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  • Open Access
3 Citations
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Identification and Characterization of Potential Impurities in Raloxifene Hydrochloride

  • Reguri BUCHI REDDY,
  • Thirumani VENKATESHWAR GOUD,
  • Nagabushanam NAGAMANI,
  • Nutakki PAVAN KUMAR,
  • Anandan ALAGUDURAI,
  • Raman MURUGAN,
  • Kannabiran PARTHASARATHY,
  • Vinayagam KARTHIKEYAN and
  • Perumal BALAJI

22 May 2012

During the synthesis of the bulk drug Raloxifene hydrochloride, eight impurities were observed, four of which were found to be new. All of the impurities were detected using the gradient high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method, whose ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,980 Views
10 Pages

Method for Removing Impurities by Treating Silicon Tetrachloride with Hydrogen Plasma

  • Roman Kornev,
  • Georgy Mochalov,
  • Nikita Maleev,
  • Sergei Romanov,
  • Konstantin Kornev and
  • Alexandra Kalinina

The transformation of organochlorine and organic impurities such as CCl4, C2H2Cl2, C2HCl3, C2Cl4, C2H2Cl4, CH4, C3H8, C4H10, and C6H6 in the content range of 10−2–10−6 wt.%, as well as BCl3 impurities at the level of 3 × 10&mi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,071 Views
13 Pages

Identification and Characterization of Process-Related Impurities of Trans-Resveratrol

  • Balasubramanian SIVAKUMAR,
  • Raman MURUGAN,
  • Annamalai BASKARAN,
  • Bhausaheb Pandharinath KHADANGALE,
  • Saravanan MURUGAN and
  • Udayampalayam Palanisamy SENTHILKUMAR

17 March 2013

This article deals with the identification and characterization of process-related impurities of trans-resveratrol (3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene), which exhibits several health benefits, including cancer prevention. During the synthesis of the bulk drug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
14,088 Views
19 Pages

Impact of Impurities on Crystallization and Product Quality: A Case Study with Paracetamol

  • Stephanie J. Urwin,
  • Stephanie Yerdelen,
  • Ian Houson and
  • Joop H. ter Horst

3 November 2021

A thorough, systematic study into the effect that structurally related impurities have on both the process and product quality during the crystallization of an active pharmaceutical ingredient is presented. The presence of acetanilide and metacetamol...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
193 Views
6 Pages

Influence of Impurities on the Hot Shortness of Brass Alloys

  • Vasilis Loukadakis,
  • Eleni Skepetzaki,
  • Marianthi Bouzouni and
  • Spyros Papaefthymiou

22 December 2025

Brass alloys are critical for numerous modern applications. However, a significant knowledge gap exists regarding the impact of impurities on their processability, particularly regarding hot cracking susceptibility. This issue is exacerbated by incre...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
12,778 Views
21 Pages

A Review on Removal of Iron Impurities from Quartz Mineral

  • Chunfu Liu,
  • Weitao Wang,
  • Han Wang,
  • Chenyu Zhu and
  • Bao Ren

25 August 2023

Iron is one of the most stubborn impurities in quartz minerals, and the iron content partly determines the various applications of quartz. Iron can exist in quartz in the forms of iron minerals, fluid inclusions, and lattice impurities. The removal o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,016 Views
32 Pages

Electron Transport in Carbon Nanotubes with Adsorbed Chromium Impurities

  • Stanislav Repetsky,
  • Iryna Vyshyvana,
  • Yasuhiro Nakazawa,
  • Sergei Kruchinin and
  • Stefano Bellucci

10 February 2019

We employ Green’s function method for describing multiband models with magnetic impurities and apply the formalism to the problem of chromium impurities adsorbed onto a carbon nanotube. Density functional theory is used to determine the bandstr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
2,572 Views
15 Pages

A New Validated Liquid Chromatographic Method for the Determination of Loratadine and its Impurities

  • Gajjela RAMULU,
  • Yalavarthi RAVINDRA KUMAR,
  • Krishnamurthy VYAS,
  • Mulukutla V. SURYANARAYANA and
  • Khagga MUKKANTI

12 February 2011

An improved gradient, reversed-phase liquid chromatographic (RP-LC) method was developed and subsequently validated for the determination of Loratadine and its impurities/degradation products in pharmaceutical drug substance. Separation was achieved...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,812 Views
15 Pages

14 August 2023

The safety of a medicinal product is determined by its pharmacological and toxicological profile, which depends not only on the active substance’s toxicological properties, but also on the impurities it contains. Because impurities are a proble...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,067 Views
13 Pages

