Carbazole derivatives can be used as antioxidants in the lubricating oil industry. The alkylation of carbazole with 2-chloro-2-methylpropane and 2-bromopropane catalyzed by anhydrous aluminum chloride was studied. Initially, 3,6-di-iso-propylcarbazole and 3,6-di-tert-butylcarbazole were using dichloromethane and dibromomethane as solvents at room temperature, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To select a microbial consortium from intertidal sludge and evaluate its ability to convert crude glycerol from biodisel to high value-added products such as 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO) and lactic acid (LA).
Results: A microbial consortium named CJD-S was selected from intertidal sludge and exhibited excellent performance for the conversion of crude glycerol to 1,3-PDO and LA. The composition of CJD-S was determined to be 85.
The influences of amphiphiles, including humic acid (HA) and various types of surfactants, on dechlorination of carbon tetrachloride (CTC) and chloroform (CF) by the nano-scale Fe particles were investigated. Since the amphiphiles would modify the surface tension between the liquid-liquid and solid-liquid interface, in the presence of amphiphile matrix solution the Fe corrosion rate and the parent compound dechlorination rate would be different from those in the ultrapure water. Among the four amphiphile solutions, Fe corrosion rate was the highest in the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solution, presumably due to the existence of chemisorption between the hydrophilic head of SDS and Fe particles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfluences of anionic co-solutes on dechlorination of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (124TCB) by the nanoscale Pd/Fe particles were investigated in batch experiments in the presence of an anionic solute such as nitrate, nitrite, perchlorate, phosphate, carbonate, silica, sulfate, sulfite, or sulfide. Based on the extent of inhibitory effects on the 124TCB dechlorination, the anions can be ranked in the order of: control≈sulfate≈silica
The influences of amphiphiles on the catalytic dechlorination of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (124TCB) bythe nanoscale Pd/Fe particles were comprehensively examined. The fresh and reacted Pd/ Fe particles were characterized with XRD, TEM, SEM, FTIR spectrometry, and goniometry. Adsorption of amphiphiles on the Pd/Fe particles, iron dissolution, and H2 evolution in the Pd/Fe-water system were quantified to expound the influences of the various amphiphiles on the dechlorination process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMonochlorobenzene (MCB), dichlorobenzenes (DCBs), and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (124TCB) dechlorination experiments in water were carried out with freshly synthesized Pd/Fe particles. The pre- and postreacted Pd/Fe samples were characterized by applying various analytical techniques (XRD, SEM, TEM, and XPS). Chlorinated benzenes could be completely reduced by the Pd/Fe to benzene and the reaction followed the pseudo-first-order kinetics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, carbon tetrabromide (CTB), bromoform (BF) and dibromomethane (DBM) were the target compounds investigated for their reduction kinetics and pathways with nano-scale Fe and Ni/Fe particles synthesized in laboratory. The BET surface areas of these nano-scale particles were around two orders of magnitude higher than that of the commercial micro-scale Fe particles. Batch reduction experiments were carried out with a metal loading of 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, nanoscale Pd-Fe particles, with diameters less than 100 nm, were synthesized and dispersed over the chitosan and silica supports. Three different Pd-Fe particles were synthesized, namely 0.1% Pd-Fe, 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA series of oxygen-deficient perovskite-supported palladium catalysts were prepared by the "solid phase crystallization" (spc) method and investigated with XRD, TPR, TPD, TEM, XPS, BET analysis and CO oxidation. It was found that Pd/perovskite catalysts synthesized by the spc method were more active for CO oxidation than the calcined LaCo0.95 Pd0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF1% Pd/Ce0.5Zr0.5O2(CZ) catalysts were prepared by deposition-precipitation (DP), mixing (MIX) and conventional impregnation (IMP) methods, and the effects of the preparation methods on the three-way catalytic behaviors were investigated.
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