Thermodynamic simulation of four-component carnallite type systems

Summary The standard method ofPitzer for predicting the solubility isotherms of systems in which solid phases with a constant composition crystallize is applied to cases when mixed crystals are formed. The four-component carnallite type systems RbCl-CsCl-MgCl₂-H₂O, RbCl-KCl-MgCl₂-H₂O, and RbCl-RbBr-MgCl₂-MgBr₂-H₂O and the corresponding subsystems are thermodynamically simulated at 25°C. It is established that the solubility diagrams consist of crystallization regions of the simple saltsMX,MX, MgX ₂·6H₂O, and MgX₂·6H₂O and of the corresponding carnallite type double salts with the composition 1:1:6. A method of calculation of the integralGibbs energy of mixingG ^mix(s) of crystals formed in water-salt systems has been proposed. The results on the systems RbCl-KCl-H₂O, RbCl-RbBr-H₂O, and MgCl₂-MgBr₂-H₂O are compared with experimental data from the literature and with values calculated using various models.

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Thermodynamische Simulation von Vierkomponentensystemen des Carnallit-Types

Zusammenfassung DiePitzer-Methode zur Voraussage der Löslichkeitsisothermen in Mehrstoffsystemen, in welchen feste Phasen mit konstanter Zusammensetzung auskristallisieren, wurde auch für Fälle angewendet, bei denen sich Mischkristalle bilden. Die Vierstoffsysteme RbCl-CsCl-MgCl₂-H₂O, RbCl-KCl-MgCl₂-H₂O und RbCl-RbBr-MgCl₂-MgBr₂-H₂O, aus welchen Carnallit-Typ-Mischkristalle auskristallisieren, und die dazugehörigen Dreistoff-Randsysteme wurden bei 25°C simuliert. Man stellt fest, daß die Löslichkeitsdiagramme sowohl Kristallisationsbereiche der einfachen SalzeMX,M'X, MgX ₂·6H₂O und MgX ₂·6H₂O als auch der entsprechenden carnallitartigen Doppelsalze mit der Zuzammensetzung 1:1:6 umfassen. Eine Methode zur Berechnung derGibbs-EnergieG ^mix(s) für die in Wasser-Salz-Systemen gebildeten Mischkristalle wird vorgeschlagen. Die für die Systeme RbCl-KCl-H₂O, RbCl-RbBr-H₂O und MgCl₂-MgBr₂-H₂O erhaltenen Ergebnisse werden mit experimentellen Literaturdaten und Resultaten von Berechnungen aufgrund verschiedener Modelle verglichen.

     

Forward-scattering degenerate four-wave mixing as a potential laser-based absorption detection method in liquid separation systems: Coupling to conventional-size liquid chromatography

An explorative study on the compatibility of liquid separation systems, such as (micro) liquid chromatography (LC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE), and forward-scattering degenerate four-wave mixing (F-D4WM) as a detection method is presented. F-D4WM is a laser-based technique showing some analogy with holographic spectroscopy: a signal on a theoretical dark background is observed as a result of light absorption by an analyte. Parameters considered are solvent composition focussing on acetonitrile, methanol and water; mobile phases in LC and CE), detector cell construction, and influences of laser beam powers. A specially designed detector cell has been developed to meet the Brewster condition, both at the air-quartz and the quartz-liquid boundaries. For practical reasons, the tested cell has an optical pathlength of 1 mm; reduction to 100 μm is required to apply the cell in microseparations. The F-D4WM technique has been involved for detection in a conventional-size, reversed-phase LC separation of 1- and 2-aminoanthraquinones. The detection limit obtained (for the 1 mm cell) is 2 × 10⁻⁵ absorbance units. The experiments indicate that further reduction of background deserves explicit attention.     

稳态双曲流场中液/液混合的粘性液滴哑铃分散模型

通过对稳态双曲流场中液／液混合体系分散相液滴所受分散作用力的分析，建立了粘性液滴的哑铃分散模型．趋于将两粘性液滴分开的分散作用力与粘度比、流场类型和强度、液滴半径、哑铃取向和尺寸有关．该模型解释了流场类型与分散作用的关系．流场类型对液滴的分散具有很大影响，在纯应变拉伸流场中分散作用力是简单剪切流场中的两倍，因而对于液滴的分散，拉伸流场较简单剪切流场更有效，这与以前的实验结论符合．当体系粘度比趋于无穷大时本模型转化为刚性哑铃分散模型     

Thermodynamics of molecular interactions in ethyl iodide+toluene mixtures

The excess Gibb's free energy of mixing, G^E, for ethyl iodide+toluene at 25°C have been obtained from the measured vapor pressuure data. The H^E and G^E values for ethyl iodide+toluene are positive throughout the ethyl iodide concentration range and G^E>H^E. The results have been analyzed in terms of Flory and ideal associated model theory of nonelectrolyte solutions. It has been observed that the ideal associated model approach which assumes the presence of AN and A₂B molecular species describes well (within±10 J-mol^–1 in the worst case) the general dependence of H^E on X_A (mole fraction of ethyl iodide) over the whole composition range for ethyl iodide+toluene mixtures. The equilibrium constants for A+A AB and 2A+BA₂B reactions along with the enthalpies of formation of AB and A₂B molecular species have been calculated.     

