The thermal decomposition process of ammonium paratungstate $5(NH_4)_2O{\cdot}12WO_3{\cdot}5H_2O$ was analysed by the methods of thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermal analysis, quantitative analysis of the ammonia which is released during heating and X-ray powder diffraction in air and in vacuo. There are several endothermic peaks which indicate release of ammonia and exothermic peaks which indicate crystal growth and oxidation of decomposed prodects in air. After water is driven off the ammonia is released at intervals corresponding to the endothermic peaks. The highest temperature at which ammonia is released is about $420^{\circ}C$ in air and $480^{\circ}C$ in vacuo. In air the crystal structure of paratungstate is conserved up to a temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ at which the remaining ammonia is about 4 mols. At $320^{\circ}C$ the remaining ammonia becomes less than 2 mols and the paratungstate structure changes into the amorphous state. After that ${\gamma}$ oxide is produced and is oxidized to ${\alpha}$ oxide in the temperature range of 400-$500^{\circ}C$ in air. In vacuo however the endothermic peaks and structural changes occur at lower temperatures and the structure of ${\gamma}$ oxide is conserved up to temperatures higher than $500^{\circ}C$.

Amino acid composition of Makjang was determined by combined usage of ion exchanged resin and paper chormatography in the following states. a. A fraction soluble in water b. Hydrolysate of the whole Makjang c. Same as a. (p.p.t. formed by tungstic acid or trichloroacetic acid being removed) d. Hydrolysate of c. (T and TCA) By comparing amino acid composition of Makjang with that of its raw material, we found that decomposition of essential amino acids during brewing is slight. From the amino acid composition of a,b,c,d, we discussed the ratio of amino acid liberation during brewing and assumed that Makjang contains peptide-like substances composing of glutamic acid and aspartic acid.

Thermal neutron activation analysis was applied to determine the trace amount of Vanadium and Manganese in Buyo and Kumsan Ginseng. These elements have been regarded to have great nutritional value and one of the indispensable factor in the growth of ginseng. The TRIGA MARK II Reactor in Atomic Energy Research Institute was used for the neutron source. The samples were irradiated for 10 minutes for Vanadium and for 5 minutes for Manganese at the neutron flux of about $1.28{\times}10^{12}n/cm^2/sec$ and the RCL 256 Channel Pulse-Height Analyzer connected with $2"{\times}2"$ Nal(Tl) was used for activity determination. The amounts were about 0.02 ppm for Vanadium and 20 ppm for Manganese, and it was also found that the amounts of the elements were slightly different depending on the kinds of ginsengs.

本硏究에서는 韓國産 灰重石($CaWO_4$)에 關하여 固相一液相界面에 있어서의 電氣化學的 性質을 電氣泳動法으로 調査하고 한便 浮遊性에 關하여서는 捕收劑로 Dodecyl ammonium chloride(D.A.C.라 略稱)와 Sodium dodecyl sulfate(S.D.S.라 略稱)를 使用하여 Hallimond tube 試驗, 接觸角測定 及 吸着量測定等의 捕收劑 이온이 鑛物表面에 吸着하는데 있어서 電氣的인 相互作用이 重要한 役割을 하고 있다는 것을 實證하였다. 卽 電氣泳動法으로 鑛粒의 水溶液中에 있어서의 mobility를 測定한 結果 灰重石의 境遇에는 $Ca^{++}$ 或은 $WO_4^{--}$이 界面 電氣特性을 決定하는 potental determining ion이라는 것이 確認되었고 水溶液中에 있는 $Ca^{++}$의 增加는 鑛粒界面의 陰電荷를 減少하며 $WO_4^{--}$의 增加는 그 陰電荷를 增加한다는 것을 알수 있다. 이와같은 表面에 "陰이온系"의 S.D.S. 或은 "陽이온系"의 D.A.C.를 作用시키면 當然히 S.D.S.는 $Ca^{++}$의 增加에 따라 吸着量이 增加되어 浮遊性이 增大되고 한便 D.A.C. 때는 反對로 $WO_4^{--}$이 增加하는데 따라 吸着量이 增加되며 따라서 浮遊性도 增大된다고 불수 있고 實地로 捕收劑吸着量의 測定 및 Hallimond tube 實驗은 이것을 立證하고 있다. 이러한 基礎的인 究明은 灰重石浮選理論의 根幹이 되는 것이고 從來의 浮選法 改良에 對한 指針이 될수 있다고 生覺한다.

