scholarly journals The mechanism of catalytic decomposition

In recent years a large amount of evidence has accumulated showing that the range of molecular attraction is very small; hence the specific catalytic action of each substance must decrease very fast as the distance of the reacting molecules from the surface increases. The catalytic action must therefore be confined to the surface layer of adsorbed molecules alone. When alcoholic substances react at copper surfaces below 280° C., only the — CH 2 OH group is changed. The only molecules which react, therefore, are those which have the — CH 2 OH group in contact with the copper. The behaviour of cetyl alcohol on water, and on glass and steel, shows that the hydroxyl group is the active agent in orientating the film structure.It is known also that alcohol will displace hydrocarbons from copper foil. The polar hydroxyl group is attracted to the copper surface more strongly than is the hydrocarbon chain. The evidence, therefore, shows that not only are the molecules that react adsorbed with the hydroxyl group in contact with the surface, but that the whole layer in contact with the catalyst is orientated in this manner. It may be that the molecules in the successive layers are also arranged similarly, but the evidence is scanty. In the case of the fatty acids, X-ray analysis gives confirmation of this arrangement

Author(s):  
Robert C. Wetherhold ◽  
Elena Pisanova ◽  
Hani Alarifi

A simple spray method using a plain orifice atomizer has been developed for depositing γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APS) from solutions in water and in methanol onto copper surfaces. The peel strengths between copper foil and epoxy resin were measured with and without APS deposition. In all cases, a higher concentration of APS gives higher peel strength. APS applied from 1 wt% solution in methanol resulted in higher peel strength than when applied from a 1 wt% aqueous solution; the opposite was true with 0.2 wt% APS solutions, indicating a trade-off between deposited APS film thickness and surface coverage. APS was very effective when chemisorption occurred at the surface but much less effective when there was only physisorption. A study of the fracture surfaces showed that the failure is cohesive, inside the epoxy layer, and that the deposited APS on the copper surfaces had a long-range effect which was seen deep in the epoxy layer, well away from the copper surface.


1994 ◽  
Vol 367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill P. Card ◽  
J. M. Hyde ◽  
T. Giversen

AbstractThis paper investigates the use of fractal metrics for discrimination of copper surface textures. Measurements of copper surfaces, using contacting profilometry, provided the raw data for the fractal analysis. The samples tested included copper foil samples and a copper lead frame, typical of those in use in plastic electronic packages. The fractal Hausdorf dimension and upper/lower ranges of fractal scale are analyzed by the coastline method and compared using Bonferroni multiple confidence limits. Metrics show significant differences between sample couplets, indicating significant precision in the fractal approach to adequately quantify surface texture qualities.


Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 400
Author(s):  
Xiaohua Cao ◽  
Jichang Lu ◽  
Yutong Zhao ◽  
Rui Tian ◽  
Wenjun Zhang ◽  
...  

Praseodymium (Pr)-promoted MCM-41 catalyst was investigated for the catalytic decomposition of methyl mercaptan (CH3SH). Various characterization techniques, such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 adsorption–desorption, temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia (NH3-TPD) and carbon dioxide (CO2-TPD), hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction (H2-TPR), and X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS), were carried out to analyze the physicochemical properties of material. XPS characterization results showed that praseodymium was presented on the modified catalyst in the form of praseodymium oxide species, which can react with coke deposit to prolong the catalytic stability until 120 h. Meanwhile, the strong acid sites were proved to be the main active center over the 10% Pr/MCM-41 catalyst by NH3-TPD results during the catalytic elimination of methyl mercaptan. The possible reaction mechanism was proposed by analyzing the product distribution results. The final products were mainly small-molecule products, such as methane (CH4) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S). Dimethyl sulfide (CH3SCH3) was a reaction intermediate during the reaction. Therefore, this work contributes to the understanding of the reaction process of catalytic decomposition methyl mercaptan and the design of anti-carbon deposition catalysts.


2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-58
Author(s):  
James A. Kaduk ◽  
Nicholas C. Boaz ◽  
Amy M. Gindhart ◽  
Thomas N. Blanton

The crystal structure of oxybutynin hydrochloride hemihydrate has been solved and refined using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data, and optimized using density functional techniques. Oxybutynin hydrochloride hemihydrate crystallizes in space group I2/a (#15) with a = 14.57266(8), b = 8.18550(6), c = 37.16842(26) Å, β = 91.8708(4)°, V = 4421.25(7) Å3, and Z = 8. The compound exhibits X-ray-induced photoreduction of the triple bond. Prominent in the layered crystal structure is the N–H⋅⋅⋅Cl hydrogen bond between the cation and anion, as well as O–H⋅⋅⋅Cl hydrogen bonds from the water molecule and hydroxyl group of the oxybutynin cation. C–H⋅⋅⋅Cl hydrogen bonds also contribute to the crystal energy, and help determine the conformation of the cation. The powder pattern is included in the Powder Diffraction File™ as entry 00-068-1305.


