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Epidemic models for phase transitions: application to a physical gel
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2017) Bilge, Ayşe Hümeyra; Pekcan, Önder; Kara, Selim; Öğrenci, Arif Selçuk
Carrageenan gels are characterized by reversible sol-gel and gel-sol transitions under cooling and heating processes and these transitions are approximated by generalized logistic growth curves. We express the transitions of carrageenan-water system as a representative of reversible physical gels in terms of a modified Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible epidemic model as opposed to the Susceptible-Infected-Removed model used to represent the (irreversible) chemical gel formation in the previous work. We locate the gel point T-c of sol-gel and gel-sol transitions and we find that for the sol-gel transition (cooling) T-c > T-sg (transition temperature) i.e. T-c is earlier in time for all carrageenan contents and moves forward in time and gets closer to T-sg as the carrageenan content increases. For the gel-sol transition (heating) T-c is relatively closer to T-gs
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Mathematical Characterization of Thermo-reversible Phase Transitions of Agarose Gels
(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2018) Bilge, Ayşe Hümeyra; Pekcan, Önder; Kara, Selim; Bilge, Ayşe Hümeyra
The thermal phase transition temperatures of high (HMP) and low melting point (LMP) agarose gels were investigated by using UV-vis spectroscopy techniques. Transmitted light intensities from the gel samples with different agarose concentrations were monitored during the heating (gel-sol) and cooling (sol-gel) processes. It was observed that the transition temperatures T-m defined as the location of the maximum of the first derivative of the sigmoidal transition paths obtained from the UV-vis technique slightly increased by increasing the agarose concentration in both the HMP and LMP samples. Here we express the phase transitions of the agar-water system as a representative of reversible physical gels in terms of a modified Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible epidemic model whose solutions are the well-known 5-point sigmoidal curves. The gel point is hard to determine experimentally and various computational techniques are used for its characterization. Based on previous work we locate the gel point T-0 of sol-gel and gel-sol transitions in terms of the horizontal shift in the sigmoidal transition curve. For the gel-sol transition (heating) T-0 is greater than T-m i.e. later in time and the difference between T-0 and T-m is reduced as the agarose content increases. For the sol-gel transition (cooling) T-0 is again greater than T-m but it is earlier in time for all agarose contents and moves forward in time and gets closer to T-m as the agarose content increases.
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Selective liquid-liquid extraction of mercuric ions by octyl methane sulfonamide
(Marcel Dekker Inc, 2003) Bıçak, Niyazi; Sungur, Sana; Gazi, Mustafa; Tan, Nükhet
N-octyl methane sulfonamide (OMSA) has been demonstrated to be a very efficient reagent for selective extraction of Hg(II) ions from aqueous solutions. The extraction bases on rapid reaction of OMSA with Hg(II) ions yielding mono and disulfonamido mercury compounds in ordinary conditions. Solubility of OMSA and its mercury compounds in 2-ethyl hexanol provide a clear-cut phase separation in the extraction. The solution of OMSA in 2-ethyl hexanol (0.4 mol L-1) is able to extract 82.2% of mercuric-acetate (0.4 mol L-1) in non-buffered conditions. Although the process depends on the nature of accompanying anions the distribution coefficient is reasonably high (k(d) greater than or equal to 1.27) even in the presence of chloride ions. The extraction is strictly selective and the presence of Cd(II) Zn(II) Pb(II) do not bring any interference. The extraction system works in moderate concentrations. Extracted mercury in the organic phase can be recovered by back-extraction with concentrated HCl or H2SO4 solutions. After acid treatment the organic solution of OMSA becomes regenerated without losing its activity due to reasonable hydrolytic stability of the sulfonamide linkage and it can be recycled for further extractions.

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