用投影轮廓分维中位维表征颗粒群粗糙度的研究

为了表征颗粒群粗糙度,本文中构建了单颗粒投影轮廓分维数学模型,并以高精度数字光学显微系统为基础,测算了5种颗粒样品的单颗粒投影轮廓分维。结果表明,5种颗粒样品的单颗粒投影轮廓分维均值从小到大依次为:柴油汽车排气管沉积颗粒、碳黑颗粒、粉煤灰颗粒、石灰性褐土颗粒、河流沉积土壤颗粒。首次提出了"中位维"的概念以表征颗粒群粗糙度,计算了颗粒样品的中位维,其大小排序与投影轮廓分维均值一致,验证了将"中位维"作为表征颗粒群粗糙度的合理性。     

EXTRAPOLATION MODELING OF PARTICLE DEPOSITION AND RETENTION FROM RATS TO HUMANS

Rodents have often been used as surrogates for humans to study biological responses from exposure to airborne particles. To interpret experimental data of rodent studies and to extrapolate results to potential human exposures, interspecies comparisons of particle dosimetry in the lung are necessary. This article deals with dosimetry studies in humans and rats by mathematical models using diesel exhaust particles as an example exposure material, the diesel particle was modeled as a submicrometer-sized particle consisting of a carbonaceous core and associated organics. The dosimetry results showed that total and alveolar deposition fractions in a breathing cycle in humans and rats were similar, but there were large differences between the two species in deposition rate and in particle retention per gram of lung. A new formula was also derived from existing experimental data for the alveolar clearance rate in rats at high lung burdens. This formula was extrapolated to humans based upon a hypothesis previously proposed by Morrow (1988) that clearance impairment at high lung burdens is related to the volumetric fraction of the retained particles in alveolar macrophages. Several predicted human lung burden results are presented.     

Viscosity dependence of optical limiting in carbon black suspensions

We measure the optical limiting behavior of carbon black suspensions in various viscosity solvents by using a 10-Hz repetition rate, 532-nm, 5-ns pulsed laser. We found that, for common solvents used in the past such as water and ethanol, the limiting behavior ceases after a few laser firings and a turnover in the limiting curve appears. This can be explained by depletion of the carbon black within the focal volume. This turnover shifts to lower energies as the viscosity of the solvent becomes greater. However, for low viscosity liquids, such as carbon disulfide or pentane, the limiting is unaffected by the repetition rate, at least for frequencies up to 10 Hz, because of diffusion of the carbon black particles. This diffusion allows fresh material to replace the irradiated volume within the time between pulses.     

Lung cancer risk in relation to traffic-related nano/ultrafine particle-bound PAHs exposure: a preliminary probabilistic assessment

Exposures to carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been linked to human lung cancer. The purpose of this study was to assess lung cancer risk caused by inhalation exposure to nano/ultrafine particle-bound PAHs at the population level in Taiwan appraised with recent published data. A human respiratory tract model was linked with a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model to estimate deposition fraction and internal organic-specific PAHs doses. A probabilistic risk assessment framework was developed to estimate potential lung cancer risk. We reanalyzed particle size distribution, total-PAHs, particle-bound benzo(a)pyrene (B[a]P) and PM concentrations. A dose-response profile describing the relationships between external B[a]P concentration and lung cancer risk response was constructed based on population attributable fraction (PAF). We found that 90% probability lung cancer risks ranged from 10(-5) to 10(-4) for traffic-related nano and ultrafine particle-bound PAHs, indicating a potential lung cancer risk. The particle size-specific PAF-based excess annual lung cancer incidence rate due to PAHs exposure was estimated to be less than 1 per 100,000 population, indicating a mild risk factor for lung cancer. We concluded that probabilistic risk assessment linked PAF for limiting cumulative PAHs emissions to reduce lung cancer risk plays a prominent role in future government risk assessment program.     

