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A Study Of Chrome Dyeing By Determination Of Chromium On Dyed Wool And In Exhausted Dye Baths, Thomas Schonfeld

Chemistry Honors Papers

This 13 page thesis attempts to analyze the reaction between the wool and the chromate in the dye bath.

A Study Of The Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, John E. Dornfeld

Bachelors’ Theses

In Continental Europe, where raw materials are at a premium, it is necessary to synthesize as much as possible. Hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives are important for "everyday" life. When importation costs of raw materials are high, synthesis is necessary provided it can be done cheaper. The Fischer-Tropsch process is the answer for the needs of synthetic hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives.

The purpose of this thesis is to obtain hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives by the Fischer-Tropsch process in the wax range. From the literature it appears that no work in the industrial field is being done in the …

Construction And Use Of A Bingham Type Viscometer, Harold P. Bodenstab

Honors Theses

Bingham in his book "Fluidity and Plasticity" has described a type of viscometer similar to the Ostwald visocometer but which has the added feature of a variable applied pressure. By changing the pressure the time of flow may be controlled so that a rather viscous liquid will not have an inconveniently long time of flow in a viscometer which in suitable for another liquid. The construction of such an apparatus consists in teh assembly of a special viscometer with an arrangement for applying air pressure, measurement of such air pressure, and the placement of the viscometer in a thermostat. Such …

A Study Of Some Cyclohexyl Tin Compounds, Donald J. Giroux

Honors Theses

Although a large number of organotin compounds have been prepared (Dr. Garzuly lists over one hundred and fifty), comparatively little is known about them. It was the purpose of this investigation to study some of the cyclohexyl tin compounds with a view toward finding out more about their preparation and properties, and to prepare some that had not been prepared before. Unfortunately time and circumstances prevented the latter.

A Study Of The Co-Gelation Of Silica And Titania, Theodore Male

Honors Theses

Silica gels have been the object of extensive research. Titania gels have been the object of limited research, but they have been reported as made successfully. The most commonly used silicate solutions are basic and the titanium solutions are acidic. Acids are used to control the gelation of silicon, and bases are used to control the gelation of titania. The imagination is taxed only slightly in assuming as plausible the use of the acid titanate solution to control the gelation of silica and the basic silicate solution to control the gelation of titania, and thereby produce a mixed gel. If …

Scattering And Polarization Of Light By Silicic Acid Gel-Forming Mixtures, Donald Male

Honors Theses

Much work has been done on the factors affecting the time of setting of silicic acid gels. The effects of hydrogen ion concentration, heat, and the presence of ammonium chloride and other soluble impurities are quite well known. Work has also been done on the gels, during and after setting, on such properties as electrolytic conductivity, surface tension, syneresis elasticity, viscosity and the ability to scatter light. It is with this last property that this research is chiefly concerned. The oldest known law concerning optical properties of a collodial solution is Lamberts' law of absorption.

A Comparison Of The Time Of Set Of Similarly Constituted Gels At Various Temperatures, John E. Macdonald

Honors Theses

This investigation was undertaken with the purpose of obtaining more data on the question of the existence of thermally reversible silicic acid gels, i.e., silicic acid gels which would reliquify on heating. Some work was done in the highly basic region at 21 degrees and 40 degrees. An attempt was made to use the Leads and Northrup glass electrode apparatus present in the Union College Chemical Laboratory which, however, failed, although Spittle using this apparatus, apparently met with some success. In order to obtain data on the change of time of set with temperature of gels having the same composition …

A Preliminary Investigation Of Certain Purine Thiocyanate Complexes, Gerhard W. Leubner

Honors Theses

The purpose of the work has been to attempt to prepare some compounds of the purine group with regard to their possible use in cardiotherapy. Some of the purine derivatives such as caffeine, theobromide, and theophylline under certain conditions exert a stimulating effect on the heart, but under these conditions exert a stimulating effect on the heart, but under these conditions they usually also produce an undesirable rise in the blood pressure.

Heats Of Solution Of Silver Halides In Liquid Ammonia, Donald K. Stevens

Honors Theses

It was the hope of the experimenters to make use of one of the advantages of liquid ammonia, that of the solubility of metallic sodium to give a free electron, to find the heat of reduction of the silver ion to the metallic state.

