和盐类对非离子型表面活性剂所组成微乳液的异常流变性影响

以非离子型表面活性剂AEO~9、正十六烷、正己醇和水所组成的微乳液为对象, 研究盐和pH值对其粘度和流变性的影响, 得出它们在pH值为7时最小, 以及二价盐影响最大的结论, 正好与离子型微乳液结果相反, 为此进行了讨论。并从热效应和电导对其微观结构作了初步探索。     

Heavy metal removal with magnetic coffee grain

The presence of heavy metals in environmental waters having an important place in the industrial waste is a major threat to viability. Heavy metals are transported to humans through the ecological cycle, damaging many tissues and organs. In recent years, agricultural and food waste can be used to remove heavy metals. At the present study, magnetically modified coffee grains which are alternative to conventional particle systems were prepared and heavy metal removal performances were investigated. The coffee grains used were magnetically modified by contact with water-based magnetic fluid. Magnetically modified coffee grains were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area analysis and electron spin resonance (ESR). Adsorption studies are made with four different heavy metal ions, namely Cu(II), Pb(II), Cd(II) and Zn(II). Adsorption isotherms were determined and heavy metal removal performance of magnetic coffee grains were investigated from synthetic waste water.     

Comments on “Electronic and thermodynamic properties of B2-FeSi from first principles” [Physica B 406 (2011) 363-367]

Iron monosilicides (FeSi) is an important material with very interesting properties that can be harnessed for technological applications. Our attention has been drawn to the so-called first principle study of the electronic and thermodynamic properties of B2-FeSi by Zhao et al. (Physica B 406 (2011) 363-367) using pseudopotential plane wave method. They reported that FeSi in B2 phase is a narrow band gap material with a band gap of 0.05 eV using a generalized gradient approximation (GGA) potential implemented within the density functional theory (DFT) approximation. This comment comes to address an important oversight by these authors in the interpretation of their results.