Pulmonary toxicity in mice exposed to low and medium doses of water-soluble multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a class of new allotrope of carbon. Different functionalized CNTs may vary from their physical and chemical properties to the biological property. In this study, the toxicity of water-soluble taurine multi-walled CNTs (tau-MWNTs), raw MWNTs and positive control crystalline silicon dioxide particles on mouse lungs via intratracheal instillation (i.t.) was investigated. The dosages we used were 0.125, 0.25, 0.5 or 1 mg/kg of tau-MWNTs and raw MWNTs, and 1 mg/kg of silicon dioxide particles; Serum and lungs were collected at 1, 7, 14 or 28 days postexposure. The biochemical and cellular parameters were assessed, which include the ratio of the lung weight and body weight (lung indices), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) in serum, and malondialdehyde (MDA), reduced glutathione (GSH), total sulfhydryl group (TSH) in lung tissue homogenates as well as the hydroxyproline in lungs. The characteristic recovery of the lung injury at 28 days postexposure was examined by the assessment of LDH, ALP, lung indices, and histopathology. ACE, MDA, GSH, TSH and histopathological changes showed that tau-MWNTs were less toxic than the raw MWNTs. Histopathological and ultrastructural investigation indicated that the acute pulmonary inflammation in lungs alleviated after 7d postexposure, and were greatly recovered within 28d. Meanwhile, the entrapment of tau-MWNTs reduced greatly by the 28d postexposure. Whereas the heavier pathologic changes induced by raw MWNTs lasted 7 days more than that of tau-MWNTs. Notably, no occurrence of granulomas and fibrosis were found in this study both in the two CNTs samples through 28d postexposure. Silicon dioxide particles, on the contrary, produced more severe damage to lungs than CNTs did in lung index, as well as other biochemical and cellular parameters. These findings indicate that water-soluble tau-MWNTs in low and medium doses induce slight and recoverable pulmonary inflammation in mice, and are less toxic than the insoluble raw MWNTs.     

The influence of carbon black on properties of orientated polypropylene Part I Tensile and physical properties

A series of oriented polypropylene tapes each containing carbon black having defined properties and at a specified concentration were produced and tested for their tensile and physical behaviours at 20 and 130 °C. Tenacities at 20 °C decreased as carbon black concentration increased from 2.5 to 5% (w/w) and with increasing particle size. At constant particle size and concentrations, tape tenacities were also inversely dependant on carbon black structure. The observed effects were expressed in terms of occlusion of polymer within carbon black aggregates having high structures thereby increasing the pigment particles effective volumes. When tested at 130 °C, variation in tape tenacities were less, probably as a consequence of the reordering effects of annealing. DSC and IR measures of crystallinity showed that the presence of carbon black and variations in particle properties influenced the character of the crystalline regions.     

Prediction of lung cancer risk for radon exposures based on cellular alpha particle hits

To explore the role of the multiplicity of cellular hits by radon progeny alpha particles for lung cancer incidence, the number of single and multiple alpha particle hits were computed for basal and secretory cells in the bronchial epithelium of human airway bifurcations. Hot spots of alpha particle hits were observed at the branching points of bronchial airway bifurcations. The effect of single and multiple alpha particle intersections of bronchial cells during a given exposure period, selected from a Poisson distribution, on lung cancer risk were simulated by a transformation frequency--tissue response model, based on experimentally observed cellular transformation and survival functions. Calculations of lung cancer risk at low radon exposure levels suggest that single hits produce a linear-dose response relationship, while the superposition of single and increasing multiple hits at higher exposure levels may also be approximated by a quasi-linear dose-effect curve. The simulations predict a carcinogenic enhancement effect for radon progeny accumulations at bifurcation branching sites, which may increase current risk estimates.     

