On a new method for constructing the Green function of the Dirichlet problem for the polyharmonic equation

By using a special decomposition of the fundamental solution, we construct a new representation of the Green function of the Dirichlet problem for the polyharmonic equation in a ball.     

Nanofibers of Semiconductor Oxides as Sensitive Materials for Detection of Gaseous Products Formed in Low-Temperature Pyrolysis of Polyvinyl Chloride

Nanofibers of semiconducting oxides SnO₂, ZnO, WO₃, produced by the electrospinning method, were tested as sensitive materials for detection of products formed in pyrolysis of polyvinyl chloride in conditions simulating the smoldering of electrically insulating materials upon occurrence of a short-circuit failure in electrical circuits. The method of thermal analysis with mass-spectroscopic determination of gaseous products demonstrated that, in pyrolysis of polyvinyl chloride in the temperature range 200–400°C corresponding to the invisible-smoke stage, the main component of the gas mixture being formed is HCl. It was shown that the materials synthesized can be used to develop gas sensors for early fire warning.     

Production of Granulated NaP Zeolite without Binder

Possibility was examined of synthesizing zeolites granulated without a binder with the use of a preliminary ultrasonic treatment of the suspension at a frequency of 22 kHz from mixtures of sodium metasilicate and aluminum and silicon oxides with various Si: Al ratios. It was found that, after the preliminary treatment, extrusion of grains, and calcination at 650°C, crystalline phases Na₆Al₄Si₄O₁₇, Na₈Al₄Si₄O₁₈, Na₂Al₂O₄, and Na₂SiO₃ phases are formed in the sample with Si: Al = 1. These phases are precursors for synthesis of NaA and NaP zeolites and sodalite via hydrothermal crystallization in a NaOH solution with concentration of 2 M. Upon a similar treatment of a sample with Si: Al = 2, there are crystalline phases α- and β-Na₂Si₂O₅, from which only NaP zeolite is formed in the course of crystallization. The hydrothermal crystallization in a 6 M alkali solution yields sodalite, irrespective of the Si: Al ratio. It was shown that an ultrasonic treatment gives a gel-like system at Si: Al = 1 and a powdered material at Si: Al = 2, which yields by the end of synthesis samples with cactus-like or wool-like morphology, respectively.     

Electrochemical reduction of 4-methyl-4-(trichloromethyl)cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one

The properties of 4-methyl-4-(trichloromethyl)cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one which contains the trichloromethyl substituent at a quaternary carbon atom have been studied by cyclic voltammetry, rotating disk electrode voltammetry, and preparative electrolysis. Reductive dehalogenation involves initial two-electron reductive elimination of one of the geminal chlorine atoms followed by consecutive addition of proton, simultaneous elimination of the two residual halogen atoms to form carbene, and rearrangement of cyclohexadienone into the corresponding 4-methylcyclohepta-2,4,6-trien-1-one.     

New antiferroelectric liquid crystalline materials containing a keto group and two lactate groups

New chiral liquid crystalline materials containing a keto group and two lactate units attached to the mesogenic core have been synthesized and studied. All the new compounds show the paraelectric SmA, ferroelectric SmC* and antiferroelectric SmC*_A phases each over rather broad temperature ranges. The properties of the phases were characterized by DSC, electro-optical and dielectric studies. The spontaneous polarization, tilt angle, helical pitch, and switching times were determined for the polar phases.     

Anodic behavior of stainless steels in electrochemical synthesis of graphite bisulfate

Anodic-corrosion behavior of a number of chromium-nickel steels in a 80% H₂SO₄ solution was studied in order to replace platinum with less expensive electrodes in electrochemical synthesis of graphite bisulfite and corrosion parameters were determined.     

Sulfurization polyvinyl chloride

A sulfurized polymer comprising 57.64% of chemically bound sulfur characterizing by paramagnetism with the concentration of paramagnetic centers 2 × 10¹⁹ spins g^?1 and g-factor 2.0043 was resulted n the treatment of industrial polyvinyl chloride by elemental sulfur.     

Ammonia-sensing properties of acridine immobilized in SiO2 sol-gel films

The spectral and luminescent properties of acridine in SiO₂ films synthesized by the sol-gel method using acid hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane are studied. It is shown that acridine in films exists in protonated form. Ammonia-gas-sensing properties of films doped with acridine are studied by the fluorescence response (decrease in the intensity) of the protonated form. The possibility of multiple use of a sample without a noticeable decrease in its sensitivity is demonstrated. It is shown that the fluorescence response to a maximal permissible concentration of ammonia in the gas mixture with argon is 6–8%.