Interfacial oxidation and reduction of Prussian Blue (PB), KFe III [Fe II (CN) 6 ]‚nH 2 O (n ≈ 10), powder were probed in situ with Fourier transform infrared attenuated total reflection (FT-IR/ATR) spectroscopy. The combination of electrochemistry in the absence of liquid electrolyte with internal reflectance FT-IR spectroscopy was accomplished using a simple two-electrode sandwich-type cell in which a crystalline germanium served both as a working electrode and an infrared transparent element. Application of sufficiently large potential differences to sandwich electrodes led to oxidation and reduction of PB at opposing interfaces. The spectra, which were monitored by difference, clearly show changes in the cyanide stretching frequency range upon oxidation and reduction.
Attenuated total reflection (ATR) spectroscopy in the infrared has been applied to the study of the surface structure of various rank coals. No special time-consuming pretreatment of the sample is required which could effect the results. The sample is simply contacted with a reflection element. The method offers a possibility of a spectral study of the surface of the coal samples with graining up to several dozens of micrometers, and the scattering effect is not observed. In the low-temperature (130°C) coal oxidation process a formation of carbonyl and carboxyl groups (the band at 1700 cm−1) and a change in intensity for the rest of the bands have been observed. Oxidation of low-rank coals causes changes mainly in the aliphatic groups of the coal, while in the case of the highest-rank coal the changes in the aromatic structures are more marked.
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