Carbon dioxide, analysis

Johnson, K. M., Wills, K. D., Butler, D. B. el al. (1993). Coulometric total carbon dioxide analysis for marine studies maximizing the performance of an automated gas extraction system and coulometric detector. Mar. Chem. 44,167-187. 

An optical sensor for the measurement of carbon dioxide in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) applications was developed89. It was based on the fluorescent pH indicator l-hydroxypyrene-3,6,8-trisulfonate (HPTS) immobilized in a hydrophobic organically modified (ormosil) matrix. The CO2 sensor was stable over a period of at least 7 months and its output was in excellent agreement with a standard reference method for carbon dioxide analysis. 

Johnson, K.M., A.G. Dickson, G. Eisheid, C. Goyet, P. Guenther, F.J. Millero, D. Purkerson, C.L. Sabine, R.S. Schottle, D.R.W. Wallace, R.J. Wilke, and C.D. Winn. 1998. Coulo-metric total carbon dioxide analysis for marine studies Assessment of the quality of total inorganic carbon measurements made during the U.S. Indian Ocean C02 survey 1994-1996. Marine Chemistry 63(l-2) 21-37. 

The question often arises whether a sample must be analyzed immediately or can be stored, and if so, under what conditions and for how long (B4a, H5a, W9a). Freshly drawn blood maintained anaerobically (A3) at 38 C decreases in pH at the rate of —0.062 unit per hour and in pCOj, at 4.8 1.3 mg Hg per hour. At 0-4°C, the change is minimal — 0.006 0.004 pH unit and 0.6 0.06 mm Hg. There has been controversy concerning the use of minerol oil to maintain specimens for carbon dioxide analysis (G2). Paulsen found that values of total carbon dioxide in plasma collected in stoppered tubes with and without paraflSn oil were identical if the tubes without oil were completely filled to the stopper (P4). The loss of carbon dioxide in tubes stored at room temperature without oil was about 6 mEq/1 in 2.5-4 hours. The problem for the laboratory is unfilled tubes and the storage of separated serum or plasma before analysis and in plastic cups during continuous-flow procedures. 

Johnson, K.M., J. McN. Sieburth, P.J. leB. Williams, and L. Brandstrom. 1987. Coulometric total carbon dioxide analysis for marine studies Automation and calibration. Mar. Client. 21 117-133. 

Zinke, P. J., Stangenberger, A. G, Post, W. M., Emmanuel, W. R., and Olson, J. S. (1984). Worldwide organic soil carbon and nitrogen data, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Carbon Dioxide Analysis and Information Center (CDIAC). 

On heating, trichloroacetic acid decomposes to chloroform and carbon dioxide. Analysis is by determination of the chloroform formed. 

We present simulation results for the packing for single center Lennard Jones models of adsorbed fluids such as methane, carbon thoxide and carbon tetrachloride at high pressure in carbon slit pores. These show a series of packing transitions that are well described by a lattice density functional theory model developed in our laboratory. By contrast, simulations show that these transitions are absent for a three-center model, whidi provides a more adequate representation of carbon dioxide. Analysis of the simulation results shows that alternations of flat lying molecules and rotated molecules can occur in this case as the pore widfli is increased. The presence or absence of quadrupoles has negligible effect on fliese hi -density structures. 

Liquid oxygen analyses are customarily made for process control, product purity and to avoid hazards. Usually analytical information required for process control is not extensive. Use of modified Or sat apparatus for manual determination of the oxygen contents of various liquid samples is routine in most plants. Relatively simple thermal conductivity analyzer-controllers govern the flow of liquid air fractions under distillation where differential pressure control is not applicable. Pressure drop and inspection of liquid in a small glass flask are usually sufficient for mechanical filter cycle regulation but a continuous carbon dioxide analysis may be helpful as a check on the overall function. A method which is sufficiently precise for this use is discussed later. 

As a first step in imderstanding the analysis of energy transfer experiments, it is wortliwhile to summarize tire steps in a typical experiment where CgFg is tire hot donor and carbon dioxide is tire bath receptor molecule. First, excited... 

