Bright Singh, I S; Shibu, K Mani; Ranjit, Kanjur; Robert, Reed H(Elsevier, November 23, 2005)
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This study investigated the enhancement of solar disinfection using custom-made batch
reactors with reflective (foil-backed) or absorptive (black-backed) rear surfaces, under a
range of weather conditions in India. Plate counts of Escherichia coli ATCC11775 were made
under aerobic conditions and under conditions where reactive oxygen species (ROS) were
neutralised, i.e. in growth medium supplemented with 0.05% w/v sodium pyruvate plus
incubation under anaerobic conditions. While the addition of either an absorptive or a
reflective backing enhanced reactor performance under strong sunlight, the reflective
reactor was the only system to show consistent enhancement under low sunlight, where
the process was slowest. Counts performed under ROS-neutralised conditions were slightly
higher than those in air, indicating that a fraction of the cells become sub-lethally injured
during exposure to sunlight to the extent that they were unable to grow aerobically.
However, the influence of this phenomenon on the dynamics of inactivation was relatively
small
Anantaraman, R; Sugunan, S(Indian Journal of Chemistry, August , 1982)
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Kinetics of mercuric chloride catalysed solvolysis of benzyl chloride have been studied in water. 10% aq. ethanol, 10,20 and
30% aq. acetone and 20% aq. DMSO. The results confirm the operation of a mass law effect.
Sugunan, S(Indian Journal of Chemistry, February , 1983)
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Solubilities of 4-nitrobenzoic acid at 25°, 35° and 42°C have
been determined in water and in the presence of several concentrations
of electrolytes. The free energies, enthalpies and entropies
of transfer are also reported. The data have been rationalized
by considering the structure-breaking effects of the ions of
the salts and the requirement of the localized hydrolysis model.
The theory of Symons is not satisfactory to rationalise the
experimental data.
Sugunan, S(Indian Journal of Chemistry, September , 1984)
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The Setschenow parameters of solubility in salt solutions and the
thermodynamic parameters (25·C) of transfer from aqueous
solution to aqueous salt solutions for 2-nitrobenzoic acid and 3-nitrobenzoic
acid have been reported. The data have been
rationalized on the basis of the localized hydrolysis model and the
structure breaking action of ions of the electrolytes.
Sugunan, S; Thomas, B(American Chemical Society, 1995)
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The Setschenow parameter and thermodynamic parameters of transfer of 2- and 4-aminobenzoic acids
from water to salt solutions have been reported. The results are discussed in terms of the structure- breaking
effects of the ions of the salts, the localized hydrolysis model, and the internal pressure theory.