High oxide ion conduction in sintered oxides of the system Bi2O3-Y2O3

The ionic conduction in sintered Bi₂O₂-Y₂O₃ was investigated by measuring the conductivity and the emf of an oxygen concentration cell using the specimen tablet as electrolyte. The face centred cubic phase in this system was found to show high oxide ion conduction accompanied by a little electronic conduction when exposed to air. This phase was stable with a composition of 25 ～ 43 mol % Y₂O₃ over a wide range of temperatures, and the oxide ion conductivity increased with decrease in Y₂O₃. The conductivities of (Bi₂O₃)_0.75 (Y₂O₃)_0.25 were 1.6×10^?1 Ω^?1 cm^?1 at 700°C and 1.2×10^?2 Ω^?1 cm^?1 at 500°C values which are many times higher than those of stabilized zirconia (ZrO₂)_0.90(Y₂O₃)_0.10 at corresponding temperatures. Specimens containing less than 25 mol % Y₂O₃ showed a phase transition at 700 ～ 580°C and the conductivities decreased remarkably below these temperatures. High oxide ion conduction in the fcc phase is attributed to the migration of oxide ion vacancies which were present in an appreciable amount.     

A new concept for determining triglyceride composition of fats and oils by liquid chromatography

The matrix concept was used to characterize the chromatographic rules in the elution of molecular species of triglyceride. To prove the hypothesis experimentally, cacao butter, palm oil, linseed oil, olive oil, rapeseed oil and triglyceride of “Ogonori” (Gracilaria verrucosa) were examined. A matrix model was suggested to help determine the individual molecular species of naturally occurring triglycerides.     

Effect of EFA deficiency on lipid transport from liver

Studies are reported of the effect of an essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency on synthesis of triglycerides (TG) and phospholipids (PL) and secretion of these compounds by livers of male Sprague-Dawley rats. Animals were fed a semipurified diet containing corn oil or hydrogenated coconut oil (HCO) as the sole source of fat or no fat from weaning to 20 weeks of age. Liver function of the animals in each group was compared by an isolated liver perfusion technique with perfusates containing erythrocytes and linoleate, and in vivo experiments via tail vein injection of palmitate-³H. Perfusion experiments showed that an EFA deficiency reduced the ability of the liver to secrete TG and PL. Accumulation of TG in the liver and its diminished secretion into the blood of EFA deficient animals were demonstrated by in vivo experiments with palmitate-³H. The rate of conversion of linoleate to arachidonate and synthesis of PL was greater in livers of EFA deficient rats than in the control, corn oil fed animals. The results suggest a relationship of EFA metabolism to lipid transport. One of five papers to be published from the Symposium “Lipid Transport” presented at the AOCS Meeting, New Orleans, April 1970.     

Enzymatic modification of canola/palm oil mixtures: Effects on the fluidity of the mixture

The bioreactor system to interesterify edible oils and fats at an ultra-micro aqueous phase of 100 ppm and less was investigated. The adsorption of lecithin, together with lipase onto a carrier, was effective for conducting the interesterifying reaction efficiently for oils and fats in micro aqueous phase. To improve the handling properties of palm oil at rather low temperature, palm oil was blended with canola or soybean oil, and then these blended oils were modified by enzymatic selective interesterification in a solvent-free, ultra-micro aqueous bioreactor system with an immobilized lipase that had 1,3-positional specificity. The effects of enzymatic interesterification were confirmed by triglyceride determination, by solid fat content profiles and by cloud point profiles, which were also compared to products of chemical interesterification. The improvement in the fluidity of blended oils with canola oil by the enzymatic reaction was bigger than with soybean oil, and chemical interesterification had no effects on the fluidity of blended oils.     

Oxide ion conduction in the sintered oxides of MoO3-doped Bi2O3

In order to examine the conduction behaviour in the sintered oxides of MoO₃-doped Bi₂O₃, the electrical conductivity in air and the EMF of oxygen gas concentration cell were measured with respect to the phase relation determined by X-ray diffraction.The tetragonal single phase oxide containing 22 mol% MoO₃ was found to be a high oxide ion conductor, the conductivity of which was comparable to those of stabilized zirconias. The partial electronic conduction in this phase was negligibly small at relatively high oxygen pressure. The oxide ion conduction was considered to be attributable to an appreciable amount of oxygen vacancies present in the crystal. In the monoclinic compound 3Bi₂O₃·2MoO₃, the oxide ion conduction was also observed. Although the conductivity of this phase was somewhat lower than that of the tetragonal phase, the activation energy for conduction (53·5 kJ mol^–1) was much lower than the values for usual oxide ion conductors.     

