Determining the Mechanism of Formaldehyde Adsorption from an Aqueous Medium on the Basis of the Diffusion Criterion

Adsorption of formaldehyde from an aqueous medium on acid-treated clayey minerals was studied under conditions of natural convection and under stirring of the solution.     

Sensitive determination of josamycin and rokitamycin in plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.

Rokitamycin and josamycin were successfully derivatized with dansylhydrazine in 20 min at 60 degrees C. Rokitamycin and josamycin levels were determined in plasma after ion-pair extraction into hexane-isoamyl alcohol with lauryl sulphate and precolumn derivatization. Resolution was obtained by liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (352/537 nm) in 12 min. The limit of detection was 20 ng/ml macrolide starting from 1 ml of plasma, and linearity was demonstrated between 50 and 400 ng/ml. Inter-run coefficients of variation were 10.2% at 100 ng/ml and 9.1% at 300 ng/ml. The system was reliably used for pharmacokinetic studies in plasma.     

Electrode System Ni/Na y Al x V12O30/Al3+: An Impedance Spectroscopy Study

The impedance of electrochemical cells Ni/VOB/Al³⁺, Ni/VOB/Na⁺, and Ni/VOB/Ni (where VOB stands for vanadium oxide bronzes of the general formula Na _y Al _x V₁₂O₃₀, with 0 < x 1.7) is studied both at equilibrium and a constant-current polarization. Variations in the VOB composition and aqueous electrolytic solutions in contact with the bronze as a result of the passing of the current are monitored. The results of these measurements are employed to substantiate a model that describes the occurrence of processes of current production in the Ni/VOB/Al³⁺ electrode system. The overvoltage is defined to a substantial degree by the aluminum diffusion. The diffusion coefficients for aluminum, its partial conductivity, and transport number are estimated.     

N-isopropenylazoles: III. Quantum-chemical analysis of the reaction of azoles with allene and propyne in the gas phase

Reactions of pyrrole, imidazole, pyrazole, and 1,2,4-triazole with allene and propyne in the gas phase with formation of the corresponding N-isopropenylazoles were simulated at the RHF/6-31G**, B3LYP/6-31G**, and MP2(full)/6-31G** levels. Dissociation of the N-H bond to give azolate ion is the main constituent of the reaction coordinate. All the examined azoles react preferentially with allene rather than with propyne; their reactivity decreases in the series pyrrole > imidazole > pyrazole > 1,2,4-triazole due to participation of the pyridine type nitrogen atoms in the prototropic propyne-allene rearrangement.     

Eine Mikrowaage ohne Balkenreiter

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine reiterlose Mikrowaage für 20 g bzw. 10 g Höchstlast beschrieben, die eine mechanische Bruchgrammauflage von 1 mg an und eine Projektionsskala von 0 bis 1 mg besitzt. Der Waagebalken befindet sich in einem abgeschlossenen Teil des Gehäuses. Eine weitere Neuerung ist die Einrichtung zum Herausführen der linken Waagschale, durch die sich das Öffnen eines Gehäuseschiebers beim Auflegen kleinerer Objekte erübrigt. Die Ausführung für 10 g Höchstlast besitzt außerdem eine mechanische Tara-Auflage, einen besonderen Reiter zur Prüfung der Empfindlichkeit und eine Einrichtung zur Regulierung der Empfindlichkeit von außen her. Es besteht keine Schwierigkeit, auch die Waage für 20 g Höchstlast mit den zuletzt erwähnten Neuerungen auszustatten.

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Summary A riderless microbalance for 20 g or 10 g maximum load is described. It has a mechanical device for adding fractional weights from 1 mg on and is provided with a projection scale from 0 to 1 mg. The beam of the balance is situated in a closed-off part of the case. A further novelty is the arrangement for the removal of the left balance pan, through which the opening of a panel in the case is made unnecessary when adding small objects. The model for a maximum load of 10 g has in addition a mechanical tare device, a separate rider for testing the sensitivity, and an arrangement for regulating the sensitivity from the outside. There is no difficulty in providing the 20 g balance with these latter innovations.

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Résumé On décrit une microbalance sans cavalier pour 20 ou 10 g de charge maximum, qui possède un dispositif mécanique pour les subdivisions du gramme jusqu'à 1 mg et une échelle de projection de 0 à 1 mg. Le fléau se trouve dans une partie séparée de la cage. Une autre nouveauté est l'agencement pour enlever du plateau de gauche des petits objets sans être obligé d'ouvrir un volet de la cage. L'exécution de la pesée avec 10 g de charge possède en outre une mise en place automatique de la tare, un cavalier particulier pour contrôler la sensibilité et un dispositif pour suivre cette sensibilité de l'extérieur. Il n'y a aucune difficulté pour équiper finalement la balance pour une charge de 20 g avec les nouveautés mentionnées.

     

Dynamic capacity and mass transfer for removal of Na+ by a composite hydrated antimony pentoxide-organic ion exchanger

The removal of Na⁺ by a composite hydrated antimony pentoxide-sulfonated phenol-formaldehyde ion exchanger (C-HAP) from 4M HCl was studied using the breakthrough technique. The dynamic removal capacity for Na⁺ from 4M HCl is 12.3 mg Na⁺/g and 9.87 mg Na⁺/g at 0.2 ml/min and 0.8 ml/min, respectively. Height equivalent to a theoretical plate varies almost linearly with flow rate indicating particle diffusion control.     

Comparability graphs and electronic spectra of condensed benzenoid hydrocarbons

A systematic topological approach to the search for regularities in molecular properties has been proposed on the basis of the so-called comparability graphs of isomeric classes of molecules. It is shown that the ordering of the isomeric benzenoid hydrocarbons in the comparability graphs coincides with that of the longest wavelenght in the p band of their electronic spectra.     

Spectral luminescence properties of 1- and 2-alkyl(cycloalkyl) derivatives of benzo[f]quinoline

The absorption and fluorescence spectra of alcohol solutions of 3-aryl-substituted benzo[f]-quinolines were investigated, and the fluorescence quantum yields were measured. It was established that the indicated compounds have intense absorption in the UV region and fluorescence at 350–450 nm. The fluorescence quantum yields range from 5 to 70%, depending on the substituents. The introduction of aromatic substituents in the 1 and 3 positions of benzo-[f]quinoline ring raises the fluorescence quantum yields. A methyl group in the 2 position of the molecule leads to a decrease in the fluorescence quantum yield. Benzo[f]quinoline derivatives that contain a cyclopentene ring in the 1 and 2 positions fluoresce intensely (=40–60%), while cyclohexene and cycloheptene condensed in the same positions cause a decrease in the fluorescence yield to 7–13%; this is associated with the three-dimensional structure of these molecules.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1237–1240, September, 1977.     

Effect of photochemical oxidation on polypropylene phosphorescence

Phosphorescence from polyolefins was studied from the aspects of excitation and emission wavelength and lifetime. Effects of photochemical oxidation on polypropylene phosphorescence are discussed in contrast to the effects of thermal oxidation.     

Padé approximants to physical properties via inner projections

The [N, M] Padé approximants to functions formally associated to power series expanssions are expressed in terms of expectation values of inverse matrices. These formulae, which can be derived by the inner-projection technique, lead to a simple analysis of the properties of serveral approximation methods and their inter-relationships, in particular Gaussian integration, continued factorization and Padé approximations, which are of current interest in the calculation of physical properties. A relation with Fredholm integral equations and expansions of the resolvent is also discussed. The use of operator inequalities in a systematic fashion is particularly convenient when both the function being approximated and the coefficients of the power series have physically meaningful expressions as moments of operators.