Effects of coagulation bath temperature on structure and performance of poly （vinyl butyral） hollow fiber membranes via thermally induced phase separation

Poly （vinyl butyral） （PVB） hollow fiber membranes were fabricated via thermally induced phase separation （TIPS）. The effects of coagulation bath temperature （CBT） on the structure and performance of membranes were investigated in detail. The morphologies of the membranes were studied by scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, the performances of water permeability, rejection, breaking strength and elongation were measured, respectively. The results indicate that all the membranes have the asymmetric morphology and the thickness of the skin layer decreases and the pore size of the outer layer increases with the increase of CBT. The permeability of membranes prepared at air gap 1.0 cm and take-up speed 0.253 m/s increases from 1.047×10-7 to 5.909×10-7 m3/（m2·s-kPa） with the CBT increasing from 20 ℃ to 40℃, and sharply increases to 35.226×10 7 m3/（m2.s.kPa）once the CBT arrives at 50 ℃. While the carbonic ink rejections have no significant decrease, totally exceed 98%, but that of acid-maleic acid copolymer greatly decreases with the increase of CBT. Both the breaking strength and elongation decrease with the increase of CBT.     

Effects of MgO on densification and consolidation of oxidized pellets简

The calcined magnesite was utilized as a kind of MgO bearing additive to produce MgO bearing pellets. The effects of MgO on densification and consolidation of pellets were investigated. The experimental results show that, at the same process parameters, the porosity and pore size distribution of green pellets have no evident relation with the MgO bearing additive, pore size of green pellets is between 15 μm and 35 μm and the porosity of green pellets is about 34%. There is a densification and consolidation phenomenon during the induration process; the pore size and porosity of product pellets decrease gradually; and the structure of product pellets becomes dense. MgO makes a negative effect on the densification and consolidation of product pellets, the densification ratio of pellets decreases from 46.3% to 28.6% with the addition of MgO bearing additive from 0 to 2.0 %. The porosity and the pore size of product pellets increase gradually with the increase of MgO content; When the mass fraction of MgO bearing additive increases from 0 to 2.0%, the pore size of product pellet increases and the pore size distributes in a large range. Also, the porosity increases from 18.61% to 24.06%.     

Influence of polyethylene glycol on pore structure and electric double-layer capacitance of carbon xerogel

Mesoporous polyethylene glycol-resorcinol and formaldehyde(PEG-RF) carbon xerogels were prepared by a new polymer blend method in which PEG-RF mixed organic xerogels were synthesized by blending thermally unstable polyethylene glycol with organic monomers, resorcinol and formaldehyde and then subjected to pyrolization at 1 000℃. The influences of mass ratio of PEG to the theoretical yield of RF xerogel, m(PEG)/m(RF) and the relative molecular mass of PEG on the pore structure and electric double layer capacitance(EDLC) performance of PEG-RF carbon xerogels were investigated. The results show that PEG under different conditions leads to the difference of phase separation structure of the polymer blend and thus the change of pore structure of PEG-RF carbon xerogels. Specific surface area and capacity of PEG-RF carbon xerogels in 300/60 H2SO4 solution can reach 755 m^2/g and 150 F/g, respectively. Their surface can be fully utilized to form electric double layer. However, the pore structure differences of PEG-RF carbon xerogels result in their different EDLC performances. The distributed capacitance effect increases with decreasing the pore size of PEG-RF carbon xerogels.     

Facile Preparation of Al_2O_3 Hollow Microspheres Via a Urea-mediated Precipitation Process

Al_2 O_3 hollow microspheres without noticeable aggregation have been prepared via a facile templating route with urea-mediated precipitation. The precipitation process is different from the surfaceadsorption method which is confined to the adsorption capacity of the template surface. TEM and SEM images indicate that most of these Al_2 O_3 hollow microspheres with shell thickness of tens of nanometers and diameters in a narrow range of 100-200 nm consist of a shell of closely packed nanoparticles. The optimal amount of H_2 O and EtOH are 40 and 120 m L, respectively. The specific surface area, average pore size and pore volume of the Al_2 O_3 hollow microspheres(calcinated at 600 ℃) are 328.52 m~2/g, 17.496 nm and 1.985 cm~3/g, respectively. As the calcination temperature increases from 600 to 1 100 ℃, the phase composition changes from γ-Al_2 O_3 to θ-Al_2 O_3 and a-Al_2 O_3, and the surface morphology appears to change from a relatively rough surface formed by nanoparticles to a smooth surface formed by lamellar, which lead to the closure of pore channels and the reduction of specific surface.     

