Strontium incorporation into dental enamel

Rats were raised on diets either rich or poor in strontium. Powder x-ray diffraction patterns suggest that isomorphous substitution of strontium for calcium occurs in the apatite of tooth enamel, and that strontium may form Sr(6)H(3)(PO(4)) * 2H(2)O, a compound hitherto unreported in biologic systems.     

Hydrous sodium silicates from lake magadi, kenya: precursors of bedded chert

Two new hydrous sodium silicates, NaSi(7)O(13)(OH)(3).3H(2)O (magadiite) and NaSi(11)O(20.5)(OH)(4).3H(2)O (kenyaite), were found in lake beds at Lake Magadi, Kenya. Both are well-crystallized layered silicates with large basal spacings. Concretions within the magadiite bed consist of kenyaite or quartz (chert) in the center, surrounded by kenyaite. In dilute acids magadiite and kenyaite are converted to 6SiO(2).H(2)O (SH), the first known crystalline hydrate of silica. The magadiite bed probably represents a chemical precipitate from alkaline brines. Percolating waters convert magadiite to kenyaite and eventually to chert. Thus a mechanism has been outlined for the formation of bedded chert deposits through inorganic precipitation. Alternations between silica-rich and iron-rich bands of iron formations may be due to concentration cycles in alkaline lakes.     

Monoclinic hydroxyapatite

The existence of a monoclinic phase of hydroxyapatite, Ca(2)(PO(4))(4)OH, has been confirmed, by single-crystal structure analysis (weighted "reliability" factor = 3.9 percent on |F|(2)). The structure has space group P21/b, a = 9.4214(8) angstroms, b = 2a, c = 6.8814(7) angstroms, and gamma = 120 degrees , and is analogous to that of chlorapatite. The distortions from the hexagonal structure with which the monoclinic structure is pseudosymmetric are similar to those in chlorapatite, including enlargement of that triangular array of oxygen atoms in which the chlorine ion or, in hydroxyapatite, the hydroxyl hydrogen ion is approximately centered. The hydroxyapatite specimen was prepared by the conversion of a single crystal of chlorapatite in steam at 1200 degrees C, was mimetically twinned, and was approximately 37 percent monoclinic.     

Structure of a three-dimensional, microporous molybdenum phosphate with large cavities

The synthesis, single-crystal x-ray structural characterization, and sorption properties of a microporous molybdenum phosphate, (Me(4)N)(1.3)(H(3)O)(0.7)[Mo(4)O(8)(PO(4))(2)] . 2H(2)O (Me, methyl), are presented. The three-dimensional framework is built up from Mo(4)O(8)(4+) cubes and PO(4)(3-) tetrahedra that are connected in such a way that large, cation-filled voids are generated; these voids constitute 25% of the volume of the solid. Absorption isotherms for water show the completely reversible uptake of 4 to 5 percent by weight water into the micropores of this compound, which corresponds to 10 to 12 percent by volume.     

氢氧化镁和磷酸固定剂控制堆肥氮素损失的研究

利用原位控制思路,在摸拟堆肥试验的基础上,通过实验室堆肥小试研究,将麦麸和鸡粪按比例混合,将不同配比、不同添加量、不同投加方式的同定剂应用于堆肥物料进行比较试验.结果表明,3种配比的固定剂适合应用于堆肥过程中进行氮素损失控制.与其他类同定剂相比,磷酸比例高的添加剂具有较好的固定效果,磷酸比例低的同定剂在堆肥化的初期具有相埘较好的固定效果,而且价格便宜.堆肥化过程中采用分批加入固定剂相对于物料混合时一次性加入等量固定剂的固定效果显著,固定剂的加入可以在补水、翻堆时进行.采用与堆肥物料混匀和表面喷淋相结合方法比单独一种方法对氮的固定效果好.     