Chemical Impurities: An Epistemological Riddle with Serious Side Effects

  • Ahmad Yaman Abdin,
  • Prince Yeboah and
  • Claus Jacob

Chemical synthesis is a science and an art. Rooted in laboratory or large-scale manufacture, it results in certain side products, eventually compromising the integrity of the final products. Such “impurities” occur in small amounts and, w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,305 Views
9 Pages

Initial Dynamics of Quantum Impurities in a Bose–Einstein Condensate

  • Magnus G. Skou,
  • Thomas G. Skov,
  • Nils B. Jørgensen and
  • Jan J. Arlt

27 March 2021

An impurity immersed in a medium constitutes a canonical scenario applicable in a wide range of fields in physics. Though our understanding has advanced significantly in the past decades, quantum impurities in a bosonic environment are still of consi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,931 Views
16 Pages

Aiming at the problem of high impurity rate in the recycled residual film, combined with the existing installation (4JMLE-210 agricultural residual film recycling machine), the removal mechanism of light impurities on the film surface was analyzed. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,977 Views
18 Pages

Isolation and Characterisation of Degradation Impurities in the Cefazolin Sodium Drug Substance

  • Balasubramanian SIVAKUMAR,
  • Kannabiran PARTHASARATHY,
  • Raman MURUGAN,
  • Ramajeyabalan JEYASUDHA,
  • Saravanan MURUGAN and
  • Rajendira JANARDHAN SARANGHDAR

4 June 2013

Two unknown impurities were detected in the cefazolin sodium bulk drug substance using gradient reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromate-graphy (HPLC). These impurities were isolated by preparative HPLC and characterized by using spectroscopic...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,283 Views
18 Pages

15 February 2023

In many materials, impurities and imperfections play a critical role on the physical and chemical properties. In the present review, some examples of such materials are discussed. A bulk nanobubble (an ultrafine bubble) is stabilized against dissolut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,808 Views
18 Pages

Removal Mechanism of Mineral Impurities in Molybdenum Concentrate Treatment Process

  • Qihang Liu,
  • Ruilin Liu,
  • Shuangping Yang,
  • Weiguo Feng and
  • Miao Wang

26 December 2022

The removal of impurities in molybdenum concentrate has become a new challenge for enterprises due to the cancellation of pickling. Whether impurity minerals can be converted into soluble ions during roasting is important for the impurity removal by...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,903 Views
19 Pages

Effect of Lead and Zinc Impurities in Ironmaking and the Corresponding Removal Methods: A Review

  • Sayaf Mustafa,
  • Liqun Luo,
  • Bo-Tao Zheng,
  • Chen-Xi Wei and
  • Niyonzima Christophe

2 March 2021

This paper reviews the effects of Pb and Zn impurities and their removal in the ironmaking process. The phase changes during ironmaking were investigated, along with the removal techniques of such impurities and their environmental impact. Results sh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
10,439 Views
28 Pages

Synthesis and Physicochemical Characterization of the Impurities of Pemetrexed Disodium, an Anticancer Drug

  • Olga Michalak,
  • Mariusz M. Gruza,
  • Anna Witkowska,
  • Iwona Bujak and
  • Piotr Cmoch

29 May 2015

A physicochemical characterization of the process-related impurities associated with the synthesis of pemetrexed disodium was performed. The possibility of pemetrexed impurities forming has been mentioned in literature, but no study on their structur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
9,851 Views
9 Pages

Synthesis and Characterization of Impurities of Barnidipine Hydrochloride, an Antihypertensive Drug Substance

  • Zhi-Gang Cheng,
  • Xu-Yong Dai,
  • Li-Wei Li,
  • Qiong Wan,
  • Xiang Ma and
  • Guang-Ya Xiang

21 January 2014

Barnidipine hydrochloride is a long term dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker used for the treatment of hypertension. During the process development of barnidipine hydrochloride, four barnidipine impurities were detected by high-performance liquid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
13,897 Views
10 Pages

9 August 2016

Linagliptin, a xanthine derivative, is a highly potent, selective, long-acting and orally bioavailable DPP-4 inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. During the process development of linagliptin, five new process-related impurities were detec...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3,542 Views
22 Pages

One of the most intriguing questions of modern volcanology is the inception of an eruption. Despite efforts to detect premonitory signals, numerous unpredicted eruptions have occurred recently. It has been suggested that these unpredicted eruptions m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
418 Views
15 Pages

