On the viscosity of magnetic fluid with low and moderate solid fraction

The design of a pressurized capillary rheometer operating at prescribed temperature is described to measure the viscosity of magnetic fluids (MFs) containing Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). The equipment constant of the rheometer was obtained using liquids with predetermined viscosities. Experimentally measured viscosities were used to evaluate different equations for suspension viscosities. Deviation of measured suspension viscosities from the Einstein equation was found to be basically due to the influence of spatial distribution and aggregation of Fe3O4 MNPs. By taking account of the coating layer on MNPs and the aggregation of MNPs in MFs, a modified Einstein equation was proposed to fit the experimental data. Moreover, the influence of external magnetic field on viscosity was also taken into account. Viscosities thus predicted are in good agreement with experimental data. Temperature effect on suspension viscosity was shown experimentally to be due to the shear-thinning behavior of the MFs.     

甲烷在Mo/HZRP-1催化剂上无氧脱氢芳构化反应Ⅰ.Mo/HZRP-1催化剂的催化性能和积炭行为

用高 硅含磷五 员环 沸 石 分子 筛（ 商 品 代号 Ｈ Ｚ Ｒ Ｐ１） 作 为 载体 ，制 备 了 Ｍｏ／ Ｈ Ｚ Ｒ Ｐ１ 催化剂． 与 Ｍｏ／ Ｈ Ｚ Ｓ Ｍ５ 相比， Ｍｏ／ Ｈ Ｚ Ｒ Ｐ１ 对 甲烷无 氧脱氢芳 构化反 应也表现 出较好的 催化 性能 ． 实验过程 中，在反 应气中添 加 Ｎ２ 作 为内标 物，给出包 括甲烷 在 Ｍｏ／ Ｈ Ｚ Ｒ Ｐ１ 上 的结焦量 、转化率 及各产物选 择性在内 的总碳 物料平衡 计算结果 ． 考 察了不同 Ｍｏ 担 载量对催 化剂性 能和 积炭 行为 的影响； 重点考察 了不同 温度焙烧 后２０ ％ Ｍｏ／ Ｈ Ｚ Ｒ Ｐ１ 催化剂 的性能和 积炭行 为． 在 反应的初 始阶段 ，６ ％ Ｍｏ／ Ｈ Ｚ Ｒ Ｐ１ 表 现出 很 高 的 活 性： 反 应 进 行 ３０ ｍｉｎ 时， 甲 烷 转 化 率 为 １１ ％ ， 芳 烃 选 择 性 达８１ ％ ， 而催化 剂的结焦 选择性 仅为１２ ％ ． Ｂ Ｅ Ｔ， Ｎ Ｈ３ Ｔ Ｐ Ｄ 和 催 化反 应等 表 征结 果表 明： Ｍｏ 物种的数量 和状态， 分子筛的 酸强度和 酸量以 及分子筛 的孔道 结构是 决定 甲烷 无氧 脱氢 芳构 化反 应性能和积 炭行为 的关键因 素．     

Two‐injection workflow for a liquid chromatography/LTQ‐Orbitrap system to complete in vivo biotransformation characterization: demonstration with buspirone metabolite identification