Author(s):  
Toshiki Hirogaki ◽  
Eiichi Aoyama ◽  
Keiji Ogawa ◽  
Tsukasa Ayuzawa

This report describes the quality assessment of Blind Via Holes (BVHs) of Printed Wiring Boards (PWBs) drilled by a CO2 laser using Cu-direct drilling. In the Cu-direct drilling method, the copper foil and the build-up layer are melted at the same time, and the surface is treated to increase the laser energy absorbed by the copper foil since an untreated copper surface reflects most of the 10.6-μm-wavelength CO2 laser beam. However, there are few reports dealing with Cu-direct laser drilling of PWBs. In addition, when copper and resin with different processing thresholds are drilled at the same time, occurrences of a defect called overhang have been observed. So, in this report, first we propose a new method using thermography to measure the absorptance of a PWB surface for a CO2 laser. Moreover, we investigate how surface treatment of the outer copper foil influences the quality of a laser-drilled hole. Then, we observe the circumference of a point irradiated with the CO2 laser and explain how melting processes are different from surface treatment. Finally, based on the research we establish a method in order to cut down the overhang length as a parameter of drilled-hole quality. We also show that a high absorptance improves BVH quality.


1984 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-229
Author(s):  
E. Toth ◽  
P. Banlaki ◽  
I. Hajdu ◽  
J. Pinkola

The quality and reliability of multilayer boards are determined by the adhesion strength between the copper sheets and the epoxy-glass laminates. The adhesion properties of copper foil may be improved by mechanical or chemical roughening. The most efficient method is, however, to oxidize the copper surface.Oxidized copper layers have been tested by thermogravimetry. Subsequently the oxide layers have been tested by Auger and SIMS techniques. The results showed that the main constituent of the oxide layer produced in a sodium hypochlorite type electrolyte is Cu20.


2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
Austin M. Wheatley ◽  
James A. Kaduk ◽  
Amy M. Gindhart ◽  
Thomas N. Blanton

The crystal structure of minocycline hydrochloride dihydrate has been solved and refined using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data, and optimized using density functional techniques. Minocycline hydrochloride dihydrate crystallizes in space groupP212121(#19) witha= 7.40772(1),b= 14.44924(3),c= 22.33329(4) Å,V= 2390.465(12) Å3, andZ= 4. The minocycline cation is a zwitterion: both dimethylamino groups are protonated and one hydroxyl group is ionized. A potential ambiguity in the orientation of the amide group was resolved by considering Rietveld refinement residuals and displacement coefficients, as well as DFT energies. The crystal structure is dominated by hydrogen bonds. Both water molecules and a hydroxyl group act as donors to the chloride anion. Both protonated dimethyl amine groups act as donors to the ionized hydroxyl group. Several intramolecular O–H···O hydrogen groups help determine the conformation of the cation. The powder pattern is included in the Powder Diffraction File™ as entry 00-066-1606.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raja ◽  
Esquenazi ◽  
Jones ◽  
Li ◽  
Brinson ◽  
...  

In this work, as-received HiPCO single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are incorporated in a controllable manner at various concentrations into Cu-SWCNT composites via electroless plating, by varying the related reaction times, with polyethylene glycol (PEG) used as a dispersing agent. The resultant samples were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for morphology assessment, energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD) for the assessment of crystal phase identification, and Raman spectroscopy for the confirmation of the presence of the incorporated SWCNTs. The Cu-SWCNT composites were found to contain carbon, catalytic iron (associated with the raw, as-received SWCNTs), oxygen, and copper; the latter was found to be inversely proportional to carbon and iron contents. The oxygen (associated with both the SWCNT defect sites and oxidized copper surfaces) remained more or less constant regardless of the proportion of SWCNTs in the composites. The Raman IG:ID ratio remains within the experimental error constant, indicating that the electroless deposition does not have a deleterious effect on the SWCNTs. At short deposition times, SEM revealed a relatively dense structure comprising a distinctive fibrous morphology, suggestive of an underlying SWCNT substrate coated with copper; however, with increasing deposition, a more porous morphology is observed. The size of the granular particles increases up until 10 min of reaction, after which time it remains unchanged.


2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 725-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qunfeng Zeng

AbstractThermally induced superlow friction (0.008) of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films was achieved in ambient air in the present work. Raman and XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) measurements and analyses show that superlow friction of the annealed DLC films is involved in the transformation of sp3 to sp2 hybridized carbon during annealing and the tribochemical reactions during sliding. The thermally activated graphitization and oxidation of the annealed DLC films in ambient air is beneficial to form the positively charged interface and achieve the stable superlow friction. A friction model was developed and applied to explain superlow friction, which is attributed to Van de Waals force between graphite layers and the repulsive force between hydroxyl group of graphite oxide and hydrogen terminated DLC films surface.


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