Electroreduction of molecular oxygen on dispersed copper in an ion-exchange matrix

Electrochemical reduction of molecular oxygen was studied on a [dispersed copper]-[macroporous KU-23 15/100S sulfocation exchanger with various metal concentrations] composite electrode. It was found that a high proton concentration in the ion-exchange matrix causes a decrease in the oxygen reaction overvoltage. The nanostructured state of copper particles causes stabilization of the intermediate product, i.e., hydrogen peroxide. Using the rotating disk electrode method, it was detected that the process is limited by external diffusion of oxygen to composite grains. The oxygen reaction is mostly concentrated on the grain surface and surface layers; oxygen is reduced in the bulk due to dispersed copper oxidation.     

An experimental study of 19F-19F and 13C-19F spin-spin coupling in molecules of difluoro(fluorosulfonyl)- and difluoro(fluorosulfonyloxy)acetyl fluorides

High-resolution ¹⁹F and ¹³C NMR spectra of difluoro(fluorosulfonyl)- and difluoro(fluorosulfonyloxy) acetyl fluorides were studied, and specific features of complex spin-spin coupling of fluorine and carbon nuclei were characterized. The mechanisms of ¹⁹F and ¹³C coupling were interpreted.     

Deep deoxygenation of water with a metal-ion exchanger nanocomposite in closed system

Kinetics and dynamics of the reduction of oxygen dissolved in water by metal-ion exchanger nanocomposites differing in the nature (Ag, Cu, Bi, Ni), quantitative content of the introduced metal, and ionic form of the matrix were studied. It is shown that the process of oxygen absorption occurs to the fullest extent with the copper-containing nanocomposite. As the content of the metal increases, the amount of oxygen reduced by a single grain and granular bed grows and reaches the limiting values. It was found on this basis that the material with a copper capacity of 5.0 ± 0.5 mequiv cm^?3 in the H⁺ form is the most efficient for deep removal of molecular oxygen from water. The advisability of using the nanocomposite with the suggested parameters for deep deoxygenation of water in a closed system was confirmed by experiments and calculations.     

Nongeneric polarization singularities in combined vortex beams

Nongeneric polarization structures of singular beams formed as a coherent coaxial mixture of weighted orthogonally polarized single-charged Laguerre-Gauss modes with different radial indices are analyzed. A general solution for the superposition of elliptically orthogonally polarized partial vortex beams is obtained; the limiting special cases in which the mixed modes are linearly or circularly polarized are investigated. It is established that unusual spatially stable polarization structures such as closed C contours and L contours with a fixed azimuth of linear polarization arise in such combined beams. The results are experimentally confirmed by using a new diffraction method for testing phase singularities in optical beams.     

“Natural” hydrogen and acoustic emission in Kh18N10T steel after barocryodeformation

Hydrogen with different bond energies and indentation-induced acoustic emission in the initial (homogenized) state of Kh18N10T stainless steel and after barocryodeformation by 18 and 31% are studied. A correlation between the acoustic parameters and the hydrogen content in the material is found.     

Basic mechanisms of electrification of weakly conductive multicomponent media

Four different physical mechanisms of electrification (generation of an uncompensated electric space charge) in electrohydrodynamic flows of weakly conductive multicomponent mixtures of liquids and gases are analyzed.