Flame-retardant properties and synergistic effect of ammonium polyphosphate/aluminum hydroxide/mica/silicone rubber composites

The flammability behaviors of ammonium polyphosphate/aluminum hydroxide/mica/silicone rubber (APP/Al[OH]₃/mica/SiR) ceramifying composites containing APP, Al[OH]₃, and mica are investigated by cone calorimeter test. The thermal degradation and the synergistic effect of APP/Al(OH)₃/mica/SiR composites are investigated by thermal gravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. APP/Al(OH)₃/mica/SiR composites with 25 wt% of APP, 20 wt% of Al(OH)₃, 25 wt% of mica, and 30 wt% SiR presents a much lower total heat release, the value of peak heat release rate (PHRR), the maximum average heat release rate, the longest time to ignition, and time to the PHRR (t_PHRR), compared with the flame-retardant properties from composites with filler of APP and mica or APP and Al(OH)₃ alone. The results indicate that there is an excellent synergism in APP, Al(OH)₃, and mica, which endows APP/Al(OH)₃/mica/SiR composites with both good flame retardancy and fire prevention. The study on the synergism effect between fire prevention and flame retardancy of APP/Al(OH)₃/mica/SiR composites indicates that compounds containing P-O-Al are formed due to the reaction between APP and Al(OH)₃ during combustion in the early stage and a coherent, dense, and sealed structure is formed due to the reaction in mica, phosphates, and the thermal decomposition products of SiR during combustion in the later stage.     

Synergistic effect on hydrolytic sodium borohydride adding waste Al for hydrogen generation

Synergistic effect of sodium borohydride (NaBH₄) mixed with waste aluminum in hydrolytic system were investigated to improve the hydrogen generation (HG) efficiency. The alkaline aqueous originated from NaBH₄ hydrolysis impels the passive aluminum hydroxide film of Al surface to be dissolved, thus, mutual effect of HG amount increasing by 88% and 50% for Al powder and waste Al can, respectively. To add acid catalyst in the mutual mixture system prompts to significantly accelerate HG rate from 100 ml/min˙g to 400 ml/min˙g but raising temperature is not obviously found. It is speculated that exothermic effect dominates the NaBH₄ hydrolytic reaction and eliminates the temperature effect. In this study, the mutual hydrolyzed reaction of NaBH₄ and waste Al provides ecofriendly environment, low cost and enables to achieve higher HG rate and further uses for portable/mobile fields.     

东兴铝业嘉峪关分公司铝灰渣循环利用研究

铝灰渣是铝熔铸过程中产生的废弃物。本文主要介绍了酒钢东兴铝业嘉峪关分公司铝灰渣的产生量、排放、利用情况、化学成分及表面特征,并简要介绍了铝灰渣、铝灰的循环利用途径。     

聚硅酸氯化铝铁-聚丙烯酰胺处理生活污水的研究

以实验室自制的聚硅酸氯化铝铁(PSAFC)和助凝剂聚丙烯酰胺(PAM)为主要原料,复合处理高浊度的生活污水,利用正交法优化得出对生活污水混凝处理的最佳混凝条件。试验表明:在PAM和PSAFC的总投加体积2 m L、V(PAM)/V(PSAFC)为0.1、p H=5、反应温度25℃时,对生活污水的处理效果最好,絮凝率达到96.12%。对絮凝机理进行了探讨。     

In situ preparation of intrinsic flame-retardant urea formaldehyde/carbon nanotubes nanocomposite foam: structure and reinforcing mechanism

ABSTRACT

Urea-formaldehyde (UF)/carboxylated carbon nanotubes (CNTs-COOH) nanocomposite foams were prepared via in-situ polymerization. Chemical bonding and hydrogen bonding interactions formed between CNTs-COOH and UF matrix. UF resin adhered onto the ektexine of CNTs-COOH and grafting ratio of 496.41% was achieved. UF/CNTs-COOH foam showed smaller cell size, narrower cell size distribution and lower water absorption compared with UF foam. Introduction of 0.25 wt% CNTs-COOH resulted in 58.43% increase in compressive strength. CNTs-COOH were pulled out with surface covered with UF resin under stress and the failure mode was the destruction of matrix around interfacial layer. UL-94V-0 rating was achieved for the composite foams.     

铝灰的回收处理及资源化利用研究现状

铝灰是铝工业生产过程中产生的有害固体废物,每年的产生量达到上百万吨。铝灰的大量堆积会引起严重的环境与公共安全问题。铝灰中含有较多的金属铝及其氧化物、氮化物,综合回收利用铝灰对减少环境压力、提升铝行业的经济效益具有重要意义。阐述了铝灰的火法和湿法处理工艺,通过比较得出无盐火法工艺和湿法工艺是值得开发的工艺。介绍了铝灰在耐火材料、陶瓷产品、氢气制备以及工程材料等领域的综合利用现状及研究进展。指出在进一步巩固和发展铝灰原有的高附加值资源化利用的同时,应加强对铝灰处理过程中产生的气体的利用。建议根据铝灰的特性进一步开发新的资源化利用方向。     

Twin screw granulation – review of current progress

Twin screw granulation (TSG) is a new process of interest to the pharmaceutical community that can continuously wet granulate powders, doing so at lower liquid concentrations and with better product consistency than found by a high shear batch mixer. A considerable body of research has evolved over the short time since this process was introduced but generally with little comparison of results. A certain degree of confidence has been developed through these studies related to how process variables and many attributes of machinery configuration will affect granulation but some major challenges still lay ahead related to scalability, variations in the processing regimes related to degree of channel fill and the impact of wetting and granulation of complex powder formulations. This review examines the current literature for wet granulation processes studied in twin screw extrusion machinery, summarizing the influences of operational and system parameters affecting granule properties as well as strives to provide some practical observations to newly interested users of the technique.     

Mixed-dimensional niobium disulfide-graphene foam heterostructures as an efficient catalyst for hydrogen production

Besides developing a large number of catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline electrolytes, its conversion efficiency remained low. Herein, we have developed mixed-dimensional heterostructures of niobium disulfide (NbS₂) with graphene foam grown on nickel foam (NbS₂-Gr-NF). The strong lateral fusion results in activating the catalytic sites of NbS₂, the three-dimensional substrate provides easy access of electrolyte to active sites and increased electrochemically active surface area, while enhanced conductivity provides faster transfer of electrons to and from active sites. Therefore, NbS₂-Gr-NF heterostructures resulted in an exceptionally high current density of 500 mA cm⁻² at a very low overpotential of 306 mV in 1 M KOH solution and even can achieve the current density values of 914 mAcm⁻² at 338 mV only at a slight increase in overpotential (32 mV). Moreover, a Tafel value of ~72 mV dec⁻¹ confirms that as-developed heterostructure provides fast reaction kinetics where the reaction is mainly controlled by the Volmer step. Achieving such high current density at a faster rate with high stability makes NbS₂-Gr-NF heterostructures a potential candidate for water-splitting, especially in alkaline electrolytes.