The relations among prosocial behavior, hedonic, and eudaimonic well-being in everyday life.

Introduction: Existing research highlights the significance of prosocial behavior (voluntary, intentional behavior that results in benefits for another) to people's well-being. Yet, the extent to which this expected positive relation operates at the within-person level (e.g.

Breakthrough instruments and products Hiden Analytical, pQA: A new portable mass spectrometer system for environmental applications.

The Hiden pQA portable gas analyzer is a versatile mass spectrometer suitable for broad application ranges where analysis of dissolved species in liquid samples is required. The system's gas analysis breakthrough features are its ability to handle small sample volumes and in environmental applications where detection of low concentration levels is required. In this article, the system's instrumental characteristics and a few high-impact applications are described.

SpaciMS: spatial and temporal operando resolution of reactions within catalytic monoliths.

Monolithic catalysts are widely used as structured catalysts, especially in the abatement of pollutants. Probing what happens inside these monoliths during operation is, therefore, vital for modelling and prediction of the catalyst behavior. SpaciMS is a spatially resolved capillary-inlet mass spectroscopy system allowing for the generation of spatially resolved maps of the reactions within monoliths.

Improved description of the surface acidity of eta-alumina.

The surface acidity of an activated eta-alumina catalyst has been investigated by examining the interaction of pyridine with the catalyst by a combination of gravimetric and volumetric adsorption isotherms, infrared spectroscopy (diffuse reflectance and transmission), inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy, temperature-programmed desorption spectroscopy, and gravimetric desorption experiments. From previous work, this surface was considered to contain three types of Lewis acid sites of increasing acidity: weak, medium, and strong. However, this multitechnique approach reveals the presence of an additional type of Lewis acid site.

The application of diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy and temperature-programmed desorption to investigate the interaction of methanol on eta-alumina.

The adsorption of methanol and its subsequent transformation to form dimethyl ether (DME) on a commercial grade eta-alumina catalyst has been investigated using a combination of mass selective temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) and diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy (DRIFTS). The infrared spectrum of a saturated overlayer of methanol on eta-alumina shows the surface to be comprised of associatively adsorbed methanol and chemisorbed methoxy species. TPD shows methanol and DME to desorb with respective maxima at 380 and 480 K, with desorption detectable for both molecules up to ca.

An infrared and inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopic investigation on the interaction of eta-alumina and methanol.

The industrially important interaction of methanol with an eta-alumina catalyst has been investigated by a combination of infrared spectroscopy (diffuse reflectance and transmission) and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectroscopy. The infrared and INS spectra together show that chemisorbed methoxy is the only surface species present. Confirmation of the assignments was provided by a periodic DFT calculation of methoxy on eta-alumina (110).