A Study Of The Camphor Method For Molecular Weight Determinations, Harvey Douglas Boynton

Honors Theses

The determination of molecular weights accurately and quickly is of prime imporatance in analytical and organic chemistry. This problem has been attacked from many angles, the greatest success being found in cryoscopy. Man of the customary organic solvents have been used for cryoscopic determinations; they all have their advantages and limitations. These solvents in general give a very low freezing point depression. Camphor is dinstinguished from these in that it gives an unusally large freezing point depression, 40 degrees for a molal solution, and it is suited by a considerale dissolving power up to moderate concentrations.

The Reactions Of L-Chloro-L-Nitro Propane In Anhydrous Liquid Ammonia, James S. Gilmore

Honors Theses

In 1939 Seigle and Hass were successful in preparing numerous dinitro paraffins such as 2, 3-dimethyl-2, 3-dinitro butane and 2, 3-dimethyl-2, 3-dinitro pentane by the reaction of salts of nitroparaffins with halonitroparaffins. They were unable to do so however, in the cases where primary nitro compounds were involved. More recently, in an unpublished work Sottysiak believed that he prepared the 2, 3-dimethyl-2, 3-dinitro butane by a Wurtz reaction in liquid ammonia, in which 2-nitro-2-chloro propane was reduced by sodium. Because of the strong reducing properties of a solution of sodium in anhydrous liquid ammonia, it was hoped that the 3, …

A Study Of The Possible Formation Of A Mixed Hydrogel Of Zirconia And Silica, Irving Goodman

Honors Theses

Of course in this paper we are also interested in the gel of hydrated silica, which has been studied here thoroughly for several years. A discussion of the theory and work on this subject would take up too much time and space, since this field has been much more widely studied than any other in the field of gels. Reference to Hurd’s “Theories for the Mechanism of the Setting of Silicic Acid Gels” presents a complete summary of the theory behind the setting of this gel.

Gas - Volumetric Semimicrodetermination Of Carbon: A Wet Method For Aliphatic And Cyclic Compounds, Roger P. Staiger

Chemistry Honors Papers

This 18 page thesis explains the technique and apparatus of gas-volumetric semimicrodetermination of carbon and shows the accuracy of this method.

A Viscometric Determination Of The Diastatic Effect Of Amylase On Starches, Dawn Marie Ehlert

Bachelors’ Theses

Internal friction causes some liquids to flow with less freedom than true solutions of the same density. or with less freedom than water. This is attributed in part to larger particle size and prompts one to propose that when using solutions in which the dissolved substance has not been dispersed and subdivided to single molecular particles that the dissolved particles may be present as com­binations. These combinations may increase to enlarged dimensions with changes in temperature, density. electric charges. etc. Similar conditions are characteristic o starch solutions. The solutions are colloidal and vary in particle size. In some situations the …

On The Production Of Polyploidy With Paradichlorbenzene, Mary Anne Carey

Bachelors’ Theses

The subject of polyploidy has been of scientific interest for some time. The true nature of the cause of this phenomenon has been disputed ever since its existence was made known. Polyploidy is the condition in which the haploid number of the chromosomes, contained within the nucleus, is multiplied so that there is a higher number of chromosomes present than there is in the typical diploid cell of that particular plant or animal. The diploid number of the chromois known as 2n, therefore, higher multiples would be referred to as 3n, 4n, 8n etc. Some plants or animals have one …

Direct Spectrophotometric Determination Of Lead Naphthenate In Linseed Oil, Nicholas Peter Oehlberg

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Reaction Of Beta-Hydroxy Ketones With Phenyl Magnesium-Bromide Keteneimines., Mack Castleman Fuqua

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Polyhydroxyamines, John Wotiz

Master's Theses

"The industrial growth of aliphatic chemistry, which has constituted one of the outstanding advances of recent years, has been almost entirely in the field of hydrocarbons and their simpler chlorine and oxygen derivatives… Representative of the aliphatic amines, possibly only the methyl, amyl and ethanol amines may be said to have been commercially available. And yet the field of aliphatic nitrogen chemistry possesses the greatest variety of known aliphatic compounds; there are at least several nitrogen analogs of each oxygen compound, often more stable, more definitely characterized, and more reactive chemically." Relatively few aminoalcohols, especially polyhydroxyaminoalcohols have been prepared. Due …

The Kinetics And Mechanism Of The Alkaline Fading Of Iodo Phenol Blue - The Diacetone-Alcohol - Hydroxide Ion Reaction., Ralph Theodore Overman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Zeta Potentials., Joseph Ehrman Pryor

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Potentiometric Determination Of Zinc In Dowmetal Alloys., James S. Goodman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Micro-Density Determinations Of Liquids, Rachel L. Horowitz

Bachelors’ Theses

Recent developments in the field of microchemistry have aroused the necessity of accurate micro-methods for density determinations. Such methods have been developed by various investigators and some of them found their application in re­ search and industry, wherever the saving of material and time was an essential problem.

