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Lewis acids; boron; crystal structure; gases; infrared spectroscopy; moieties; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; oxygen; stable isotopes
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... Adducts of various acyclic enaminoketones and enaminoaldehydes with the Lewis acids boron trifluoride and triphenylboron were prepared. The adducts were characterized by NMR (¹H, ¹³C, ¹¹B) and IR spectroscopy, FAB-MS, and X-ray crystal structure analysis of the adducts of (E)-3- diethylamino-3-phenyl-2-propenal with BF3 (4a) and BPh₃ (5a), respectively. The adduct formation occurs at the oxygen at ...
... Co-combustion performances, ashes, gases and thermodynamics were quantified for spent potlining (SPL) and textile dyeing sludge (TDS) (with)out CaO. During the four decomposition stages of the blends according to the (D)TG experiments, the interaction among Na, Ca, F, Al, and S led to CaAl2O4, CaF2, and Na2SO4 which converted inorganic compounds into ash. Increased comprehensive combustion index, ...
... Additives and biomass were co-combusted with sewage sludge (SS) to promote SS incineration treatment and energy generation. (Co-)combustion characteristics of sewage sludge (SS), water hyacinth (WH), and 5% five additives (K2CO3, Na2CO3, Mg2CO3, MgO and Al2O3) were quantified and compared using thermogravimetric-mass spectrometric (TG-MS) and numerical analyses. The combustion performance of SS de ...
... We report the identification, synthesis, and field bioassays of a female-produced sex attractant pheromone for the cerambycid beetle Desmocerus californicus californicus Horn. Headspace volatiles from females contained a sex-specific compound, (R)-desmolactone [(4R,9Z)-hexadec-9-en-4-olide], which elicited strong responses from the antennae of adult males in coupled gas chromatography-electroanten ...
computer hardware; cryosurgery; disease course; gases; geometry; image analysis; medical treatment; models; monitoring; planning; system optimization; temperature
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... Cryosurgery practices have evolved over the years in close relationship with concurrent technology developments. Well recognized milestones along the path of development are the beginning of commercial production of liquefied gases at the beginning of the 20th century—leading to the widespread of cryosurgery as a medical treatment, the development of the cryostat by Cooper and Lee in the early 196 ...
acetonitrile; aggregation behavior; benzene; chemical reactions; chemical structure; cyclohexanes; deuterium; gases; hydrogen bonding; isotopes; methanol; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; phenolic compounds; solvents
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... It has recently been suggested that 1,1′,1′′-(2,4,6-trihydroxybenzene-1,3,5-triyl)triethanone may be tautomeric. Using 13C NMR chemical shifts and deuterium isotope effects on 13C chemical shifts, it is demonstrated that this is not the case. This compound occurs as a strongly hydrogen bonded benzene structure with hydrogen bonds between OH groups and the acetyl groups in both non-polar and hydrog ...
... 1,2,3-Triazoles have come to the forefront as compounds of import in a vast number of applications. The fundamental properties of these species, however, remain largely unknown. Herein, the gas phase properties of 4-phenyl-1,2,3-triazole, benzotriazole, and a series of 1-phenylbenzotriazoles are described. Proton affinity and acidity values are computed and measured. Furthermore, ion–molecule reac ...
Flowers Brian S.; Mittenthal Max S.; Jenkins Alexander H.; Wallace David A.; Whitley John W.; Dennis Grayson P.; Wang Mei; Turner C. Heath; Emel’yanenko Vladimir N.; Verevkin Sergey P.; Bara Jason E.
... 1,2,3-Trimethoxypropane (1,2,3-TMP) is the trimethyl ether of propane-1,2,3-triol, better known as glycerol, which can be derived from triglycerides originating from either plant or animal sources. Despite its simple structure and the ubiquity of its glycerol precursor, successful synthesis of 1,2,3-TMP was only recently reported in the literature, with studies suggesting it may be a “green” and n ...
... The upgrading of glycerol, a byproduct from biodiesel production, is important for developing more sustainable biomass conversion technologies. Nonetheless, the low vapor pressure and structural complexity of glycerol limit mechanistic studies of gas-phase reactions on model surfaces and powder catalysts. In this work, we demonstrate the feasibility of using 1,2-propanediol (PDO) as a surrogate co ...
... The first Si–H-containing azasilaheterocycle, 1,3-dimethyl-3-silapiperidine 1, was synthesized, and its molecular structure and conformational properties were studied by gas-phase electron diffraction (GED), low temperature NMR, IR and Raman spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations. The compound exists as a mixture of two conformers possessing the chair conformation with the equatorial NMe g ...
calcium hydroxide; formaldehyde; gases; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; sugars
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... We report the spontaneous gas-phase formation of 1,3-dioxolane-4-ol, a mixed hemiacetal resulting from the addition of glycolaldehyde to formaldehyde. It was spectroscopically characterized by matching matrix IR spectra with coupled cluster computations. The formation of the hemiacetal must be surface-catalyzed owing to the very high computed reaction barrier of 39.8 kcal mol–¹. The reaction barri ...
chemical reactions; chemical structure; gases; organic compounds; temperature; thermodynamics
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... A DFT study of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of methyl acrylate to 1H-pyrazinium-3-olate and N1- and C-methyl substituted pyrazinium-3-olates, in the gas phase and in THF, has been carried out at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level. Two stereoisomeric pathways, endo and exo, and two regioisomeric channels, 2-oxo-3,8-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-6-ester and 7-ester products, have been considered. Thermodynamic a ...