Heats of Mixing of Mixed Solvent Solutions of Alkali Metal Salts of Substituted Benzenesulfonic Acids

The enthalpy change on mixing solutions of methyl-substituted benzenesulfonic acids and their salts, with salts having a common cation or anion, at constant ionic strength in mixtures of 1,4-dioxane with water, were measured at 25°C. The heat effects of mixing solutions having a common anion increase almost linearly with the reciprocal value of the dielectric constant of the solvent. The heat effects of mixing solutions having a common cation, which are all negative in water-rich solutions, become endothermic after a certain value of the dielectric constant is passed. The results are discussed in terms of the solute-solvent structural properties. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Thermodynamics of multicomponent electrolyte solutions: Aqueous mixtures of two salts from among NaCl,KCl, NaH2PO4, and KH2PO4 at 25° C

Five of the six possible aqueous two-salt mixtures from among NaCl, KCl, NaH₂PO₄,and KH₂PO₄ have been studied by the isopiestic method at 25°C. The sixth mixture, NaCl–KCl, has been studied previously. The deviations from ideal mixing behavior are described by a series of coefficients which were found by regression analysis. The coefficients were used to calculate the excess Gibbs energies of mixing for equal ionic strength fractions of each salt and the trace activity coefficient of each salt at an ionic strength of 2 mode-kg^–1. The cross-square mixing rule is obeyed within experimental uncertainty for the excess Gibbs energies of mixing.     

Studying dispersoid systems

Summary Measurements of energy transformation in mitochondria are done on a capillary differential titration calorimeter CTD2156. It is important to mention that a sediment is quickly formed by the mitochondria suspension without mixing by means of a vibrating needle. During the measurements, the vibrating needle is located inside the working volume of the chamber. The design of the calorimeter is substantiated theoretically. It provides a new mode of a reagent input in the measuring volume of the calorimetric chambers. It expands the spectrum of tasks that can be solved using this instrument. In the capillary calorimeter the calorimetric chambers unit is simple and small in size. These advantages of capillary chambers provide an opportunity to unite 20 capillary calorimetric chambers in one calorimetric block. It allows designing a multi-channel titration calorimeter. There are obvious advantages of such a calorimeter over other instruments in screening researches and in researches of objects maintaining stability only for a short time.     

J-aggregation and its characterization in Langmuir-Blodgett films of merocyanine dyes

Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films are constructed by successively transferring monomolecular layers formed at the air-water interface onto solid substrates. One of the advantages of the LB technique in fabricating molecular aggregates lies in the fact that it can employ various kinds of molecules by mixing them at the air-water interface. The mixed system may exhibit new properties that are not observed for individual components. This method would be useful, for example, in the studies of the formation and control of the J-aggregates of functional dyes that attract attention both in science and technology. In this paper, I review this subject mainly based on our recent results in merocyanines. LB films of merocyanine dyes, mixed with arachidic acid (C(20)), exhibit J-aggregate formation and have been serving as typical systems in revealing the physical and structural aspects of nanosized molecular aggregates constructed as monolayers. In the case of LB films of a merocyanine dye having benzothiazole as donor nucleus (abbreviated as DS), electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy has been successful in determining the characteristic in-plane orientation of dye molecules with respect to the dipping direction, which led to the discovery of the flow orientation effect during the dipping process of LB films as the origin of optical dichroism often observed in LB films. In this article, after an introduction of ESR spectroscopy, three major topics on the merocyanine J-aggregation and its characterization in mixed films are discussed. The first topic is the observation and control of the size of J-aggregates in the dilution limit of dyes in arachidic acid matrix for a methyl-substituted DS (6-Me-DS). Dependence of atomic force microscopy (AFM) patterns on the molar ratio allows the identification of dye domains. J-band optical peak analysis based on the Kuhn's extended dipole model, supplemented by a novel application of femtosecond pump-probe optical spectroscopy, yields the size of the J-aggregates of 10(3). The second topic is the control of the J-band peak wavelengths by mixing two different kinds of dye molecules. The first case is the mixture of a J-forming 6-Me-DS and non-J-forming merocyanine analog, DO with benzo-oxazole instead of benzothiazole of DS. The second case is the mixture of both J-forming dyes but with different J-band peak positions, 6-Me-DS and another analog of 5-Cl-DS. The optical peak shifts depending on the molar mixing ratio will be presented. The last topic is related to the elucidation of electronic states of dye molecules in the J-aggregates. Light-induced ESR (LESR) of DS films with stable isotope ((15)N or (13)C)-substituted dyes provide clear evidence for the photoinduced charge transfer by the detection of hyperfine structures. Moreover, infrared (IR) spectroscopy of (13)C-enriched dye identifies the IR absorption peak of the relevant carbon in the chromophore. The results give evidence for the enhanced intramolecular charge transfer of dyes in the J-aggregates compared with an isolated merocyanine composed of donor and acceptor moiety. Lastly, the Cl attachment in 5-Cl-DS leads to a significant enhancement of the nitrogen hyperfine coupling in the LESR spectra. These examples and others demonstrate the potential of LB films of merocyanines in the studies of the nanosized molecular aggregates in monolayer assemblies.     

Characterization of the organization in shear layers via the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition

Experiments are performed in an incompressible plane turbulent mixing layer, using various hot wire rake configurations. From these experiments, the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition is applied for kernels where the space-time correlation tensor is evaluated over different spatial meshes and velocity components configurations. The resulting decompositions are then discussed in terms of characterization of the organization of the flow for various scalar or vectorial approaches of the POD. An incrtial range law is evidenced. The instantaneous contribution of the first modes of the POD to the organization of the flow is analyzed. A dynamical behavior for the organization of the flow is observed from the correlation between the first two modes contribution.     

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