Die Anwendung des Derivatographen zur Gleichzeitigen Dilatometrischen und Differential-Thermischen Analyse von Gläsern

Simultaneous DTA and dilatometric measurements were made and the derivatives of the dilatometric curves were taken for three glasses by means of a derivatograph. Glass blocks were used as test pieces with a boring for the thermoelement. A maximum was observed in the rate of length change, which can be explained by overheating phenomena. A comparison with DTA curves of glass powders published by Yamamoto showed that the break points in the DTA curves of glass blocks do not coincide with the Tg points, but under identical conditions they can serve for the rapid characterization of the transformation range.     

An NQR study of the effects on the torsional oscillations of a molecular crystal due to uniaxial pressures

This work reports the experimental results of the uniaxial pressure dependence at various temperatures of the spin-lattice relaxation time, T₁, in paradichlorobenzene single crystals.The directionality of the pressure dependence, together the temperature dependence ot T₁ near room temperature, give us some information about the dependence of the molecular torsional frequencies and lifetimes of the oscillations ground levels with the intermolecular crystalline potential.     

Equilibrium of the reaction between dissolved sodium sulfide and biologically produced sulfur

The equilibrium of the heterogeneous reaction between dissolved sodium sulfide and biologically produced sulfur particles has been studied. Biologically produced sulfur was obtained from a bioreactor of a hydrogen sulfide removal process in which the dominating organism is Thiobacillus sp. W5. Detailed knowledge of this reaction is essential to understand its effect on the process. The results were compared with the equilibrium of the reaction of sulfide with ‘inorganic’ elemental sulfur. The equilibrium between dissolved sodium sulfide and biologically produced sulfur particles can be described by an equilibrium constant, K_x, which consists of a weighted sum of constants for polysulfide ions of different chain length, rather than a true single equilibrium constant. For biologically produced sulfur pK_x = 9.10 ± 0.08 (21 °C) and 9.17 ± 0.09 (35 °C) with an average polysulfide chain length x = 4.91 ± 0.32 (21 °C) and 4.59 ± 0.31 (35 °C). The pK_x value for biologically produced sulfur is significantly higher than for reaction of dissolved sodium sulfide with inorganic sulfur (pK_x = 8.82; 21 °C). This difference is probably caused by the negatively charged polymeric organic layer, which is present on biologically produced sulfur but absent with “inorganic” sulfur. Specific binding of polysulfide ions to the organic layer results in a higher polysulfide concentration at the reaction site compared to the bulk concentration. This results in an apparent decrease of the measured equilibrium constant, K_x.     

Effect of the homogeneity of the column set on the performance of a simulated moving bed unit. I. Theory

Although it is impossible to manufacture identical columns for use in a simulated moving bed (SMB) process, theoretical studies assume that all the columns in an SMB unit have identical characteristics. In practice, calculations in modeling and optimization studies are made with the average values of each column parameter set. In this report, the effects on SMB process performance caused by column-to-column fluctuations of the parameters are discussed. As a first step, we show how the differences in porosity of the columns may be taken into account with a revised set of separation conditions. Reductions in the purity of the extract and the raffinate streams are quantitatively related to the column-to-column fluctuations of the retention times of the two components arising from these porosity differences. For the sake of simplicity, the discussion first addresses the case of a four-column SMB operating under linear conditions. Then, the scope is extended to the cases of SMB units incorporating several columns in each section and to SMB units operating under nonlinear conditions.     

Transuranic elements alpha-particle energy analysis using nuclear track in solids methodology

This paper presents a method for the energy analysis of alpha-particles emitted by transuranic elements via a novel technique using Nuclear Tracks. The method is based on the relationship between the energy deposited in the detection material and the diameter of the track, that is formed by chemical etching. The method involves CR-39 polycarbonate as the detector material, one-step chemical etching after irradiation, and a digital image analysis system for automatic reading of the track diameters. The experimental study included alpha-particles in the energy range 5.1 MeV to 5.8 MeV emitted by²³⁹Pu,²⁴¹Am and²⁴⁴Cm. The quantitative results provide a clear signature to identify each one of the emitters based on a characteristic track diameter.     

Electromagnetic interactions with rough metal surfaces

When surfaces are structured on the scale of the wavelength, we can expect incident light to be strongly modified by the surface. This is especially the case when the surface is metallic. We have developed a formalism for computing these modifications, closely analogous to electron scattering theory, which we briefly review and present some results for optical properties of, and electron energy loss in, colloids. Our main theme is another effect associate with rough or structured metallic surfaces: Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering, or SERS. We model the rough surface by a periodic array of spheres and obtain the correct magnitude for the enhancement and for the frequency shifts observed.     

