Acknowledgment. This work was Supported by the Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences (Grant DE-FG02-84ER13289). C.M.F. and J.T.R. thank R. J. Madix for allowing us the use of his high-resolution electron energy loss spectrometer. results in the stabilization of ethyl thiolate with respect to C-S bond cleavage. Low-temperature C-S bond cleavage at low exposure ultimately results in nonsele...

Microwave-assisted acid decomposition and oil-in-water emulsification were evaluated as sample pretreatment procedures to determine Al, Ba, Mo, Si and V in lubricating oils by high-resolution continuum source flame atomic absorption spectrometry (HR-CS FAAS). Average recoveries of Al, Ba and V in oil digests (107, 103 and 101%) were close to those obtained for emulsions prepared in kerosene med...

Reactions between Mo(NAr)(CHR)(Me2Pyr)-(OTPP) (Ar = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3, R = H or CHCMe2Ph, Me2Pyr = 2,5-dimethylpyrrolide, OTPP = O-2,3,5,6-Ph4C6H) and CH2=CHX where X = B(pin), SiMe3, N-carbazolyl, N-pyrrolidinonyl, PPh2, OPr, or SPh lead to Mo(NAr)(CHX)-(Me2Pyr)(OTPP) complexes in good yield. All have been characterized through X-ray studies (as an acetonitrile adduct in the case of X = PPh2). The...

Ni-containing mixed oxides derived from layered double hydroxides with various amounts of yttrium were synthesized by a co-precipitation method at constant pH and then obtained thermal decomposition. The characterization techniques XRD, elemental analysis, low-temperature N2 sorption, H2-TPR, CO2-TPD, TGA TPO used on the studied catalysts. catalytic activity catalysts was evaluated in CO2 metha...

Fe-based catalysts doped with Mo were prepared and tested in the catalytic decomposition of methane (CDM), which aims for the co-production of CO2-free hydrogen and tubular nanostructured carbon (NC). Catalysts performance were tested in a thermobalance operating either at isothermal or temperature programmed mode by monitoring the weight changes with time or temperature, respectively, as a res...

Litter decomposition is a fundamental process for nutrient cycling but we have a limited understanding of this process in disturbed tropical forests. We studied litter decomposition over a 10-mo period in a seasonally dry Amazon forest in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The study plots (50 ha each) included unburned forest (UF), once-burned (BF1) and forest burned annually for 3 y (BF3). We measured under...

Multi-objective orienteering problems (MO-OPs) are classical multi-objective routing and have received much attention in recent decades. This study seeks to solve MO-OPs through a problem-decomposition framework, that is, an MO-OP is decomposed into knapsack problem (MOKP) traveling salesman (TSP). The MOKP TSP then solved by evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) deep reinforcement learning (DRL) metho...

The functions and structures of Mo/Ni/MgO catalysts in the synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Raman spectroscopy. Thin 2-5-walled CNTs with high purities (over 90%) have been successfully synthesized by catalytic decomposition of CH(4) over Mo/Ni/MgO catalysts...