Shear-rate dependence of first normal stress difference of poly(isoprene-b-styrene) in solution near the order-disorder transition temperature

Viscoelastic properties of poly(isoprene-b-styrene) in dioctylphthalate under steady shear flow were measured near the order—disorder transition temperature. In ordered states, first normal stress difference N₁ is proportional to shear rate at low region, but becomes proportional to at the high region, similar to the N₁ behaviour of polymer blends undergoing shear-induced homogenization. Because the existence of microdomains was confirmed at the high region by the flow birefringence method, it is concluded that the above N₁ behaviour is not caused by shear-induced homogenization, but is probably caused by the shear-induced alignment of the microdomain structure.     

Selective detection of acetylene gas extracted from isolation oil by an electrochemical sensor using a gold electrode

The selective detection of acetylene in gases extracted from isolation oils has been studied to develop an electrochemical sensor for the diagnostic monitoring of the condition of in-service electrical instruments. Effects of coexisting gases (CH₄, C₂H₆, C₂H₄, H₂ and CO) on the oxidation current of C₂H₂ were tested using gas-permeable gold-coated and platinum-black electrodes as the sensor. The gold-coated electrode showed good behaviour for the selective current detection of acetylene under potentiostatic conditions (−0.1 V/Pt-black reference electrode) in 10m H₂SO₄ electrolyte solution.     

The polymerization and copolymerization of nitroalkyl acrylates and nitroalkyl methacrylates

Nitroalkyl acrylates and methacrylates involving some new compounds were prepared. The homopolymerization of these monomers in toluene and their copolymerization with styrene in acetone were carried out with azobisisobutyronitrile as initiator. The rate of polymerization of the nitroalkyl acrylates showed a correlation with the number of nitro groups situated on the ester side chain. The apparent activation energies of the polymerization were found to be 22.0–27.5 kcal./mole for the nitroalkyl acrylates and about 11.5–13.0 kcal./mole for the nitroalkyl methacrylates. From the reactivity ratios and Q-e values of the copolymerization the following information was obtained. The copolymerization behavior of nitroalkyl acrylates and methacrylates showed an alternating tendency, and these monomers belong to the conjugative monomer groups. On the reactivities of these monomers, the polarity of vinyl group was affected a little by nitro group of ester bond side, and the resonance affected little. These monomers were crosslinked with 2-methyl-2-nitro-1,3-propylene diacrylate. Some of the polymers showed marked improvement in the physical properties of elastomers.     

Influence of chromium on the local structure and morphology of ferric oxyhydroxides

The extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) method and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) have been used for characterizing the local structure and morphology of ferric oxyhydroxides, α-FeOOH and γ-FeOOH, with and without chromium. These ferric oxyhydroxide powders were prepared from aqueous solutions containing iron and chromium ions. Radial structural functions for iron obtained by Fe K edge EXAFS spectra showed that the linkage of structural units formed by FeO₆ octahedra in γ-FeOOH is distorted by chromium addition, while such distortion in α-FeOOH is not clearly detected. On the other hand, Cr K edge EXAFS spectra showed that the local structure around chromium does not necessarily correspond to the local structure around of iron, which is observed by Fe K edge EXAFS spectra. This suggests that the structural units containing iron and chromium are heterogeneously distributed in these ferric oxyhydroxides. The local structural information was discussed coupled with morphological features of these ferric oxyhydroxides observed by TEM.     

Linearized method: A new approach for kinetic analysis of central dopamine D(2) receptor specific binding

We proposed a new method (;linearized method') to analyze neuroleptic ligand-receptor specific binding in a human brain using positron emission tomography (PET). We derived the linear equation to solve four rate constants, k(3), k(4), k(5), k(6) from PET data. This method does not demand a radioactivity curve in plasma as an input function to the brain, and can perform fast calculations in order to determine rate constants. We also tested the nonlinearized method including nonlinear equations which is a conventional analysis using plasma radioactivity corrected for ligand metabolites as an input function. We applied these methods to evaluate dopamine D(2) receptor specific binding of [(11)C] YM-09151-2. The value of B(max)/K(d)=k(3)/k (4) obtained by the linearized method was 5.72+/-3.1 which was consistent with the value of 5.78+/-3.4 obtained by the nonlinearized method.