... Strontium phosphate hydroxyapatites (Sr-HAP) with various Sr/P molar ratios were synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed a close correlation between the near-surface and bulk Sr/P molar ratios of catalyst samples. Sr-HAP catalysts show high 1-butanol selectivity in the gas-phase conversion of ethanol. Sr-HAP catalysts with higher Sr/P molar ratios showe ...
... Treatment of desoxyanisoin with 9,10-dihydro-9-oxaphosphaphenathrene-10-oxide (DOPO) in the presence of an acid catalyst generates an adduct, 1-dopyl-1,2-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethene which may be readily converted to the corresponding diphenolic compound, 1-dopyl-1,2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethene (BDE). This material behaves as an effective curing agent for the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) to prov ...
... 1-MCP inhibits the activity of ethylene by blocking ethylene perception. For climacteric fruits like avocado, 1-MCP application is expected to delay the climacteric process, so as to extend shelf-life. In this study, 1-MCP application was made in two forms, gases with concentrations of 0, 0.2 and 0.4 µL L-1, and a solution with a concentration of 0, 0.3, and 0.6 µL L-1. The results showed that 1-M ...
carbon; chemical reactions; chemical structure; gases; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; organic compounds; quantum mechanics; silicon; stable isotopes; sulfur; temperature
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... 1-Methylthio-1-phenyl-1-silacyclohexane 1, the first silacyclohexane with the sulfur atom at silicon, was synthesized and its molecular structure and conformational preferences studied by gas-phase electron diffraction (GED) and low temperature 13C and 29Si NMR spectroscopy (LT NMR). Quantum-chemical calculations were carried out both for the isolated species and solvate complexes in gas and in po ...
... The aerosol size distribution was measured at a rural continental U.S. location (Bondville, Illinois 40.05∘N and 88.37∘W) for the period July 2013–June 2014. The dehumidified size distribution in the range 3 nm to 2.5 μm was continuously recorded by two scanning mobility particle sizers and an aerodynamic particle sizer. The Illinois measurement site is significant because it is home to one of the ...
... Today’s cryosurgical devices can be characterized by the type of cryogen employed. The most common, and current industry standard, utilizes a gas undergoing Joule-Thomson (JT) cooling. These gaseous cryogen devices can use small diameter probes that generate freezing temperatures near instantaneous, but due to the sub-optimal heat extraction of gases, often require large numbers of probes and/or e ...
absorption; amines; carbon dioxide; chemical reactions; equations; ethanolamine; gases; hydrogen sulfide; prediction; process design; screening; solvents; thermodynamic models
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... We present results concerning the application of soft statistical associating fluid theory (soft-SAFT), a molecular-based equation, for modeling the absorption of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide in several aqueous amines, including monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, and N-methyldiethanolamine, at conditions of relevance for acid gas separation. The chemisorption of CO₂ and H₂S in aqueous amines ...
... Most micro–mesoporous adsorbents used in practical adsorptive fluid (gas and liquid) separation processes are energetically heterogeneous. The adsorbent heterogeneity plays a significant role in establishing the shapes of the equilibrium adsorption isotherms (pure component or mixture), the corresponding heats of adsorption, and the adsorbate mass-transfer rates, which in turn determine the overal ...
... In this review, the potential of fluidized-bed technology for heterogeneously catalyzed gas–solid reactions is discussed. This reaction class can be divided into three reaction categories: gas-to-solid (G2S), solid-to-gas (S2G), and solid-to-gas-to-gas (S2G2G). The established examples of G2S reactions are the gas-phase polymerizations of ethylene and propylene. However, other concepts, such as po ...
adsorbents; atmospheric pressure; carbon dioxide; differential pressure; gases; heat; mass transfer; pellets; porous media; process design; temperature; zeolites
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... A new volumetric frequency response (VFR) system was developed for studying the mass transfer characteristics of gases in microporous adsorbents. For this VFR system, the differential pressure response from a small perturbation in volume was measured in a closed system after equilibrium was established for a gas adsorbate–adsorbent pair at constant temperature and pressure. It operates over a wide ...
adsorption; carbon dioxide; catalytic activity; gases; industrial applications; ion exchange; micropores; nitrogen oxides; porous media; process design; solvents; toxicity; water pollution; zeolites
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... Zeolites, as a class of porous materials with ordered networks of micropores, have been widely used for decades in industrial applications such as catalysis, ion exchange, and adsorption and separation. In general, their syntheses are not sustainable, because hydrothermal synthesis requires the presence of costly and toxic organic templates and a large amount of a solvent such as water; the remova ...
... Lowering the temperature of a biological sample reduces the pace of biochemical metabolism and ultimately stops it altogether. This process, in combination with rewarming the sample with minimal tissue damage, is the essence of cryopreservation. A key obstacle to successful cryopreservation is that, as the biological material is cooled, liquid water within the sample may reorganize into a more sta ...
