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The use of positron spectroscopy for revealing the nanosized structures in liquid mixtures. Identification of n-propanol nanoagglomerates in aqueous solutions

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The potential of positron spectroscopy for identification of nanosized structures in liquid mixtures, which is a difficult problem that still remains a challenge in physical chemistry of liquids, was demonstrated. The water-n-propanol mixtures were chosen as an example. An analysis of the concentration dependences of the mean lifetime of ortho-positronium atoms in water-n-propanol binary mixtures and water-propanol mixtures containing CoCl2 (0.4 M) and Co(ClO4)2 (0.6 M) suggested that the water-n-propanol mixture with ∼0.1 to ∼0.4 mole fractions of propanol resembled an emulsion of alcohol nanodrops suspended in water.

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  1. Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia

    P. S. Stepanov & V. M. Byakov

  2. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow, Russia

    V. M. Byakov

  3. National Nuclear Research University, Moscow, Russia

    A. G. Zaluzhnyi

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Original Russian Text © P.S. Stepanov, V.M. Byakov, A.G. Zaluzhnyi, 2014, published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii, 2014, Vol. 88, No. 4, pp. 672–678.

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Stepanov, P.S., Byakov, V.M. & Zaluzhnyi, A.G. The use of positron spectroscopy for revealing the nanosized structures in liquid mixtures. Identification of n-propanol nanoagglomerates in aqueous solutions. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 88, 685–690 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003602441404027X

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