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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 ...