(07B326) Properties of bubbled gases transportation in a bromothymol blue aqueous solution under gradient magnetic fields

摘要

A new system for the observation of the transport process of dissolved oxygen and carbon-dioxide gases is proposed that utilizes a water-containing column with an optical monitoring unit under gradient magnetic fields of up to 5 T. The system consists of a column for liquid chromatography with "branching flow" tubing at the center of a vertical bore of a superconducting magnet of 5 T. By utilizing bromothymol blue (BTB) as a CO_2 concentration indicator, CO_2 concentration in the bifurcated liquid stream from the gradient magnetic fields was measured by a time-resolved spectrophotometer in the range of 550 nm-660 nm. The results indicated that the gradient magnetic fields of up to 5 T accelerated the pushing-out of the CO_2-rich BTB solution from the branched inlet of the column. Comparing the effects of O_2-gas bubbling with He-gas bubbling, it was found that the oxygen gases dissolved in a BTB aqueous solution controlled the transport of CO_2 gases in the solution under gradient magnetic fields of up to 5 T. By monitoring the chromatogram pattern of oxygen-gas-bubbled water flow in a straight flow system at the UV band, it was indicated that the paramagnetic oxygen-gas-bubbles stay longer in the magnetic field center of the magnet. The proposed method with the branch flow can enhance the condensation of carbon dioxide gases in a room temperature liquid by the assistance of oxygen-gas in water under gradient magnetic fields of up to 5 T.