%0 Journal Article
%T Characterization of Physical, Thermal and Spectral Properties of Biofield Treated o-Aminophenol
%A Snehasis Jana
%A Mahendra Kumar Trivedi
%A Rama Mohan Tallapragada
%A Alice Branton
%A Dahryn Trivedi
%A Gopal Nayak and Rakesh Kumar Mishra
%J Pharmaceutica Analytica Acta
%P 1-6
%D 2015
%R 10.4172/2153-2435.1000425
%X O-aminophenol has extensive uses as a conducting material and in electrochemical devices. The objective of this research was to investigate the influence of biofield energy treatment on the physical thermal and spectral properties of£¿o-aminophenol. The study was performed in two groups; the control group was remained as untreated, while the treated group was subjected to Mr. Trivedi¡¯s biofield energy treatment. Subsequently, the control and treated£¿o-aminophenol samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), surface area analysis, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, and Ultra violet-visible spectroscopy analysis (UV-vis). The XRD analysis showed an increase in peak intensity of the treated£¿o-aminophenol with respect to the control. Additionally, the crystallite size of the treated£¿o-aminophenol was increased by 34.51% with respect to the control sample. DSC analysis showed a slight increase in the melting temperature of the treated sample as compared to the control. However, a significant increase in the latent heat of fusion was observed in the treated£¿o-aminophenol by 162.24% with respect to the control. TGA analysis showed an increase in the maximum thermal decomposition temperature (Tmax) in treated£¿o-aminophenol (178.17oC) with respect to the control (175oC). It may be inferred that the thermal stability of£¿o-aminophenol increased after the biofield treatment. The surface area analysis using BET showed a substantial decrease in the surface area of the treated sample by 47.1% as compared to the control. The FT-IR analysis showed no changes in the absorption peaks of the treated sample with respect to the control. UV-visible analysis showed alteration in the absorption peaks£¿i.e.£¿211¡ú203 nm and 271¡ú244 nm of the treated£¿o-aminophenol as compared to the control. Overall, the results showed that the biofield treatment caused an alteration in the physical, thermal and spectral properties of the treated£¿o-aminophenol.
%K Biofield energy treatment
%K o-aminophenol
%K X-ray diffraction
%K Differential scanning calorimetry
%K Thermogravimetric analysis
%K Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
%K UV-visible analysis
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