Reaction of Cellulose with Aqueous Solutions of Orthophosphoric Acid

Experimental data were obtained that suggest that total amorphization of hydrated cellulose is attained in 79-80% aqueous solutions of H₃PO₄. The reaction of cellulose with aqueous solutions of H₃PO₄ is accompanied by selective sorption of molecules of the acid. Aqueous, especially concentrated, solutions of H₃PO₄ are characterized by low wetting power with respect to natural and hydrated cellulose.     

Removal of Cu2+ Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Starch-Graft-Acrylic Acid Hydrogels

Gelatinized starch was prepared by constantly stirring a mixture of starch and water at 95°C for 1 hour. Starch-graft-acrylic acid (S-g-AA) hydrogels were prepared by grafting acrylic acid (AA) [monomer/starch (w/w) 0.5–1.5] onto gelatinized starch with ceric ammonium nitrate as initiator under nitrogen atmosphere. The surface morphology of samples was studied using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The hydrogels were evaluated for the removal of Cu²⁺ ion from aqueous solutions at different pH. The concentration of Cu²⁺ ion in aqueous solution was kept constant at 4 mmol/L. The metal ion removal capacities changed depending on treatment time, initial pH of the solution, and monomer/starch (w/w) ratio of the S-g-AA hydrogels. Cu²⁺ ion removal capacities were determined by atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS).     

Reaction Kinetics in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions

During the past two decades there has been considerable interest in reactions which can be carried out at interfaces. One aspect of this work has involved the catalysis or inhibition of solution reactions by submicroscopic entities such as polyelectrolytes, cyclodextrins, or micelles. (Work in these areas is discussed in Ref. 1, which provides a comprehensive summary of micellar catalysis and inhibition up to 1974.) These reactions often occur at the interface between the solvent, which is usually water or an aqueous organic mixture, and the submicroscopic particle or aggregate. There has been the hope that these interfacial systems would mimic enzymic catalysts, and at the least give some evidence on the factors which govern this catalysis, and many of the reactions studied, e.g., de-acylation and dephosphorylatum, are of biological interest [2-6].     

Nanocrystalline Cr2O3 and amorphous CrO3 produced by solution combustion synthesis

The synthesis of chromium oxides by solution combustion synthesis was investigated. Ammonium dichromate, glycine, urea and ammonium nitrate dissolved in aqueous solution were used as the precursors of the oxides. The effect of different reaction parameters, such as fuel richness, stoichiometry and fuel leanness was evaluated; such parameters were modified by changing the reagents and the fuel/oxidant ratio. Amorphous CrO₃ and crystalline Cr₂O₃ were synthesized. The results suggest that glycine is a better complexing/combustible agent for ammonium dichromate than urea. Addition of extra ammonium nitrate to stoichiometric compositions improved the specific surface area and reduced the crystallite size. The smallest crystallite size (≈20 nm) of Cr₂O₃ was obtained with glycine as fuel/complexant agent in fuel-lean mixtures. The highest specific surface area (63 m²/g) was observed with urea in fuel-rich mixtures, forming amorphous CrO₃.     

Homogeneous Nucleation of 2, 4-Dichlorophenol in Acid Aqueous Solutions

The interfacial tension of 2, 4-dichlorophenol/acidic solution, 23 ergs/cm², was calculated from Nielsen's equations which combine homogeneous nucleation theory and diffusion controlled growth. The parameters measured were induction periods in the millisecond range and the technique employed was photographing the appearance of turbidity on a film moving at 50cm/sec velocity. The calculated value was compared with direct measurements of 2, 4-dichlorophenol's surface tension in air and in solution.     

Reaction kinetics of silicon etching in HF-K2Cr2O7-H2O solution

The reaction kinetics of silicon etching in HF-K₂Cr₂O₇-H₂O solution was studied experimentally. The etch rates were measured with varying HF and K₂Cr₂O₇ concentrations, agitation speed reaction temperature and time. The etch rates of n- and p-Si (100) were both similar. The etchec surfaces consisted mainly of silicon and showed a relatively smooth and planar morphology. At suffi ciently high HF concentration, the etch rate was increased with increasing K₂Cr₂O₇ concentratior due to the increase of hole formation on the silicon surface. However, at low HF concentration the etch rate maintains low value and increases very slowly because of insufficient hole concentratior for etching reaction. The apparent activation energy was about 7.8 kcal/g-mole, and the rate equatior for the silicon etching reaction in HF-K₂Cr₂O₇-H₂O solution was obtained as-r_Si = 600 exp(-3900/T) $$ - r_{Si} = 600{\text{ exp( - 3900/T) C}}_{{\text{K}}_{\text{2}} {\text{Cr}}_{\text{2}} {\text{O}}_{\text{7}} } ^{05} {\text{ C}}_{{\text{HF}}} ^3 $$ C_hk ³ at HF concentrations greater than 8 M.     

