A sensitive and specific chemical method for the estimation of malic acid in biological materials has long been desired. The condensation of malic acid with orcinol in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid to form the highly fluorescent homoumbelliferone (7-hydroxyd-methylcoumarin) was reported years ago (1). Although this reaction is relatively specific for malic acid, the quantitative pr...

A water vapor electrolysis cell utilizing sulfuric acid as the electrolyte has been shown to be capable of operating efficiently on the typical humidity of cabin air. Concentrated sulfuric acid can absorb enough water from a 50% relative humidity air stream at 75°F to permit an electrolysis cell to c&rate at a current density as high as 150 mA/cm2. . Sulfuric acid was examined for physical prop...

As demonstrated in a number of investigations, gaseous sulfuric acid plays a central role in atmospheric aerosol formation. Using chemical ionization mass spectrometer the gas-phase sulfuric acid and OH concentration were measured in Hyytiälä, SMEAR II station, Southern Finland during 24 March to 28 June 2007. Clear diurnal cycles were observed as well as differences between new particle format...

Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) analysis was employed to investigate activation energy (Ea) for the process of degrading of poly(o-toluidine) (POT) applying Horwitz & Metzger, Coats & Redfern and Chan et al., methods. POT was synthesized by chemical oxidative polymerization method using Ammonium per Sulphate (APS) as an oxidant while Dodecylbenzene Sulphonic Acid (DBSA) and sul...

A concentrated sulfuric acid dissolution technique and a GC method are described for the estimation of tributyl phosphate, tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate, tris(chloropropyl) phosphate, tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate, triphenyl phosphate and tris(butoxyethyl) phosphate in soft polyurethane foam. A soft polyurethane foam sample containing organophosphoric acid triesters was dissolved in con...