Chromium speciation in natural waters using serially connected supported liquid membranes

A supported liquid membrane (SLM) method for the speciation of chromium has been developed. The method is based on selective extraction and enrichment of anionic Cr(VI) and cationic Cr(III) species in two serially connected SLM units. Methyltricaprylammonium chloride (Aliquat) and di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (DEHPA), respectively were used as the selective extractants in the membrane liquid. Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) was utilised for final determination. Optimised conditions for the DEHPA membrane were, sample solution at pH 3, acceptor solution 0.1 M HNO₃ and 10% w/w carrier in kerosene. The corresponding values for the Aliquat membrane were pH 7, 0.75 M HNO₃ and 6% w/w carrier in di-n-hexylether. This gave extraction efficiencies for Cr(III) and Cr(VI) of 90 and 40%, respectively. The method was used to measure the concentration of Cr III and Cr VI in surface water from an abandoned tannery site. Storage experiments at different pH showed that preservation at neutral pH gave almost constant values over a period of one month. At acidic pH (pH=3.0) the concentration of Cr(VI) decreased rapidly while the concentration of Cr(III) increased. The detection limit, expressed as three times the standard deviation of enriched blank samples was 0.01 μg l⁻¹.     

降低OFDM系统复杂度的改进SLM算法

为了降低正交频分复用(OFDM)系统中传统选择性映射(SLM)算法的计算复杂度,提高系统的频谱利用效率,提出了基于转换向量(conversion vectors)与随机筛选序列(random selection sequences)相结合的选择性映射(CR-SLM)算法.CR-SLM算法是将原始信号序列等分,然后对于数据序列的前半部分与转换向量相乘进行循环卷积,对于数据序列后半部分进行随机序列筛选,筛选出最优序列.最后将两部分输出序列合并生成候选序列,筛选出最优序列进行传输.仿真结果表明:CR-SLM算法在保持与传统SLM 算法PAPR性能相近的情况下,较大幅度降低了计算复杂度.     

Solvent selection in ultrasonic-assisted emulsification microextraction: Comparison between high- and low-density solvents by means of novel type of extraction vessel

There are numerous published reports about dispersive liquid phase microextraction of the wide range of substances, however, till now no broadly accepted systematic and purpose oriented selection of extraction solvent has been proposed. Most works deal with the optimization of available solvents without adequate pre-consideration of properness. In this study, it is tried to compare the performances of low- and high-density solvents at the same conditions by means of novel type of extraction vessel with head and bottom conical shape. Extraction efficiencies of seven basic pharmaceutical compounds using eighteen common organic solvents were studied in this work. It was much easier to work with high-density solvents and they mostly showed better performances. This work shows that although exact predicting the performance of the solvents is multifaceted case but the pre-consideration of initial selection of solvents with attention to the physiochemical properties of the desired analytes is feasible and promising. Finally, the practicality of the method for extraction from urine and plasma samples was investigated.     

A selective electromembrane extraction of uranium (VI) prior to its fluorometric determination in water

A novel method for the selective electromembrane extraction (EME) of U⁶⁺ prior to fluorometric determination has been proposed. The effect of extraction conditions including supported liquid membrane (SLM) composition, extraction time and extraction voltage were investigated. An SLM composition of 1% di-2-ethyl hexyl phosphonic acid in nitrophenyl octyl ether (NPOE) showed good selectivity, recovery and enrichment factor. The best performance was achieved at an extraction potential of 80 volts and an extraction time of 14 minutes Under the optimized conditions, a linear range from 1 to 1000 ng mL⁻¹ and LOD of 0.1 ng mL⁻¹ were obtained for the determination of U⁶⁺. The EME method showed good performance in sample cleanup and the reduction of the interfering effects of Mn²⁺, Zn²⁺, Cd²⁺, Ni²⁺, Fe³⁺, Co²⁺, Cu²⁺, Cl⁻ and PO₄³⁻ ions during fluorometric determination of uranium in real water samples. The recoveries above 54% and enrichment factors above 64.7 were obtained by the proposed method for real sample analysis.     

Separation of lignosulfonate from its aqueous solution using supported liquid membrane

This paper presents an experimental and theoretical study on facilitated transport of lignosulfonate (LS) through a flat sheet supported liquid membrane using trioctylamine (TOA) as carrier and dichloroethane as diluent. The studies were carried out with various support materials and operating conditions (viz. carrier concentration, strip phase concentration, salt concentration, etc.) and their effects on the transport of LS. The results were analyzed to identify a suitable combination of support and operating condition that would yield best performance of the supported liquid membrane (SLM) in terms of fast and efficient transport of LS. The stability of the SLM was assessed in terms of loss of liquid from the pores of membrane support. The SLM is found to be stable till 10 h. Co-transport mechanism has been adopted in this work by using NaOH as the strip phase. It was observed that extraction of LS is increased with increase in concentration of NaOH up to a limiting value of 0.5 M NaOH. Difference of salt concentration between feed and strip phase considerably affect the separation process. The diffusional resistances of organic membrane (Δorg) and aqueous solution (Δaq) calculated from the permeation model, which is again a combination of three unique mechanisms viz., diffusion through a feed aqueous layer, a fast interfacial chemical reaction, and diffusion of carrier–complex through the organic membrane, are found to be 609.9 and 176.6 s cm⁻¹, respectively. The values of the diffusion coefficient in the membrane (D_org) and in the bulk organic phase (D_complex) are 1.67×10⁻⁹ and 6.68 × 10⁻⁸ m²s⁻¹, respectively. The extraction of LS is about 90%. Nearly 43% of LS can be recovered at optimum condition.     