Acoustic band gaps in two-dimensional square arrays of semi-hollow circular cylinders

Concave surfaces focus sound while convex surfaces disperse sound. It is therefore interesting to know if it is possible to make use of these two opposite characteristics to enhance the band gap performance of periodic arrays of solid cylinders in air. In this paper, the band gap characteristics of a 2-D square array of semi-hollow circular cylinders embedded in air are investigated, both experimentally and theoretically. In comparison with the types of inclusion studied by previous researchers, a semi-hollow circular cylinder is unique in the sense that it has concave inner surfaces and convex outer surfaces. The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method is employed to study the propagation behavior of sound across the new phononic crystal of finite extent, and the influences of sample size and inclusion orientation on band gap characteristics are quantified in order to obtain the maximum band gap. For reference, the band gap behaviors of solid circular cylinder/air and hollow circular cylinder/air systems are considered and compared with those of semi-hollow circular cylinder/air systems. In addition to semi-hollow circular cylinders, other inclusion topologies such as semi-hollow triangular and square cylinders are also investigated. To validate the theoretical predictions, experimental measurements on square arrays of hollow Al cylinders in air and semi-hollow Al cylinders in air are carried out. The results demonstrate that the semi-hollow circular cylinder/air system has the best overall band gap performance.     

Effect of particle size on phase structure of ZrO2 produced by hydrolysis of ZrOCl2 solution

A method to produce ZrO2 nano-particles is developed and the effect of particle size on the phase structure of ZrO2 is studied. The method is based on the hydrolysis of ZrOCl2 solution in the reverse micelles of a liquid-liquid two-phase system, in which AOT （sodium 2-ethylhexyl sulfosuccinite） and toluene are chosen as the surfactant and organic phase, respectively. The reverse micelles prevent the aggregation of primary particles, the nano-particle size increases as the AOT content decreases. The TEM, XRD and particle-size analysis results show that the occurrence of metastable tetragonal ZrO2 is attributed to the effect of the particle size other than the effect of the crystallite size. The ratio of t-phase to m-phase increases as the particle size decreases, and 28 nm is the critical size for t-phase to m-phase transformation.     

Superficial performance and pore structure of palygorskite treated by hydrochloric acid

In order to amend the superficial performance of palygorskite and improve its application, the natural palygorskite（NP） was treated in the dipping and ionic exchanging experiments using 6 mol/L hydrochloric acid treatment. The performance and pore structure of the treated palygorskite（TP） were investigated by means of microscope analyses, FT-IR, XRF, BET-SSA and full hole distribution analytical techniques. The results show that the hydrochloric acid treatment can make the gracile and aggregating compact crystal bundles inside palygorskite clay broken and dispersed, the roughness of microcrystalline surface increases, which not only can dissolve or remove dolomite but vary the superficial performance of palygorskite to some degree. The specific surface area and pore volume increase a lot, while the mean pore size decreases. The pore structure of TP changes remarkably compared with that of NP after 6 mol/L hydrochloric acid treatment, and the relevant physicochemical performance can be improved.     

Boundary layer distributions and cooling rate of cooling sloping plate process

According to the principle of grain refining and slurry preparation by cooling sloping plate process, the distributions of boundary layers during melt treatment by cooling sloping plate were studied, and mathematic model of cooling rate was established. The calculation value approximately agrees with the experimental result. Laminar flow and turbulent flow exist on sloping plate surface commonly. The thickness of velocity boundary layer and the critical transfer distance from laminar flow to turbulent flow increase with the decrease of initial flow velocity. The thickness of temperature boundary layer increases with the increment of flow distance and the decrease of initial flow velocity. The melt cooling rate and melt thickness have an inverse proportion relationship. The melt cooling rate increases along the plate direction gradually when the initial flow velocity is lower than 1 m/s, the melt cooling rate keeps nearly a constant when the initial flow velocity is 1 m/s, when the initial flow velocity is higher than 1 m/s, the melt cooling rate decreases gradually. The melt cooling rate of cooling sloping plate process can reach 102-103 K/s and belongs to meta-rapid solidification scope.     

