This work reports a study of the proton-binding capacity of biopolymers obtained from different materials supplied by a municipal biowaste treatment plant located in Northern Italy. One material was the anaerobic fermentation digestate of the urban wastes organic humid fraction. The others were the compost of home and public gardening residues and the compost of the mix of the above residues, d...

The surface charge of a water interface determines many fundamental processes in physical chemistry and science, it has been intensively studied for over hundred years. We summarize experimental methods to characterize the densities developed so far: electrokinetics, double-layer force measurements, potentiometric titration, surface-sensitive nonlinear spectroscopy, mass spectrometry. Then, we ...

The objective of this study is to develop a simple, environmentally benign alternate analytical method for simultaneous estimation of iron oxidation states. This proposed method of iron speciation is based on 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) modified redox potential of transition metal ions. In a pre-step excess cerium(IV) oxidizes iron(II) in sample to iron(III). Initial back titration of un-reacted...

The construction and general performance of thirteen new polymeric membrane sensors for the determination of fexofenadine hydrochloride based on its ion exchange with reineckate, tetraphenylborate and tetraiodomercurate have been studied. The effects of membrane composition, type of plasticizer, pH value of sample solution and concentration of the analyte in the sensor internal solution have be...

Understanding the carbon dioxide (CO2) solubility in formation brines is of great importance to several industrial applications, including CO2 sequestration and some capture technologies, as well CO2-based enhanced hydrocarbon recovery methods. Despite years study, there are few literature data on for low salinity range. Thus, this distilled water aqueous ionic solutions NaCl, MgCl2, CaCl2 MgCl...