聚乙烯/炭黑/碳纤维复合材料阻温特性

研究了碳纤维对聚乙烯/炭黑复合材料阻温特性的影响,并对导电机理做初步的探讨。由于碳纤维远程导电效应的存在,随着碳纤维含量的增加,复合材料PTC强度增加,PTC转变区域变窄,PTC转变温度移向高温,还有助于提高复合材料的电性能稳定性。      

Microscopic dose to lung from inhaled alpha emitters in humans

Because of the short range of alpha particles in tissue, the degree of uniformity of irradiation of the lung varies greatly depending on the form of the inhaled material. Animal studies have shown that the degree of dose uniformity influences the risk of lung cancer. This study investigates the radiation dose distribution of plutonium in human lung. Numerical maps of tissue configuration and target cell locations are obtained from histological sections of human lung tissue stained to enhance the identification of putative cell types for parenchymal lung cancers, i.e. alveolar type II cells and Clara cells. Monte Carlo simulations are used to obtain dose distribution around individual particles, and these distributions are used to compute dose distribution in volumes of lung tissue. Lung dose is characterised both by the degree of non-uniformity of irradiation and the relative degree of irradiation of all tissue versus the special cells of interest.     

The use of thermoluminescent detectors for measurements of proton dose distribution

Slowing down spectra, LET spectra, hit probabilities, and radiation doses were simulated for the interaction of single 218Po and 214Po alpha particles with sensitive basal and secretory cell nuclei in the bronchial epithelium of human and rat lungs for defined exposure conditions. Probabilities per unit track length for transformation, derived from in vitro experiments with C3H 10T1/2 cells, were used to estimate transformation probabilities for randon progeny alpha particles in basal and secretory cells. Different weighting schemes were assumed to relate cellular hit probabilities, doses and transformation probabilities, obtained for different cell depths and airway generations, to lung cancer risk per unit exposure. In vitro transformation and in vivo lung cancer incidence were simulated by a state-vector model which provides a stochastic formulation of dose-rate dependent cellular transitions related to formation of double strand breaks, repair, inactivation, stimulated mitosis and promotion through loss of intercellular communication.     

Characterization of nanostructure phenomena in airborne particulate aggregates and their potential for respiratory health effects

Airborne aggregates of nanoparticulates were collected on carbon/form-coated, 100-mesh Ni TEM grids in a thermal precipitator and observed in an analytical TEM utilizing a BF-SAED-DF-EDS characterization protocol to identify the nanocrystalline or nanoparticulate components, especially their degree of crystallinity, size, structural/morphologic features, and chemistries. Reference aggregates of TiO2 rutile and anatase as well as Si3N4 nanoparticles were used to establish these characterization protocols, which were applied to several hundred individual particulates: homogeneous aggregates of carbonaceous/diesel particulate matter, complex mixtures of carbonaceous matter, including carbon nanocrystals, and inorganic nanocrystals; and heterogeneous, nanocrystal/nanoparticulate aggregates. Most airborne particulates were aggregates ranging in aerodynamic diameters from a few nanometers to a few microns; containing as few as 2 nanocrystals to several thousand nanocrystals or nanoparticulates such as carbonaceous spherules arranged in complex branched homogeneous aggregates composing diesel exhaust, with spherule diameters ranging from 10 to 30 nm. The potential for ultrafine airborne aggregates to fragment into hundreds or thousands of nanoparticulate components in human airways and act as toxic agents in deep lung tissue is demonstrated.     

Experimental investigation of doped mwcnts on biodiesel for enhancement of the performance and exhaust emissions in a diesel engine

This article deals with an experimental work that aims to examine the effects of MWCNTs dispersed into diesel fuels. Nano diesel fuels were prepared by dispersing multi-walled carbon nanotubes into base liquid. The MWCNT nanomaterial was mixed in the fuel blend along with a surfactant by means of an ultrasonicator, to attain stable dispersion. Physicochemical properties of nano-additive based diesel were measured and compared with pure diesel fuel. Physicochemical properties of nano-additive based diesel were measured and compared with pure diesel fuel. An experimental investigation was performed at a constant speed of 1500 revolution per minutes at different engine load conditions. The engine performance and exhaust emissions of a diesel engine burning MWCNTs were compared with pure diesel fuel. MWCNTs to diesel oil is effectively enhancing the performance and decreasing exhaust emissions in a diesel engine. The properties of N80?+?JB20 with MWCNT fuel blend are changed owing to the mixing of biodiesel and the combination of the MWCNT nanomaterials.     