Sodium alizarin sulfonate forms stable complex with uranyl ion, particularly over pH 3.85 condition. Spectrophotometric measurements have been used to study these complex. The continuous variation method and mole ratio method have been used to establish that the most stable complex contains one uranyl ion per sodium alizarin sulfonate.

A new method determining the micro amount of cupferron spectrophotometrically was investigated and was considered on the various factors which affect on the method. The method was as follows; ferric alum solution was added in a suitably acidified solution of cupferron. After the precipitates of Fe(Ⅲ)-cupferrate were formed, they were extracted with chloroform and the absorbancy of the organic phase was measured by spectrophotometer, Beckmann Model B (1cm quartz cell). The stable maximum wavelength was 325 $m{\mu}$ at 3.0 to 5.6 of the optimum pH and it obeyed on Boer's law in the range of 5.76 ${\gamma}/ml$ to 74.80 ${\gamma}/ml$ of cupferron. The maximum wavelength was independent on pH, concentration of cupferron and of ferric alum. The absorbancy at 325 $m{\mu}$ was not affected by $SO_4^{--}$ and Ac, but was varied by $Cl^-$ and $NO_3^-$. Sulfuric acid and acetate buffer are preferred to the acid and buffer solution adjusting the pH. At higher acidity, however, the absorbancy was somewhat lowered because of the decomposition of cupferron, and at too high concentration of ferric alum, it was also decreased because of the difficulty in the extraction. By this method, it was able to determine cupferron quantitatively in the percent error of 1.18.

Cobalt(Ⅲ) ion gives two step waves with $E_{1/2}$－0.1V(?)(vs.S.C.E.) and $E_{1/2}$－1.37V(vs. S.C.E.) from a base electrolyte consisting of 0.1 M TEA＋sodium borate＋0.0002% gelatin. The first wave results from the reduction Co(Ⅲ) to Co(Ⅱ). The second wave corresponding to the reduction Co(Ⅱ) to Co(0) and this wave is diffusion controlled. The diffusion current constant of the second wave is 2.7. Under these-conditions, diffusion current of the second wave is proportional to the concentration of Co (Ⅱ) in the range of $10^{-3}{\sim}10^{-4}$ M.

Nb is one of the trouble-some fission products in the reprocessing of nuclear fuels. In this paper, the extraction of Nb from 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 9N $HNO_3$ solution by mixtures of TBP and DBP in dodecane are reported. Sums of the concentration of TBP and DBP are kept to 20%. When the concentrations of DBP are lower the $2{\times}10^{-2}%$, distribution ratios are almost same, and ratios increase abruptly and the slope is about 2.5 at between $2{\times}10^{-2}$ to $4{\times}10^{-1}%$, then slope falls down to about 0.5. There is aging effect on mixture of TBP and DBP.

The effect of the pulsation on the particle hold-up in a pulsed wetted column has been studied theoretically for the case of laminar region and experimentally for the cases of transient and turbulent regions. The experiment has been carried out by employing water as fluid medium and solid particles. The pulsation has been given by the reciprocating motion of a piston. The results of the investigation show that the pulsation would not give apparent effect on the particle hold-up but would increase the total travelling length of the particle.

It is well known that the graphite flakes become spherulite, when a suitable amount of nodulizing element, such as cerium or magnesium, is added to the cast iron. The change of graphite from flake to nodular shape improves not only the tensile strength but the ductility as well. However, the mechanism of spheroidization of graphite in cast iron has not yet been clearly understood, and various theories proposed by a number of investigators were such that it may be due to the special nucleation effect, prevention of flake formation by the adsorption of magnesium vapour on the graphite surface or file surface free energy difference between plain graphite and magnesium-adsorbed graphite. Regardless of the speculations of spheroidizing mechanism of the graphite in the cast iron, the final phenomenon comes to the conclusion that it may be due to the lack of wettability between graphite and iron matrix. In order to collaborate this fact through an experimental method, the authors have constructed a vacuum arc furnace for the wettability measurement as its first step. Our study and experiments were then directed to the comparison of the wettability between iron and graphite on the two cases (namely, the one where magnesium was preliminarily coated on the graphite surface and the other not coated), by means of contact angle measurements. The result was such that a significant difference of the contact angles has been shown between the above two cases. indicating the spheroidization of graphite which might have resulted from the lack of wettability between magnesium-adsorbed graphite and iron matrix.

