Propylene is an important raw material and extensively used in the petrochemical industry. There has been a continuously growing demand for propylene in recent years around the world1–3. The majority of propylene is produced as a byproduct from processes such as steam cracking of naphtha and fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)4,5. Additional sources of propylene included dehydrogenation of propane, ...

Published reports of status epilepticus due to intraperitoneal injection containing propylene glycol in rats are sparse. In fact, there are no reports specifying a maximum safe dose of propylene glycol through intraperitoneal administration. We report here a case of unexpected seizures in Sprague Dawley rats after receiving an intraperitoneal injection containing propylene glycol. Nine-week-old...

In this paper, the performances of potential zeolite membranes were estimated by the Maxwell-Stefan model and then they were placed in Robeson plot of propylene/propane separation. Additionally, the effects of feed pressure and the mole fraction of propylene in the feed on both the propylene permeabilities and membrane permselectivities were investigated. The results showed that zeolite membran...

Immunization with the B oligomer of pertussis toxin protected neonatal mice from a lethal respiratory challenge with Bordetella pertussis. All mice immunized with 8 micrograms of B oligomer survived aerosol challenge and had peripheral leukocyte counts and weight gains similar to those of mice immunized with pertussis toxoid before challenge and to those of control mice that were not challenged...

Bovine rumen fluid was fermented anaerobically with 25 mM R-propylene glycol, S-propylene glycol, or glycerol added. After 24 h, all of the propylene glycol enantiomers and approximately 80% of the glycerol were metabolized. Acetate, propionate, butyrate, valerate, and caproate concentrations, in decreasing order, all increased with incubation time. Addition of any of the three substrates somew...

Mean-square unperturbed dimensions {r2)0 and their temperature coefficient d In{r2)0/dT have been calculated for ethylene-propylene copolymers by means of the rotational isomeric state theory of chain molecules. Conformational energies required in the analysis are shown to be readily obtained from previous analyses of polyethylene and polypropylene, without additional approximations. Results th...

The selective oxidation of propylene with O2 to propylene oxide and acrolein is of great interest and importance. We report the crystal-plane-controlled selectivity of uniform capping-ligand-free Cu2 O octahedra, cubes, and rhombic dodecahedra in catalyzing propylene oxidation with O2 : Cu2 O octahedra exposing {111} crystal planes are most selective for acrolein; Cu2 O cubes exposing {100} cry...

Propylene oxide (1,2-epoxypropane) is a nasal toxicant and weak site-of-contact carcinogen in the rodent. The current study was aimed at providing quantitative information on upper respiratory tract (URT) dosimetry of this vapor. Since depletion of nasal non-protein sulfhydryls (NPSH) may be important in the toxicity of this vapor and may serve as a biomarker for delivery of propylene oxide to ...

Separation of propylene-propane mixture using immobilized liquid membrane was investigated. The effect of transmembrane pressure and carrier concentration on membrane separation performance was studied. It was observed that for 30:70 (vol. %) propylene-propane mixture, at pressure of 120kPa and carrier concentration of 20wt. %, a separation factor of 474 was obtained. Keywords—Facilitated Trans...

A Cu(i)-containing room temperature ionic liquid (Cu-RTIL), prepared from CuCl and 1,3-dimethylimidazolium methylphosphite ([DMIM][MeHPO(3)]), was found to reversibly and selectively interact with propyne over propylene. Cu-RTIL exhibited 12 times higher propyne absorption capacity and 14 times higher ideal propyne/propylene selectivity than [DMIM][MeHPO(3)]. Fast atom bombardment (FAB)-mass sp...