Aging effects on airflow distribution and micron-particle transport and deposition in a human lung using CFD-DPM approach

Understanding the transportation and deposition (TD) of inhaled aerosol particles in human lung airways is important for health risk assessment and therapeutic efficiency of targeted drug delivery. The particle TD into a human lung depends on lung anatomy, breathing pattern, as well as particle properties. The breathing capacity and lung airway diameters can be reduced by about 10% every 10 years after the age of 50. However, the age-specific particle TD in human lungs, particularly in the aged, has not been well understood in literature. This study investigates the particle TD in the lungs of people aged 50–70 years, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). A new cutting method that splits the lung model into different sections has been developed as a feasible CFD method to simulate the particle TD in G0 to G14 lung airways. The inhalation of micron scale particles with three diameters (5 μm, 10 μm and 20 μm) and a constant air flow rate in inhalation is considered. It is found that different sized particles are deposited in different generation airways. Nearly 100% of 20 μm particles are deposited in the upper lung airways (G0-G5) and no particles pass through G7. Particles can go into deeper airways as their diameter decreases. When the particle size is decreased to 5 μm, over 48% of particles can pass through G14 and enter the deeper lung airways. An increase in age causes more particles to deposit in the upper airway and fewer particles to enter the deeper airways.     

Optical characterization method for black pigments applied to solar-selective absorbing paints

We propose a novel, to our knowledge, method for characterizing the optical properties of pigment particles or powders. Measurements of the diffuse and the total transmittance as well as the diffuse and the total reflectance are used to obtain effective scattering and absorption coefficients per unit length for the particles that are dispersed in a continuous matrix. For dilute dispersions in the single-scattering regime scattering and absorption cross sections of the particles were obtained. The method was applied to two pigments, namely, FeMnCuO(x) and black carbon. The data were obtained by use of pellets consisting of low concentrations of FeMnCuO(x) or black-carbon pigments dispersed in a KBr matrix. The pigment volume concentrations used to evaluate the scattering and the absorption coefficients ranged from 0.053% to 0.530% for FeMnCuO(x) and 0.076% to 0.310% for the black carbon. These ranges were found to exhibit the linear dependence of the coefficients as a function of volume fraction, as given by single-scattering theory.     

Adhesion strength of glass/epoxy composite embedded with heat-treated carbon black on the surface

The surface of a glass/epoxy composite material was embedded with oxidized carbon black by heat treatment to enhance the adhesion strength of the glass/epoxy composite structure. Quantitative chemical bonding analysis with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was conducted to observe the chemical binding states of the surface of the carbon black particles with heat treatment. The morphological effects of the carbon black on the surface of the composite were observed using SEM and AFM. The surface free energies and lap shear strengths of the glass/epoxy adhesive joints whose adherends were embedded with oxidized carbon black were investigated in terms of the heat-treatment conditions and the amount of embedding. From the experimental results, embedding the heat-treated carbon black particles on the composite surface was found to greatly improve the adhesion strength of the composite due to the increased oxidation radicals on the carbon black surface.     

DOC+DPF在防爆柴油机上的应用研究

在某型防爆柴油机加装DOC+DPF后处理装置上进行台架实验,结果表明,PY03型装置不会增大防爆柴油机系统的排气背压,对CO平均转化效率达96％,对颗粒物有较高的捕集和再生效率,不透光烟度平均转化效率为82.7％;PY02型装置因尺寸较小,热负荷较高,与该排放状况不匹配.为提高装置的利用率和使用寿命,通过对耦合的DOC...     