Simultaneous separation of mercury and lignosulfonate from aqueous solution using supported liquid membrane

This paper presents an experimental investigation on facilitated and simultaneous transport of mercury and lignosulfonate (LS) through a flat sheet supported liquid membrane (SLM) having Nylon 6,6 as support, trioctylamine (TOA) as carrier and dichloroethane as solvent. The experiments were performed at various operating conditions such as strip phase concentration, feed pH, carrier concentration and feed concentration to find the best set of parameters that would yield the maximum separation of pure mercury as well as its mixture with LS. The experiments were performed in co-transport mode using NaOH as the strip phase. It was observed that extraction of mercury as well as its mixture increases with increase in concentration of NaOH up to a certain limit 0.1 M NaOH in case of pure solution and 0.2 M NaOH in case of mixture). Feed phase pH significantly affects the mercury separation process. However, initial feed concentration does not affect the extraction process appreciably. Separation of mixture of mercury and LS behaves in a similar way as their pure solution; however the extraction is low in comparison to pure solution. The extraction of mercury from its pure solution is about 81% in 1 h. The extraction of mercury and LS from their mixture is about 52.6% and 50.2%, respectively at optimum condition and in a period of 2 h.     

基于空间光调制器的波面重建优化方法研究

针对不同非球面面形的实时检测需求,研究了基于空间光调制器的标准波面重建技术.基于空间光调制器波面重建的原理设计了干涉测量系统,依据空间光调制器的自身特点选取修正离轴计算全息编码方式实现对标准球波面的编码.针对实验中空间光调制器作为全息再现介质引起重建波面质量下降问题,提出了错位叠加优化方案,并将这一过程进行了模拟实验....     

Liquid phase microextraction applications in food analysis

Over the last years, liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) in its different application modes (single drop microextraction, dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction and hollow fiber-LPME) has been increasingly applied for the extraction of both inorganic and organic analytes from different matrices. Its advantages over conventional extraction procedures (simplicity, effectiveness, rapidity and low consumption of organic solvents) has also attracted its application in the complex food analysis field, in which it has clearly provided good and challenging results. A comprehensive review dealing with those articles published since its introduction till the end of March 2011 is presented, offering also a critical vision of the analytical potential of LPME for the analysis of foods.     

粉末特性与工艺参数对SLM成形的影响

通过试验研究了316L不锈钢粉末参数及工艺参数对选择性激光熔化（SLM）成形性能的影响规律．结果表明：单一粒径分布的粉末松装密度低于多种粒径混合后的松装密度;采用2种不同粒径粉末充分混合,最大松装密度达到59．83％;平均粒径小的粉末比平均粒径大的粉末成形性好,粒径分布范围宽的粉末成形时球化现象明显;利用平均粒径为26．36p．m的粉末和优化的工艺参数制造出测试件,最高致密度达99．75％,拉伸强度最高达1068MPa．     

Accurate optical wavefront reconstruction based on reciprocity of an optical path using low resolution spatial light modulators

A method for high precision optical wavefront reconstruction using low resolution spatial light modulators (SLMs) was proposed. It utilizes an adiabatic waveguide taper consisting of a plurality of single-mode waveguides to decompose an incident light field into simple fundamental modes of the single-mode waveguides. By digital generation of the conjugate fields of those simple fundamental modes a field proportional to the original incident light field might be reconstructed accurately based on reciprocity. Devices based on the method using transparent and reflective SLMs possess no aberration like that of a conventional optic lens and are able to achieve diffraction limited resolution. Specifically on the surface of the narrow end of a taper a resolution much higher than half of the wavelength is attainable. The device may work in linear mode and possesses unlimited theoretical 3D space-bandwidth product (SBP). The SBP of a real device is limited by the accuracy of SLMs. A pair of 8-bit SLMs with 1000 × 1000 = 10⁶ pixels could provide a SBP of about 5 × 10⁴. The SBP may expand by 16 times if 10-bit SLMs with the same number of pixels are employed or 16 successive frames are used to display one scene. The device might be used as high precision optical tweezers, or employed for continuous or discrete real-time 3D display, 3D measurement, machine vision, etc.