... Photolysis of CO₂ at 185 nm using a Hg lamp in the presence of H₂ or H₂O leads to the formation of CH₄ (after an induction period) and a lesser amount of CO. Using H₂ gas as reducing agent, up to 40% conversion was achieved with almost complete selectivity to methane and energy consumption of 1.55 Gcal/mol. When CO₂ irradiation is carried out in the gas phase in the presence of H₂O, both reagents ...
... Recently, ultrathin MoS₂ sheets in the semiconducting 2H phase have been fabricated into high-performance gas sensors. Here, we investigated the gas-sensing behavior of MoS₂ in the metallic 1T′ phase via first-principles calculations. We found that monolayered and few-layered 1T′-MoS₂ exhibit high selectivity and sensitivity toward NO molecules. Moreover, the adsorption of NO and NO₂ molecules on ...
absorption; aqueous solutions; bicarbonates; bioreactors; carbon dioxide; gases; hydrodynamics; hydrolysis; mass transfer; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
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... This paper deals with the study of carbon dioxide capture using 2-(methylamino)ethanol (MAE) aqueous solutions. The reaction was studied in a bubble column reactor (BCR), and the most important aspects of the process, such as the hydrodynamic behavior (bubble size distribution, gas holdup, and interfacial area) and absorption phenomena (load of carbon dioxide and mass-transfer coefficient on the l ...
carbon dioxide; chemical elements; gases; isopropyl alcohol; methane; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; physical chemistry
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... The enclathration of 2-propanol (2-PrOH) as a co-guest of structure II (sII) hydrates in the presence of CH₄ and CO₂ was experimentally verified with a focus on macroscopic phase behaviors and microscopic analytical methods such as powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and NMR spectroscopy. 2-PrOH functioned as a hydrate promoter in the CH₄ + 2-PrOH systems, whereas it functioned as an apparent hydrate ...
acidity; chemical reactions; gases; mass spectrometry; moieties; organic chemistry; organic compounds; tautomers
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... The fundamental properties of the parent and substituted 2-pyridones (2-pyridone, 3-chloro-2-pyridone, and 3-formyl-2-pyridone) have been examined in the gas phase using computational and experimental mass spectrometry methods. Newly measured acidities and proton affinities are reported and used to ascertain tautomer preference. These particular substrates (as well as additional 3-substituted pyri ...
... Radon (Rn) is a naturally occurring radioactive noble gas, which is ubiquitous in soil gas. Especially, its long-lived isotope ²²²Rn (half-life: 3.82 d) gained widespread acceptance as a tracer for gas transport in soils, while the short-lived ²²⁰Rn (half-life: 55.6 s) found less interest in environmental studies. However, in some cases, the application of ²²²Rn as a tracer in soil gas is complex ...
... Soil gas fluxes depend on soil gas concentrations and physical properties of a soil. Taking soil samples for physical analysis into the laboratory strongly modifies soil gas concentrations and also cuts roots that sustain the activity in the rhizosphere. Since microbial processes interact with gas concentrations in soil, we need to study gas transport and production in situ.We developed a method t ...
activation energy; adsorption; artificial membranes; carbon dioxide; energy; gases; methane; nitrogen; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; porosity; silica; temperature
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... High temperature inorganic membranes may play an important role in the development of economical processes for pre-combustion and/or post-combustion CO₂ capture. The CO₂/N₂ selectivity of mesoporous silica membranes is enhanced by surface modification using APTS (3-aminopropyl-triethoxy silane). Unmodified silica membranes exhibit Knudsen diffusion behavior for most gases but also have some contri ...
air quality; ammonia; ammonium nitrate; atmospheric chemistry; dry deposition; gases; hydrogen sulfide; models; nitrogen; nitrogen content; ozone; particulates; relative humidity; sulfates; sulfur dioxide; temperature; uncertainty; Eastern United States
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... Accurately simulating the transport and fate of reduced nitrogen (NHx = ammonia (NH3) + ammonium (NH4+))- and sulfur-containing compounds emitted from agricultural activities represents a major challenge in agricultural air quality modeling. In this study, the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system is further developed and improved by implementing 22 ammonia (NH3)/hydrogen sulfide ...
computer hardware; cryosurgery; disease course; gases; geometry; image analysis; medical treatment; models; monitoring; planning; system optimization; temperature
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... Cryosurgery practices have evolved over the years in close relationship with concurrent technology developments. Well recognized milestones along the path of development are the beginning of commercial production of liquefied gases at the beginning of the 20th century; leading to the widespread of cryosurgery as a medical treatment, the development of the cryostat by Cooper and Lee in the early 19 ...
basins; case studies; computer software; gases; mathematical models; prisms
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... As is known, a full three-dimensional (3D) unstructured grid permits a great degree of flexibility when performing accurate numerical reservoir simulations. However, when the Integral Finite Difference Method (IFDM) is used for spatial discretization, constraints (arising from the required orthogonality between the segment connecting the blocks nodes and the interface area between blocks) pose dif ...
autumn; climate; gases; heat transfer; models; nutrient availability; salinity; spring; statistical analysis; Fernando de Noronha
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... The dynamic of the thermohaline structure of the upper ocean, which depends on ocean–atmosphere interactions, drives most near surface oceanic processes, including the control of gases and heat fluxes, and nutrient availability in the photic layer. The thermohaline structure of the southwestern tropical Atlantic (SWTA), a key region for diagnosing variation of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning C ...
