The phonon spectrum of high energy heat pulses generated in thin metal films

The phonon spectrum of high energy heat pulses (10⁴W/cm²) generated by current pulses in thin evaporated metal films was studied in ruby by time resolved optical spectroscopy. The experiments show that the population temperature of the phonon states rises with rising phonon energies in accordance with theoretical predictions of Perrin and Budd [1, 2]. The thermalization of the phonon spectrum needs a time of approximately 900 µs in ruby flushed with cold helium gas.This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, SFB65     

Kinetics and mechanism of the reaction of a quasi-aromatic copper(II) complex, [Cu(PnAO)-6H]0, with formaldehyde

The kinetics of the reaction of CH₂O with a quasi-aromatic metal complex (1,1,2,8,9,9-hexamethyl-4,6-dioxa-5-hydro-3,7,10,14-tetraazacyclotetradecane-2,7,10,12-tetraene)copper(II), [Cu(PnAO)-6H]⁰ (AH), have been studied spectrophotometrically under neutral conditions in 1/3(v/v) MeOH–H₂O. The Cu, 2N, 3C quasi-aromatic heterocyclic ring in AH is highly reactive towards CH₂O at the central-aromatic-carbon atom, C(12) and the following reaction mechanism is proposed. The compounds AH, A—CH₂OH and A—CH₂—A were isolated and identified by i.r spectroscopy and by elemental analysis. The kinetic data supported the proposed reaction sequence. All reactions were second order overall. The rate constants and corresponding activation parameters for every step were obtained and are discussed.     

Studies on the rate of isotopic oxygen exchange between [Re(py)4O2]+ and solvent water

The rate of oxygen exchange between trans-[Re(py)₄O₂]⁺ and solvent water in pypyH⁺ buffer solution follows simple first-order kinetics and both oxygens are equivalent. The half-life for isotopic oxygen exchange is about 12 h at a pH of 5.0, 25°C, and [py] = 0.10 M. The observed rate constant for exchange increases with acidity, in the pH range 4 to 6, decreases with [py], and is nearly independent of ionic strength. A small but significant increase of k_obs occurs with increasing complex concentration. The rate of exchange follows the rate equation k_obs/2 = k₀ + k₁/[py] with k₀ = 1.4 × 10^?5(2) s^?1 and k₁ = 4.7 × 10^?7(1) M, s^?1 at 25°C. The activation parameters for the reaction at pH = 7.15 (predominately the k₀ term) are: ΔH* = +137.(1) kJ/M and ΔS* = +126.(1) J/MK. The pH effect and complex concentration effect are discussed in mechanistic terms. These results are compared to those found for [Re(en)₂O₂]⁺ and [Re(CN)₄O₂]^3?.     

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Kinetic studies on the dimerization of molybdenum(V) in acid media and the crystal structure of K[MoOCl4(OH2)] · H2O

Summary [MoOCl₅]^2– aquates rapidly in solutions ofca. 5 M or less in HCl or MeSO₃H to give an intermediate which changes to the well known ion, Mo₂O _4aq ²⁺ at a lower rate. Solutions of molybdenum(V) in 12M MeSO₃H, when diluted, also change at a similar rate to Mo₂O ₄ ²⁺ . The rate of reaction, d[Mo₂O ₄ ²⁺ ]/ dt=k[Mo^V] has a value of k=30.(1)s^–1 at 0°C in 5.00 MMeSO₃H. At constant ionic strength, k is nearly independent of acidity (5.2–0.5 M) and is only slightly affected by exchanging MeSO ₃ ^– with Cl^– orp-toluenesulfonate ion. At low ionic strength k increases dramatically. In 4.78 MMeSO₃H, the activation parameters are: H=72.68(29) kJ/mole, S=16.63(8) jmole · K and k=5.01(5)×10²s^–1 at 0°C.¹⁸O measurements on the oxygen transfer between MoO _aq ³⁺ and Mo₂O _4aq. ²⁺ were partially inconclusive. A mechanistic interpretation is given to the kinetic results. The x-ray crystal structure of KMoOCl₄(OH₂)·H₂O is reported.On leave from Daegu University, Daegu, Korea.