24 December 2025

Baijiu, China’s traditional distilled spirit, is produced through solid-state fermentation and distillation of grains, resulting in a highly complex chemical and sensory profile. However, exogenous impurities introduced via raw materials, water...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
13,518 Views
24 Pages

The Effect of Ultrasound on the Crystallisation of Paracetamol in the Presence of Structurally Similar Impurities

  • Thai T. H. Nguyen,
  • Azeem Khan,
  • Layla M. Bruce,
  • Clarissa Forbes,
  • Richard L. O’Leary and
  • Chris J. Price

30 September 2017

Sono-crystallisation has been used to enhance crystalline product quality particularly in terms of purity, particle size and size distribution. In this work, the effect of impurities and ultrasound on crystallisation processes (nucleation temperature...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,089 Views
15 Pages

Distribution Behavior of Impurities during the Hydrogen Reduction Ironmaking Process

  • Hao Wang,
  • Fupeng Liu,
  • Hong Zeng,
  • Jinfa Liao,
  • Jinliang Wang and
  • Chaobin Lai

17 June 2024

The traditional blast furnace ironmaking process is the most widely used ironmaking process globally, yet it is associated with significant drawbacks, including high energy consumption and carbon emissions. To achieve low-carbon ironmaking, researche...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
10,864 Views
26 Pages

Synthesis and Physicochemical Characterization of the Process-Related Impurities of Eplerenone, an Antihypertensive Drug

  • Iwona Dams,
  • Agata Białońska,
  • Piotr Cmoch,
  • Małgorzata Krupa,
  • Anita Pietraszek,
  • Anna Ostaszewska and
  • Michał Chodyński

15 August 2017

Two unknown impurities were observed during the process development for multigram-scale synthesis of eplerenone (Inspra®). The new process-related impurities were identified and fully characterized as the corresponding (7β,11α,17α)-11-hydroxy- and (7...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,788 Views
15 Pages

An Improved YOLOv5 Model: Application to Mixed Impurities Detection for Walnut Kernels

  • Lang Yu,
  • Mengbo Qian,
  • Qiang Chen,
  • Fuxing Sun and
  • Jiaxuan Pan

1 February 2023

Impurity detection is an important link in the chain of food processing. Taking walnut kernels as an example, it is difficult to accurately detect impurities mixed in walnut kernels before the packaging process. In order to accurately identify the sm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,839 Views
10 Pages

HPLC-Based Analysis of Impurities in Sapropterin Branded and Generic Tablets

  • Emanuela Scudellaro,
  • Luciana Tartaglione,
  • Fabio Varriale,
  • Carmela Dell’Aversano and
  • Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati

This work was aimed at the definition of a chromatographic method able to separate and quantify impurities present in sapropterin-containing drugs during an accelerated stability study. The chromatographic method was applied to the orphan drug Kuvan&...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,665 Views
14 Pages

8 May 2011

Two unknown impurities were detected in verapamil hydrochloride bulk drug using isocratic reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). These impurities were isolated by preparative HPLC. Spectral data for the isolated impurities were...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,880 Views
9 Pages

1 November 2011

A profile of impurities in bortezomib anhydride, produced by a recently developed convergent technology, has been characterized. HPLC-MS analysis of the drug essence revealed three impurities: an epimer of bortezomib, resulting from partial racemizat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,398 Views
11 Pages

A Modified Wet Transfer Method for Eliminating Interfacial Impurities in Graphene

  • Dong Jin Jang,
  • Mohd Musaib Haidari,
  • Jin Hong Kim,
  • Jin-Yong Ko,
  • Yoonsik Yi and
  • Jin Sik Choi

27 April 2023

Graphene has immense potential as a material for electronic devices owing to its unique electrical properties. However, large-area graphene produced by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) must be transferred from the as-grown copper substrate to an arbit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,152 Views
13 Pages

Mechanical Impurities Carry-Over from Horizontal Heavy Oil Production Well

  • Alexey Dengaev,
  • Vladimir Shishulin,
  • Ilya Drozdov,
  • Anna Novikova,
  • Olga Eremenko,
  • Elena Safiullina and
  • Alexey V. Vakhin

9 October 2023

Currently, a global attention has been paid to the development and exploitation of shallow depth heavy oil reservoirs. Such oilfields are rationally developed via a network of horizontal wells. However, the weakly cemented reservoir rock beds lead to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,123 Views
12 Pages