Diphosphonates inhibit formation of calcium phosphate crystals in vitro and pathological calcification in vivo

Two diphosphonates containing the P-C-P bond, CH(3)C(OH)(PO(3)HNa)(2) and H(2)C(PO(3)HNa)(2), inhibit the crystallization of calcium phosphate in vitro and prevent aortic calcification of rats given large amounts of vitamin D(3). The diphosphonates therefore have effects similar to those described for compounds containing the P-O-P bond but are active when administered orally.     

Single-Crystal Epitaxial Thin Films of the Isotropic Metallic Oxides Sr1-xCaxRuO3 (0 le x le 1)

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基质栽培营养液氮磷钾补充水平对番茄养分吸收及产量品质影响

温室条件下,采用基质袋式栽培方式(长12.7 m、宽30 cm、高20 cm),通过改变营养液KNO_3与NH_4H_2PO_4含量得到4个不同营养液氮磷钾补充水平,各处理物质的量浓度比分别为:CK为Ca(NO_3)_2·4H_2O:KNO_3:NH_4H_2PO_4:MgSO_4·7H_2O=4.00:6.00:1.00:2.00,T1为Ca(NO_3)_2·4H_2O:KNO_3:NH_4H_2PO_4:MgSO_4·7H_2O=4.00:4.00:0.80:2.00,T2 为Ca(NO_3)_2·4H_2O:KNO_3:NH_4H_2PO_4:MgSO_4·7H2O=4.00:8.00:1.20:2.00,T3 为Ca(NO_3)2·4H_2O:KNsdfO_3:NH_4H_2PO_4: MgSO_4·7H_2O=4.00:10.00:1.40:2.00;研究营养液氮磷钾补充水平对基质栽培番茄品质、产量及养分吸收利用影响。结果表明,提高营养液氮磷钾水平可促进番茄各器官对氮磷钾吸收,超量施用抑制氮磷钾吸收;果实可溶性蛋白、维生素C、还原糖、可溶性总糖含量均随营养液氮磷钾补充水平提高呈先增后降趋势,而可溶性固形物与硝酸盐含量逐渐增加;各处理间单果重、产量差异显著;与CK相比,T2单果重增加6.85%、产量增加13.10%,T3单果重减少2.29%、产量减少2.92%,且存在显著差异。综合考虑番茄养分吸收利用、品质和产量等因素,在试验条件下,T2处理营养液氮磷钾补充水平最佳,推荐用量为:KNO3 8 mmol·L~(-1)、NH_4H_2PO_4 1.2 mmol·L~(-1)、Ca(NO_3)_2 ·4H_2O_4 mmol·L~(-1)、MgSO_4·7H_2O_2 mmol·L~(-1)。     

Calcium hydroxide: its role in the fracture of tricalcium silicate paste

The large areas of crystalline calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)(2)] formed during the hydration of tricalcium silicate (Ca(3)SiO(5)) correspond to low-porosity regions in the hydrated paste. During the early stage of hydration, areas between Ca(OH)(2) crystals which consist of Ca(3)SiO(5) particles bonded together by calcium silicate hydrate represent the high-porosity portion of the paste. Because of the presence of Ca(OH)(2), fracture in the hardened paste during this period propagates preferentially through the areas bonded by the calcium silicate hydrate phase and around the Ca(OH)(8), crystals. Calcium hydroxide also acts as a crack arrester. The influence of Ca(OH)(2) on fracture diminishes with increased hydration.     

