Complex Permittivity Studies of Polyaniline

1992 ◽  
Vol 269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard J. Buckley ◽  
Kenneth E. Dudeck

ABSTRACTA study of the complex dielectric properties at microwave and millimeterwave frequencies on several polyanilines was performed. The polymers investigated were based on emeraldine salts. The chemically synthesized emeraldine base was protonated with acids of various pH levels. Aqueous HCI (pH range 0.12 to 1.07) and Tosylic (pH range 0.22 to 1.13) were used. Complex permittivities of the emeraldine base and salts were determined at X-band and R-band using waveguide measurements. Characterization techniques were developed to reduce the measurement error. This included the electrical determination of the sample holder length and sample position. The real component of the dielectric constant was found to vary from 4 to 107 at Xband and from 3.8 to 926 at R-band. The dielectric loss spanned 3 orders of magnitude at X-band and 4 orders of magnitude at Rband. The frequency dependence was relatively level within each band with a slight decrease in each permittivity component with increasing frequency. The DC conductivity ranged from 10−4 S/cm to 10−1 S/cm for the emeraldine salts. The time dependence of the complex permittivity and DC conductivity was examined.

2011 ◽  
Vol 110-116 ◽  
pp. 4292-4296 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Naren Sreenivas ◽  
D. Karthik ◽  
V. Aravinth Kumar ◽  
V.D. Sidharth ◽  
T. Meenatchi Sundaram ◽  
...  

Disposal of fly ash obtained from thermal power plants is a major environmental concern. Fly ash contains large proportions of silica and ferrites. Investigation of its prospects as an electronic material provides scope for enhanced fly ash utilization. This involves measurement of relative permittivity and loss tangent. Experiments are carried out at X band frequencies in TE10 mode using standard klystron waveguide setup. Shorted Waveguide Method is used to determine the complex permittivity. The complex transcendental equation obtained is solved using Genetic Algorithm. Experimental results are compared with theoretical estimates based on Landau Lifshitz Looyenga (LLL) equation.


1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (12) ◽  
pp. 2791-2799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan A. Squella ◽  
Luis J. Nuñez-Vergara ◽  
Hernan Rodríguez ◽  
Amelia Márquez ◽  
Jose M. Rodríguez-Mellado ◽  
...  

Five N-p-phenyl substituted benzamidines were studied by DC and DP polarography in a wide pH range. Coulometric results show that the overall processes are four-electron reductions. Logarithmic analysis of the waves indicate that the process are irreversible. The influence of the pH on the polarographic parameters was also studied. A UV spectrophotometric study was performed in the pH range 2-13. In basic media some variations in the absorption bands were observed due to the dissociation of the amidine group. A determination of the pK values was made by deconvolution of the spectra. Correlations of both the electrochemical parameters and spectrophotometric pK values with the Hammett substituent constants were obtained.


2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 563-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moslem Mohammadi ◽  
Mehdi Khodadadian ◽  
Mohammad K. Rofouei

A plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) membrane electrode based on 4-[(5-mercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-ylimino)methyl]benzene-1,3-diol (L) for highly selective determination of palladium(II) (in PdCl42– form) is developed. The electrode showed a good Nernstian response (29.6 ± 0.4 mV per decade) over a wide concentration range (3.1 × 10–7 to 1.0 × 10–2 mol l–1). The limit of detection was 1.5 × 10–7 mol l–1. The electrode has a response time of about 20 s, and it can be used for at least 2 months without observing any considerable deviation from Nernstian response. The proposed electrode could be used in the pH range of 2.5–5.5. The practical utility of the electrode has been demonstrated by its use for the estimation of palladium content in aqueous samples.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Paz Nativ ◽  
Yonatan Gräber ◽  
Yaron Aviezer ◽  
Ori Lahav

A new analytic approach is presented for determining the total volatile fatty acids (VFAT) concentration in anaerobic digesters. The approach relies on external determination of the inorganic carbon concentration (CT) in the analyzed solution, along with two strong-acid titration points. The CT concentration can be determined by either a direct analysis (e.g., by using a TOC device) or by estimating it from the recorded partial pressure of CO2(g) in the biogas (often a routine analysis in anaerobic digesters). The titration is carried out to pH 5.25 and then to pH 4.25. The two titration results are plugged into an alkalinity-mass-based equation and then the two terms are subtracted from each other to yield an equation in which VFAT is the sole unknown (since CT is known and the effect of the total orthophosphate and ammonia concentrations is shown to be small at this pH range). The development of the algorithm and its verification on four anaerobic reactor liquors is presented, on both the raw water and on acetic acid-spiked samples. The results show the method to be both accurate (up to 2.5% of the expected value for VFAT/Alkalinity >0.2) and repetitive when the total orthophosphate and ammonia concentrations are known, and fairly accurate (±5% for VFAT >5 mM) when these are completely neglected. PHREEQC-assisted computation of CT from the knowledge of the partial pressure of CO2(g) in the biogas (and pH, EC and temperature in the liquor) resulted in a very good estimation of the CT value (±3%), indicating that this technique is adequate for the purpose of determining VFAT for alarming operators in case of process deterioration and imminent failure.


Author(s):  
Vincent Cnockaert ◽  
Inge Bellemans ◽  
Tijl Crivits ◽  
Henk Vrielinck ◽  
Bart Blanpain ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rüdiger Haas ◽  
Eskil Varenius ◽  
Saho Matsumoto ◽  
Matthias Schartner

AbstractWe present first results for the determination of UT1-UTC using the VLBI Global Observing System (VGOS). During December 2019 through February 2020, a series of 1 h long observing sessions were performed using the VGOS stations at Ishioka in Japan and the Onsala twin telescopes in Sweden. These VGOS-B sessions were observed simultaneously to standard legacy S/X-band Intensive sessions. The VGOS-B data were correlated, post-correlation processed, and analysed at the Onsala Space Observatory. The derived UT1-UTC results were compared to corresponding results from standard legacy S/X-band Intensive sessions (INT1/INT2), as well as to the final values of the International Earth Rotation and Reference Frame Service (IERS), provided in IERS Bulletin B. The VGOS-B series achieves 3–4 times lower formal uncertainties for the UT1-UTC results than standard legacy S/X-band INT series. The RMS agreement w.r.t. to IERS Bulletin B is slightly better for the VGOS-B results than for the simultaneously observed legacy S/X-band INT1 results, and the VGOS-B results have a small bias only with the smallest remaining standard deviation.


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