Air-void parameters measurement of fresh concrete

To explore the method to evaluate air-void parameters of fresh concrete rapidly, the spacing factor and specific surface of freshly mixed concrete of different air contents, different slumps and different mineral admixtures (fly ash, fly ash-slag, fly ash-slag-silica fume composite) are studied by air-void analyzer (AVA), and the correlation between the air content measured by AVA and air content determinator is compared. The results show that the spacing factor of the fresh concrete decreases firstly and then increases with the increase of air content, however the specific surface has the opposite rule. When the air content is more than 8%, the spacing factor of fresh concrete increases and the specific surface decreases. For the fresh concrete samples with similar air content, the specific surface increases firstly and then decreases with the increase of slump, but the spacing factor decreases firstly and then increases. Mineral admixture can reduce the spacing factor of fresh concrete and increase the specific surface to some degree. There is a good correlation between the air content measured by two methods, and the air content measured by AVA is about 70% of the air content measured by the air content determinator.     

Microstructure evolution of sandstone cemented by microbe cement using X-ray computed tomography

The bio-sandstone, which was cemented by microbe cement, was firstly prepared, and then the microstructure evolution process was studied by X-ray computed tomography （X-CT） technique. The experimental results indicate that the microstructure of bio-sandstone becomes dense with the development of age. The evolution of inner structure at different positions is different due to the different contents of microbial induced precipitation calcite. Besides, the increase rate of microbial induced precipitation calcite gradually decreases because of the reduction of microbe absorption content with the decreasing pore size in bio-sandstone.     

Characterization of 17-4PH stainless steel powders produced by supersonic gas atomization

17-4PH stainless steel powders were prepared using a supersonic nozzle in a close-coupled gas atomization system. The characteristics of powder particles were carried out by means of a laser particle size analyzer, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique. The results show that the mass median particle diameter is about 19.15 μm. Three main types of surface microstructures are observed in the powders: well-developed dendrite, cellular, and cellular dendrite structure. The XRD measurements show that, as the particle size decreases, the amount of fcc phase gradually decreases and that of bcc phase increases. The cooling rate is inversely related to the particle size, i.e., it decreases with an increase in particle size.     

Stress analytical solution for plane problem of a double-layered thick-walled cylinder subjected to a type of non-uniform distributed pressure

The stress state around circular openings,such as boreholes,shafts,and tunnels,is usually needed to be evaluated.Solutions for stresses,strains and ultimate bearing capacities of pressurized hollow cylinder are common cases.Stress analytical method for plane problem of a double-layered thick-walled cylinder subjected to a type of non-uniform pressure on the outer surface and uniform radial pressure on the inner surface is given.The power series method of complex function is used.The stress analytical solution is obtained with the assumption that two layers of a cylinder are fully contacted.The distributions of normal and tangential contact stress along the interface,tangential stress on the inner boundary and stresses in the radial direction at θ=0,45 and 90,are obtained.An example indicates that,when the elastic modulus of the inner layer of a double-layered thick-walled cylinder is smaller than that of the outer layer,the tangential stress is smaller than that in the corresponding point for a traditional cylinder composed of homogeneous materials.In that way,stress concentration at the inner surface can be alleviated and the stress distribution is more uniform.This is a capable way to enhance the elastic ultimate bearing capacity of thick-walled cylinder.     