An Inorganic Double Helix: Hydrothermal Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetism of Chiral [(CH3)2NH2]K4[V10O10(H2O)2(OH)4(PO4)7]{middle dot}4H2O

Very complicated inorganic solids can be self-assembled from structurally simple precursors as illustrated by the hydrothermal synthesis of the vanadium phosphate, [(CH(3))(2)NH(2)]K(4)[V(10)O(10)(H(2)O)(2)(OH)(4)(PO(4))(7)].4H(2)O, 1, which contains chiral double helices formed from interpenetrating spirals of vanadium oxo pentamers bonded together by P(5+). These double helices are in turn intertwined with each other in a manner that generates unusual tunnels and cavities that are filled with (CH(3))(2)NH(2)(+) and K(+) cations, respectively. The unit cell contents of dark blue phosphate 1, which crystallizes in the enantiomorphic space group P4(3) with lattice constants a = 12.130 and c = 30.555 angstroms, are chiral; only one enantiomorph is present in a given crystal. Magnetization measurements show that 1 is paramagnetic with ten unpaired electrons per formula unit at higher temperatures and that antiferromagnetic interactions develop at lower temperatures.     

Porous, crystalline, covalent organic frameworks

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have been designed and successfully synthesized by condensation reactions of phenyl diboronic acid {C6H4[B(OH)2]2} and hexahydroxytriphenylene [C18H6(OH)6]. Powder x-ray diffraction studies of the highly crystalline products (C3H2BO)6.(C9H12)1 (COF-1) and C9H4BO2 (COF-5) revealed expanded porous graphitic layers that are either staggered (COF-1, P6(3)/mmc) or eclipsed (COF-5, P6/mmm). Their crystal structures are entirely held by strong bonds between B, C, and O atoms to form rigid porous architectures with pore sizes ranging from 7 to 27 angstroms. COF-1 and COF-5 exhibit high thermal stability (to temperatures up to 500 degrees to 600 degrees C), permanent porosity, and high surface areas (711 and 1590 square meters per gram, respectively).     

Stanfieldite: a new phosphate mineral from stony-iron meteorites

A new mineral, stanfieldite, Ca(4)(Mg,Fe)(5)(PO(4))(6), has been found in the Estherville mesosiderite and several pallasites: Santa Rosalia, Albin, Finmarken, Imilac, Mount Vernon, and Newport. The atom ratio Mg:Fe of this mineral varies from 1.5 in Estherville to a constant ratio of about 15 in the pallasites. X-ray, optical, and chemical data for the mineral resemble those for the only intermediate compound in the system Mg(3)(PO(4))(2)-Ca(3)(PO(4))(2).     

Strontium Uptake in Shell Aragonite from the Freshwater Gastropod Limnaea stagnalis

Shell aragonite from 96 specimens of the freshwater gastropod Limnaea stagnalis grown in laboratory tanks at different temperatures in water with variable strontium/calcium ratios have been analyzed for its strontium content in order to evaluate the mechanisms of strontium uptake in molluskan aragonite. Within the limits defined by natural freshwater environments, the strontium/calcium ratio in the aragonite was found to be linearly related to the strontium/calcium ratio in the water. A distribution coefficient k(A)(Sr) = 0.237 +/- 0.029, unaffected by variations in temperature and growth rate, has been found. This finding substantiates the existence of a strontium-discriminating effect in aragonite precipitated by mollusks as compared to the case for nonbiogenic aragonite which contains about five times as much strontium when precipitated under the same conditions.     

Charge distribution in the light-atom mineral kernite

A charge density analysis of accurate x-ray data for the mineral kernite Na(2)B(4)O(6)(OH)(2). 3H(2)O indicates that the sodium and boron atoms have partial positive charges of 0.4 to 0.5 unit and 0.4 to 0.7 unit, respectively, whereas the oxygen atoms have negative charges of about 0.4 to 0.5 unit. The best agreement with the intensities and with the experimental scale factor is obtained with contracted molecule-optimized atomic orbitals. Difference density maps based on high-order parameters show more density in B-O than in Na-O bonds, thus supporting the covalent nature of the bonds between boron and oxygen atoms.     