Novel Robust Internal Calibration Procedure for Precise FT-IR Measurements of Nitrogen Impurities in Diamonds

  • Roman Khmelnitsky,
  • Oleg Kovalchuk,
  • Alexey Gorevoy,
  • Pavel Danilov,
  • Daniil Pomazkin and
  • Sergey Kudryashov

FT-IR spectroscopy is the basic finger-print method for qualitative and quantitative analysis of nitrogen, boron, and hydrogen impurities in natural and synthetic diamonds. In quantitative measurements of impurity concentrations, external standard sa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,159 Views
14 Pages

20 December 2019

The recycled methanol solvent of the HPPO (liquid-phase epoxidation of propylene and hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide) process usually contains many kinds of trace impurities, such as fusel alcohol, aldehyde, ketone, ester, acetal, and amine. In...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,676 Views
30 Pages

23 July 2022

Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is still the most widely used process for controlling NOx gas pollution. Specifically, commercial vanadium-based catalysts have problems such as narrow operating temperature range and environmental pollution. Resea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,642 Views
10 Pages

1 September 2017

Fluorite (CaF2), a halogen elemental mineral, always co-exists with other minerals. The Ca element in fluorite is often replaced by rare earth elements (REEs), such as cerium (Ce) and yttrium (Y). In this work, the electronic structures of fluorite c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,867 Views
8 Pages

Synthesis of Isomeric and Potent Impurities of the Triazole-Based Antifungal Drug Voriconazole

  • Dhanraj T. S. S. SUNDARAM,
  • Jayati MITRA,
  • Aminul ISLAM,
  • Koilpillai Joseph PRABAHAR,
  • Battula VENKATESWARA RAO and
  • Sanasi PAUL DOUGLAS

6 March 2015

We describe the synthesis of two positional isomers and a desfluoro impurity of Voriconazole starting with Friedel–Crafts acylation of mono- and difluoro-benzene. These isomers are the crucial components in determining the quality of Voriconazole dur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,958 Views
22 Pages

Antimony and Nickel Impurities in Blue and Green Copper Pigments

  • Sylwia Svorová Pawełkowicz,
  • Barbara Wagner,
  • Jakub Kotowski,
  • Grażyna Zofia Żukowska,
  • Bożena Gołębiowska,
  • Rafał Siuda and
  • Petras Jokubauskas

7 November 2021

Impurities in paint layers executed with green and blue copper pigments, although relatively common, have been studied only little to date. Yet, their proper identification is a powerful tool for classification of paintings, and, potentially, for fut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,863 Views
19 Pages

Removal of Iron, Zinc, and Copper Impurities from Sodium Aluminate After the Bayer Process

  • Vladimir Damjanović,
  • Srećko Stopić,
  • Duško Kostić,
  • Mitar Perušić,
  • Radislav Filipović,
  • Aleksandar Mitrašinović and
  • Dragana Kostić

17 June 2025

This study investigates the influence of specific surface area (SSA) and aluminum hydroxide particle size on sodium aluminate’s purification efficiency in the Bayer process. This research examines how variations in SSA affect the adsorption and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
772 Views
15 Pages

The Synergistic Influence of Trace Impurities and Temperature on the Corrosion Behavior of Tubing in Supercritical CO2 Environment

  • Mifeng Zhao,
  • Zaipeng Zhao,
  • Junfeng Xie,
  • Xuanpeng Li,
  • Wenwen Song,
  • Jinjie Zhou and
  • Qiyao He

13 August 2025

Carbon dioxide capture, utilization, and storage for enhanced oil recovery (CCUS-EOR) represents an effective strategy for reducing CO2 emissions while improving oil recovery efficiency. However, harsh environmental conditions during the process can...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,793 Views
20 Pages

10 September 2020

In this communication, we report surface state, with Rashba impurities, of a generic topological Kondo insulator (TKI) system by performing a mean-field theoretic (MFT) calculation within the framework of slave-boson protocol. The surface metallicity...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,497 Views
16 Pages

Botanical Impurities in the Supply Chain: A New Allergenic Risk Exacerbated by Geopolitical Challenges

  • Giulio Dinardo,
  • Lamia Dahdah,
  • Arianna Cafarotti,
  • Stefania Arasi,
  • Vincenzo Fierro,
  • Valentina Pecora,
  • Carmen Mazzuca,
  • Sara Urbani,
  • Maria Cristina Artesani and
  • Carla Riccardi
  • + 4 authors

