Soybean cultivars (Glycine max (L.) Merr.), "Dare", "Williams" and "Essex", with differential sensitivity to ozone (O₃) based on visible injury were exposed once to 0.20 µl⁻¹ O₃ and/or 0.70 µl 1⁻¹ sulfur dioxide (SO₂) for 4 hr. The cv Dare was considered sensitive, cv Williams intermediate and cv Essex tolerant to O₃. Cultivars exposed to filtered air served as controls. Gas exchange measurements were conducted and antioxidant metabolites (reduced and oxidized glutathione: GSH, GSSG; reduced and oxidized ascorbate: AA, dHAA) concentrations and enzymes (glutathione reductase: GRase; ascorbate peroxidase: APase; superoxide dismutase: SOD) activities were analyzed. Gas exchange rates of all cultivars were significantly inhibited by pollutants exposure. The cv Essex maintained significantly higher net photosynthesis (Pn) at the end of 03 exposure, during the SO₂ exposure and in the first 2 hr of O₃/SO₂ fumigation. During O₃/SO₂ exposure, the estimated pollutant fluxes were 50% and integrated doses were 25-30% of O₃ or SO₂ when fumigated singly. During O₃ fumigation, cv Dare exhibited a higher O₃ flux and integrated O₃ dose. However, cv Essex showed a higher O₃/SO₂ peak flux in O₃/SO₂ fumigation. The cv Williams showed the lowest pollutant flux in all treatments. Ozone fumigation imposed a substantial, but statistically insignificant, effect on some antioxidant components. Relative to the controls, O₃ exposure resulted in increases of GRase and SOD activity in cv Dare. In cv Williams, decreases of GSSG and SOD total activity and increase of dHAA were observed. Decreases of AA and SOD activity and increases of GSSG, dHAA and APase activity in cv Essex were found. The SO₂ exposure resulted in increases of glutathione, particularly GSSG, in all cultivars. The cv Dare responded with increases in AA, APase specific activity and SOD activity. In cv Williams, AA and SOD specific: activity increased and APase activity decreased. Decline of SOD activity in cv Essex was found after SO₂ exposure. The O₃/SO₂ fumigation resulted in increases of glutathione, particularly GSSG, and GRase activity, in all cultivars. Declines of dHAA and SOD activity in cv Williams were found. The cv Essex responded with a decline of AA and increases of dHAA and specific activity of APase and SOD. Ozone and SO₂, singly or in combination, inhibited gas exchange rates in all cultivars, however, cv Essex was the least affected. Stomatal conductance was inhibited greater by O₃ than by SO₂ fumigation. Conversely, Pn was suppressed more by SO₂ than by O₃. The O₃/SO₂ fumigation, however, suppressed Pn and Cs substantially and to a greater extent than individual pollutants. Under the pollutant dose and fumigation profile used in these studies, no consistent responses of different antioxidant components to O₃ and/or SO₂ correlated with differential sensitivity of these soybean cultivars as determined from foliar symptomology. / Ph. D.

The bolling film coefficients of sulfur dioxide were obtained from. experiments with an electrically heated wire submerged in a pool of sulfur dioxide liquid. A three-inch 15 Gage Nichrome V wire served as heating element in the boiling process. Electric power consumed by the wire was equal to the amount of heat transferred. Both temperatures of the wire surface and the liquid were recorded by thermocouples for the computation of the boiling film coefficients. The boiling curves of sulfur dioxide in the nucleate boiling region were obtained and plotted for pressures of 50, 60, 70, and 80 psig. The data for plotting the boiling curves are given in detail. A plot of heat flux versus the temperature difference between the boiling liquid sulfur dioxide and the surface of the heating element at different pressures is also presented. Comparisons were made with the limited information available for this boiling region. / Master of Science

It was the intent of this investigation to determine boiling film coefficients of SO₂ in a temperature range not previously investigated. Further, a practical method of circulating liquid SO₂ and reclaiming SO₂ vapor without a compressor or pump was attained. For the range investigated the boiling film coefficients decreased with an increase in temperature difference between the boiIing SO₂ liquid and the surface of the heater. This occurred in the regime of partial nucleate boiling. Favorable comparisons were made with the limited information available for this bolling regime. It was found that the controlling film coefficient was on the steam side of the test evaporator. This was due to the comparatively large values obtained for SO₂ bolling film coefficients. Within the limits of this investigation, the overall heat transfer coefficient may be taken as approximately equal to the steam film coefficient. Much more work needs to be done in the regime of partial nucleate boiling as the available literature is far from complete. / Master of Science

The object of this paper is to determine the optimum concentration of sulfur dioxide to be used in the commercial dehydration of the sweet potato by this process. Attention has been given to two aspects of the problem, (1) the effect of sulfur dioxide upon the extraction of water from the sweet potato by mechanical means, and (2) the effect of sulfur dioxide upon the stability of the carotene in the sweet potato over a period of several months.

