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  • Ananya Birla forays into beauty, cosmetics market 
    Business Standard (Business Standard, 2025-02-06)
  • Electrical Conductance in Molten KC1, KI, TH and KI-TII 
    Buckle, E. R.; Tsaoussoglou, P. E. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (6), 1972)
    Specific conductance, x, in the ionic melts KC1, KI, Til and KI-T1I was measured by the a.c.- dispersion plateau method. The variation of z with temperature (T, C) in the pure melts is given to 0.1 % by empirical equations ...
  • Reactions of Group 3 Metal Alkyls in the Gas Phase: Part 9.—Addition of Propene to Trimethylaluminium 
    Egger, Kurt W. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (6), 1972)
    The thermal gas phase reaction of propene with monomeric trimethylaluminium has been studied at temperatures from 455 to 549 K using a static reaction system and Teflon coated reaction vessels. Initial propene pressures ...
  • Liquid State Thermal Conductivity of n-Paraffin Hydrocarbons 
    Kandiyoti, R.; McLaughlin, E.; Pittman, J. F. T. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (5), 1972)
    New measurements on the thermal conductivities of n-butane, n-pentane, n-heptane and n-octane in the liquid state at saturation pressure are reported. The results are discussed in terms of the dependence of thermal ...
  • Kinetics and Thermodynamics of the Formation of the Donor Acceptor Complex of Tetracyanoethylene with Hexamethyl benzene in Solution, by a Microwave Temperature-jump method 
    Caldin, E. F.; Crooks, J. E.; O’Donnell, D.; Smith, D.; Toner, S. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (5), 1972)
    The rate of formation of the donor-acceptor complex between tetracyanoethylene and hexamethylbenzene, in 1-chlorobutane as solvent, has been measured at –83°C by a temperature-jump method using microwave heating. Equilibrium ...
  • Oxygen Electrode Reaction: Part 2.—Behaviour at Ruthenium Black Electrodes 
    Burke, L. D.; O’Meara, T. O. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (5), 1972)
    Charging curves and cyclic voltammetry were used to investigate the nature of the interaction of oxygen with an active ruthenium surface. Rather vigorous corrosion was observed under highly anodic conditions and the products, ...
  • Thermodynamics of Adsorption of a Series of Related Organic Molecules on Graphite and a Carbon Black: Part 1—Heat of Adsorption 
    Dollimore, D.; Heal, G. R.; Martin, D. R. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (5), 1972)
    The isosteric heat of adsorption for a structurally related series of organic adsorbates has been determined at varying degrees of surface coverage on a graphite and a well-characterized carbon black using a gas-chromatographic ...
  • Absorption of Hydrogen by Palladium-Platinum Alloys under High Pressures of Hydrogen Gas 
    Baranowski, B.; Lewis, F. A.; Majchrzak, S.; Wisniewski, R. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (5), 1972)
    Effects of the absorption of hydrogen on the electrical resistance of a scries of palladium-platinum alloys have been studied at pressures of hydrogen up to 24 000 atm at 25°C. Effects indicative of significant absorption ...
  • Dissociation Equilibrium of Nitroform in Mixtures of Polar Solvents Studied by Pulse Radiolysis 
    Chaudhri, Shamim A.; Asmus, K. D. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (6), 1972)
    The dissociation equilibrium C(NO2)3H ; C(NO)2,+H sol and the related kinetics have been studied for mixtures of polar solvents. The dissociation constant is found to be essentially controlled by the rate constant for the ...
  • Adsorption of Xenon on Films of Gold, Aluminium and Silver 
    Bruce, Linda A.; Sheridan, Margaret H. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (6), 1972)
    A comparative study of the adsorption of xenon on films of gold, aluminium and silver prepared in an ultra-high vacuum system is reported. Sets of isotherms in the temperature range 77-90 K have been measured for two ...
  • Use of p-Nitroaniline to Determine Protonation Equilibrium Constants of Oxygen-containing Molecules in Aqueous Solution 
    Wells, C. F. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (6), 1972)
    Thccriticismscontaincd in a recent paper 1 of the interpretation in termsof protonation equilibria 2,3 involving (H20)4 Haq+ of the changes in optical density of acidic solutions of p-nitroanilinc on addition of organic ...
  • Flash Photolysis of Naphthalenedicarboxylic Anhydrides 
    Lohmann, J. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (5), 1972)
    The naphthalenedicarboxylic anhydrides (1,2-, 2,3- and 1,8-) do not decompose upon irradiation in a polymer-matrix. Their triplet-states are observed in emission and absorption. The half-lives of the triplet-states are ...
  • Adsorption of Krypton on Alkali Halide Crystals: Part 1.—Theory 
    Takaishi, T. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (5), 1972)
    The adsorption of krypton on alkali halide crystals with the NaCl-type structure has been studied theoretically in order to analyze detailed experimental data given in a succeeding paper. Emphasis was placed on the mutual ...
  • Mechanistic Conclusions from the Curvature of Solvent Isotope Effects 
    Albery, W. J.; Davies, M. H. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (1), 1972)
    The variation of kx/k0 with x the atom fraction of D in H2O/D2O mixtures is generally curved. Models of the transition state to fit this curve are described by fractionation factor theory. Nine general conclusions are drawn ...
  • Free Radical Addition to Olefins: Part 8.—Addition of of n-Heptafluoropropyl Radicals to Fluoro-ethylenes 
    Tedder, J. M.; Walton, J. C.; Winton, K. D. R. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (1), 1972)
    The light-induced addition of perfluoropropyl iodide to fluoro-ethylenes in the gas phase C3F7·+ RCH[double bond, length as m-dash]CH2→ C3F7CH2ĊHR (2) has been studied, and activation parameters determined by a competitive ...
  • Lithium Hydroxide and the Dissociation Kinetics of Water Vapour 
    Cathro, W. S.; Mackie, J. C. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (1), 1972)
    The chemical relaxation of shock-heated water vapour in 8–10 % mixtures with argon has been studied over a temperature range of 2000–2400 K. The growth of H atom concentration was followed by introducing LiOH particles ...
  • Surface-Photopolymerization from Hexachlorobutadiene 
    Kunz, C. O.; Wright, A. N. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (1), 1972)
    Irradiation of C4Cl6 vapour at 0.135 Torr with u.-v. light produces a highly carbonaceous polymeric film on illuminated surfaces. The rate of film formation is linearly dependent on light intensity and exhibits an overall ...
  • Interpretation of Collisional Ionization Rates in Flames 
    Preist, T. W. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (4), 1972)
    where A is an atom and M* and M*' are differently excited states of a molecule. This process is particularly relevant to the discussion of the collisional ionization rates in flame systems, and estimates of the cross-sections ...
  • Fluorocarbon Surfactant/Water Mesomorphic Phases: Part 3—XH and 2H Pulsed n.m.r. Study of Water in the Lamellar Phase of Ammonium Perfluoro-octanoate 
    Tiddy, G. J. T. (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (4), 1972)
    Proton and deuteron relaxation times have been measured for water in the lamellar phase of the ammonium perufloro-octanoate + water system. Changes in T1 and T2 with variation of temperature and composition have been ...
  • Lithium+Methylamine Solutions: Part 2.—Viscosities 
    Yamamoto, Mikio; Nakamura, Yoshio; Shimoji, Mitsuo (Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1972, 68 (1), 1972)
    The viscosities of solutions of Li and LiCl in methylamine have been measured with an Ubbelohde-type viscometer from –50 to –6.7°C as a function of concentration of the solutes. The observed viscosities increase with ...