Water-soluble and amphiphilic polymers

Summary Three PEO-PSt-PEO triblock polymers and their parent ho-nopolystyrene have been studied by means of light scattering technique in chloroform, toluene and ethyl acetate. It has been found that the weight average molecular weights calculated by using the equation Mapp- were unbelievable negative values; and the largest deviation appeared for the sample with PEO mole content of about 50%. Data of PSt-PEO-PSt triblock polymers in literature have been quoted and discussed.     

中央空调的水处理

本文扼要介绍了中央空调循环冷却水和冷冻水系统中常见的问题及其原因,并对冷却水和冷冻水的处理程序作了初步的阐述.     

ATO包裹硅酸锆的制备与应用

采用化学共沉淀技术制备了锑掺杂二氧化锡(ATO)包裹硅酸锆的导电粉体,对比了该导电粉体与ATO在防静电陶瓷中的应用效果。结果表明与掺纯ATO相比较,掺入ATO包裹硅酸锆的防静电陶瓷颜色比较浅,并且能明显减少氧化锡的用量,当陶瓷的表面电阻为107Ω/□量级时,用ATO包裹硅酸锆作为导电填料可以节省25%左右的ATO。     

The determination of the pore structural parameters of isoporous resins by inverse GPC

The swollen pore structure of a series of microporous isoporous resins (7.4–140 Å) are investigated with inverse GPC, n-alkylbenzenes and linear polystyrenes being used as probe molecules. The results indicated that, with the lowering of crosslinking degree of isoporous resins, the average pore diameter increased and the pore distribution curve broadened. All pore volume distribution obeyed a log-normal distribution. Based on the linear regression method, the experimental data were fitted to a monotonously declining exponential function and a normal distribution function by a computer, and some important structural parameters such as average pore diameter, pore volume distribution, specific surface area, etc. were obtained. The specific surface area of swollen gels were found much greater than those in the dry state measured by N₂ adsorption.     

冷却器盘管失效分析及防范措施

本文介绍了冷却器盘管破裂泄漏的情况，分析了失效破坏的原因，并提出防止冷却器盘管破裂泄漏的措施。     

四种杀菌剂对枸杞黑果病的防治效果

枸杞黑果病是枸杞产区的主要病害．发病后造成黑花、黑蕾和黑果，使枸杞产量降低，品质变劣。为探明四种杀菌剂对枸杞黑果病的防治效果及最佳剂量，2003年对下述四种杀菌剂进行了田间药效对比试验，调查防效结果如下：20％三苯基醋酸锡WP450～281g／hm^2(以有效成分计，下同)，20％氟硅唑EC21．08g／hm^21．5％噻霉酮EW16、88～21．08g／hm^2、40％氟硅唑EC450g／hm^2和70％甲基托布津WP787．5g/hm^2对枸杞黑果病防效均在88．25％以上。经LSD检验各处理间防效无显著差异。     

Electrochemical performance of nanocrystalline Li3V2(PO4)3/carbon composite material synthesized by a novel sol–gel method

A novel sol–gel method based on V₂O₅·nH₂O hydro-gel was developed to synthesize nanocrystalline Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃/carbon composite material. In this route, V₂O₅·nH₂O hydro-gel, NH₄H₂PO₄, Li₂CO₃ and high-surface-area carbon were used as starting materials to prepare precursor, and the Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃/carbon was obtained by sintering precursor at 750 °C for 4 h in flowing argon. The sol–gel synthesis ensures homogeneity of the precursors and improved reactivity. The sample was characterized by XRD, SEM and TEM. X-ray diffraction results show Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃ sample is monoclinic structure with the space group of P2₁/n. The TEM image indicates that the Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃ particles modified by conductive carbon are about 70 nm in diameter. The Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃/carbon system showed that the discharge capacities in the first and 50th cycle are about 155.3 and 143.6 mAh/g, respectively, in the range of 3.0–4.8 V. The sol–gel method is fit for the preparation of Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃/carbon composite material which may offer some favorable properties for commercial application.     

Phase Assemblages of Pr α-sialon Derived from SHS-ed Powders and TEM Study on the Nucleation of Pr α-sialon

The Pr α-sialon powders prepared by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS), consisting of 55 wt% Pr α-sialon and 45 wt% of β-sialon (abbreviated as α' and β'), were hot-pressed at 1800°C for 1 h. The results showed that Pr α' phase would transfer to β' with the appearance of JEM phase (Pr(Si_{6− z} Al _z )(N_{10− z} O _z )) after sintering, thus resulting in the increase of β' phase to 86 wt%. The addition of Y₂O₃ into SHS-ed Pr α' powders as the starting materials restrains the transformation of α' to β' and prevents the formation of JEM phase as well. The nucleation mechanism of Pr α' grain during hot-pressing was investigated in terms of transmission electron microscope and energy-dispersive spectrometer analysis. Two nucleation modes of Pr α' grains were found, i.e., nucleating on the undissolved Pr α' grains and on the nuclei of (Pr, Y) α' grains precipitated from liquid phase.     

Synthesis and characterization of copolythiophene

Copolythiophenes (Co‐PTs), poly(3‐hexylthiophene‐co‐3‐thiophene carboxylic acid) (P3HT‐TCa), poly(3‐hexyloxylthiophene‐co‐3‐thiophene carboxylic acid) (P3HOT‐TCa), and poly(3‐phenylthiophene‐co‐3‐thiophene carboxylic acid) (P3PhT‐TCa), were synthesized by chemical oxidized polymerization to investigate the effect of copolymerization on the properties of polythiophenes (PTs). Gel permeation chromatography showed that the molecular weight (MW) of Co‐PT was lower than that of homopolythiophene. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra indicated that the copolymerization was successful between the monomers. The λ_max of Co‐PTs gave a “blue shift” in ultraviolet‐visible (UV‐VIS) spectra. Photoluminescence (PL) spectra showed that the PL intensity of Co‐PT became weaker than that of homopolythiophene and the disappearance of PL had been observed in P3HOT‐TCa. The thermal stability of Co‐PT was influenced by the carboxyl for its low decomposition temperature. Furthermore, the copolymerization between multi‐wall carbon nanotube containing thiophene ring (MWNT‐Th) and 3‐hexyloxylthiphene could also take place successfully. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 2007     

Integrated size and topology optimization of skeletal structures with exact frequency constraints

The present paper studies the integrated size and topology optimization of skeletal structures under natural frequency constraints. It is found that, unlike the conventional compliance-oriented topology optimization problems, the considered problem may be strongly singular in the sense that the corresponding feasible domain may be disconnected and the global optimal solutions are often located at the tips of some separated low dimensional sub-domains when the cross-sectional areas of the structural components are used as design variables. As in the case of stress-constrained topology optimization, this unpleasant behavior may prevent the gradient-based numerical optimization algorithms from finding the true optimal topologies. To overcome the difficulties posed by the strongly singular optima, some particular forms of area/moment of inertia-density interpolation schemes, which can restore the connectedness of the feasible domain, are proposed. Based on the proposed optimization model, the probability of finding the strongly singular optimum with gradient-based algorithms can be increased. Numerical examples demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.