... Three-dimensional (3D) graphene aerogel-supported SnO₂ (SGA) nanoparticles (NPs) are presented by a one-pot solvothermal treatment of graphene oxide in the presence of SnCl₄ followed by freeze drying. The size of SnO₂ nanoparticles on the graphene aerogel is as small as 5–10 nm with uniform distribution. The 3D SnO₂–graphene aerogel exhibits interconnected macroporous networks which will be benefi ...
... The properties of Sheet Moulding Compounds (SMCs) are altered by their porosity induced during the manufacturing or moulding of these prepregs. To characterise the pore scale mechanisms occurring during SMC flow, 3D synchrotron X-ray images were acquired during the compression of two uncured SMCs. For the high fibre content SMC (50wt%), with a high porosity, pores mainly decreased in size and disa ...
... The standard (pᵒ=0.1MPa) molar energies of combustion, ΔcUmo, for the crystalline 5-isopropylbarbituric and 2-thiobarbituric acids were determined, at the temperature of 298.15K, by static bomb or rotating bomb combustion calorimetry, respectively. For 5-isopropylbarbituric acid, the standard molar enthalpy of sublimation, ΔcrgHmo, at T=298.15K, was derived by Calvet microcalorimetry. The standard ...
... The effects of covalent, intermolecular cross-linking resulting from the introduction into cellulose of thio (SH) groups which are subsequently oxidized to form disulfide (S—S) linkages between the cellulose chains are discussed. When the reactions described herein are carried out on cotton fabrics, there is enhanced wet and/or dry wrinkle recovery, depending upon the mode of thio group oxidation. ...
... Since the mid-1960s, Cryotherapy was a technique in search of an indication for gastrointestinal diseases. In those early days, Cryotherapy although hampered by technical challenges was advocated for treating duodenal ulcers, gastric erosions, and hemorrhagic gastritis. By this time, Cryotherapy was showing great promise in other clinical areas such as dermatologic and prostatic conditions. Despit ...
... Technetium-99 (⁹⁹Tc) incorporation within stable spinel phases is a novel method for ⁹⁹Tc removal and immobilization from waste streams. In this study, transformation of Ni-doped Fe(OH)₂(s) to spinel minerals, e.g. trevorite (NiFe₂O₄), is explored as a method for removing ⁹⁹Tc from Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) primary off-gas waste stream simulant. The Fe(OH)₂(s) transfor ...
... Pyrolysis of a 1-D polymeric cobalt(ii) coordination complex ([Co(BDC)(Mim)₂]ₙ, H₂BDC = benzenedicarboxylic acid; Mim = N-methylimidazole) results in the formation of carbon embedded fcc cobalt nanoparticle composites, Co@C. The as-prepared Co@C shows an agglomerated secondary structure with a highly embedded carbon shell comprising of cobalt nanoparticles of 20–100 nm. These Co@C particles show e ...
fuel cells; gases; mass flow; mathematical models; prediction; temperature profiles
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... During the development process of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) for Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) applications heat-up experiments are performed with hot gases. The inlet temperatures and the mass flow rates of the hot gases are adjusted experimentally to avoid high local thermal gradients and prevent high stresses in the stack components. In order to reduce the experimental effort needed to achieve ...
... The fluid - particle interaction inside a 41.7 mg s-1 fluidised bed reactor is modelled. Three char particles of sizes 500 μm, 250 μm, and 100 μm are injected into the fluidised bed and the momentum transport from the fluidising gas and fluidised sand is modelled. Due to the fluidising conditions and reactor design the char particles will either be entrained from the reactor or remain inside the b ...
acids; adsorption; carbon dioxide; chemical bases; chemical communication; chemical reactions; gases; nitrogen; pH; polymers; proteins
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... We report on a polymer brush that can be switched between extended (hydrated) and collapsed (dehydrated) chain conformational states just by passing CO₂ and an inert gas like N₂ in solution alternately. This conformational change allows for reversible adsorption and release of a protein. In contrast to adding acids and bases for pH change, using gases as the trigger makes it possible to repeat the ...
capacitance; detection limit; dewpoint; dialysis; drying; ethanol; flow injection analysis; gas chromatography; gases; phosphoric acid; relative humidity; solvents; temperature
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... The determination of water in various matrices is one of the most important analytical measurements. We report on a high-resolution capacitance-based moisture sensor utilizing a thin film of a perfluorosulfonate ionomer (PFSI)–H₃PO₄ composite in a flow-through configuration, for both gas and liquid samples. Incorporation of H₃PO₄ into a PFSI sensing film improved the limit of detection (LOD) (sign ...
... A simple closed system was set up for the measurement of CO₂, N₂O, and NH₃ emission from soil samples kept under well-oxygenated atmosphere. The system is an adaptation of a method suggested by Cornfield (1961a). Carbon dioxide is precipitated from the atmosphere as BaCO₃, while O₂ is generated from a BaO₂ solution in equivalent amounts. With the aid of the proposed method, the simultaneous and qu ...
... Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools are increasingly gaining importance to obtain detailed insight into biomass gasification. A major shortcoming of the current CFD tools to study biomass gasification is the lack of computationally affordable chemical kinetic models, which allows detailed predictions of the yield and composition of various gas and tar species in complex reactor configurations ...