Strontium isotopic composition of estuarine sediments as paleosalinity-paleoclimate indicator

The strontium isotopic composition of biogenic precipitates that occur in estuarine sediments can be used as proxy indicator of paleosalinity and for assessing precipitation and river discharge rates over thousands of years. In the San Francisco Bay estuary, river water with low (87)Sr/(86)Sr ratio (average, 0.7065) and low Sr concentration (0.13 parts per million) mixes with seawater with a higher (87)Sr/(86)Sr ratio (0.7092) and Sr concentration (7.9 parts per million). The predicted mixing relation between salinity and Sr isotopic composition is confirmed by measurements of modern estuarine surface waters. A paleosalinity record obtained from foraminifera for the ancestral San Francisco Bay during oxygen isotope substage 5e of the last interglacial reflects a global rise and fall of sea level, and short time-scale variations related to fluctuations in discharge rates of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.     

X-ray-induced dissociation of H2O and formation of an O2-H2 alloy at high pressure

When subjected to high pressure and extensive x-radiation, water (H2O) molecules cleaved, forming O-O and H-H bonds. The oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H) framework in ice VII was converted into a molecular alloy of O2 and H2. X-ray diffraction, x-ray Raman scattering, and optical Raman spectroscopy demonstrated that this crystalline solid differs from previously known phases. It remained stable with respect to variations in pressure, temperature, and further x-ray and laser exposure, thus opening new possibilities for studying molecular interactions in the hydrogen-oxygen binary system.     

Pentaborate Polyanion in the Crystal Structure of Ulexite, NaCaB5O6(OH)6{middle dot}5H2O

Triclinic ulexite crystals contain isolated borate polyanions [B(5)O(6)(OH)(6)](3-) related to the well known pentaborate polyanion [B(5)O(6)(OH)(4)](-) by addition of two hydroxyl groups to two opposite B-O triangles. The isolated ulexite polyanions form the [B(5)O(7)(OH)(4)](n)(3n-) chains previously found in crystals of the related mineral probertite, NaCaB(5)O(7)(OH)(4).3H(2)O.     

Shattuckite and plancheite: a crystal chemical study

The orthorhombic crystal structures of shattuckite, Cu(5)( SiO(3))(4)(OH)(2) and planchétite, Cu(8)(Si(4)0(11))(2)(OH)(4) H(2)O, have been solved. Shattuckite contains silicate chains similar to pyroxene in a complex association with copper atoms, while the closely related planchéite contains silicate chains similar to amphibole.     

大豆蛋白-三聚氰胺-尿素-甲醛树脂胶黏剂固化剂的研究

以大豆蛋白降解液、三聚氰胺、尿素和高浓度甲醛为原料,合成了一种低摩尔比的大豆蛋白-三聚氰胺-尿素-甲醛共缩聚树脂胶黏剂(SMUF)。选用(NH4)2SO4、(NH4)2S2O8、(NH4)2HPO4和H3PO4作为SMUF树脂的固化剂,研究了固化剂对SMUF树脂基本理化性能的影响。结果表明:1)传统固化剂(NH4)2SO4不能使SMUF树脂充分固化,最终树脂胶合强度低、耐水性差,固化后的胶层断面疏松、多孔;2)H3PO4和(NH4)2S2O8属于中强酸体系,两者均能一定程度加速SMUF树脂的固化,树脂胶合强度和耐水性均得到改善,固化温度显著降低,固化放热量有所提高;3)(NH4)2HPO4是一种缓冲型酸,其催化SMUF树脂的固化速度较为均匀,树脂综合性能较优,树脂的胶合强度和耐水性较好,固化温度也有所降低,树脂交联程度高,树脂固化层断面相对较为均匀。     

Aluminum-rich apatite

More than 25 atomic percent of aluminum can susbtitute for other cations in the structure of apatite [A(10)(XO(4)) (6)Z(2)]. Such a synthetic product was obtained by expelling volatile constituents (H(2)O and F) from morinite during thermal treatment. Infrared absorption spectra, chemical analysis, and x-ray powder diffraction demonstrate that the aluminum has two coordination numbers, and more than twice as much aluminum substitutes for calcium (A position) as for phosphorus (X position).