Photooxidation of Trimethyl Phosphite in Nitrogen, Oxygen, and para-Hydrogen Matrixes at Low Temperatures

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (10) ◽  
pp. 2121-2131 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Ramanathan ◽  
K. Sundararajan ◽  
R. Gopi ◽  
K. Sankaran

In a paper called "The Chemical constant of Hydrogen Vapour and the failure of Nernst's Heat Theorem," R. H. Fowler has investigated the vapour pressure of hydrogen crystals at low temperature; taking account of the existence of two sorts of hydrogen molecules, namely, ortho-hydrogen with even rotational quantum numbers and para-hydrogen with odd rotational quantum numbers, which retain their individuality over long periods at very low temperatures. By the use of the classical statistics, he was able to show that at very low temperatures hydrogen, as obtained by cooling hydrogen gas from ordinary temperatures, ought to have very nearly the experimentally observed chemical constant. Since the theory of the specific heat of hydrogen yielded correct values at low temperatures, it followed that at ordinary temperatures also his theory would yield a correct value for the chemical constant. Finally from the form of the partition function for hydrogen gas, Fowler attempted to obtain inferences concerning the validity of Nernst's heat theorem. By the use of the classical statistics fairly accurate results were obtained. But we shall find that when we make use of the Einstein-Bose statistics-the correct statistics for an assembly of hydrogen moleclues-a result will be obtained for the vapour pressure of hydrogen crystals at low temperatures which will furnish a value for the chemical constant of hydrogen in even closer agreement with experiment than Fowler's result.


2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (30n31) ◽  
pp. 5035-5046 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS LINDENAU ◽  
MANFRED L. RISTIG ◽  
KLAUS A. GERNOTH ◽  
JAVIER DAWIDOWSKI ◽  
FRANCISCO J. BERMEJO

Macroscopic systems of hydrogen molecules exhibit a rich thermodynamic phase behavior. Due to the simplicity of the molecular constituents a detailed exploration of the thermal properties of these boson systems at low temperatures is of fundamental interest. Here, we report theoretical and experimental results on various spatial correlation functions and corresponding distributions in momentum space of liquid para-hydrogen close to the triple point. They characterize the structure of the correlated liquid and provide information on quantum effects present in this Bose fluid. Numerical calculations employ Correlated Density-Matrix (CDM) theory and Path-Integral Monte-Carlo(PIMC)simulations. A comparison of these theoretical results demonstrates the accuracy of CDM theory. This algorithm therefore permits a fast and efficient quantitative analysis of the normal phase of liquid para-hydrogen. We compare and discuss the theoretical results with available experimental data.


2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (13n14) ◽  
pp. 2157-2168 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. GERNOTH ◽  
MANFRED L. RISTIG ◽  
THOMAS LINDENAU

We study homogeneous normal systems of bosons under the influence of interparticle forces with a strongly repulsive component at short relative particle-particle distances. The repulsion prevents short-ranged exchange between the bosonic constituents in the quantum fluid. Consequently, the bosons remain distinguishable at temperatures far below the classical high-temperature regime. At these low temperatures such fluids and liquids display nevertheless distinct quantum effects due to quantum-mechanical phase-phase correlations. Typical examples are liquid para-hydrogen and fluid 4 He under certain thermodynamic conditions. The study employs Correlated Density-Matrix theory and Path-Integral Monte-Carlo simulations.


2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (30n31) ◽  
pp. 5057-5060 ◽  
Author(s):  
KLAUS A. GERNOTH ◽  
MATTHEW J. HARRISON ◽  
MANFRED L. RISTIG

We present theoretical results for the radial distribution function g(r) and the static liquid structure function S(k) of liquid para-hydrogen at low temperatures. The results have been obtained via quantum Monte Carlo Path Integral simulations, classical Monte Carlo calculations, and correlated density matrix theory.


1988 ◽  
Vol 72 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Edwards ◽  
D. Zhou ◽  
Y. Lin ◽  
N. S. Sullivan

In a paper called “The Chemical Constant of Hydrogen Vapour, and the Entropy of Crystalline Hydrogen,” the writer has investigated the vapour pressure of crystalline hydrogen at very low temperatures. He used the Einstein-Bose statistics for the hydrogen gas, and obtained results slightly different from those of Fowler, who had used the classical statistics for the vapour phase. The result found by the writer for the chemical constant i ' was in slightly better agreement with experiment than Fowler’s result, being larger than Fowler’s by log 10 1·04 = 0·02 at the temperatures of Eucken’s experiments. Also, the writer found that when hydrogen gas was condensed to the solid phase at these very low temperatures, the ratio of the number of ortho-hydrogen molecules to the number of para-hydrogen molecules in the crystalline phase, provided that most of the molecules were in the gaseous phase, was not 3 : 1 but instead about 3 ⅙ : 1. However, there was a mistake in the writer’s calculations. He carelessly omitted, from equations (5) and (5') of his paper on hydrogen, the factors involving the work of evaporation χ at the absolute zero, per molecule.


Author(s):  
E. Knapek ◽  
H. Formanek ◽  
G. Lefranc ◽  
I. Dietrich

A few years ago results on cryoprotection of L-valine were reported, where the values of the critical fluence De i.e, the electron exposure which decreases the intensity of the diffraction reflections by a factor e, amounted to the order of 2000 + 1000 e/nm2. In the meantime a discrepancy arose, since several groups published De values between 100 e/nm2 and 1200 e/nm2 /1 - 4/. This disagreement and particularly the wide spread of the results induced us to investigate more thoroughly the behaviour of organic crystals at very low temperatures during electron irradiation.For this purpose large L-valine crystals with homogenuous thickness were deposited on holey carbon films, thin carbon films or Au-coated holey carbon films. These specimens were cooled down to nearly liquid helium temperature in an electron microscope with a superconducting lens system and irradiated with 200 keU-electrons. The progress of radiation damage under different preparation conditions has been observed with series of electron diffraction patterns and direct images of extinction contours.


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