导电炭黑填充硅橡胶的电阻温度系数

以炭黑(CB3100)为导电相,硅橡胶为基质制备导电复合材料。研究导电橡胶中炭黑质量分数对电阻温度系数的影响,并用填料对电阻温度系数的影响。以隧道效应理论为基础,给出了导电炭黑填充橡胶的电阻温度系数计算模型,结合实验得到温度对导电炭黑/硅橡胶电阻温度系数的影响主要体现在对其电阻率的影响;基体的体积热膨胀提高复合材料的电阻率,提高了正电阻温度系数;炭黑粒子间的隧道效应降低复合材料的电阻率,增强了负电阻温度系数;在炭黑/硅橡胶中加入少量碳纳米管,利用碳纳米管和炭黑的协同补强效应,使复合材料的导电性和稳定性提高。     

Characteristics of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and background aerosols by carbon analysis; particle size and oxidation temperature

Novel carbonaceous nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and fullerenes have many beneficial characteristics as industrial materials, but exposure to these nanomaterials also poses health risks. As part of an exposure assessment, we characterized the following carbonaceous nanomaterials, using an aerosol carbon monitor: nine samples of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), a sample of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), a standard sample of diesel exhaust particles (DEPs), and an ambient particulate matter (APM). The amounts of elemental carbon (EC) determined by the monitor coincided with the mass of MWCNTs calibrated by a microbalance. The carbonaceous nanomaterials were oxidized in three steps of oven temperatures (550, 700 and 920 °C) in this method. The portion of oxidized carbon at each temperature depended on the sample characteristic. We used the monitor to analyze the aerosol samples collected in five stages by a Sioutas cascade impactor (SCI), which collects size-segregated airborne particles having aerodynamic diameters from 6.6 μm to less than 0.25 μm. As MWCNTs aggregate/agglomerate easily, the size was of a good parameter to distinguish the MWCNTs from other materials. Two-dimensional mapping by size and oxidized temperature suggested the origin of the carbonaceous aerosol samples. Based on the results, we reanalyzed our previous data obtained at a factory manufacturing MWCNTs. The characteristics of workplace samples by particle size and carbon analysis were similar to those of MWCNT aerosol particles.     

炭黑填充型导电复合材料的聚集体结构模型

分析了炭黑填充聚合物导电复合材料的非线性导电行为和机理,基于有效介质理论及以炭黑聚集体的等效球形单元为基本单元,建立了描述其非线性导电行为的聚集体结构模型。进而推导出复合体系导电率与炭黑体积分数之间的关系式及其逾渗阈值的计算式,克服了有效介质理论只能得到逾渗阈值为1/3而不能解释低于1/3的逾渗阈值的不足。应用这些表达式预测了导电复合体系的导电率和逾渗阈值,并与实验结果进行了比较,结果表明:预测值与实验结果有较好的一致性。     

某ZTA15钛合金零件铸造表面质量异常分析

目的 以铸造表面存在黑色斑点的某ZTA15钛合金零件为研究对象,研究零件铸造表面外来物质的成分、结合方式及其形成原因。方法 利用扫描电子显微镜对零件铸造表面及截面形貌进行观察,利用能谱分析仪对零件铸造表面及截面成分进行分析。结果 零件铸造表面主要存在棕刚玉颗粒和碳黑颗粒两种外来物质,棕刚玉颗粒嵌入铸件基体,碳黑颗粒附着于铸造表面。结论 零件铸造表面黑色斑点是碳黑颗粒显示,附着于铸造表面的碳黑颗粒对零件表面质量及镀层质量有影响,碳黑颗粒产生于零件表面油污清洗不洁净真空热处理后析出,热处理前采用超声波清洗+冷水洗+热水洗+吹干的方法清洁零件,可改善零件热处理后的表面质量。