The effects of temperature and pressure on the lifetime of benzophenone emission

The variation in the lifetime of flash-excited gaseous benzophenone with pressure and temperature indicates that (1) self-quenching is a relatively inefficient process for the long-lived emission, k_sq = 9 × 10⁵ M^?1 s^?1 (estimated from solution data) at 25°C and 1.2 × 10⁷ M^?1 s^?1 at 170°C and (2) the lifetime decreases with increasing temperature as a result of photochemical and photophysical decay pathways which have significant activation energies. The importance of diffusion to the walls on lifetime measurements is discussed.     

Anil-Synthese. 19. Mitteilung. Über die Herstellung von Stilbenyl-Derivaten des Isoxazols

Preparation of Stilbenyl Derivatives of Isoxazoles Schiff's bases derived from 3- and 5-(p-formylphenyl)-phenylisoxazoles and o- or p-chloroaniline are reacted with various p-tolyl substituted aromatic heterocycles in the presence of dimethylformamide and potassium hydroxide or potassium t-but-oxide to yield the corresponding heterocyclic substituted stilbenes (‘Anil synthesis’). 5-[4-(Chlorphenylimino-methyl)phenyl]-phenylisoxazoles react less readily than the corresponding 3-isomers.     

Lanthanum-based perovskites obtained in molten nitrates or nitrites

Lanthanum-based perovskites, LaMO₃ (where M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni), have been synthesised from lanthanum precursors and corresponding 3d transition metal salts in molten alkali metal nitrates or nitrites. The reactivity of eight precursors in three molten salts of different basicity was analysed. Single phase orthorhombic LaMnO_3.11, and orthorhombic LaFeO₃ have been obtained in molten NaNO₂ at 723 K, for 2 h. LaCoO₃ is also formed in molten nitrite, but an increase of basicity, by adding Na₂O₂, was necessary to obtain LaNiO₃. The reaction systems were investigated by thermal analysis. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and specific surface area measurements (BET method) were used to characterise the synthesised nanopowders.     

A modification of the heteropoly blue method for the microgram determination of arsenic in biological materials

Summary A sensitive method has been developed for analysis of trace amounts of arsenic in biological materials using the heteropoly blue method. The method employs a closed apparatus and a nitrogen atmosphere, and allows the detection of arsenic in ppm concentration using samples of 100 mg.

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Zusammenfassung Eine empfindliche Methode zur Bestimmung von Arsenspuren in biologischem Material im Wege der Molybdänblaumethode wurde ausgearbeitet. Man arbeitet dabei in einer geschlossenen Apparatur in Stickstoffatmosphäre und kann so in 100-mg-Proben Arsenkonzentrationen in der Größenordnung von ppm bestimmen.

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Presented at the 6th Annual Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Burlington, Vermont, August 19, 1974.