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2018, №2

pp. 3-14

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Effect of Reagents on the Properties of Barium Titanate Synthesized in Subcritical Water

A.A. Kholodkova, M.N. Danchevskaya, Yu.D. Ivakin, G.P. Muravieva, S.G. Ponomarev.

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Key words: synthesis of barium titanate, subcritical water fluid, barium titanate nanocrystals

The structure and morphology of fine-crystalline barium titanate synthesized in a subcritical water fluid at 230 °C and 2.9 MPa were studied. Barium oxide, barium hydroxide octahydrate Ba(OH)2 ⋅ 8H2O and two modifications of titanium dioxide (rutile and anatase) were used as starting reactants. Relationships between the composition and properties of the reactants and the characteristics of the product (barium titanate) were revealed. They indicate that the product structure in the subcritical water is formed via a solid-phase mechanism.

doi:10.34984/SCFTP.2018.13.2.001

2018, №2

pp. 15-23

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Key words: subcritical water, antioxidant, quercetin, rutin, hydrolysis, buds, sophora japanese, Sophora japonica L.

The possibility of obtaining quercetin (a natural antioxidant) from buds of Sophora japonica L. using subcritical water, which acts as a solvent and a reagent simultaneously was studied. The suggested approach avoids the use of expensive and toxic organic solvents, does not require separate extraction and hydrolysis steps and simplifies the purification of the product. A 13-fold reduction in treatment time was achieved compared with the traditional procedure to obtain high yield of quercetin. The loss of the target product in the production of the dried extract was reduced.

doi:10.34984/SCFTP.2018.13.2.002

2018, №2

pp. 24-39

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Key words: hydroxybenzoic acids, hydroxycinnamic acids, supercritical carbon dioxide, cosolvent, molecular dynamics, hydrogen bond

Selective solvation of hydroxybenzoic (ortho-, meta- and para-hydroxybenzoic, protocatechuic, gallic, syringic) acids and hydroxycinnamic (para-coumaric, caffeic) acids by polar cosolvent (methanol) in supercritical carbon dioxide at temperature 318 K, solvent density 0.7 g/cm3 and methanol concentration 3.5 mol.% is studied using molecular dynamics method. The subject of the study is the formation of cosolvent clusters around solute, the solute — cosolvent hydrogen bonding, the structural features of hydrogen-bonded complexes associated with the molecular structure of solute (the number and location of hydroxyl groups, the substitution of hydroxyl hydrogens by methyl groups, and the presence of ethylene group between carboxyl group and benzene ring).

doi:10.34984/SCFTP.2018.13.2.003

2018, №2

pp. 40-49

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Key words: palladium catalyst, impregnation, supercritical carbon dioxide, hydrogenation

The synthesis of palladium and palladium-silver catalysts using supercritical fluid CO2-impregnation process (static mode) was investigated. It is shown that the maximum amount of metal is impregnated to the carrier in the temperature range 318—323 K and pressure range 19.0—23.0 MPa. The activity of palladium catalysts prepared according to the proposed method is comparable with the activity of industrial samples currently produced.

doi:10.34984/SCFTP.2018.13.2.004

2018, №2

pp. 50-55

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Key words: polymers, supercritical fluids, subcritical freons, carbon dioxide.

Process of saturation of ultra high density polyethylene with sub- and supercritical freons and supercritical carbon dioxide was investigated for the first time. It was shown that subcritical freon R22 can be absorbed in much larger amounts by these polymers than subcritical freon R410а, as well as supercritical R23 and carbon dioxide, which makes it promising for use in the processes of impregnation and sterilization of polymers.

doi:10.34984/SCFTP.2018.13.2.005

2018, №2

pp. 56-68

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Key words: supercritical fluid impregnation, fluorescence microscopy, photoactive compounds

Fluorescence microscopy was used to study the distribution of photoactive compounds (PAC) in polymer matrixes impregnated in supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2). It is shown that the character of the PAC distribution in polymers depends on the nature of the matrix, the degree of interaction of the introduced compounds with polymer fragments, and the sizes of the photoactive compounds corresponding diffusion coefficients. Such information may be in demand for the development of functionally oriented polymer systems impregnated with РAС (heterogeneous catalysis, photochromic materials, medicine).

doi:10.34984/SCFTP.2018.13.2.006

2018, №2

pp. 69-74

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Small Volume Cyclone Separator for Supercritical Fluid Extraction

K.B. Ustinovich, D.I. Prokopchuk, O.I. Pokrovskiy, O.O. Parenago, V.V. Lunin.

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Key words: cyclone separator, supercritical fluid extraction, extract recovery

A low-volume cyclone separator with changeable extract collection reservoirs for the supercritical fluid extraction is designed. A method for manufacturing the designed separator by 3D-printing from an available polymer is proposed. It is shown that the designed small volume separator allows for a greater extract recovery compared to a standard large volume cyclone separator in the supercritical fluid extraction.

doi:10.34984/SCFTP.2018.13.2.007