Authors propose a new technique using polyethylene film instead of sodium chloride window as a cell material. Nujol mulls, liquids and aqueous solutions are sandwitched between two pieces of polyethylene film which are held between cardboards. Ordinary lead or stainless steel spacers could be used if exact cell thickness is desired. A more elaborate cell can be assembled by injecting samples between two pieces of polyethylene film which are placed between sodium chloride windows of ordinary demountable liquid cell. The absorption bands due to polyethylene and Nujol are compensated by placing the polyethylene film of suitable thickness in the reference beam. The absorption bands due to solvents such as water can also be compensated by the polyethylene film cell sandwitched solvent of suitable thickness in the reference beam. This method would be a simple new technique. Especially this technique may offer a new helpful way for the investigation of the state of substances in aqueous system. Using this technique, authors have observed the appearance of an absorption bands at 3.2 micron, in the spectrum of phenol in aqueous solution, that is absent in the spectrum of phenol in benzene solution. The same absorption band also has been observed in the spectra of aqueous formaldehyde solution and aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution, where the absorption bands due to polyethylene and water are compensated. Although it may be regarded that this absorption band is related to the intermolecular interaction between water and the solute having OH group, that is hydrogen bonding. The exact assignment of this absorption band is out of this work.

The solubility of ethyl bromide in nitrobenzene and in 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene has been measured at $19^{\circ}$ in the presence and absence of gallium bromide. When gallium bromide does not exist in the system, the solubility of ethyl bromide in nitrobenzene is greater than in 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, indicating the stronger interaction of ethyl bromide with nitrobenzene than with 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene. When there exists gallium bromide in the system, an unstable 1: 1 complex, C2H5Br·GaBr3, of gallium bromide with ethyl bromide is formed in the solution. The 1: 1 complex in solution dissociates into the components to a large extent according to one of the following equilibria or both: $C_2H_5Br{\cdot}GaBr_3{\rightleftarrows}C_2H_5Br+GaBr_3$C_2H_5Br{\cdot}GaBr_3{\rightleftarrows}C_2H_5Br+1}2GaBr_3$$ The stability of the 1: 1 complex of ethyl bromide with gallium bromide is compared with that of the corresponding complex of methyl bromide.

The basicities of 16 substituted azoxybenzenes have been measured by U.V. spectrophotometric method. The effects of substituents on the basicities are discussed in terms of Hammett's equation. The reaction constants, ${\rho}^X_Y$ and ${\rho}^Y_X$ , in a modified equation, log $K_{XY}/K_{\infty}={\sigma}_X{\rho}^Y_X+{\sigma}_Y{\rho}^X_Y$, are $2.46{\pm}0.12$ and $2.25{\pm}0.26$ respectively. The validity of the equation is analysed by a statistical method, and the structure of the conjugate acid of the substituted azoxybenzenes is proposed.

Hexamethylenediamine dihydroiodide is monoclinic, with cell dimensions $a=4.85{\AA}$, $b=12.77{\AA}$, $c=9.73{\AA}$, ${\beta}=91.5^{\circ}$ The space group is $P2_1/c$, with two molecules per unit cell. It has a center of symetry in the molecule. All atomic positions are determined by means of a two-dimensional patterson synthesis and fourier synthesis. The C-N bond distance is $1.48{\AA}$ and the C-C bond distances are lying between $1.55{\AA}$, and $1.59{\AA}$. The iodine atom is bonded by hydrogen bridges of $3.59{\AA}{\pm}0.1{\AA}$ to nitrogen atoms and surrounded by three nitrogen atoms. The hexamethylenediamine chain is zigzag in the hexamethylenediamine dihydrochloride molecules though, it is not zigzag in the hexamethylenediamine dihydroiodide.

The Knoevenagel reaction of fluorinated carbonyl compounds, 1,1,1-trifluoro-propanone-2-heptafluoro-butyraldehyde, 1,3-dichloro-1,1,3,3-tetrafluoro-acetone, tetradecafluoro-heptanone-4 and 2,2,2-trifluoro-acetophenone yielded fluorinated ${\beta},{\beta}$-dialkyl-${\beta}$-hydroxy acids. Dehydration of the acids do not give the olefinic acid in the case of the perfluorinated system and gave a lactone. From the consideration of electronic and steric effects a mechanismic path of the reaction via a carbanion intermediate was proposed for the reaction. Preparation of related derivatives are also described.