Indirect conductimetric detection of nonelectrolytes in microcolumn liquid chromatography

Summary Indirect conductimetric detection of nonelectrolytes was investigated in microcolumn liquid chromatography. The mobile phase contained an electrolytic substance which maintained a high background and analytes were indirectly detected owing to a depression of the background signal. The dynamic reserve, defined as the ratio of the background to its noise level, was 9.3×10⁴, and the detection limits at S/N=3 were 10–32 ng for alcohols examined.     

Entropy of transfer of n-nitroalkanes from n-octane to water at 25°C

Entropy of transfer of nitromethane, nitroethane, 1-nitrobutane, 1-nitropentane, and 1-nitrohexane from n-octane to water at 25°C is calculated using an electrostatic model. The calculations indicate that the electrostatic transfer entropy depends primarily on the dipole moment and the size of the-C–NO₂ group, showing a trend which is similar to that previously found for the transfer free energy of the same process.     

Structure at the Free Surface of Water and Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions

Abstract

During the past 20 years or so one of the regions of conspicuous growth in the field of physical chemistry has been the study of the structure and behaviour of water and aqueous solutions. There are practical reasons, for example technical and biological, for this interest, but it is also true that the complexity of water as a liquid provides its own motive to the rcsearch worker. It is unlikely that we would spend so much time in the study of water if it were as simple a liquid as Argon. However, strange though the behaviour of liquid water is, it is probably not as strange as it has sometimes been thought to be. The thermal “anomalies” of water and the abnormal “Poly-water” Seem rather likely to fade out of the scientific scene, as have other stimulating but nonviable scientific myths.