STUDIES ON CHITAN (β-(1 → 4)-LINKED 2-ACETAMIDO-2-DEOXY-D-GLUCAN) FIBERS OF THE DIATOM THALASSIOSIRA FLUVIATILIS HUSTEDT: II. PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE, INFRARED, AND X-RAY STUDIES

1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (19) ◽  
pp. 2269-2281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Falk ◽  
D. G. Smith ◽  
J. McLachlan ◽  
A. G. McInnes

The extracellular fibers attached to the diatom Thalassiosirafluviatilis have been shown to be pure β-(1 → 4)-linked 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucan. This polysaccharide was given the systematic trivial name chitan to distinguish it from chitin, which is not a chemically distinct species and which has a radically different X-ray diffraction pattern and infrared spectrum. Proton magnetic resonance studies on the acid hydrolysis of chitan have established that the hydrolysis occurred in three distinct steps: (a) the degradation of the polysaccharide to smaller polymeric units, (b) the production of N-acetylglucosamine from the latter, and (c) the conversion of N-acetylglucosamine into glucosamine and acetic acid. X-ray and infrared studies have shown that chitan has a different macrostructure from that of arthropod chitin. Chitan is completely crystalline and can be converted irreversibly into a form indistinguishable from that of chitin by treatment with hot aqueous lithium thiocyanate. Boiling chitan in water converts it into a second crystalline modification, possibly a hydrate, which can be reconverted into the starting material by drying invacuo. The exceptionally sharp infrared spectrum of chitan allows a more unequivocal assignment of a number of bands common to chitan and chitin, and provides information about the nature of the bands at 1 626 and 1 656 cm−1 in the spectrum of chitin. The correlation of the bands in the region of 840 to 890 cm−1 with the configuration at the anomeric center of glycopyranose derivatives is discussed.

Tetrahedron ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 32 (22) ◽  
pp. 2811-2815 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Haar ◽  
S. Fermandjian ◽  
F. Robert ◽  
O. Lefebvre-Soubeyran ◽  
S. Savrda

1960 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsuo Nishioka ◽  
Yasuhiro Koike ◽  
Masakazu Owaki ◽  
Tsunezo Naraba ◽  
Yoshinori Kato

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
KEVIN TAYLOR ◽  
RICH ADDERLY ◽  
GAVIN BAXTER

Over time, performance of tubular backpulse pressure filters in kraft mills deteriorates, even with regular acid washing. Unscheduled filter replacement due to filter plugging results in significant costs and may result in mill downtime. We identified acid-insoluble filter-plugging materials by scanning electron microscope/energy-dispersion X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis in both polypropylene and Gore-Tex™ membrane filter socks. The major filter-plugging components were calcium sulfate (gypsum), calcium phosphate (hydroxylapatite), aluminosilicate clays, metal sulfides, and carbon. We carried out detailed sample analysis of both the standard acid-washing procedure and a modified procedure. Filter plugging by gypsum and metal sulfides appeared to occur because of the acid-washing procedure. Gypsum formation on the filter resulted from significant hydrolysis of sulfamic acid solution at temperatures greater than 130°F. Modification of the acid-washing procedure greatly reduced the amount of gypsum and addition of a surfactant to the acid reduced wash time and mobilized some of the carbon from the filter. With surfactant, acid washing was 95% complete after 40 min.


1984 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 936-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bohumil Hájek ◽  
Pavel Karen ◽  
Vlastimil Brožek

For the investigation of the products of reaction of yttrium oxide with carbon mixed in various proportions, the chemical and X-ray diffraction methods of analysis were combined with the gas chromatographic analysis of the mixture of hydrocarbons and hydrogen formed on the sample decomposition with water. The carboreduction of Y2O3 was examined at relatively low temperatures, convenient for obtaining the reaction intermediates in higher yields. At 1 600 °C and pressures of 10-3 Pa the reduction of a mixture of Y2O3 with carbon in a stoichiometric ratio of 1 : 7 yields YC2 in equilibrium with 20% of Y2OC phase. At lower carbon contents (down to the Y2O3 : C ratio of 1 : 2) tha fraction of the Y2OC phase increases up to approximately 30%. In addition to Y2O3, the reaction mixture contains also Y2C, Y2OC and a phase giving propyne on hydrolysis. The presence of traces of C3 hydrocarbons and small amounts of methane in the product of hydrolysis of the carbide sample prepared by the carbothermal reduction of the oxide can be explained in terms of the occurrence of the Y15C19 phase, probably substituted in part by oxygen, and of the Y2OC phase. The results are compared with those obtained previously for the Sc2O3 + C system.


Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 230
Author(s):  
Pengcheng Ma ◽  
Hongying Yang ◽  
Zuochun Luan ◽  
Qifei Sun ◽  
Auwalu Ali ◽  
...  

Bacteria–mineral contact and noncontact leaching models coexist in the bioleaching process. In the present paper, dialysis bags were used to study the bioleaching process by separating the bacteria from the mineral, and the reasons for chalcopyrite surface passivation were discussed. The results show that the copper leaching efficiency of the bacteria–mineral contact model was higher than that of the bacteria–mineral noncontact model. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) were used to discover that the leaching process led to the formation of a sulfur film to inhibit the diffusion of reactive ions. In addition, the deposited jarosite on chalcopyrite surface was crystallized by the hydrolysis of the excess Fe3+ ions. The depositions passivated the chalcopyrite leaching process. The crystallized jarosite in the bacteria EPS layer belonged to bacteria–mineral contact leaching system, while that in the sulfur films belonged to the bacteria–mineral noncontact system.


2000 ◽  
Vol 55 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 291-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Bastow

Some recent progress in solid state 47,49Ti NMR is described and reviewed. The metallic-state work described covers metals such as hep titanium, TiB2 , a number of intermetallics such as TiAl2 and TiAl3· The inorganic work covers the various titanium oxide based materials including the TiO2 polymorphs, anatase, rutile and brookite. The gel work covers the evolution of crystalline titania from gels formed by hydrolysis of titanium isopropoxide. Some complementary data from 17O and 13C NMR and powder X-ray diffraction is also included.


2011 ◽  
Vol 391-392 ◽  
pp. 1319-1323
Author(s):  
Cui Zheng ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
Hao Pang ◽  
Zhao Mei Wang ◽  
Na Li

It still remains challenging for effective hydrolysis of chitosan into chitosan oligomers. In this work, a pretreatment was conducted on chitosan by an ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C4mim]Cl), aiming at improving enzymatic depolymerization of chitosan. X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that the inter- and intra-molecular hydrogen bonds within chitosan molecules were broken by [C4mim]Cl and the crystalline was destroyed. The oligo-chitosan hydrolyzed from IL-pretreated chitosan, coded as COS-IL, showed a DP of 3~5, in contrast to DP 5~8 with oligo-chitosan obtained from untreated chitosan(coded as COS-UN). COS-IL was more effective than COS-UN in inhibiting intestinal spoilage bacterials growth and it has positive effect on the growth of intestinal probiotic bacterials.


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