... Bench scale kinetic experiments were conducted to examine the use of cell immobilization in calcium alginate to remove ammonia in anaerobic sludge digester supernatant. Two systems, immobilized nitrifiers and co-immobilized nitrifiers and denitrifiers, were studied with and without the addition of methanol. Results indicated that partial nitrification (to nitrite) was achieved in both systems. The ...
World Health Organization; air pollution; burden of disease; carbon monoxide; cities; diurnal variation; gases; mortality; nitric oxide; nitrogen dioxide; ozone; particulates; pollutants; suburban areas; summer; urban areas; winter; China; India
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... Air pollution represents a significant fraction of the total mortality estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO) global burden of disease project (GBD). The present paper discusses the characteristics of trace gases (O₃, NO, NO₂, and CO) and particulate matter (PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅) in two Asian megacities, Delhi (India) and Beijing (China). A continuous measurement of trace gases and particulat ...
... A semi—closed compensating system is described for measuring CO₂ exchange and transpiration simultaneously under controlled environmental conditions. The compensating feature permits conditions in the assimilation chamber to be kept uniform and within narrow limits. Temperature, relative humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, wind speed, and light intensity may be varied within the system. Since ...
ammonium; bromides; gases; molecular conformation; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
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... High-yield syntheses of the bromide (1a) and picrate salts (1b) of the 5-azonia-spiro[4]nonane cation [(CH₂)₄N(CH₂)₄]⁺ are reported. In the single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses of the two salts the spirocyclic quaternary ammonium cations have their five-membered rings in envelop and twist conformations modified by packing forces. The conformation found experimentally for 1a has C2-symmetry as ...
J. C. McIntosh; M. J. Hendry; C. Ballentine; R. S. Haszeldine; B. Mayer; G. Etiope; M. Elsner; T. H. Darrah; A. Prinzhofer; S. Osborn; L. Stalker; O. Kuloyo; Z.-T. Lu; A. Martini; B. Sherwood Lollar
... High-volume, hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) is widely applied for natural gas and oil production from shales, coals, or tight sandstone formations in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and is being widely considered by other countries with similar unconventional energy resources. Secure retention of fluids (natural gas, saline formation waters, oil, HVHF fluids) during and after well stimulati ...
aquifers; case studies; drilling; gases; groundwater; human health; isotopes; natural gas; oil fields; radium; risk; sediments; shale; soil; streams; subsurface flow; surface water; toxicity; wastewater; water shortages; United States
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... The rapid rise of shale gas development through horizontal drilling and high volume hydraulic fracturing has expanded the extraction of hydrocarbon resources in the U.S. The rise of shale gas development has triggered an intense public debate regarding the potential environmental and human health effects from hydraulic fracturing. This paper provides a critical review of the potential risks that s ...
butanol; cupric oxide; detection limit; gases; hot water treatment; nanosheets; zinc oxide
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... Herein, a novel CuO–ZnO nanostructured p–n junction composite is prepared via the hydrothermal method. It is composed of a ZnO two dimensional (2-D) porous nanosheet assembly and leaf-like 2-D CuO nanoplates. Then, its gas sensing performance toward n-butanol is studied. The 2-D/2-D CuO–ZnO composite sensor shows 2.7 times higher sensitivity than that of pure ZnO at 220 °C. Moreover, its response ...
... Using DEM simulations, the paper examines the different types of behaviour as the gas velocity is increased to cover the complete range from fixed bed to homogeneous expansion, bubbling, turbulent and fast fluidisation. The paper highlights the transitions between the various regimes. At minimum fluidisation velocity, Umf, the structure of the bed is isostatic. When the gas velocity U is increased ...
... In the present paper, the flow characteristics of dry and wet particles in circulating fluidized bed riser are simulated by using the Euler–Lagrange approach, in which the solid phase is modeled by the discrete element method (DEM) and the gas phase is solved by the Navier–Stokes equations. The forces acting on particles include contact force, friction force, van der Waals force, liquid bridge for ...
Lewis acids; Syzygium nervosum; antioxidant activity; buds; chemical bonding; electrons; ethanol; free radicals; gases; hardness; hydroxyl radicals; models; monoterpenoids; potential energy
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... The antioxidant capacity of twenty-one oxygenated monoterpene and oxygenated desquiterpene compounds in the extract from Cleistocalyx operculatus has been computationally evaluated. Calculated by (RO)B3LYP/6-311++G(2df,2p)//B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) model chemistries, the thermochemical parameters, namely BDE, IE, PDE, PA and ETE in the gas phase, water and ethanol were determined. In addition, quantum de ...
adsorption; chemical bonding; chemical reactions; density functional theory; energy; gases; magnesium oxide; nanoparticles; nanosilver; oxygen; scanning tunneling microscopy; silver; tungsten oxide
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... The structures and electronic properties of (WO₃)₃ nanoclusters adsorption on defective MgO ultrathin films on Ag(001) have been investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations including dispersion interactions. Our results show that, after deposition, the oxygen vacancy on the defective MgO/Ag(001) films is healed by one terminal oxygen atom of the (WO₃)₃ clusters through fo ...
density functional theory; gases; journals; materials science; mechanical stress
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... Gas sensors have attracted much attentions due to their applications for alarming dangerous gases. It is important for a gas sensor to find out suitable sensing materials realizing its performance. Two-dimensional materials with high surface-to-volume ratios are ideal candidates acting as gas-sensing materials. Here, we report NO₂ and SO₂ gas-sensing properties of InX (X = Cl, Br, and I) monolayer ...
