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Potassium Cations (potassium + cation)
Selected AbstractsSensitized Lanthanide-Ion Luminescence with Aryl-Substituted N -(2-Nitrophenyl)acetamide-Derived ChromophoresHELVETICA CHIMICA ACTA, Issue 11 2009Michael Andrews Abstract The syntheses of the two tetraazamacrocyclic ligands L1 and L2 bearing a [(methoxy-2-nitrophenyl)amino]carbonyl chromophore, i.e., an N -(methoxy-2-nitrophenyl)acetamide moiety, together with their corresponding lanthanide-ion complexes are described. A combined spectroscopic (UV/VIS, 1H-NMR), structural (X-ray), and theoretical (DFT) investigation revealed that the absorption properties of the chromophores were dictated by the extent of electronic delocalisation, which in turn was determined by the position of the MeO substituent at the aromatic ring. X-Ray crystallographic studies showed that when attached to the macrocycle, both isomeric forms of the N -(methoxy-2-nitrophenyl)acetamide unit can participate in coordination, via the CO, to an encapsulated potassium cation. Luminescence measurements confirmed that such a binding mode also exists in solution for the corresponding lanthanide complexes (q ca. ,1), with the para -MeO derivative allowing longer wavelength sensitization (,ex 330,nm). [source] The Effects of Temperature on the Local Structure of Metakaolin-Based Geopolymer Binder: A Neutron Pair Distribution Function InvestigationJOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 10 2010Claire E. White Neutron pair distribution function (PDF) analysis is utilized to advance the understanding of the local atomic structural characteristics of geopolymer binders derived from metakaolin, specifically the nature and amount of the water associated with these materials. Samples were heated in air to temperatures up to 1200°C, then analyzed ex situ by high momentum transfer neutron total scattering and PDF analysis. Water contained in large pores, along with water associated with hydration of potassium cations in the geopolymer framework structure, comprise the majority of water in this material. The remaining water is situated in small pores and as terminal hydroxyl groups attached to the Si,Al framework. The Si,Al framework structure undergoes only subtle rearrangement upon heating, but maintains a tetrahedral aluminosilicate framework environment. After crystallization with heating beyond 1000°C, the geopolymer gel is predominantly converted to leucite, with small amounts of amorphous mullite and glassy silica, which have never before been observed in heated geopolymers. This demonstrates the value of neutron PDF analysis to probe the local structure of these important geopolymeric materials. [source] Cation movement and phase transitions in KTP isostructures; X-ray study of sodium-doped KTP at 10.5,KACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION B, Issue 3 2003Stefan T. Norberg An accurate structure model of sodium-doped potassium titanyl phosphate, (Na0.114K0.886)K(TiO)2(PO4)2, has been determined at 10.5,K by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In addition to the low-temperature data, X-ray intensities have been collected at room temperature. When the temperature was decreased from room temperature to 10.5,K, both potassium cations moved 0.033,(2),Å along the c -axis, i.e. in the polar direction within the rigid Ti,O,P network. This alkaline metal ion displacement can be related to the Abrahams,Jamieson,Kurtz TC criteria for oxygen framework ferroelectrics. Potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) is a well known material for second harmonic generation (SHG), and the influence of sodium dopant on the TiO6 octahedral geometry and SHG is discussed. The material studied crystallizes in the space group Pna21 with Z = 4, a = 12.7919,(5), b = 6.3798,(4), c = 10.5880,(7),Å, V = 864.08,(9),Å3, T = 10.5,(3),K and R = 0.023. [source] K3TaF8 from laboratory X-ray powder dataACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION C, Issue 2 2010ubomír Smr The crystal structure of tripotassium octafluoridotantalate, K3TaF8, determined from laboratory powder diffraction data by the simulated annealing method and refined by total energy minimization in the solid state, is built from discrete potassium cations, fluoride anions and monocapped trigonal,prismatic [TaF7]2, ions. All six atoms in the asymmetric unit are in special positions of the P63mc space group: the Ta and one F atom in the 2b (3m) sites, the K and two F atoms in the 6c (m) sites, and one F atom in the 2a (3m) site. The structure consists of face-sharing K6 octahedra with a fluoride anion at the center of each octahedron, forming chains of composition [FK3]2+ running along [001] with isolated [TaF7]2, trigonal prisms in between. The structure of the title compound is different from the reported structure of Na3TaF8 and represents a new structure type. [source] Polymeric potassium diaquahexa-,-cyano-holmium(III)ruthenium(II) dihydrateACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION C, Issue 9 2003Jason A. Kautz The crystal structure of the title bimetallic cyanide-bridged complex, {K[HoRu(CN)6(H2O)2]·2H2O}n, was determined by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The coordination about the central holmium(III) ion is eightfold in a square-antiprismatic arrangement, while the ruthenium(II) ion is octahedrally coordinated. Channels permeating the crystal lattice contain the potassium cations and two zeolitic water molecules. The HoIII and K atoms lie at sites with mm symmetry and the Ru atom is at a site with 2/m symmetry. [source] |