Microstructures and Mechanical,Electrical,High-temperature Properties of Cu/Ti_2AlC FGM Fabricated by Hot-pressing

The microstructure and the electrical, thermal, friction, and mechanical properties of Cu/Ti_2AlC fabricated by hot-pressing at 900 ℃ for 1 h were investigated in the present work. Microstructural observations have shown that the plate-like Ti_2AlC grains distribute irregularly in the network of Cu grains, and well-structured, crack-free bonds between the layers. With the increase in the content of Ti_2AlC from layer A to layer D, the electrical resistivity increases from 1.381×10~(-7)Ω·m to 1.918 ×10~(-7)Ω·m, the hardness increases from about 980.27 MPa to about 2196.01 MPa, and the friction coefficient from above 0.20 reduces to about 0.15. Oxidation rate increases with the increases of temperature. Exfoliation was obviously observed on the surface of oxidation layer A. The surface of layer D was still intact and the spalling and other defects were not found. The mass decreases in the acid solution, and increases in the alkaline solution. The largest corrosion rate is found in 6.5% HNO_3 or 4% Na OH solution.     

Characters of surface deformation and surface wave in thermal capillary convection

In the field of fluid mechanics, free surface phenomena is one of the most important physical processes. In the present research work, the surface deformation and surface wave caused by temperature difference of sidewalls in a rectangular cavity have been investigated. The horizontal cross-section of the container is 52 mm×42 mm, and there is a silicon oil layer of height 3.5 mm in the experimental cavity. Temperature differ- ence between the two side walls of the cavity is increased gradually, and the flow on the liquid layer will develop from stable convection to un-stable convection. An optical diag- nostic system consisting of a modified Michelson interferometer and image processor has been developed for study of the surface deformation and surface wave of thermal capillary convection. The Fourier transformation method is used to interferometer fringe analysis. The quantitative results of surface deformation and surface wave have been calculated from a serial of the interference fringe patterns. The characters of surface deformation and surface wave have been obtained. They are related with temperature gradient and surface tension. Surface deformation is fluctuant with time, which shows the character of surface wave. The cycle period of the wave is 4.8 s, and the amplitudes are from 0 to 0.55 μm. The phase of the wave near the cool side of the cavity is opposite and correlative to that near the hot side. The present experiment proves that the surface wave of thermal capillary convection exists on liquid free surface, and it is wrapped in surface deformation.     

Double Glow Plasma Hydrogen-free Carburizing on Commercial Purity Titanium

A carburized layer with special physical and chemical properties was formed on the surface of commercial purity titanium by a double glow plasma hydrogen-free carburizing technique,High-purity netlike solid graphite was used as a raw material and commercial purity titanium was used as the substrate material.Argon gas was used as the working gas.The carburized layer can be obviously observed under a microscope.X-ray diffraction indicates that TiC phase with higher hardness and dissociate state carbon phase was formed in the carburized layer.The glow discharge spectrum（GDS） analysis shows that the carbon concentration distributes grodiently along the depth of carburized layer.The surface hardness of the substrate increases obviously.The hardness distributes gradiently from the surface to inner of carburized layer.The friction coefficient reduces by more than 1/2,the ratio wear rate decreases by above three orders of magnitude.The wear resistance of the substrate material is improved-consumedly.     

Oxygen Evolution Efficiency and Chlorine Evolution Efficiency for Electrocatalytic Properties of MnO_2-based Electrodes in Seawater

To improve both oxygen evolution efficiency and stability at high temperatures, Mn, Mn+Mo, Mn+Mo+V, and Mn+Fe+V oxide electrodes were prepared on a Ti substrate, with an intermediate layer of IrO_2, by an anodic deposition method. The crystal structure, surface morphology, pore size distribution, specific surface area, and voltammetric charge were then characterized for each electrode. The results demonstrated that for Mn-O electrodes, the preferential orientation of the(100) crystal plane and the mesopore structure played negative roles in the oxygen evolution reaction. On the basis of the electrocatalytic properties of MnO2-based electrodes in seawater, the outer surface voltammetric charge at a scan rate of 500 mV·s-1 was shown to effectively indicate whether oxygen evolution reactions were preferred over chlorine evolution reactions. The Mn-O electrode exhibited oxygen evolution efficiency of only 47.27%, whereas the Mn+Mo, Mn+Mo+V and Mn+Fe+V oxide electrodes displayed oxygen evolution efficiency of nearly 100%. This means that adding Mo, V, and Fe elements to the electrode can improve its crystal structure and morphology as well as further enhancing its oxygen evolution efficiency.     