The relatively high background matrix in in vivo samples typically poses difficulties in drug metabolite identification, and causes repeated analytical runs on unit resolution liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) systems before the completion of biotransformation characterization. Ballpark parameter settings for the LTQ‐Orbitrap are reported herein that enable complete in vivo metabolite identification within two HPLC/MS injections on the hybrid LTQ‐Orbitrap data collection system. By setting the FT survey full scan at 60K resolution to trigger five dependent LTQ MS² scans, and proper parameters of Repeat Duration, Exclusion Duration and Repeat Count for the first run (exploratory), the Orbitrap achieved the optimal parallel data acquisition capability and collected maximum number of product ion scans. Biotransformation knowledge based prediction played the key role in exact mass ion extraction and multiple mass defect filtration when the initial data was processed. Meanwhile, product ion extraction and neutral loss extraction of the initial dependent data provided additional bonus in identifying metabolites. With updated parent mass list and the data‐dependent setting to let only the ions on the parent mass list trigger dependent scans, the second run (confirmatory) ensures that all precursor ions of identified metabolites trigger not only dependent product ion scans, but also at or close to the highest concentration of the eluted metabolite peaks. This workflow has been developed for metabolite identification of in vivo or ADME studies, of which the samples typically contain a high level of complex matrix. However, due to the proprietary nature of the in vivo studies, this workflow is presented herein with in vitro buspirone sample incubated with human liver microsomes (HLM). The major HLM‐mediated biotransformation on buspirone was identified as oxidation or hydroxylation since five mono‐ (+16 Da), seven di‐ (+32 Da) and at least three tri‐oxygenated (+48 Da) metabolites were identified. Besides the metabolites 1‐pyrimidinylpiperazine (1‐PP) and hydroxylated 1‐PP that formed by N‐dealkylation, a new metabolite M308 was identified as the result of a second N‐dealkylation of the pyrimidine unit. Two new metabolites containing the 8‐butyl‐8‐azaspiro[4,5]decane‐7,9‐dione partial structure, M240 and M254, were also identified that were formed apparently due to the first N‐dealkylation of the 1‐PP moiety. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A new biphenyl derivative from an unidentified marine fungus E33

A new biphenyl derivative 3,5′-dihydroxy-4′,5-dimethoxy-2′-methyl-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (1), was isolated from the culture broth of a fungus isolated from the rhizosphere soil of mangrove root on the South China Sea. The structure of 1 was determined by comprehensive spectroscopic methods, primarily 2D NMR techniques. Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 128–129, March–April, 2008.     

S-SUPERFLUOUS AND S-ESSENTIAL HOMOMORPHISMS

Let R be a ring and S a class of R-modules. S-superfluous epimorphisms and S-essential monomorphisms are introduced and studied in this article. As appli-cations, some new characterizations of yon Neumann regular rings and perfect rings are given. Finally, these notions are also used to study minimal homomorphisms.     

A new difference scheme with high accuracy and absolute stability for solving convection–diffusion equations

In this paper, we use a semi-discrete and a padé approximation method to propose a new difference scheme for solving convection–diffusion problems. The truncation error of the difference scheme is O(h⁴+τ⁵). It is shown through analysis that the scheme is unconditionally stable. Numerical experiments are conducted to test its high accuracy and to compare it with Crank–Nicolson method.     

代数特征值反问题解的几乎处处扰动存在及连续性

本文利用文[2]提供的方法,得到了代数特征值反问题解几乎处处扰动存在及连续性的结论。     

ON THE FREE VIBRATION OF A SUBMERGED FGM HOLLOW SPHERE

The free vibration of a functionally graded material hollow sphere submerged in a compressible fluid medium is exactly analyzed. The sphere is assumed to be spherically isotropic with material constants being inhomogeneous along the radial direction. By employing a separation technique as well as the spherical harmonics expansion method, the governing equations are simplified to an uncoupled second-order ordinary differential equation, and a coupled system of two such equations. Solutions to these equations are given when the elastic constants and the mass density are power functions of the radial coordinate. Numerical examples are finally given to show the effect of the material gradient on the natural frequencies. The project is supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(No. 19872060).     

Synthesis and properties of ZnO nanofibers prepared by electrospinning

ZnO nanofibers were prepared from zinc acetate/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) by electrospun method. The morphological features, crystallinity, mechanical and optical properties of the ZnO nanofibers were studied. The results show the specific surface area of the ZnO nanofibers was influenced by the electrospun conditions. The specific surface area reached 389.7 m²g⁻¹ as the average diameter was 232 nm. The XRD date reveals the nanofibers consist of a single phase of well-crystallized ZnO with hexagonal structure. The elastic modulus of a single ZnO nanofiber was also characterized by nano-scale three-point bending test.