Evaluation of desorption activation energy of SiCl2 molecules

The chemical etching of silicon in Cl₂ ambient was considered. The desorption activation energy for an SiCl₂ molecule was evaluated using an experimentally measured dependence of etching rate on concentration of Cl₂ molecules. It was found that the desorption activation energy of SiCl₂ molecules is equal to E_d=(1.605±0.010) eV. This corresponds to a value of the mean lifetime of adsorbed molecules on the surface of τ=46 ms at temperature T=724 K.     

RAMAN谱研究在退火和镍衬底上金刚石形核中甲烷的影响(英文)

藉助SEM和MICRO RAMAN ,我们研究了在退火和在镍衬底上金刚石形核中甲烷CH4 的影响。CH4 的浓度分别为 0 % ,0 5 % ,1 5 %和 2 5 % ,其中当甲烷浓度为 1 5 %时 ,金刚石在镍衬底上金刚石形核密度为 3× 1 0 8/cm2 ,这个结果高于以前的结果。金刚石膜的质量是好的。     

REACTION KINETICS OVER PRECIPITATED Fe/Mn/K CATALYST FOR THE FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS

The kinetics of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis reaction is studied in an internally recycled reactor (CSTR) over a commercial, precipitated Fe/Mn/K catalyst. Kinetic data are obtained with 1 47-4.04 H2/CO feed gas over a temperature range of 265-320℃, a pressure range of 1.0-2.6 MPa, and a space velocity range of 300-800 h-1 . The kinetic model which fits the experimental data well is the same as that of the intrinsic kinetics, i.e. -RH2 CO=kPH2PCO/(PCO bPH2O, where k is the kinetic constant for the rate-determining step and b is a function of temperature only. This model may be derived by assuming that the rate-determining step is the hydrogenation of adsorbed CO according to the enol mechanism. It is found that the CO usage ratio is probably independent of synthesis gas conversion and total pressure, and the catalyst shows high water-gas-shift activity.     

Molecular weight control of polyacrylamide with sodium formate as a chain‐transfer agent: Characterization via size exclusion chromatography/multi‐angle laser light scattering and determination of chain‐transfer constant

We discuss the synthesis and characterization of polyacrylamide (PAM) homopolymers with carefully controlled molecular weights (MWs). PAM was synthesized via free‐radical solution polymerization under conditions that yield highly linear polymer with minimal levels of hydrolysis. The MW of the PAM homopolymers was controlled by the addition of sodium formate (NaOOCH) to the polymerization medium as a conventional chain‐transfer agent. MWs and polydispersity indices (PDIs) were determined via size exclusion chromatography/multi‐angle laser light scattering analysis; for polymerizations carried out to high conversion, PAM MWs ranged from 0.23 to 6.19 × 10⁶ g/mol, with most samples having PDI ≈2.0. Zero‐shear intrinsic viscosities of the polymers were determined via low‐shear viscometry in 0.514 M NaCl at 25 °C. Data derived from the polymer characterization were used to determine the chain‐transfer constant to NaOOCH under the given polymerization conditions and to calculate Mark–Houwink–Sakurada K and a values for PAM in 0.514 M NaCl at 25 °C. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 560–568, 2003     

Coagulation of antibody-sensitized latexes in the presence of antigen

The paper describes a study of the kinetics and mechanism of the coagulation of two types of immunoassays using sensitized latexes. The positive response to the first test is based on the aggregation of the gamma globulin (IgG)-coated polystyrene latexes in the presence of IgM rheumatoid antigen. The second test is relative to the heteroaggregation of two types of sensitized latexes induced by the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). In the latter test, two identical polystyrene latexes bearing carboxylic acid surface groups were sensitized by covalent coupling of monoclonal antibodies specific for the αHCG determinant on one type of latex and for the βHCG determinant on the other type. Using the Coulter Counter method, the aggregate size distribution c(n) was determined as a function of the number n of elementary constituents, thus enabling calculation of the number N(t) and weight S(t) average sizes of the aggregates. The temporal variations of the average sizes were compared with typical situtions of reaction-limited aggregation processes in order to characterize the mechanism of aggregation induced by antibody–antigen reactions.     

Adsorption and spreading of polymers at plane interfaces; theory and molecular dynamics simulations

Nonequilibrium processes play a key role in the adsorption kinetics of macromolecules. It is expected that the competition between transport of polymer towards an interface and its subsequent spreading has a significant influence on the adsorbed amount. An increase of the transport rate can lead to an increase of the adsorbed amount, especially when the polymer has too little time to spread at the interface. In this study we present both molecular dynamics simulations and analytical calculations to describe some aspects of the adsorption kinetics. From MD simulations on a poly(ethylene oxide) chain in vacuum near a graphite surface, we conclude that the spreading process can, in first approximation, be described by either a simple exponential function or by first-order reaction kinetics. Combining these spreading models with the transport equations for two different geometries (stagnation-point flow and overflowing cylinder) we are able to derive analytical equations for the adsorption kinetics of polymers at solid-liquid and at liquid-fluid interfaces. Received: 18 July 1997 / Received in final form: 27 October 1997 / Accepted: 6 November 1997     

Spectral and thermal features of some novel iron(III) chelates with substituted 2-hydroxyaryloximes

The reaction products of five substituted 2-hydroxyaryloximes with Fe(III) ion were obtained and characterized by means of elemental analysis, conductometric measurements, magnetic moment determinations and spectroscopic data (IR and electronic absorption).The thermal stability and mode of decomposition were studied in air atmosphere by using TG-DTA. Kinetic analysis of the TG data was performed with the Coats-Redfern method to determine the apparent activation energies and the pre-exponential factor of the Arrhenius equation. Mass spectrometry was also used, and possible fragmentation patterns are given and discussed.Thanks are due to Tekkosha Hellas, Thessaloniki, for making available the thermogravimetric analysis facilities.     

A detonation stability formulation for arbitrary equations of state and multi-step reaction mechanisms

A general normal-mode linear stability formulation of steady planar detonation waves is presented that is valid both for an arbitrary equation of state and for multi-step, multi-species chemical kinetics. The general formulation can be used for many purposes, including an examination of gaseous detonation stability with complex reaction kinetics in which the individual reacting species have variable thermochemical properties. In the present paper, we consider two cases that could not be obtained by previous one-step chemistry, polytropic gas formulations: the first concerns the effect of a difference in heat capacities between product and fuel species, as well as a possible mole change, in a single-step irreversible reaction. The second examines the effects of exothermic or endothermic heat release/absorption in the chain-initiation stage of a model three-step reaction.