Heterotactic Enthalpic Interactions of L-Arginine with 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol in Aqueous Solutions at 298.15, 303.15 and 310.15 K

The enthalpies of mixing of L-arginine with 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol and their respective enthalpies of dilu- tion in aqueous solutions at 298.15, 303.15 and 310.15 K were determined as a function of the mole fraction by flow microcalorimetric measurement. These experimental results were analyzed to obtain heterotactic enthalpic interaction coeffieients（hxy , hxy , hxy） according to the McMillan-Mayer theory. The hxy coefficients between L-arginine molecule studied and 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol molecule in aqueous solutions at 298.15, 303.15 and 310.15 K were found to be all negative. The results were discussed in terms of solute-solute interaction and solute-solvent interaction.

Enthalpic Interaction for α-Amino Acid with Alkali Metal Halides in Water

The studies of the enthalpic interaction parameters, hxy, hxyy and hxxy, of alkali metal halides with glycine, α-alanine and α-aminobutyric acid were published. Synthetic considering of the results of the studies, some inter- esting behaviors of the interaction between alkali metal halides and the α-amino acids have been found. The values of hxywill increase with the increase of the number of carbon atoms in alkyl side chain of amino acid molecules and decrease with the increase of the radius of the ions. The increasing of the salt’s effect on the hydrophobic hydration structure as the radii of anion is more obvious than as that of cation. The value of hxxy will regularly decrease with the increase of the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl chain of amino acids and linear increase with the increase of the radius. But the relation of hxxywith the radius of cations is not evident. The value of hxyywill increase with the increase of the radii of the ions. As the increase of the number of carbon atoms of amino acids, hxyyis decreas for the ions which have lager size and there is a maximum value at α-alanine for the ions which have small size. The behaviors of the interaction mentioned above were further discussed in view of electrostatic and structural interac- tions.

Modulation of microstructure and properties of Cu−Ni−Sn alloy by addition of trace Ti

The segregation of Sn and discontinuous precipitation at grain boundaries are detrimental to the strength,ductility,and machinability of the Cu−Ni−Sn alloy.A strategy to solve the above problems is multi-component composition design by introducing strong enthalpic interaction element.In this work,a series of Cu_(80)Ni_(15)Sn_(5−x)Ti_(x)(at.%)alloys were designed by cluster-plus-glue-atom model,and the effects of Ti content on the microstructure and properties of the alloys were systematically investigated using TEM and other analysis methods.The results demonstrate that Ti can effectively inhibit the segregation and discontinuous precipitation while promoting continuous precipitation to improve the high-temperature stability of the alloys.As the Ti content increases,the distribution of Ti changes from uniform distribution to predominant precipitation.The hardness and conductivity of the alloy exceed those of the C72900(Cu−15Ni−8Sn(wt.%))commercial alloy and the Cu_(80)Ni_(15)Sn_(5)(at.%)reference alloy when Ti is in the solution state.