Fibre reinforced glasses

A new method of preparing fibre reinforced glasses is put forward, which is based on further developments of the known slurry method and the sol-gel technique. This method combines the advantages of the two procedures. The prepregs are hot-pressed and the influence of preparation parameters on the bending strength are investigated. The pressure, temperature, time of pressing, granulation of the glass powder, the type of sol-gel solution and the gas atmosphere during the hot-pressing were all studied.     

Freestanding silicon quantum dots: origin of red and blue luminescence

In this paper, we studied the behavior of silicon quantum dots (Si-QDs) after etching and surface oxidation by means of photoluminescence (PL) measurements, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR). We observed that etching of red luminescing Si-QDs with HF acid drastically reduces the concentration of defects and significantly enhances their PL intensity together with a small shift in the emission spectrum. Additionally, we observed the emergence of blue luminescence from Si-QDs during the re-oxidation of freshly etched particles. Our results indicate that the red emission is related to the quantum confinement effect, while the blue emission from Si-QDs is related to defect states at the newly formed silicon oxide surface.     

Measuring the friction coefficient in the case of plastification of metals by elastomers

The friction measuring apparatus according to O. Pawelski, which is based on the strip drawing experiment, is used to determine friction coefficients in plastic shaping of metals. By implementing elastomer inlays into the drawing cheeks the same principle has been applied to the contact between metals and elastomeric media. The plastification of metal by the extremely shear-weak elastomer is possible, because it is completely constrained with metal, so that a sufficiently high hydrostatic pressure in the inlay is generated. Elementary theory in combination with FEM showed that the friction coefficient, calculated using only the global static equilibrium of forces, is in very good approximation with simply the mixture of the friction coefficient between metal strip and elastomer and the friction coefficient between metal strip and drawing cheek weighted with the corresponding contact areas. Drawing experiments with aluminium 99.5 or steel St 37 and polyurethane or soft rubber were carried out. The important influence of lubrication and roughness of the metal strip on the friction coefficient was investigated.     

Verhalten des Stahles X 6 CrNi 18 11 unter kombinierter Kriech- und Wechselbeanspruchung bei 823 K

Experimentelle Untersuchung des Kriech- und Wechseldehnverhaltens des austenitischen Stahles X 6 CrNi 18 11 (Werkstoffnummer 1.4948) bei Beanspruchung durch Kriechen und Ermüden. Auswertung der Ergebnisse unter Anwendung der linearen Schadensregel. Vergleich mit Auslegungskriterien nach dem ASME BPVC.     

Polystyrene-supported acid catalysis

The present state of polymer-supported acid catalysis is considered. Models describing the catalytic action of gel-like and macroporous resin catalysts are presented. By chemical modification of poly (styrene-co-divinylbenzene) matrices, e.g. different ways of sulphonation, nitration, chlorination, fluorination and sulphoalkylation, the activity/selectivity and thermal stability of sulphonic acid resin catalysts can be improved. The synthesis of polymer-supported Lewis acids is described. By comparison to AlCl₃ higher catalytic activities are obtained with the use of AlBr₃.     

Comparison of different techniques for the observation of the lamellar texture of isotactic polypropylene: TEM of surface replicas,TEM after staining,and SFM

Summary In the present study three different techniques have been employed to observe the lamellar texture of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) crystallized from the melt under the influence of shearing: (a) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of surface replicas of permanganically etched samples (b) TEM of thin sections of Ruthenium-oxide stained samples and (c) Scanning force microscopy (SFM) in contact mode of permanganically etched samples. The aim was to assess their relative merits in terms of practicability, resolution and type of information.