Lewis acids; catalysts; ethylene; gases; lithium; prediction; temperature; xylene; zeolites
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... We present a detailed mechanism for the conversion of DMF (2,5-dimethylfuran) and ethylene to p-xylene, obtained by gas-phase DFT electronic structure calculations. The conversion consists of Diels–Alder cycloaddition and subsequent dehydration of the cycloadduct, an oxa-norbornene derivative. We present the energetics of both the uncatalyzed and acid-catalyzed (Brønsted and Lewis) reactions. Even ...
benzaldehyde; chemical reactions; chemical structure; gases; ketones; solvents; thermodynamics; tropinone
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... Experimental diastereoselectivities of the direct solvent-less (neat) aldol reactions of tropinone (8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one) and granatanone (pseudopelletierine, 9-methyl-9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-3-one) in the presence of catalytic amounts of water are most accurately reproduced by thermodynamic distributions of isomeric products calculated in the gas phase at the B3LYP/6-31g(d) le ...
... Density functional theory (DFT) was used to investigate the adsorption of lactic acid molecules on the surface of (4,4), (5,5), (6,6) and (7,7) single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). A hybrid DFT method with the inclusion of dispersion correction was employed and the results compared to those obtained from the non-corrected DFT method. The energies and optimum distances for two different configu ...
... A high-efficiency flame retardant composed of phosphaphenanthrene, benzothiazole and imidazole groups (PBI) was synthesized and served as flame retardant co-curing agent to reduce the fire hazard of epoxy resin (EP). The chemical structure of PBI was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), high-resolution mass spectroscopy (HR-MS), 1H and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NM ...
absorption; equations; gases; laboratory experimentation; mass flow; mixing; oxygen; partial pressure; soil air; soil depth; soil water content
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... A soil gas sample obtained by mass flow of gases may not be representative of the point sampled because of mixing with gases from other soil depths or from the atmosphere. The authors have investigated a method which eliminates this error and which is based on the diffusion of gases between a point in the soil to a collection chamber via a tube tightly fitted in the soil. A physical analysis and l ...
... A novel dual-membrane airlift reactor with a ceramic outer-membrane as a reactant ammonia distributor and another ceramic inner-membrane as a catalyst separator was developed for the cyclohexanone ammoximation over titanium silicalite-1(TS-1) without the addition of extra solvent such as tert-butanol, resulting in no need of separation step for solvent. It was interesting to find that the introduc ...
... There is an important need to develop instrumentation that allows better understanding of atmospheric emission of toxic volatile compounds associated with soil management. For this purpose, chemical movement and distribution in the soil profile should be simultaneously monitored with its volatilization. A two-dimensional rectangular soil column was constructed and a dynamic sequential volatilizati ...
... Cleavage of the triple N≡N bond by metal clusters is of fundamental interest and practical importance in nitrogen fixation. Previous studies of N≡N bond cleavage by gas-phase metal clusters emphasized the importance of the dinuclear metal centers. Herein, the dissociative adsorption of N₂ and subsequent C–N coupling on trinuclear carbide cluster anions V₃C₄– under thermal collision conditions have ...
... A Fe-based catalyst exhibits extremely high selectivity (89.6%) besides excellent catalytic activity in gas-phase dimethyl oxalate hydrogenation. The ethanol formation occurs via hydrogenation of methyl acetate instead of ethylene glycol over the active species Fe₅C₂. ...
acetaldehyde; boiling; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; chemical inhibitors; ethane; ethanol; ethyl acetate; ethylene; formaldehyde; gases; heat transfer; hydrogen; liquids; methane; process design; processing chemistry; pyrolysis; temperature
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... This paper reports a study of ethanol pyrolysis (C₂H₅OH, EtOH) by film boiling at temperatures ranging from 600 to 1500 K. The reactor space is created in a self-assembled manner by first bringing EtOH to a boil on the surface of a horizontal tube submerged in a pool of EtOH and then increasing the power to the tube in steps to force transitioning the boiling regimes through nucleate boiling, the ...
... The infrared (IR) spectroscopy of the alkyl CH stretch region (2750–3000 cm–¹) of a series of bicyclic hydrocarbons and free radicals has been studied under supersonic expansion cooling in the gas phase, and compared with a theoretical model that describes the local mode stretch–bend Fermi resonance interactions. The double resonance method of fluorescence-dip infrared (FDIR) spectroscopy was used ...
... The simplest parent phosphinidene, :PH (1), has been observed only in the gas phase or low temperature matrices and has escaped rigorous characterization because of its high reactivity. Its liberation and transfer to an unsaturated organic molecule in solution has now been accomplished by taking advantage of the facile homolytic bond cleavage of the fragile SiP bond of the first zwitterionic phos ...