24 February 2024

Background: The supply chains of food raw materials have recently been heavily influenced by geopolitical events. Products that came from, or transited through, areas currently in conflict are now preferentially supplied from alternative areas. These...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,051 Views
17 Pages

ITD-YOLO: An Improved YOLO Model for Impurities in Premium Green Tea Detection

  • Zezhong Ding,
  • Yanfang Li,
  • Bin Hu,
  • Zhiwei Chen,
  • Houzhen Jia,
  • Yali Shi,
  • Xingmin Zhang,
  • Xuesong Zhu,
  • Wenjie Feng and
  • Chunwang Dong

28 April 2025

During the harvesting and preparation of tea, it is common for tea to become mixed with some impurities. Eliminating these impurities is essential to improve the quality of famous green tea. At present, this sorting procedure heavily depends on manua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,634 Views
16 Pages

Online Detection of Impurities in Corn Deep-Bed Drying Process Utilizing Machine Vision

  • Tao Li,
  • Jinjie Tong,
  • Muhua Liu,
  • Mingyin Yao,
  • Zhifeng Xiao and
  • Chengjie Li

11 December 2022

Online detection of impurities content in the corn deep-bed drying process is the key technology to ensure stable operation and to provide data support for self-adapting control of drying equipment. In this study, an automatic approach to corn image...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,076 Views
19 Pages

12 September 2023

In this study, we examined the effect of CO2 injection into deep saline aquifers, considering impurities present in blue hydrogen production. A fluid model was designed for reservoir conditions with impurity concentrations of 3.5 and 20%. The results...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,039 Views
10 Pages

Effect of Impurities Control on the Crystallization and Densification of Polymer-Derived SiC Fibers

  • Young-jun Joo,
  • Sang-hyun Joo,
  • Hyuk-jun Lee,
  • Young-jin Shim,
  • Dong-geun Shin and
  • Kwang-youn Cho

2 November 2021

The polymer-derived SiC fibers are mainly used as reinforcing materials for ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) because of their excellent mechanical properties at high temperature. However, decomposition reactions such as release of SiO and CO gases an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,113 Views
17 Pages

Research on the Flotation Mechanism of Microemulsion Collector Enhanced Removal of Dyeing Impurities from Phosphogypsum

  • Xiaosheng Yu,
  • Lijun Deng,
  • Changpan Shen,
  • Huiyong Li,
  • Jingchao Li,
  • Yijun Cao,
  • Guoli Zhou and
  • Guosheng Li

Phosphogypsum is an industrial byproduct that is limited in its high-value application due to the presence of dyeing impurities (such as organic matter and carbon black). The flotation method has been verified to be effective in separating these dyei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
223 Views
15 Pages

16 December 2025

Power transformers are critical components of power grids, and their operational status characterization and fault diagnosis are crucial for power system reliability. Oil quality assessment is a crucial method for determining transformer status, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,181 Views
10 Pages

Role of Si and C Impurities in Yellow and Blue Luminescence of Unintentionally and Si-Doped GaN

  • Feng Liang,
  • Degang Zhao,
  • Desheng Jiang,
  • Zongshun Liu,
  • Jianjun Zhu,
  • Ping Chen,
  • Jing Yang,
  • Shuangtao Liu,
  • Yao Xing and
  • Liqun Zhang

10 December 2018

Both yellow luminescence (YL) and blue luminescence (BL) bands of GaN films have been investigated for decades, but few works report the relationship between them. In this study, two sets of GaN samples grown via metalorganic chemical vapor depositio...

  • Review
  • Open Access
179 Citations
19,511 Views
18 Pages

Adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based vectors expressing therapeutic genes continue to demonstrate great promise for the treatment of a wide variety of diseases and together with other gene transfer vectors represent an emerging new therapeutic paradigm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,115 Views
22 Pages

Influence of Electrolyte Impurities from E-Waste Electrorefining on Copper Extraction Recovery

  • Jovana Djokić,
  • Dragana Radovanović,
  • Zlatko Nikolovski,
  • Zoran Andjić and
  • Željko Kamberović

31 August 2021

In order to reflect possible issues in future sole e-waste processing, an electrolyte of complex chemical composition reflecting system of sole e-waste processing was obtained by following a specially designed pyro-electrometallurgical method. The ob...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,225 Views
26 Pages

12 February 2024

The conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to valuable chemicals such as levulinic acid and γ-valerolactone is a promising approach for achieving a sustainable circular economy. However, the presence of impurities during the stepwise chemical processi...

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