Decarbonylation Kinetics of Formic Acid in Aqueous Sulphuric Acid Solutions

Decarbonylation of formic acid in 46.6–80.2% (6.5–14.1 m) sulphuric acid was studied by driving CO out of the reaction medium by an air current followed by its photometrical determination with Ag-Na-sulphamoyl-benzoate. The logarithm of the reaction rate constant increases straight with the acidity of the medium in the 6.5–12.6 M H₂SO₄ range. The data obtained argue in favour of a possible implication of a sulphuric acid molecule respectively hydrogensulphate ion in a rate controlling step.     

Na2CrO4-NaOH-H2O体系中Na2CrO4 蒸发结晶工艺研究

以90 ℃的Na2CrO4-NaOH-H2O体系相图为依据,采用蒸发盐析结晶的方法从体系中分离铬酸钠晶体,研究了搅拌强度、蒸发速度、结晶温度、晶种添加等因素对工艺过程的影响规律,得到最优工艺操作条件：搅拌强度为能使晶体离底悬浮所需的最小转速;每1 050 g原料的蒸发速率约为140 mL/h;结晶温度为90 ℃;并添加一定量的晶种。在以上操作条件下制备出的铬酸钠晶体粒度较大,尺寸均一。同时研究了不同氢氧化钠浓度下体系压力与沸点间的关系,为铬酸钠结晶过程的温度控制提供了基础数据。     

Reaction Mechanisms in the Formation of PZT Solid Solutions

The solid-state reactions occurring in the system PbO-TiO₂-ZrO₂ were investigated using constant heating rates up to 1000°C. DTA, dilatometric length changes, and XRD analysis were used for characterization. PbO and TiO₂ reacted exothermally to form the product PbTiO₃ with a large volume expansion between 450° and 600°C. Formation of PbZrO₃ from PbO and ZrO₂ occurred endothermally with a large volume expansion between 700° and 800°C. The expansion was due to reaction topology, differential molar volumes of products and reactants, and the pellet microstructure. In the formation of PZT from ternary powder mixtures, PT formed between 450° and 600°C, followed by PZT formation at >700°C with no measurable amounts of PbZrO₃ formed as determined by XRD analysis. The analysis of the mechanisms indicates that the overall kinetics of homogeneous PZT solid-solution formation are determined by either the ionic transport within the perovskite lattice or the phase-boundary reactions leading to perovskite formation and not by the diffusion of Ti across PbO, which is relatively rapid.     

Electrophoretic Deposition of Aqueous Nano‐Cr2O3 Suspension

The coating of nano‐Cr₂O₃ was successfully fabricated via aqueous electrophoretic deposition (EPD). The deposition behavior aqueous nano‐Cr₂O₃ suspension was affected by the added amount of nitric acid. The morphology of electrophoretic Cr₂O₃ coating was significantly influenced by the deposition voltage. For a suitable EPD, stable aqueous nano‐Cr₂O₃ suspension could be obtained by the addition of 0.0025 M nitric acid, and the suitable deposition voltage was 5 V. For the purpose of increasing deposition rate which was limited by lower deposition voltage, it was suggested to employ higher suspension concentration of Cr₂O₃.     

L-抗坏血酸水溶液扩散系数的测定

为进一步补充药类物质水溶液扩散系数的实验数据和研究相关理论模型的实用性,今制备了金属膜池,用氯化钾溶液标定了膜池常数,并用已有可靠扩散系数值的蔗糖水溶液验证了装置的可靠性.测定了298.15K到328.15K不同温度下L-抗坏血酸在水溶液中可溶解范围内不同浓度下的扩散系数.结果表明在相同温度下,L-抗坏血酸水溶液的扩散系数随着浓度的增加而减小;在同一浓度下,随着温度的升高而增加.另一方面Gordon在扩散模型基础上,关联得到一个有温度项的扩散系数半经验模型,计算结果与实验值吻合很好. 同时用精密密度计和粘度计测定了体系相应的密度和粘度,并与浓度进行了关联.     

Ti/SnO2+Sb2O3/PbO2电极在硫酸溶液中Cr3+氧化的电化学性能

对用聚合前驱体溶液通过热分解法制备的Ti/SnO2+Sb2O3/PbO2电极在硫酸溶液中Cr3+电化学氧化的电化学性能进行了研究. 分别测定了以Ti/SnO2+Sb2O3/PbO2和PbO2为阳极，硫酸介质中Cr3+电化学氧化过程的极化曲线、抗腐蚀性以及不同操作电流密度、Cr3+浓度、反应温度、硫酸浓度下的电流效率. 实验结果表明，聚合前驱体溶液通过热分解法制备的Ti/SnO2+Sb2O3/PbO2电极与PbO2电极相比具有更高的电催化活性和抗腐蚀性.     

