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Convective Instabilities Derived From Dissipation Of Chemical Energy, Reuben H. Simoyi, Matthew W. Eskew Aug 2019

Convective Instabilities Derived From Dissipation Of Chemical Energy, Reuben H. Simoyi, Matthew W. Eskew

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Oxidation reactions of a series of organosulfur compounds by chlorite are excitable, autocatalytic, and exothermic and generate a lateral instability upon being triggered by the autocatalyst. This article reports on the convective instabilities derived from the reaction of chlorite and thiourea in a Hele-Shaw cell. Reagent concentrations used for the development of convective instabilities delivered a temperature jump at the wave front of 2.1 K. The reaction zone was 2 mm and due to normal cooling after the wave front, this induced a spike rather than the standard well-studied front propagation. Localized spatiotemporal patterns develop around the wave front. This …


Biomimetic Tools In Oxidative Metabolism: Characterization Of Reactive Metabolites From Antithyroid Drugs, Kudzanai Chipiso Jun 2016

Biomimetic Tools In Oxidative Metabolism: Characterization Of Reactive Metabolites From Antithyroid Drugs, Kudzanai Chipiso

Dissertations and Theses

Toxicities of sulfur-based drugs have been attributed to formation of highly reactive sulfur oxo-acids and depletion of glutathione by the formation of reactive metabolites. Metabolic activation of these sulfur centers to conceivably toxic reactive metabolites (RMs) that can covalently modify proteins is considered the initial step in drug-induced toxicity. Despite considerable effort and research, detection and characterization of these RMs during drug development and therapy remains a challenge. Methimazole (MMI) and 6-propyl-2-thiouracil (PTU) are two commonly used antithyroid, sulfur-based drugs. Though effective, these drugs are associated with idiosyncratic toxicity. PTU has acquired a black box warning and physicians are calling …


Surface Area Of Coal As Influenced By Low Temperature Oxidation Processes, Salvador Leon Arredondo Jan 1980

Surface Area Of Coal As Influenced By Low Temperature Oxidation Processes, Salvador Leon Arredondo

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The possibility of increasing the amount of readily accessible surface area by enlarging the 5 A pore was examined via pretreating the PSOC-371 coal with gases such as nitrogen, nitrogen-oxygen, and ozone-oxygen and hydrogen peroxide solutions. Surface areas were obtained from nitrogen adsorption at 77 K and carbon dioxide adsorption at either 298 or 195 K for each sample before and after treatment.