A series of 11 new protic ionic liquids with fluorous anions (FPILs) have been identified and their self-assembled nanostructure, thermal phase transitions and physicochemical properties were investigated. To the best of our knowledge this is the first time that fluorocarbon domains have been reported in PILs. The FPILs were prepared from a range of hydrocarbon alkyl and heterocyclic amine cati...

Accidental aspiration of liquid hydrocarbon mixture by animators who blow flame may lead to severe lipoid pneumonia.1-3 This situation that occurs due to accidental aspiration of liquid hydrocarbon mixture (gas oil, gas oil-cognac mix) during animation shows is called “Fire Eater’s Pneumonia” in the literature, which has been presented in few cases.1,2,4,5 Different consequences may occur throu...

Liquid membrane processes have attracted many interests in recent years for removal of heavy metals such as cadmium from industrial wastewaters. In this study, a modified hybrid liquid membrane system is introduced. The setup is worked by applying the water-insoluble dioctyl phthalate as the organic solvent. N-octanol and tetra butyl ammonium bromide are added to the organic phase to increase t...

Although there are many studies on the Jurassic source rocks in northern margin of Qaidam Basin, characteristics biomarkers and products with same rock different evolutionary stages still not well understood. Such an understanding is essential for accurately estimating oil gas resources. In order to explore hydrocarbon-generation potential high-quality Middle evolution liquid hydrocarbons bioma...

In this Letter, we report on the motion of water droplets on surfaces decorated with molecular gradients comprising semifluorinated (SF) organosilanes. SF molecular gradients deposited on flat silica substrates facilitate faster motion of water droplets relative to the specimens covered with an analogous hydrocarbon gradient. Further increase in the drop speed is achieved by advancing it along ...

Modern chromatography by virtue offantastic capabilities for separation, qharacterization, quantitation and fractionation has emerged as a potential analytical technique for hydrocarbon industry. Presently the gas chromatography alongwith high performance liquid chromatography coverwide range ofapplications in diversified areas including Basic and applied research. Availability of large number ...

This study addresses several questions concerning the peaking of conventional oil production from an optimist’s perspective. Is the oil peak imminent? What is the range of uncertainty? What are the key determining factors? Will a transition to unconventional oil undermine or strengthen OPEC’s influence over world oil markets? These issues are explored using a model combining alternative world e...

In this paper, doping liquid materials to enhance the electro-optical (EO) properties of twisted nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) was presented. Two aromatic hydrocarbon (AH) liquids, toluene and 1-methylnaphthalene, were chosen as dopants in order to lower the driving voltage and response time of the NLCs. A 18% decrease in driving voltage and response time was achieved by doping 10 wt% toluene ...

The wetting of the liquid fluorocarbon (perfluoromethylcyclohexane) on the liquid hydrocarbon (eicosane) surface was studied just above the eicosane melting point, where the eicosane exhibits surface freezing (SF) behavior. The thickness of the wetting layer was controlled by changing the fluorocarbon chemical potential relative to the reservoir through temperature differences T. The evolution ...

the influence of long-term mixed organic and inorganic contamination on soil microbial activity, community structure and genetic diversity was investigated in soil samples from a coke oven plant located in upper silesia, poland. the tested soils were heavily contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) and heavy metals. the microbial communities were characterized using the phospho...