... Solvation effects on chemical reactivity are often rationalized using electrostatic considerations: the reduced stabilization of the transition state results in higher reaction barriers and lower reactivity in solution. We demonstrate that the effect of solvation on the relative energies of the frontier orbitals is equally important and may even reverse the trend expected from purely electrostatic ...
absorption; crystallization; crystals; gases; ice; infrared spectroscopy; water
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... Minimal Ice Water clusters comprising fewer than 100 molecules have long been studied in gas phase to model the more complex structures of ice and liquid water. At some stage, as clusters grow larger, they effectively become tiny crystals of ice, but it has been hard to pinpoint precisely where in the range between 100 and 1000 molecules the formal transition takes place. Pradzynski et al. (p. 152 ...
air flow; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; case studies; environmental factors; equipment; gases; geographic information systems; nitrogen oxides; pollutants; temperature; ventilation systems; working conditions
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... Gases such as CO, CO2 or NOx are constantly generated by the equipment in any underground mine and the ventilation layout can play an important role in keeping low concentrations in the working faces. Hence, a method able to control the workplace environment is crucial. This paper proposes a geographical information system (GIS) for such goal. The system created provides the necessary tools to man ...
gases; simulation models; saturated conditions; porosity; diffusivity; vadose zone
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... Gas diffusion in soil is governed by the gas diffusion coefficient (D ₚ) and its variation with air-filled porosity (ε). Accurate or an upper-limit (risk assessment standpoint) prediction of D ₚ(ε) is essential when carrying out gas transport and fate calculations. We developed a D ₚ(ε) model for relatively unstructured soil separating the individual resistance of soil air, solids, and moisture to ...
... The destiny of planetary systems through the late evolution of their host stars is very uncertain. We report a metal-rich gas disk around a moderately hot and young white dwarf. A dynamical model of the double-peaked emission lines constrains the outer disk radius to just 1.2 solar radii. The likely origin of the disk is a tidally disrupted asteroid, which has been destabilized from its initial or ...
... The Law of Corresponding States for classical gases is well established. Recent attempts at developing an analogous Law of Corresponding States for gas physisorption, however, have had limited success, in part due to the omission of relevant adsorption considerations such as the adsorbate volume and cooperative adsorbate–adsorbate interactions. In this work, we modify a prior Law of Corresponding ...
adsorption; algorithms; artificial intelligence; carbon dioxide; data collection; databases; gases; hydrogen; hydrogen sulfide; methane; nanopores; prediction; screening; thermodynamics; van der Waals forces
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... In the present study, we propose a new set of descriptors, appropriate for machine learning (ML) methods, aiming to predict accurately the gas adsorption capacities of nanoporous materials. The present work focuses on systems with nonnegligible electrostatic interactions between the materials’ framework and the guest gas. For that, the CO₂, H₂, and H₂S gases are examined. The present approach is a ...
... Here, we show that the approximately 10-million-year-old β Pictoris system hosts a massive giant planet, β Pictoris b, located 8 to 15 astronomical units from the star. This result confirms that gas giant planets form rapidly within disks and validates the use of disk structures as fingerprints of embedded planets. Among the few planets already imaged, β Pictoris b is the closest to its parent sta ...
Monte Carlo method; carbon monoxide; encapsulation; gases; nitrogen; physical chemistry; temperature
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... In this paper we report the use of Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations to characterize the competitive trapping of CO and N₂ molecules into clathrates, for various gas compositions in the temperature range from 50 to 150 K. The simulations evidence a preferential trapping of CO with respect to N₂. This leads to the formation of clathrates that are preferentially filled with CO at equili ...
acrolein; chemical reactions; gases; hydrogels; potassium; potassium chloride; remediation; toxicity
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... A G₄·K⁺ hydrogel made from 5′-hydrazinoguanosine and KCl reacts with α,β-unsaturated carbonyls of different electrophilicities (acrolein, methyl vinyl ketone and methyl acrylate) in water and the gas phase to form cyclic adducts. This aza-Michael addition/cyclization domino reaction by the 5′-hydrazino G₄·K⁺ hydrogel has promise for environmental remediation of toxic α,β-unsaturated carbonyls from ...
... Lately, the progressive study of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for the detection of ammonia and amines has made infusive achievements. Nevertheless, the investigation of proton-conductive MOFs used to detect the low concentrations of ammonia and amine gases at different relative humidities (RHs) at room temperature is relatively restricted. Herein, by solvothermal reaction of Cd(NO₃)₂ with 2-met ...
... With rigid π-conjugated skeletons and permanent micropores, conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) have attracted increasing interest. Nevertheless, most current studies for CMPs are largely focused on the adsorption of gases and organic molecules. Herein, a molecular simulation study is reported to investigate a CMP membrane (p-CMP) for solvent permeation and biofuel (represented by ethanol/water ...
gases; hydrodynamics; mass spectrometry; protein structure; proteins
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... The extent to which protein structures are preserved on transfer from solution to gas phase is a central question for native mass spectrometry. Here we compare the collision cross sections (Ω) of a wide range of different proteins and protein complexes (15–500 kDa) with their corresponding Stokes radii (RS). Using these methods, we find that Ω and RS are well correlated, implying overall preservat ...
animal use alternatives; cell culture; pressure; gases; toxicity; pharmacology
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... A chamber system has been constructed for the study of hydrostatic and gas pressure effects on cells in culture. The chamber is fitted with a phase contrast light microscope allowing direct observation and video recording of the cells at pressure. Cell differentiation over a period of hours to days may thus be recorded and taped from as many as 24 cell samples in the same experiment, using a time- ...