Its purpose is twofold first of all to prevent any particles of the analysis sample, which is to be added next, from percolating through the coarse porous w ire-form " copper oxide and so into that portion of the tube heated by the furnace and secondly as a heat insulator, to present the sample being heated too rapidly by the nearby furnace. Both these safeguards are required, as otherwise some portion of the sample would be decomposed as soon as the furnace was sw-itched on the nitrogen so produced would be carried away during the initial sweeping of the air out of the tube with the carbon dioxide stream, and would not be collected. Low results w ould thus be obtained. 

The deterrnination of impurities in the hehum-group gases is also accompHshed by physical analytical methods and by conventional techniques for measuring the impurity in question (93), eg, galvanic sensors for oxygen, nondispersive infrared analysis for carbon dioxide, and electrolytic hygrometers for water. 

Analytical Methods. Analysis of fresh and spent peroxides and superoxides is done by adding the material to water. Approximately 0.1 wt % permanganate is used in the water to decompose the peroxide ion which otherwise forms. The evolved oxygen is measured volumetricaHy. If the material is spent, the base strength is titrated to a phenolphthalein end point, acidified further, and the carbon dioxide is deterrnined volumetricaHy. 

Commercial Hquid sodium alumiaates are normally analyzed for total alumiaa and for sodium oxide by titration with ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid [60-00-4] (EDTA) or hydrochloric acid. Further analysis iacludes the determiaation of soluble alumiaa, soluble siHca, total iasoluble material, sodium oxide content, and carbon dioxide. Aluminum and sodium can also be determiaed by emission spectroscopy. The total iasoluble material is determiaed by weighing the ignited residue after extraction of the soluble material with sodium hydroxide. The sodium oxide content is determiaed ia a flame photometer by comparison to proper standards. Carbon dioxide is usually determiaed by the amount evolved, as ia the Underwood method. 

Mounting electrodes in a bioreactor is costly, and there is an additional contamination risk for sensitive cell cultures. Some other sensors of prac ticai importance are those for dissolved oxygen and for dissolved carbon dioxide. The analysis of gas exiting from a bioreactor with an infrared unit that detects carbon dioxide or a paramagnetic unit that detects oxygen (after carbon dioxide removal) has been replaced by mass spec trophotometry. Gas chromatographic procedures coupled with a mass spectrophotometer will detect 1 the volatile components. 

O Gas Analysis (Wet) Mol% Nitrogen Carbon Dioxide Water Vapor Oxygen... 

The time necessary for completion of the reaction may vary from 0.5 to 4 hours, depending on the actual activity of the alumina. The progress of conversion should be monitored by infrared analysis of a concentrated sample of the solution. Stirring should be continued for 15 minutes after the nitroso band at 1540 cm. has disappeared. A strong diazo band at about 2100 cm. will then be present. The carbonyl band at 1750 cm. initially due to nitrosocarbamate, will usually not disappear completely during the reaction, because some diethyl carbonate is formed in addition to carbon dioxide and ethanol. Diethyl carbonate is removed during the work-up procedure. 

For intermediate temperatures from 400-1000°C (Fig. 11), the volatilization of carbon atoms by energetic plasma ions becomes important. As seen in the upper curve of Fig. 11, helium does not have a chemical erosion component of its sputter yield. In currently operating machines the two major contributors to chemical erosion are the ions of hydrogen and oxygen. The typical chemical species which evolve from the surface, as measured by residual gas analysis [37] and optical emission [38], are hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide. 

A non-linear regression analysis is employed using die Solver in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to determine die values of and in die following examples. Example 1-5 (Chapter 1) involves the enzymatic reaction in the conversion of urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide and Example 11-1 deals with the interconversion of D-glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate. The Solver (EXAMPLEll-l.xls and EXAMPLEll-3.xls) uses the Michaehs-Menten (MM) formula to compute v i- The residual sums of squares between Vg(,j, and v j is then calculated. Using guessed values of and the Solver uses a search optimization technique to determine MM parameters. The values of and in Example 11-1 are ... 

Analysis of an incident (Van Wees 1989) involving a carbon dioxide storage vessel suggests that carbon dioxide can evaporate explosively even when its temperature is below T. This may occur because carbon dioxide crystallizes at ambient pressure, thus presenting enough nucleation sites for liquid to flash. 

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