Preparation of Y2Ba4Cu7O15-δ Superconductor without High Oxygen Pressure

The synthesis of bulk Y₂Ba₄Cu₇O_15-δ superconductor at atmospheric oxygen pressure via solid state sintering is reported. Temperature ranging from 860 to 890 °C as well as time interval over 2 to 15 days were used to investigate the formation of the Y₂Ba₄Cu₇O_15-δ phase. A time-temperature profile characterizing the conditions for the preparation of Y₂Ba₄Cu₇O_15-δ phase suggests the optimal condition to be sintering at 890 °C for over 10 days. Detailed results of X-ray diffraction, electrical resistivity, iodometric titration and magnetization measurements are described.     

CHARGE TRANSFER ACROSS PIGMENTED BILAYER LIPID MEMBRANE AND ITS INTERFACES

Abstract— The technique of forming bilayer lipid membranes (BLM) has made it possible to study photoreactions of pigments in an environment that is much closer to those in photosynthetic and visual membranes. A pigmented BLM system with Mg²⁺-porphyrins as membrane-bound pigments and with ferricyanide and ferrocyanide as the aqueous electron acceptor and donor, respectively, was used to illustrate the photoelectric effects due to coupled interfacial charge transfer reactions.
The steady-state continuous photoresponse was studied by means of the voltage clamp method and a null current method. The independence of the pigment conductance channel and the ionic conductance channel was demonstrated. A tunable voltage clamp method was used to study the transient pulsed photoresponses. Such a measurement permits us to characterize the photosystem in terms of an equivalent circuit model which contains a novel chemical capacitance. Molecular interpretation of this equivalent circuit model was given.
A microscopic model based on the Gouy–Chapman theory and chemical kinetics calculation leads to an equivalent circuit which is also equivalent to the previous one. Generalization of this microscopic model further leads to a physical mechanism of the generation of the early receptor potential (ERP) in visual membranes. Relevance of pigmented BLM research to photosynthesis and other disciplines was also discussed.     

Ion-pair formation in aqueous solutions of silver nitrate: A Raman and infrared spectral study

A detailed study of the Raman and infrared spectral line shapes and line parameters of aqueous solutions (both H₂O and D₂O) of AgNO₃ is interpreted in terms of an equilibrium between “free” ions and the ion pair Ag⁺NO ₃ ^? . An association constant of 0.1M ^?1 was obtained from both the 717 cm^?1 and 1047 cm^?1 line intensities. Spectral features suggest a significant degree of covalence in the interaction. A C_s(σ_V) model with Ag⁺ above the plane of NO ₃ ^? is consistent with the data.     

深圳市1408例儿童发中钙,铁,镁含量调查与分析

用火焰原子吸收法检测了深圳市１４０８例１３岁以下儿童发中钙，铁，镁的元素含量，并探讨了元素含量与年龄，性别的关系，结果显示，性别差异有显著意义，钙，镁含量随年龄增长有相似变化。     

Fragmentation processes of methylbutyl trifluoroacetates studied by tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry and isotope labeling

The fragmentation patterns of 3-methyl-2-butyl trifluoroacetate and 2-methyl-2-butyl trifluoroacetate were investigated by GC/MS/MS, with electron impact and collision-induced dissociation, on regular and isotope-labeled (deuterium and ¹⁸O) esters. The atoms found in various fragments could be traced back to specific positions in the parent molecules. In this way, molecular rearrangements potentially occurring during the formation of esters by trifluoroacetolysis of 3-methyl-2-butyl p-toluenesulfonate or trifluoroacetic acid addition to various 2-methylbutenes could be shown. Rearrangements also occurred during the fragmentation, particularly during the expulsion of the small fragments CO, C₂H₄ and F₂CO. For the decompositions of oxygen-containing ions these rearrangements were highly specific. By contrast, alkyl cations lead to fragments that are fully scrambled (statistical label distribution). Alkene radical cations ([C_nH_2n]^{+ ˙}) fragment to daughter ions that are extensively, but less than statistically scrambled. Hydrogen scrambling may also occur in fluoroalkyl cation fragments.     

Dissociation Constants and Chelate Stability Constants of Some Dihalogenated 8-Hydroxyquinaldines

The acid dissociation constants of dihalogenated 8-hydroxyquinaldines and the stability constants of their chelates with Zn[II], Ni[II], Co[II], Pb[II], Cd[II], Mn[II], and Mg[II] have been determined. The Calvin-Bjerrum potentiometric titration technique was used in studying the behavior of these substances. The order of decreasing stability of the metal chelates Zn, Nc>Co>Pb>Cd>Mn>Mg is similar to the stability sequence generally obtained for divalent metals, and the order of decreasing stability of dihalogenated 8-hydroxyquinaldines to form the metal chelates with metal ions is I>Br>Cl. Spot test reactions of dihalogenated 8-hydroxyquinaldines and 8-hydroxyquinolines with the metal ions also have been investigated.     

Determination of panaxadiol and panaxatriol in ginseng and its preparations by capillary supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC).

Capillary supercritical fluid chromatographic (SFC) method has been developed for the determination of panaxadiol and panaxatriol in ginseng and its preparations. 0.1 g ginseng or an appropriate amount of its preparations was hydrolysed by 15% H2SO4 in an ethanol:water (1:1 v/v) solution for 4 h followed by 15% NaOH for 0.5 h. The mixture was extracted by cyclohexane. The cyclohexane extracts were purified by a partition column and concentrated by an adsorption column and then analysed by SFC. Methyltestosterone was used as the internal standard.     

Iodide Ion-Selective Electrode and Its Application to the Determination of Organic Compounds

The mixture of silver iodide and ferrocene is used to prepare the membrane of iodide ion-selective electrode. The interference of sulfide can be reduced by the addition of cupric ion in the test solution. Ethylene glycol is determined by potentiometric titration using iodine ion-selective electrode as an indicator electrode.     

Chlorine nitrate photolysis by a new technique: very low pressure photolysis

Very low pressure photolysis (VLPØ) of chlorine nitrate was performed in a quartz Knudsen cell. The light source was a 2500 W high-pressure xenon lamp, and a modulated molecular-beam mass spectrometer was used to monitor the concentration of ClONO₂ and photolysis products. Because of the low pressures used (? 10^?3 torr) and the short residence time in the cell (≈1 s), secondary reactions were unimportant and the primary products could be directly identified. The primary photolysis products (λ ≈ 2700 Å) are atomic chlorine and NO₃ free radical. Chlorine atoms were identified both by the appearance of Cl₂ (wall recombination product; the walls were not poisoned) and by HCl produced when C₂H₆ was added to the cell. Nitrate free radical was directly identified as a mass peak at m/e = 62, as well as by chemical titration with nitric oxide: NO₃ + NO → 2NO₂. It was verified by direct tests that the peak at m/e = 62 did not arise from possible HNO₃ contamination or from N₂O₅, a possible secondary product. This titration reaction was used to measure quantitatively a lower limit to the primary quantum yield, φ ? 0.5 ± 0.3. This represents a lower limit because of the unknown extent of the secondary photolysis of NO₃ under our conditions. We believe this to be the first observation using mass spectrometry of the NO₃ free radical. The quantum yield for atomic chlorine is φ = 1.0 ± 0.2. N₂O was used to test for O(¹D) according to the reaction, O(¹D) + N₂O → products; none was observed. Triplet oxygen, O(³P) was observed to the extent of ≈ 10% by the reaction O(³P) + NO₂ → NO + O₂, but this yield can also be due to the photolysis of NO₃ free radical produced in the primary step. We conclude that the predominant reaction pathway is

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