PHOSPHORUS AND PHOSPHATE LEVELS IN THE ALEURONE CELLS OF CEREAL GRAINS

The aleurone cells of barley, wheat, rice, rye, oats and triticale contained, comparatively, higher percentages of phosphorus than the aleurone cells of sorghum, maize or millet. The aleurone tissues of barley, wheat and rice had more phosphate than corresponding tissues of sorghum and maize. Phosphate was not detected in the aleurone tissue of maize but was found in trace amounts in the aleurone tissue of sorghum.     

Ion implantation effect on atomic structure of deformed Si, Ir, W, Ni and Cu

It has been revealed, that in Ir subjected to severe plastic deformation, an ultrafine grained structure (UFG) is formed (the grain size of 20-30 nm). Practically no defects have been detected within the grains, while, in the case of Ar⁺ implantation, the subgrain structure with characteristic sizes of about 3-5 nm is formed; defects have been detected within subgrains.The subgrain structure was also revealed in UFG Ni and Cu after severe plastic deformation (SPD) (subgrain size of 3-15 nm), but in the latter case the observed boundary region is broader and subgrain is highly disoriented.     

长颗粒(柱状晶)Si3N4陶瓷的研究及进展

Si3N4陶瓷材料由于具有很好的高温性能及高的力学性能，而被广泛地用于结构陶瓷，如切削刀具等。然而，因为其对缺陷很敏感，故易受灾难性的失效。人们发展了多种Si3N4增韧陶瓷，其中自增韧由于一些优异的性能越来越受到人们的重视。在此文中，着重介绍了影响Si3N4陶瓷长颗粒(柱状晶)晶粒生成的因素，并介绍了国内外对长颗粒Si3N4晶的控制研究。     

氮对纳米硅氮薄膜品化的影响

在电容式耦合等离子体化学气相沉积系统中，用高氢稀释硅烷和氮气为反应气氛制备纳米硅氮（ｎｃ－ＳｉＮｘ：Ｈ）薄膜结果表明：当Ｎ＿２／ＳｉＨ＿４气体流量比（Ｘｎ）从１增加为４时，薄膜的晶态年从５８％降至１４％，晶粒尺寸从１０ｎｍ降至５ｕｍ，Ｎ／Ｓｉ含量比从０．０３增至０．１２．当Ｘｎ≥５，则生成非晶硅氮（ａ－ＳｉＮｘ：Ｈ）薄膜．当Ｘｎ从１增加为１０时，薄膜暗电导率从１０￣（－５）（Ωｃｍ）￣（－１）降至１０￣（－１１）（Ωｃｍ）￣（－１），具有逾渗行为，这与薄膜的晶态率紧密相关．     

超细铁粉和氧化铁颗粒的研究

用透射电镜和图像分析仪等研究了超细铁粉和γ-Fe_2O_3粉末的结构、形貌、粒子的平均尺寸以及粒度分布。研究结果表明,多数超细铁粉粒子近似呈球形,并且,铁粉粒子由两相组成,粒子的核心部分是金屑a-Fe,表面的包裹层为氧化物层,它由Fe_3O_4和7-Fe_O_3的混合物组成。氧化层的平均厚度大约占整个粒子直径的20％左右。羰基铁粉粒子(含氧化层)的平均直径为16nm。直径在4～24nm范围的粒子数占总粒子数的91％,而7-Fe_2O_3粉末既有雪茄状粒子,也有小球状粒子。分析表明,球状粒子的平均直径为113nm,雪茄状粒子的平均直径(按<长 宽>/2计算)为148nm。由于超细铁粉粒子很细,且有磁性,制备电镜试样时分散比较困难。本文比较了几种分散方法后,使用了一种较好的分散方法——超声喷管分散法。     

Mycological and physical parameters for selecting suitable packaging material for pre- and post-irradiation storage of cereal grains in Ghana

