Kinetics of Thermal Degradation of Recycled Polyvinyl Chloride Resin

The goal of this study is to find the effect of time and temperature on the thermal degradation of recycled polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin. The isothermal rate of reaction(r)of recycled PVC resin was investigated at the following temperatures to: 100, 110, 120, 130, and 140°C at period of times ranging from 10 to 50 min. The result shows that the rate of reaction(r)of recycled PVC increases with increasing temperatures. The reaction rate constant(K)for temperatures ranging from 100 to 140°C was doubled from 0.028–0.056 mol·L−1·S−1. The process was found to be zero order reaction at all range of temperatures 100–140°C. The activation energy of the thermal weight loss was calculated at different temperatures(E/R = 2739.5°K). The average enthalpy and entropy of reaction at temperature of 298°K were determined.

Reaction of the Anticancer Organometallic Ruthenium Compound, [(η6-p-Cymene)Ru(ATSC)Cl]PF6 with Human Serum Albumin

The reaction of [(η6-p-cymene)Ru(ATSC)Cl]PF6 (ATSC =9-anthraldehyde thiosemicarbazone) with human serum albumin was investigated at different temperatures using fluorescence and infrared spectrophotometry. The binding constant, K, for the reaction was determined using a number of different methods. Using a modified Stern-Volmer equation, K was determined to be 9.09×104,12.1×104, and 13.1×104 M−1 at 293 K, 298 K, and 308 K, respectively. A thermodynamic analysis showed that the reaction is spontaneous with ΔG being negative. The enthalpy of reaction ΔH=16.5 kJ mol−1 and the entropy of reaction ΔS=152 Jmol−1K−1. The values of ΔH and ΔS suggest that hydrophobic forces are dominant in the mode of interaction and that the process is mostly entropy driven.

Interactions between cations and sugars. II. Enthalpies, heat capacities, and volumes of aqueous solutions of Ca2+–D-ribose and Ca2+–D-arabinose at 25 °C

The thermodynamic parameters characterizing the interaction between Ca2+ and the suitably positioned sequences of hydroxyls of some sugar isomers have been determined. This was done by comparing the properties of D-ribose which bears such sequences of hydroxyls with the properties of D-arabinose chosen as an inactive reference. The enthalpies of solution and of dilution, the apparent molal heat capacities, and the apparent molal volumes of the two pentoses have been first measured in water at 25 °C. The measurement of these properties for the transfer of the sugars from water to CaCl2 solutions (and, conversely, for the transfer of CaCl2 from water to the sugar solutions) directly gives access to the Ca2+–hydroxyls pair interaction parameters. The thermodynamic properties of this reaction of association may then be estimated: [Formula: see text][Formula: see text] The analysis of these data shows that the weak association constant results from a large compensation between the favourable enthalpy and the unfavourable entropy of reaction.