Determination of heavy metals and volatile aromatic compounds in used engine oils and sludges

Assessment of contaminant releases during utilization of used oils is essential for the determination of environmental acceptability. These paper reports the results of the study examining a toxic metal leachability from used engine oil and sludge samples employing leaching test (TCLP). The leaching test indicated that lead in oil samples exceeded 5-ppm concentration level what qualified them as a toxic waste. The samples of contaminated sludge were found to contain high concentration of total lead, barium and chromium, but the leaching test showed concentration below regulatory limit. The total content of benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, and xylenes (BETX), and naphthalene in used oil and sludge samples was also determined and was found not to be a significant factor to contamination.     

N-甲酰吗啉芳烃抽提塔试验研究

用小型碳钢筛板萃取塔进行了宽馏分重整脱庚烷油的N 甲酰吗啉抽提试验 ,考察了抽提温度、溶剂比、溶剂含水率对总芳烃收率及选择性的影响。结果表明 ,在抽提温度为 60℃、溶剂含水为 3 % (m )和溶剂比S/F =4(V)的抽提操作条件下 ,溶剂选择性较高 ,并可获得高的芳烃回收率     

水中CuO/Al2O3催化水合肼还原芳香族硝基化合物

以NaOH溶液快速沉淀CuCl2和AlCl3的混合溶液制备了催化剂CuO/Al2O3。在水中用CuO/Al2O3催化水合肼还原芳香族硝基化合物高收率得到芳胺。以邻硝基甲苯为底物,考察了水合肼用量、催化剂CuO/Al2O3用量和反应时间对邻甲基苯胺收率的影响。在水中较优的反应条件为:n(水合肼)∶n(邻硝基甲苯)=2∶1;催化剂CuO/Al2O3(n(CuO)∶n(Al2O3)=1∶2)的用量为0.015g/mmol邻硝基甲苯;反应时间为50分钟;反应温度为80℃。在此条件下邻甲基苯胺的收率达到98%。     

Effects of substituted aromatic heterocyclic phosphate salts on properties,crystallization, and melting behaviors of isotactic polypropylene

Nucleation effects of 2,2′‐methylene‐bis (4,6‐di‐tert‐butylphenyl) phosphate metal salts as a nucleating agent for isotactic polypropylene (iPP) were investigated with differential scanning calorimeter and polarized optical microscope, and their effects on mechanical, optical, and heat resistance properties of iPP were also studied. The results showed that monovalent metal salts of substituted aromatic heterocyclic phosphate such as sodium salt, lithium salt, and potassium salt had a good performance. With 0.2 wt % of sodium salt, lithium salt, or potassium salt incorporated into iPP, the crystallization peak temperature of iPP could be increased by 13.5, 13.6, and 15.0°C, respectively; the mass fraction of crystallinity of iPP could be increased by about 5%; and crystallization rate was enhanced increasingly. Meanwhile the tensile strength and flexural modulus of iPP could be increased by about 10 and 30%, respectively, and the clarity and heat distortion temperature of iPP could also be improved significantly. But bivalent and trivalent metal salts of substituted aromatic heterocyclic phosphate had little effect on properties of iPP. Meanwhile the morphology study showed that the addition of monovalent sodium salt could decrease the spherulite size of iPP significantly. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 100: 4868–4874, 2006     

Evaluation of the quantitative reliability of the 13C CP/MAS technique for the analysis of coals and related materials

The percentages of aromatic carbon in three representative solid coal samples and one pitch sample have been determined by three different n.m.r. techniques. The first two involve the use of cross-polarization/magic-angle spinning (CP/MAS) and in one case, the magnetization curves were fitted to a theoretical expression and the fit parameters used to calculate the percentage of aromatic carbon. In the second case, the percentage of aromatic carbons was obtained from a choice of contact time in the cross-polarization pulse sequence which gave maximum signal intensity. The third technique used MAS together with a simple 90° carbon pulse sequence with a 5 × T₁, (for the carbon-13 nuclei) recycle time and was assumed to give the absolute quantitative values. It was found that the results obtained using cross-polarization techniques could be substantially different from those obtained using 90° pulses and that caution must be exercised in the application of these techniques to the quantitative analysis of solid carbonaceous fuels.     