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Sulfur dioxide (SO₂), a well-known pollutant emitted from fossil fuel combustion, has major adverse health and environmental impacts. It is harmful at low concentration with a permissible exposure limit of two ppm for the eight-hour time-weighted average (TWA) value. Fortunately, its atmospheric concentration, like other air pollutants, has gradually reduced in Canada in the past years. However, despite the well-established flue gas desulfurization technologies, they have the disadvantages of being energy-intensive, not very efficient to achieve very low concentrations (at ppm level) and they operate at high temperatures. Moreover, emission standards are becoming more stringent. Novel methods are therefore investigated to capture SO₂, such as adsorption processes using zeolites and metal oxides (e.g., Iron (Fe) and Vanadium (V) based) which tend to sustain wide ranges of temperatures and pressures. Graphene oxide (GO) was also shown to physisorb SO₂ at low temperatures. In this work, we propose to metal functionalize GO as a step forward on the path for efficient SO₂ capture, by promoting the SO₂ oxidation reaction into sulfur trioxide (SO₃) for increased capacity due to a possible higher affinity with the surface. The GO has a high surface area, high porosity, and controllable surface chemistry. The aim is to achieve outlet concentration of SO₂ as low as 1 ppm through combined physisorption and reaction promoted that the presence of GO and metal, at low operating temperature. Iron oxide functionalized GO was synthesized using two different techniques: a polyol process (GO-FeₓOᵧ-P) and using a hydrolysis method (GO-FeₓOᵧ-H). The characterization analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), performed on the materials before and after SO₂ reaction show changes on the surface due to metal adding and to the sulfur capture. The breakthrough curves and the capacity calculations of the performed experiments have shown that with the addition of FeₓOᵧ on the surface of GO, the capturing capacity increases by a factor of three to four, indicating a possible change in the capturing mechanism. The evaluation of the temperature effect (from room temperature to 100℃) showed an increasing trend in the capture capacity for SO₂ with an increase in temperature, for both functionalized and non-functionalized GO, indicating it is not driven only by surface adsorption. The presence of sulfur species captured from the gas stream has been confirmed by energy-dispersive X-ray (EDXS) analysis. The future work would be focused on the investigation of the mechanisms and capturing phenomenon and the regeneration step for the materials in order to further improve the capturing capacity and process applicability.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Canterbury, 2007. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 23, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-253).

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In the following thesis, new methodologies towards the synthesis of a range of sulfonyl (-SO₂-) containing functional groups are documented. These methods utilise easy-to-handle sulfur dioxide surrogates, such as DABSO (vide infra), and exploit palladium catalysis as a new mechanistic protocol for the incorporation of the -SO2- unit. <b>Chapter 1</b> is a literature review surveying sulfur dioxide in organic synthesis, the established uses of SO₂ surrogates and the importance of the sulfonyl moiety in chemistry. Palladium-catalysed (carbonylative) cross-couplings are also broadly discussed as they provide inspiration for, and mechanistic similarities with, the proposed chemistry. <b>Chapter 2</b> describes a de novo synthesis of the sulfonamide functional group; a three-component and convergent methodology coupling (hetero)aryl and alkenyl halides with sulfur dioxide (provided by easy-to-handle surrogates such as DABSO) and hydrazine nucleophiles, is documented. This is achieved through the action of a readily available palladium catalytic system and is the first example of a metal-catalysed sulfonylative cross-coupling of halide based electrophiles. <b>Chapter 3</b> presents a new method of generating (hetero)aryl and alkenyl sulfones. The ability of organometallic reagents to add to sulfur dioxide (supplied via DABSO) is applied to deliver the corresponding metal sulfinate salt. This in situ derived sulfinate is coupled with an (hetero)aryl or alkenyl (pseudo)halide using palladium catalysis to form the desired sulfone. An electronically modified XantPhos-type ligand was designed for the reaction in order to suppress unwanted aryl-aryl exchange. <b>Chapter 4</b> documents the generation of (hetero)aryl and alkenyl sulfinates from the corresponding halide and DABSO through a palladium-catalysed sulfination protocol, obviating the need for organometallic reagents. A mild set of conditions using IPA as both a solvent and reductant together with a low loading of palladium catalyst offers an attractive route to sulfonyl compounds thanks to the in situ derived sulfinates being converted into a broad variety of functional groups via established onwards reactivity. <b>Chapter 5</b> discusses the conclusion of the research and the potential for future work. <b>Chapter 6</b> presents the experimental data.

The kinetics of the pressure dependent O + SO2 + Ar reaction have been investigated using laser photolysis resonance fluorescence at temperatures of 289 K, 399 K, 581 K, 699 K, 842 K and 1040 K and at pressures from 30-665 torr. Falloff was observed for the first time in the pressure dependence. Application of Lindemann theory yielded an Arrhenius expression of k(T) = 3.3 x 10-32exp(-992/T) cm6 molecule-1 s-1 for the low pressure limit and k(T) = 8.47 x 10-14exp(-468/T) cm3 molecule-1 s-1 for the high pressure limit at temperatures between 289 and 842 K. The reaction is unusual as it possesses a positive activation energy at low temperature, yet at higher temperatures the activation energy is negative, illustrating a reaction barrier.