... Several laboratory denitrification studies have shown an incomplete ¹⁵N balance at their conclusion. This incomplete ¹⁵N balance could be attributed to trapped gaseous products of denitrification within the soil. Incubation trials were designed to determine whether a complete ¹⁵N balance could be achieved if these trapped gases were released and included in the ¹⁵N balance. At the end of a prelimi ...
... We present a generalization of the Lagrangian-Eulerian hybrid model for the numerical assessment of poly-disperse gas-solid flows (Schneiderbauer et al., Pow. Tech., 2016) to olefin polymerization fluidized beds. The main idea of such a modeling strategy is to use a combination of a Lagrangian discrete phase model (DPM) and a coarse-grained two-fluid model (TFM) to take advantage of the benefits o ...
energy use and consumption; environmental impact; gases; industry; linear models; traffic
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... Reduction of the environmental impact of cars represents one of the biggest transport industry challenges. Beyond more efficient engines, a promising approach is to use eco-driving technologies that help drivers achieve lower fuel consumption and emission levels. In this study, a real-time microscopic fuel consumption model was developed. It was designed to be integrated into simulation platforms ...
chemical reactions; chemical structure; chlorine; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; gases; lithium; lithium chloride; nitrogen; organic chemistry; organic compounds; protons
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... In cold THF and in the presence of LiCl, a lithium pyrrolidinylamide forms a 1:1 mixed aggregate, which is observed directly by ESI-MS. Gas-phase protonation of this species leads to selective transfer of H⁺ to the chlorine, suggesting that LiCl shields the amide nitrogen and prevents its direct protonation. ...
boilers; byproducts; carbon dioxide; case studies; electricity costs; energy; energy conservation; gases; industry; iron; linear programming; models; operating costs; planning; statistical analysis; steel
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... In integrated steel works, byproduct gases are generated in the iron and steel making process, which accounts for approximately 30% of the total energy involved. The efficient utilisation of these gases is significant for energy saving and CO2 reduction in the iron and steel industry. In this paper, a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model was proposed to optimise the byproduct gas manageme ...
... A change of the forestry management approach where semi-natural forests are re-created after logging instead of tree plantations will contribute to a sustainable forestry. Such a change will increase resilience to damages on trees, thus contributing to a more reliable supply of wood, improve reindeer husbandry, and reduce climate-driving gases. Furthermore, re-creation of semi-natural forests will ...
... Mechanisms for interpreting anomalous decreases in radon in ground water prior to earthquakes are examined with the help of a case study to show that radon potentially is a sensitive tracer of strain changes in the crust preceding an earthquake. The 2003 Chengkung earthquake of magnitude (M) 6.8 on December 10, 2003, was the strongest earthquake near the Chengkung area in eastern Taiwan since 1951 ...
... The oxidative and non-oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over a monolayer V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalyst was examined using in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and pseudo in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). It was found that the freshly calcined catalyst contains vanadium in the V⁵⁺ state; however, its treatment in the propane flow leads to the reduction of V⁵⁺ to V³⁺. Simultaneously ...
... To measure the contribution of soil-entrapped gases to denitrification in submerged soils, a soil-filled cylindrical bag (7 cm in height by 5-cm diam) made from stiff polyester cloth net was positioned in the center of potted Crowley silt loam soil. Denitrification of ¹⁵N-labeled KNO₃ (14.85 atom % excess, applied at 100 kg N ha⁻¹) was complete in 16 d after fertilization; 71% of the KNO₃ was deni ...
amino acid sequences; antibodies; biopharmaceuticals; data collection; dissociation; electric potential difference; gases; ions; post-translational modification; protein unfolding; proteins; spectrometers
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... Collision-induced unfolding (CIU) of protein ions and their noncovalent complexes offers relatively rapid access to a rich portfolio of biophysical information, without the need to tag or purify proteins prior to analysis. Such assays have been characterized extensively for a range of therapeutic proteins, proving exquisitely sensitive to alterations in protein sequence, structure, and post-transl ...
... Gas diffusion coefficients are of importance for the calculation of gas fluxes in soils. Since many aspects of soil gas fluxes are affected by scale variability of soil properties, diffusion coefficients should be measured in situ and preferably for a large volume. In the present study, we modified the method of McIntyre and Philip. Gas diffusion through a laterally confined soil volume from a gas ...
... Molecular dynamics simulations were performed to study the behavior of CO₂ in varying amounts of a common deep eutectic solvent (DES), choline chloride and ethylene glycol (termed ethaline), confined in slit-like pores of width H = 5.2 nm with graphite or rutile walls at T = 318 K. In the absence of DES, CO₂ adsorbs to the pore walls, but increasing amounts of ethaline inside the pores quickly dis ...
algorithms; batch systems; case studies; engineering; gases
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... The time delay involved between sampling and obtaining measurements of certain quality variables is a common scenario in various process applications. Further, this delay is not fixed and can vary for various reasons. Moreover, certain measurements may be sampled at irregular time intervals. The state estimation algorithms available in the literature have been developed for the scenario where the ...