辣根过氧化物酶在有机合成中的应用

综述了辣根过氧化物酶在有机合成中作为催化剂使用,其催化机理为过氧化循环过程;以及辣根过氧化物酶催化合成苯胺、苯胺衍生物、酚类的研究进展,其特点为催化效率高。用酶的催化聚合作用来处理酚类、芳香胺类化合物的污染,显示了广阔的应用前景。     

Homogeneous Catalysis for the Production of Fine Chemicals. Palladium- and Nickel-Catalysed Aromatic Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation

In this article we describe our recent efforts in the area of palladium- and nickel-catalysed aromatic substitution reactions. Main focus is on low cost and low waste production methods. The use of aromatic carboxylic anhydrides in the Heck reaction leads to a waste-free protocol. In addition these reactions are easy to work up as no ligands or bases are used. For Heck reactions where substrates or products do not tolerate high temperatures we found that use of a bulky phosphoramidite (13b) as ligand for palladium leads to a very fast reaction at low temperatures. Recycle of palladium in ligand-free Heck and Suzuki reactions is easily accomplished by treating the palladium black that precipitates at the end of the reaction on a carrier material with a small excess of I₂ prior to its re-use in the next run. Use of aryl chlorides in the palladium- and nickel-catalysed formation of biaryls can be accomplished by using the nickel-catalysed coupling with arylzinc chlorides. Better still, it was possible to make use of the arylgrignard and use a catalytic amount of ZnCl₂. Whereas the strength of these aromatic substitution reactions lies in their broad tolerance of functional groups, one exception was the Sonogashira reaction on 3-bromoaniline. The problem was solved by making use of in situ catalytic protection of the NH₂ group with benzaldehyde.     

水中痕量芳烃化合物的富集及测定

研究采用ＧＤＸ－３０１多孔微球为吸附剂，环己烷为脱附剂，富集水中痕量芳烃的条件。富集后的洗脱液直接注入２．０％ＤＮＰ－２．５％的有机皂士／１０１白色担体柱中，用ＦＩＤ检测器，恒温下进行气相色谱分离。采用单点校正法进行定量。大大提高了方法的灵敏度，已成功地应用于水中痕量芳烃化合物的测定。本法简便、快速，适用于微量、痕量杂质的富集测定。     

芳香族硝基化合物催化氢化催化剂Cu-Re_mO_n/SiO_2的放大试验研究

为提高芳香族硝基化合物氢化催化剂的性能,在单铜催化剂中引入稀土元素。以15 g微球硅胶(S iO2)为载体,在Rem(NO3)n溶液中浸渍,控制温度70℃,浸渍后经二次蒸馏水洗涤,并先后经120℃干燥、830℃焙烧等工序制得RemOn/S iO2。将该载体在Cu(NO3)2溶液中再次浸渍,步骤条件同前,但焙烧温度为400℃。分别制得Cu-CeO2/S iO2、Cu-Sm2O3/S iO2、Cu-Ho2O3/S iO2、Cu-Yb2O3/S iO24组催化剂。用微分反应器在硝基苯催化加氢反应中进行评价,筛选出负荷最高的Cu-CeO2/S iO2催化剂。按小试S iO2量100倍进行放大试验,所得到的1.4 kg Cu-CeO2/S iO2催化剂,在硝基苯催化加氢反应中,一次寿命(未再生)的负荷超过目前工业生产中广泛使用的Cu/S iO2催化剂121.28%。     

Molecular dynamics model structures for the molten globule state of {alpha}-lactalbumin: aromatic residue clusters I and II

To model the molten globule structure of -lactalbumin, moleculardynamics (MD) simulations were carried out for the protein inexplicit water at high temperature. In these simulations, long-rangeCoulomb interactions were evaluated explicitly with an originalmethod (particle–particle and particle–cell: PPPC)to avoid artifacts caused by the cut-off. The MD simulationswere started from two initial conditions to verify that similarresults would be obtained. From the last 150 ps trajectoriesof the two MD simulations, two partially unfolded average structureswere obtained. These structures had the following common structuralfeatures which are characteristic of the molten globule state.The radii of gyration for these conformations were 7.4 and 9.6%larger than that of the native state. These values were almostthe same as the experimental value (9.6%) observed recentlyby small-angle X-ray scattering (Kataoka,M., Kuwajima,K., Tokunaga,F.and Goto,Y., 1997, Protein Sci., 6, 422–430). Furthermore,aromatic residues of clusters I and II in these structures werefar apart from each other except for Try103–Trp104. Thisresult is in good agreement with NMR experimental results forthe acid-denatured molten globule state (Alexandrescu et al.,1992, 1993); that is, NOE signals between the aromatic residueswere not observed, except for that of Try103–Trp104 inthe molten globule state. Other structural features of thesemodels for the molten globule state are discussed with referenceto native state structures.