Anomalous Viscosity Behavior in Aqueous Solutions of Hyaluronic Acid

Summary Effects of steady shear flows on intermolecular interactions in dilute and semidilute aqueous solutions of hyaluronic acid (HA) are reported. Pronounced shear thinning behavior is observed for solutions of HA at high shear rates, and no hysteresis effects are detected upon the subsequent return to low shear rates. With the aid of the asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation (AFFFF) technique, it is shown that mechanical degradation of the polymer does not take place in these shear viscosity experiments, even at high shear rates. The low shear rate viscosity of a semidilute HA solution decreases by approximately 40% when the temperature is increased from 10 °C to 45 °C. It is shown that when a dilute HA solution is exposed to a low fixed shear rate (0.001 s^-1), a marked viscosification occurs in the course of time and prominent intermolecular complexes are formed. It is argued that shear-induced alignment and stretching of polymer chains promote the evolution of hydrogen-bonded structures, where cooperative zipping of stretched chains generates a network. At a higher constant shear rate (0.1 s^-1), the viscosity decreases as time goes because of the alignment of the polymer chains, but the higher shear flow perturbation prevents the chains in dilute solutions from building up association complexes. The viscosity of an entangled HA solution is not changed in the considered time window at this shear rate, but the network structures breakdown at the highest shear rate (1000 s^-1), and then they are restored upon return to a low shear rate.     

Ozonation of Substituted Phenols in Aqueous Solutions over CuO-Al2O3 Catalyst

The oxidation of aqueous solutions of substituted phenols, chlorophenols (CPs) and nitrophenols (NPs), at 21±0.5°C and atmospheric pressure, by ozone over a copper–alumina catalyst system was studied. The total disappearance of phenol compounds for 15 to 30 minute reaction times was observed. The presence of the catalyst increased the reaction rate, diminished the ozone consumption and caused an advanced degradation of phenols. A number of six by-products was identified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry technique (GC/MS), with or without silylation. Based on the experimental data several mechanistic suggestions for the catalytic ozonation are made.     

Recovery of Co2+ Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Froth Flotation

ABSTRACT

The recovery of Co(II) ions from aqueous solutions under acidic conditions (pH 5) was investigated in flotation columns with inside diameters of 4.0 and 8.0 cm. Three surfactants, dodecylamine, cetyl pyridinium chloride, and sodium dodecyl sulfate, were used as collectors. Sodium dodecyl sulfate was found to be the most efficient; all three, however, produced hydrated froths, leading to rather low recoveries and separation efficiencies. The volumetric gas flow rate was found to affect the process in relation to the amount of surfactant added and the column diameter. The scale-up of the column should be done in terms of the same superficial gas velocity in order to maintain similar levels of metal ion recovery.     

On the Interpretation of Reaction Rates in Concentrated Acid Solutions

The model of Bascombe and Bell for the indicator acidity of concentrated acid solutions is applied to the analysis of acid catalyzed reactions. A number of well studied reactions are shown to obey the relationship: where C_w is the molar concentration of water not bound to proton (or to hydroxyl OH^?). Values of C_w for use in the above correlation are calculated, assuming the existence of the proton in the form suggested by Eigen, H₃O(H₂ O)₃⁺. The volume fractions of nonbound water are also calculated, this quantity giving even better correlation in some cases. Values of n are obtained which agree, after subtraction of water molecules given up by the proton, with the number of water molecules which can be expected to participate in the formation of the transition state of these reactions.     

Na_2CrO_4-NaOH-H_2O体系中Na_2CrO_4真空蒸发结晶动力学研究

在液相氧化法铬盐清洁生产工艺中,中间产品铬酸钠的结晶相分离为重要的组成部分,采用真空蒸发结晶的方法可从Na2CrO4-NaOH-H2O体系中分离得到铬酸钠晶体。文中研究了Na2CrO4在NaOH溶液中晶体成核与生长动力学规律。采用间歇动态法中的矩量变换法建立了结晶过程的动力学模型,用最小二乘法对动力学实验数据进行多元线性回归,得到了动力学参数,并验证了动力学模型的可靠性。结果表明:在粒度大于50μm的范围内,铬酸钠晶体的生长符合粒度无关生长模型;晶浆的悬浮密度、搅拌强度和过饱和度对成核速率均有显著影响;溶液过饱和度对成核速率的影响大于对生长速率的影响。结晶动力学的研究为液相氧化法铬盐清洁生产工艺中铬酸钠和氢氧化钠的分离工艺优化提供了理论基础。     

三价铬钝化膜中六价铬成因及其影响因素

镀锌层三价铬钝化膜在空气中放置一段时间后会出现微量六价铬.本文探讨了钝化液温度、pH值、钝化时闻、钝化液浓度以及钝化液成分等工艺参数对钝化件放置期间形成六价铬的影响及钝化膜形成六价铬的原因.     

Catalytic Ozonation of Acid Red 88 from Aqueous Solutions

Degradation of Acid Red 88 (AR 88) azo dye in water was investigated in laboratory-scale experiments in presence of three metal oxide supported catalyst. Oxidation process was monitorized in terms of colour, chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total organic carbon (TOC) removals. Influence of catalysts type and aqueous solution pH were studied.