Analysis of organic compounds in environmental samples by headspace solid phase microextraction

The analysis of samples contaminated by organic compounds is an important aspect of environmental monitoring. Because of the complex nature of these samples, isolating target organic compounds from their matrices is a major challenge. A new isolation technique, solid phase microextraction, or SPME, has recently been developed in our laboratory. This technique combines the extraction and concentration processes into one step; a fused silica fiber coated with a polymer is used to extract analytes and transfer them into a GC injector for thermal desorption and analysis. It is simple, rapid, inexpensive, completely solvent-free, and easily automated. To minimize matrix interferences in environmental samples, SPME can be used to extract analytes from the headspace above the sample. The combination of headspace sampling with SPME separates volatile and semi-volatile analytes from non-volatile compounds, thus greatly reducing the interferences from non-target compounds. This paper reports the use of headspace SPME to isolate volatile organic compounds from various matrices such as water, sand, clay, and sludge. By use of the technique, benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene, and xylene isomers (commonly known as BTEX), and volatile chlorinated compounds can be efficiently isolated from various matrices with good precision and low limits of detection. This study has found that the sensitivity of the method can be greatly improved by the addition of salt to water samples, water to soil samples, or by heating. Headspace SPME can also be used to sample semi-volatile compounds, such as PAHs, from complex matrices.     

微波大气吸收衰减特性分析及分层数值算法

 给出了微波在大气中传输受气体分子吸收导致衰减的较精确计算模型，该模型扩展了传统计算模式忽略温度、湿度、压力变化及传播距离受限制的近似算法。结合我国某地区的实测气象数据模拟计算了该地区的大气吸收衰减，最后根据数值计算结果分析了微波随频率、发射角度以及月份（季度）变化的传播特性，并简要说明了此研究在微波遥感中的实际意义。     

Rapid Synergistic Extraction And Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Determination Of Iron In Environmental Samples Using Tributyl Phosphate And N-Phenyl-2-Furylacrylohydoroxamic Acid

Abstract

Iron (III) was rapidly extracted as its ternary complex with tributyl phosphate and N-phenly1-2-furylacrylohydroxamic acid (PFHA) from weakly acidic (pH 1.0-1.5) solutions into isobutyl methyl ketone and was determined atomic absorption spectrometrically. The method tolerated the presences of a large number of anions and cations commonly associated with iron, and was successfully tested with certified samples of coal fly ash, alloys, and plant tissues. It was also applied to the analysis of animal tissues, natural waters, and wastewaters; validating it by standard addition technique. PFHA was selected from nine new hydroxamic acids.     

Controlled water flooding of polymer electrolyte fuel cells applying superhydrophobic gas diffusion layer

Water transport is critical to the successful implementation of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFC), especially in long-term and dynamic operation in automotives. Liquid water appears in the fuel cells not only from the water generated at the cathode catalyst layer but also as a result of condensation of water vapor from the humidified gases. In this study, we report a simple approach to prepare a superhydrophobic gas diffusion layer by chemical vapor deposition of polydimethylsiloxane without significant change in pore size of gas diffusion layer unlike other approach adding hydrophobic agent such as polytetrafluoroethylene. A superhydrophobic coating on the GDL can be obtained, leading to exceptionally enhanced power performance and stability of PEFC especially at a high current where water transport becomes more critical.     

Electrochemical investigations of stable cavitation from bubbles generated during reduction of water

Megasonic cleaning is traditionally used for removal of particles from wafer surfaces in semiconductor industry. With the advancement of technology node, the major challenge associated with megasonic cleaning is to be able to achieve high cleaning efficiency without causing damage to fragile features. In this paper, a method based on electrochemistry has been developed that allows controlled formation and growth of a hydrogen bubbles close to a solid surface immersed in an aqueous solution irradiated with ∼1 MHz sound field. It has been shown that significant microstreaming from resonating size bubble can be induced by proper choice of transducer duty cycle. This method has the potential to significantly improve the performance of megasonic cleaning technology through generation of local microstreaming, interfacial and pressure gradient forces in close vicinity of conductive surfaces on wafers without affecting the transient cavitation responsible for feature damage.     

