The Enrichment of Chloride Anion in the Occluded Cell and Its Effect on Stress Corrosion Crack of 304 Stainless Steel in Low Chloride Concentration Solution

The enrichment of chloride anion within the occluded cell （OC） for Type 304 austenitic stainless steel in low chloride concentration solution has been investigated by means of a simulated OC. The influence of the enrichment of chloride anion on stress corrosion crack （SCC） of Type 304 stainless steel has been studied. It was observed that the amount of chloride anion migration was proportional to the charge flowing through the anode. Owning to the effects of enrichment of chloride anion, low chloride concentration solution could induce SCC for Type 304 stainless steel.

Migration of total chromium and chloride anion in the Rocha River used for estimating degradation of agricultural soil quality at the Thiu Rancho zone

The Rocha River is a receptor to receive wastewater from household,hospital and industry,from where contaminants are transported in the river,affecting biodiversity and the ecosystem of the area.In this paper we estimated the maximum transport of total chromium and chloride anion by applying the analytical model of Ogata&Banks(1961),and the results obtained are grouped into three zones:Contaminated,transition,and uncontaminated.The analytical model was applied with 13 samples collected from the river piezometers installed near Rocha,where they are arranged in two lines,i.e.RH-1 to RH-6 as the first line and RH-9 to RH-12 as the second line.The total chromium concentrations range from 0.16 mg/L(RH-1)and 0.11 mg/L(RH-9)at the closest points to Rocha River,to 0.13 mg/L(RH-7)and 0.03 mg/L(RH-12)at the most remote points to the river.The advance of the pollutants does not exceed 50 meters with respect to the axis of the Rocha River.

New insights into the pathogenesis of primary biliary cholangitis asymptomatic stage

Primary biliary cholangitis(PBC)is a chronic cholestatic progressive liver disease and one of the most important progressive cholangiopathies in adults.Damage to cholangiocytes triggers the development of intrahepatic cholestasis,which progresses to cirrhosis in the terminal stage of the disease.Accumulating data indicate that damage to biliary epithelial cells[(BECs),cholangiocytes]is most likely associated with the intracellular accumulation of bile acids,which have potent detergent properties and damaging effects on cell membranes.The mechanisms underlying uncontrolled bile acid intake into BECs in PBC are associated with pH change in the bile duct lumen,which is controlled by the bicarbonate(HCO3-)buffer system“biliary HCO3-umbrella”.The impaired production and entry of HCO3-from BECs into the bile duct lumen is due to epigenetic changes in expression of the X-linked microRNA 506.Based on the growing body of knowledge on the molecular mechanisms of cholangiocyte damage in patients with PBC,we propose a hypothesis explaining the pathogenesis of the first morphologic(ductulopenia),immunologic(antimitochondrial autoantibodies)and clinical(weakness,malaise,rapid fatigue)signs of the disease in the asymptomatic stage.This review focuses on the consideration of these mechanisms.

Involvements of chloride ion in decolorization of Acid Orange 7 by activated peroxydisulfate or peroxymonosulfate oxidation

The effects of chloride anion （Cl-） （up to 1.0 mol/L） on the decolorization of a model compound,azo dye Acid Orange 7 （AO7）,by sulfate radical （SO4-） based-peroxydisulfate （PS） or peroxymonosulfate （PMS） oxidation under various activated conditions （UV 254 nm /PS,Thermal （70°C/PS,UV 254 nm /PMS,Co 2＋ /PMS） were investigated.Methanol and NH4 ＋ were used as quenching reagents to determine the contributions of active chlorine species （dichloride radical （Cl2-.） and hypochlorous acid （HClO））.The results indicated that the effects of Cl- on the reaction mechanism were different under various activated conditions.For UV/PS and Thermal/PS,the inhibition tendency became more clear as the Cl- concentration increased,probably due to the reaction between Cl- and SO4-.and the generation of Cl2-.or HClO.For UV/PMS,Cl- did not exhibit inhibition when the concentration was below 0.1 mol/L.As Cl- concentration reached to 1.0 mol/L,the decolorization rate of AO7 was,however,accelerated,possibly because PMS directly reacts with Cl- to form HClO.For Co2＋ /PMS,Cl- exhibited a significant inhibiting effect even at low concentration （ 0.01 mol/L）.When Cl- concentration exceeded 0.1 mol/L,the activation of PMS by Co 2＋ was almost completely inhibited.Under this condition,HClO maybe played a major role in decolorization of AO7.The results implicated that chloride ion is an important factor in SO4-.-based degradation of organic contamination in chloride-containing water.