Owing to the rough warehouse handling of storage sacks in tropical areas in Africa, a suitable storage sack should not support de novo growth of fungal spores because this would reduce the tensile strength of the packaging material and act as a springboard for infecting grain contents. This paper reports the effect of activity of saprophytic fungi on the tensile strength of jute and woven polypropylene sacks. New woven polypropylene sacks carried lower levels of fungal spores (1.3×10¹ cfu/72 cm²) than jute sacks (3.0×10³ cfu/72 cm²). The natural mould penetration and growth was examined on sections (4×5 cm) of both jute and woven polypropylene after previous incubation at relative humidities of 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 90 and 95% for 10 weeks by placing them on Sabouraud's Agar. There was a significant difference (P = 0.05 level of significance) between the higher penetration of mould growth on jute sacks and that obtained on woven polypropylene sacks. Saprophytic fungi (Aspergillus candidus, A. flavus, A. fumigatus, A. niger, A. japonicus, A. parasiticus, A. ustus, Fusarium oxysporium, F. moniliforme, Penicillium verucosum var. cyclopium, Rhizopus oryzae and Trichoderma viride) isolated from jute sacks reduced tensile strength, measured by an Instron Model 1026, by 50–75% after 10 weeks at 90% R.H. Same fungal species on woven polypropylene sacks did not alter the tensile strength. Woven polypropylene sacks did not absorb moisture whilst the moisture content of jute sacks increased by 5.3–6.0% in 10 weeks at 90% R.H. with concomitant increase in mould and yeast counts by 1–2 log cycles. Evidence is presented to show that there was a positive correlation between the final mycoflora on jute sacks and loss in tensile strength. No correlation, however, was found between the total aerobic bacteria on jute sacks and the concomitant reduction in tensile strength. Fungi therefore play a major role in the reduction of tensile strength of jute sacks. Sterilization by gamma irradiation (8.0 kGy) of jute and woven polypropylene sacks did not affect their intrinsic tensile strength. Woven polypropylene sacks therefore have many microbiological and physical advantages over the traditional jute sacks to merit their use for grain storage in tropical areas like Ghana.     

Recovery retardation in equal channel angular pressed Al–Zr alloy during friction stir welding

The effect of Zr on reduction of hardness and microstructure in an FS weld of equal channel angular-pressed Al alloy was investigated. Zr addition to Al suppressed dynamic recovery in the thermomechanically affected zone and enabled retention of the high hardness of the ECA-pressed material throughout the weld.     

Storage effects on nutritional quality of commonly consumed cereals

Storage effects on nutritional quality of commonly consumed cereal grains are studied. Freshly harvested wheat, maize and rice grains were stored at 10, 25 and 45 °C for six months. A significant decrease in pH and an increase in titratable acidity was observed during storage of these three cereal grains at 25 and 45 °C. A gradual decline in moisture, total available lysine and thiamine contents was observed during storage. Total available lysine contents decreased by 6.50% and 18.5% in wheat, 14.3% and 20.7% in maize and 23.7% and 34.2% in rice during six months of storage at 25 and 45 °C, respectively. Six month’s storage of rice, maize and wheat grains at 25 and 45 °C resulted in reduction of thiamine contents by 16.7% and 29.2%, 17.2% and 24.1% and 21.4% and 29.5%, respectively. About 36.4–44.4% decrease in total soluble sugars at 45 °C and 9.30–31.8% increase in total soluble sugars were observed at 10 and 25 °C during six months storage of these cereal grains. Protein and starch digestibilities of cereal grains also deceased during six months of storage at 25 and 45 °C. No significant change in nutritional quality was observed during storage of cereal grains at 10 °C.     

Effect of Annealing on the Surface Microstructure of Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconducting Ceramics

Precusors to the YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ material were prepared by both the oxalate precipitation method and conventional ceramic processing. Second-phase grains were observed to develop on the exposed fracture surface during annealing at 500° to 600°C in an ambient atmosphere. The second-phase grains were identified to be BaCO₃ using EDX and XRD. The liquid phase, which was formed because of local chemical inhomogeneity in the Y-Ba-Cu-O system, contributed to the formation of second-phase grains as a source of Ba.     

不锈钢上激光熔敷涂层结构特征与质量研究

采用5kW连续CO2激光器对经等离子喷涂的NiCoCrAlY结合层和ZrO2陶瓷层进行二次重熔处理，并利用金相显微镜、扫描电镜、电子探针和显微硬度计对激光熔敷涂层进行了显微结构、元素分布以及显微硬度观察与测试，结果表明：多道搭接工艺能降低熔敷涂层气孔率，ZrO2陶瓷层稀释度低，与基体结合完好，并观察到NiCoCrAlY合金层中存在明显的对流图案，加入了TiO2-Al-Ti添加剂的ZrO2陶瓷层激光重熔后得到了无裂纹的定向生长柱状晶，并且呈现一次枝晶平均间距为2．3μm的表层和平均间距为3．8μm的次表层结构。