Microstructure of Steel Fiber Reinforced Polymer—cement—based Composites

Mercury intrusion porosimetry was used to measure the pore structure of steel fiber reinforced polymer-cement-based bomposite.The results indicate that the large pore volume decreases by 57.8%-51.2% and by 87.1%-88% with the addition fo steel fibers and polymers respectively.When both steel fibers and poly-mers are simultaneously added, the large pore volume decreases by 88.3%-90.1% .As a surface active materi-al ,polymer has a favorable water-reduced and forming-film effect, which is contributed to the decrease of the thick-ness of water film and the improvement of the conglutination between the fibers and the matrix.Polymers could form a microstructure network.This network structure and the bone structure of cement hydration products penetrate each other and thus the interpenetrating network with sticky aggregate and steel fiber inside forms.     

Preparation and Charactcrization of a Novel PDLLA/Chondroitin Sulfate/Chitosan Asymmetry Film

A novel bioactive and bioresorbable asymmetry film was prepared,The PDLLA membrane was activated by 1,6-hexanediamine to obtain a stable positive charge surface.Chondroitin sulfate and chitosan were then deposited on activated PDLLA membrane via layer-by-layer(LBL)electro-static assembly (ESA)technique.The deposition process was monitored by UV-Vis absorbance spectroscopy.The composite membrane was frozen lyophilized to form the asymmetry film and characterized by attenuated total reflectic (ATR)-FT-IR,XPS and SEM.The experimental results show that a stable 1,6-hexanediamme layer on PDLLA substrate based on the aminolysis of the polyester and the layer thickness increase linearly first with the increase of the deposited layers,and then increases slowly due to the layer interpenetration.The test results of ATR-FT- IR and SEM show the asymmetry film is modified uniformly with a dense inner layer and a porous sponge outer layer.     

Surface resistivity of carbonaceous fiber/PTFE antistatic coatings

Abstract： PAN （Polyacrylonitrile）-based carbonaceous fibers were prepared at the heat treatment temperature （HTT） range of 650 to 900 ℃. The relationships among HTT, carbon content and volume resistivity of the carbonaceous fibers were investigated. The carbonaceous fibers/PTFE （Polytetrafluoroethylene） antistatic coatings were prepared by the spraying technology and the effects of carbonaceous fibers and pigments on surface resistivity of the coatings were systematically discussed. Micrographs provide insight into the antistatic mechanism of the coating. The results show that carbon content of the carbonaceous fibers increases from 68.8% to 74.8% （mass fraction） and the volume resistivity decreases drastically from 1.94× 10^-3 to 8.27× 10 ^-2.cm. The surface resistivity of the antistatic coating is adjustable between 10^5 and 10^8Ω2 to fit the different antistatic materials. Static is dissipated by a conductive network of short fibers and the tunneling effect between the neighboring fibers and conductive pigments. Conductive pigments make the conductive network more perfect and improve the antistatic ability, but insulating pigments acting as barriers for the formation of conductive channel increases the surface resistivity of the coatings. The influence of pigments on the surface resistivity drops gradually with the decrease of the carbonaceous fibers volume resistivity.     

Simulation of thermomechanical behavior during continuous casting process based on MiLE method

A new method called mixed Lagrangian and Eulerian method(MiLE method) was used to simulate the thermomechanical behavior during continuous casting process of steel YF45MnV.The simulation results are basically in agreement with the measured data.The delaying period at the beginning of solidification is about 0.1 in square root of solidification time which is agreement with the data in literatures,and shell thickness increases in linear relation to square root of solidification time.The bloom surface temperature decreases gradually as the casting proceeds.The effective stress in the corner is much larger than that in the mid-face.The corner area is the dangerous zone of cracking.The effects of mold flux break temperature on the air gap and hot tearing indicator were also modeled.The model predicts that the bloom surface temperature increases with the increase of the mold flux break temperature,but the heat flux decreases with the increase of the mold flux break temperature.The hot tearing indicator is much smaller when the mold flux break temperature is higher.