Surface acidity studies experimental method

The above terminology ( inert vs. specific ) was adopted for studies of the surface charging of colloids. Different experimental methods are used and different quantities are measurable for colloids than for the Hg electrode, but the model of an electrical double layer is analogous. Studies of pH-dependent surface charging of colloids are usually carried out in the presence of an inert electrolyte and an acid or base (used to adjust the pH) with an anion or cation in common with the inert electrolyte. Products of dissolution of the solid are also present in solution at low concentration (we are only interested in sparingly soluble solids), but are ignored in most studies. Sometimes, the concentration of dissolution products is measured, and very occasionally the concentration of dissolution products (which are water-soluble salts) is controlled by addition of these salts to the dispersion. The effect of addition of Al(iii) salt on the potential of alumina was studied in [35]. At the lEP, the solubility of Al species is low thus, the lEP was not very different from that in a 1-1 electrolyte. The solubility problem is discussed in more detail in Section 1.6. 

Investigations of the acidity of specific surface sites may be accomplished by studies coordinated with spectroscopic methods, such as infrared (JR) spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, or mass spectrometry (MS). Surface characterization with Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy can provide quantitative results with experimental methods that are easily performed. However, the transmission sampling techniques traditionally employed for infrared studies may introduce experimental artifacts on the analyzed surface (10,... 

The solvent-induced stereochemical behaviour of a bile acid-based biphenyl phosphite has been studied experimentally using circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, and theoretically using DFT quantum mechanical methods. " The FTIR, Raman and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra of phenyl phosphate disodium salt have been recorded and its vibrational wavenumbers, calculated using the Hartree-Fock/6-31G basis set, compared with experimental values. From SERS spectra study, the molecule is adsorbed on the silver surface with the benzene ring in a tilted orientation. The presence of the phenyl ring and the phosphate group vibrations in the SERS spectrum reveal the interactions between the phenyl... 

The present chapter has presented a comprehensive review of electrode kinetic and catalytic aspects associated with methanol, ethanol, and formic acid oxidation. The prevalent point of view in selecting and organizing the vast amount of information in this area was that of practical applicability in order to advance the technology of direct fuel cells. Emphasis was placed on the catalytic system , starting with catalyst preparation methods and focusing on the interaction of catalyst/support/ionomer/chemical species. The development of catalytic systems was followed, from fundamental electrochemical and surface science studies to fuel cell experiments (whenever experimental data was available). Advances in both fundamental electrocatalysis and electrochemical engineering hold promise for the development of high-performance and cost-effective direct liquid fuel cells. 

In the fiumework of realistic surface complexation models (realistic in the sense of realistically accounting for expected features), site densities are known for well-defined sorbent samples. For natural sorbent samples and powders, this is not the case. Realistic acid-base constants for such sorbent samples are difficult to obtain. Spline analysis of proton consumption functions or numerically fitting a model to such sorbents are presently the preferred approaches. However, they involve the respective assumptions, and reahstic models await improved experimental (most probably spectroscopic) methods to define the amount and nature of surface sites. Otherwise, in generic models, acid-base constants are model-dependent parameters, which have some use when apphed self-consistently, but should not be interpreted as realistic parameters. This is a very controversial statement, which is in conflict with many modeling studies in which generic models of the surface acid-base properties are combined with spectroscopic information on sorbing ions. 

Weber (1996) performed additional experimental studies on 4-aminoa-zobenzene (4-AAB). The compound was chosen based on the hypothesis that azo compounds capable of reduction by zero-valent iron and an amino group would allow for determination of surface-reaction occurrence. The compound 4-AAB reduces and forms aniline. The reduction of 4-AAB was performed without cleaning the iron with hydrochloric acid, which is a standard method in most experiments. Complete loss of 4-AAB occurred in 2 hr. When the iron was washed with hydrochloric acid, the reaction occurred so quickly that aniline formation could not be measured. An additional experiment with bound 4-AAB was conducted to determine if the reaction... 

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