Hydrolysis and polycondensation of ethyl silicates. 2. Hydrolysis and polycondensation of ETS40 (ethyl silicate 40)

The effects of catalysts, pH and reaction conditions on the course of the hydrolysis and condensation of ETS40 (ethyl silicate 40), and on the composition of the reaction products were studied with the aid of gas and gel chromatography, potentiometry and gelation tests. Strong acids (HCl, HClO₄, HNO₃, H₂SO₄, p-toluenesulphonic acid), weak acids (Cl₃, CCOOH, ClCH₂COOH, (COOH)₂, CH₃COOH and HCOOH) and bases (LiOH, NH₄,OH) were used as catalysts.

The hydrolysis rate increased with increasing temperature, catalyst concentration, initial water concentration and initial ethyl silicate concentration, whereas it decreased with increasing number of Si atoms in the ethyl silicate molecules. At pH 0–7 the hydrolysis was acid catalysed, but at pH above 7.0 it was base catalysed. Simultaneously with the hydrolysis, condensation occurred at a rate which increased with increasing temperature, catalyst concentration, ETS40 concentration and, above all, with increasing initial water concentration. The condensation rate depended on the pH. The condensation was at its slowest for pH around 2.0. For pH below 2.0, the condensation increased with increasing hydrogen ion concentration; for pH above 2.0 the condensation increased with decreasing hydrogen ion concentration. Phosphoric acid and hydrofluoric acid increased the rate of condensation considerably. The reaction of ETS40 with water at pH around 2.0 gave rise during the hydrolysis to solutions of ethoxyhydroxysiloxanes with an average of 14–20 Si atoms in a molecule, which displayed long-term stability.     

The role of surface oxides in formic acid oxidation on Au

Compared to Pt or Pd electrodes, Au is a poor catalyst for the direct anodic oxidation of HCOOH, but the formation of Au surface oxides in acidic solutions is accompanied by a fast oxidation of HCOOH. This fast reaction is not simply a secondary reaction of Au surface oxides since those oxides are kinetically stable in HCOOH solutions. They do oxidize HCOOH only via a slow and purely electrochemical process which occurs on free Au sites and is “driven” by oxide reduction. The fast HCOOH oxidation is due to a highly reactive intermediate which is able either to form stable Au oxides Au_nO_m or to react with HCOOH. Our results are consistent with the model that by the charge transfer step a reactive non-equilibrium {Au…O> species is formed which converts to stable equilibrium oxides Au_nO_m after migration and rearrangement steps. Pre-equilibrium <Au…O> oxidizes HCOOH and this oxidation is of lower order with respect to <Au…O> compared with the formation of Au_nO_m.     

Oxidative addition of some geminal halonitroalkanes to iridium(I) and platinum(0) compounds

Oxidative addition of 1-chloro-1-nitroethane to trans-IrCl(CO)-[P(CH₃)₂C₆H₅]₂ followed by treatment of the initial product with pyridine yields a new iridium(III) complex IrCl(py)[COC(NO₂)CH₃][P(CH₃)₂C₆H₅]₂, whose structure has been confirmed by X-rays crystallography. Two intermediate products have been observed by NMR spectroscopy; their structures have been tentatively assigned. The reaction of the corresponding bromine derivatives yields two isomers of the composition IrBr₂(CO)[CH(NO₂)CH₃][P(CH₃)₂C₆H₅]₂, and these are not affected by pyridine. The reaction of 1-chloro-1-nitroethane with Pt[P(C₆H₅)₃]₄ takes a completely different course in that yields nitrorethane and cis-PtCl₂[P(C₆H₅)₃]₂ as the main products, with no detectable formation of the products of oxidation addition. A brief mechanistic investigation points towards the participation of radicals and radical anions as transient intermediates and a mechanism is proposed which explains most of the experimental results.     

A new synthesis of α-amino acids—III: Amidoalkylation of active methylene compounds with glyoxylic acid derivatives

The synthesis of N-acyl derivatives of γ - keto - α - amino acids (3, 4, 5) by the amidoalkylation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with glyoxylic acid-amide adducts (1, 2) is described. The γ - keto - α - amino acid derivatives (4, 5) were further converted to the corresponding butenolides (6, 7) and to pyrazolylglycine (12).