[FTIR analysis of the alcohol solution treated by high voltage electric field]

Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi. 2002 Feb;22(1):29-32.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

This paper studied the FTIR spectrum change of alcohol-water system after treated by high voltage electric field (2.0 kV.cm-1, 50 Hz). 4 kinds of systems were studied: pure water, 10% and 50% alcohol water solution and pure alcohol. Results showed that the position of nu (OH) in FTIR spectrum reflect the amount of hydrogen bonds in the alcohol-water system; when the solution treated by 1-30 min, the hydrogen bonds increased first and then decreased a lot. When the 50% alcohol solution and pure alcohol were treated more than 30 min by 2.0 kV.cm-1 electric field, peaks of nu (c-o) and nu (OH)(H2O) appeared in the spectrum. This indicated that alcohol might be oxidized by external physical field force and aldehyde and ester were formed. Test for the treated samples 7 days later found the FTIR spectra were almost the same. Some mechanisms were deduced.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Electricity
  • Electrochemistry
  • Electromagnetic Fields*
  • Ethanol / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared* / methods

Substances

  • Ethanol