Forecasting of precipitation occurrence in long-range trajectory climatology

Summary A procedure to include a way for forecasting the precipitation occurrence in the air mass trajectory computation for climatological studies in order to compute the wet deposition of airborne pollutants is presented. It is based on a technique proposed by Moscoet al., Riv. Meteorol. Aeronaut.,33, 229 (1973). Its performance is tested comparing the forescen occurrence of either precipitation or no precipitationversus the actual one for two stations, Parma and Vipiteno, for a period of four years. In more than 80% of the cases the forecasting was correct.     

基于二维重组和动态窗格的水质检测紫外-可见光谱去噪算法

立足于成功研制的紫外-可见光谱水质检测多参数测量系统,针对紫外-可见光谱水质多参数原位实时检测在精度、灵敏度、稳定性等方面的实际需要,开展了基于二维重组和动态窗格的水质检测紫外-可见光谱去噪算法的研究,以此提高紫外-可见光谱水质检测的测量精度。光谱法水质检测系统通常使用工业级低成本光谱仪,其输出光谱包含明显的非平稳噪声。传统去噪法难以在滤除噪声的同时保留谱线细节。而且,原位实时水质检测条件下,被测水样可能快速变化,传统去噪法中常用的多次采样求均值法将产生额外的测量误差。引入的去噪算法通过对水样光谱进行等间隙连续采样,将光谱数据张成由光谱轴和时间轴构成的二维矩阵,经过二维小波变换后,设置一个可变宽度的窗格在系数矩阵中水平滑动,使用窗格内的小波系数计算得到动态去噪阈值,并随窗格滑动构建去噪阈值向量,由此进行光谱去噪。其中,窗格宽度由相邻区域的噪声方差变化率决定,变化率较高的区域缩小窗格宽度,反之则扩大宽度。实验结果表明,这种去噪算法不仅能有效去除光谱中的非平稳噪声,而且能保留光谱的细节信息,有助于提高仪器的测量精度。与此同时,由于该算法并未使用时域平均,样本的快速变化对去噪性能的影响较小,适合在线或原位水质检测的水样本环境。     

巯基棉富集─火焰原子吸收分光光度法测定水中的微量铁

本文详细考查了巯基棉富集Ｆｅ（Ⅲ）的条件，发现微量铁（Ⅲ）在ｐＨ值为５－８的条件下能为巯基棉定量吸附．１ｍｏｌ／Ｌ盐酸５ｍＬ能将巯基棉吸附的Ｆｅ（Ⅲ）定量洗脱，０．１ｇ巯基棉的饱和吸附量为９０μｇ，样品分析测定结果的相对标准偏差小于３．４％，９８．４％－９８．８％。     

Rainfalls during great Forbush decreases

Summary The changes of rainfall values during great Forbush decreases recorded by the low-latitudinal neutron monitor of Huancayo (47 events from 1956 through 1992) were examined. The data on precipitations were taken from the State of S?o Paulo and from the Amazonian region, Brazil. As a rule, the data from more than 50 meteorological stations were used for each events. The main result is the following: during strong decreases of cosmic-ray flux in the atmosphere (great Forbush decreases) the precipitation value is decreased. The effect of rainfall changes is seen more distinctly if wet seasons are considered.     

ICLAS of weak transitions of water between 11 300 and 12 850 cm: Comparison with FTS databases

Very weak water vapor absorption lines have been investigated by intracavity laser absorption spectroscopy (ICLAS) in the 11 335-11 947 and 12 336-12 843 cm⁻¹ spectral regions dominated by the ν₁ + 3ν₂ + ν₃ and ν₂ + 3ν₃ bands, respectively. A detectivity on the order of α_min ∼ 10⁻⁹ cm⁻¹ was achieved with an ICLAS spectrometer based on a Ti: Sapphire laser. It allowed detecting transitions with an intensity down to 5 × 10⁻²⁸ cm/molecule which is about 10 times lower than the weakest line intensities previously detected in the considered region. A line list corresponding to 1281 transitions with intensity lower than 5 × 10⁻²⁶ cm/molecule has been generated. A detailed comparison with the line lists provided by the HITRAN database and by recent investigations by Fourier transform spectroscopy associated with very long multi pass cell is presented. The rovibrational assignment performed on the basis of the ab initio calculations of Schwenke and Partridge, has allowed for determining 176 new energy levels belonging to a total of 16 vibrational states.