The purpose of this work is to compare all the methods of micro-density determinations found in literature, check their accuracy and simplicity and find their limitations and advantages.

The Yellow Pigment In The Flower Petals Of Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus Corniculatus L.), David K. Blake Jr.

Honors Theses

Bird's foot trefoil is a low growing, bushy legume which is gaining popularity as a forage plant. Its small sweet-pea-like blossoms are bright yellow, bearing a few thing scarlet lines along the standard (the topmost petal). The buds are scarlet-tipped, the scarlet disappearing as the flower matures. For this investigation, the flowers were picked when mature, or nearly so, then were air-dried at 20-30 degrees celsius. The petals were not separated from the calyx.

An Investigation Of The Synthesis And Physical Properties Of Some Halogenated-Dinitromethanes, Charles O. Bostwick

Honors Theses

Work has been done on the synthesis and physical properties ot the dichlor- (1), dibrom- (2), and bromchlor- {3) dinitromethanes. However no reports could be found on the synthesis of nitromethanes containing fluorine. In this research, attempts were made to replace the bromine atoms in dibromdinitromethane with fluorine atoms by means or various fluorinating agents available. Some of the physical constants of the dibrom-, bromchlor-, and monobrom- dinitromethanes were determined in order to obtain fairly accurate values for comparison with the products from various reactions. The by-products from the synthesis of dibromd1n1tromethane were also studied.

Determination Of Heat Of Reaction In The Setting Process For Silicic Acid Gels, Mason Kronick

Honors Theses

The underlying purpose of this work was to gain a further insight into the mechanism of the setting of silicic acid gels. The primary purpose was to determine the heat of reaction during the setting process for the gels. Previous investigators have sought to determine the structure of gels by investigating the effect of certain factors as: temperature, concentration of both acid and silica, pH, and addition of soluble organic and inorganic materials on the time of set. Certain properties of the silicic acid gels have bearing on the theories for the mechanism of the setting process. These properties are …

Elasticity And Plastic Flow Of Silicic Acid Gels, Clarence Kenneth Lasher

Honors Theses

Rubber is a very common example of a substance which has both elastic and plastic properties. If a rubber band is placed over two pegs, it is stretched and behaves elastically. There will be a certain tension in the rubber band but as time goes on, this tension lessens. The rubber has undergone a certain amount of plastic flow. It has been the purpose of this research to study the analogous situation in the case of silicic acid gels.

The Effect Of Electrolytes On The Viscosity And Time Of Set Of Silicic Acid Gels, John W. Rhoades

Honors Theses

This thesis contains the results of experiments of the effects of electrolysis of the viscosity and time of set of silicic acid gels.

Heats Of Solution Of Halogen Methanes In Liquid Ammonia, Robert W. Davison

Honors Theses

Introductory experiments were carried out to see just which halogen methane derivatives, if any, produce heat changes when dissolved in liquid ammonia. There are indications given in the chemical literature to expect that certain of the halogen methanes should dissolve in liquid ammonia with the evolution or absorption of heat. This present research work involved investigation of such compounds as chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, bromoform, and also iodoform. Only introductory heat measurements were made. More work must be done to confirm and enlarge upon results presented here.

The Use Of Organic Reagents In Inorganic Analysis, With Applications To Qualitative Tests For Certain Metallic Ions, Wallace S. Brey Jr.

Chemistry Honors Papers

This 39 page thesis presents a survey of the theory and general principles of the organic reactions followed by detailed discussion of several qualitative tests for metallic ions with experimental results on sensitivity and interference and consideration of the conditions under which the tests may be applied.

A Study Of The Hydrolysis Of P-Bromoacetanilide, Franklyn Miller

Chemistry Honors Papers

This 24 page thesis examines reactions in the fields of organic and physical chemistry.