Thermal stability,flame retardance,and mechanical properties of polyamide 66 modified by a nitrogen–phosphorous reacting flame retardant

Flame‐retardant polyamide 66 (PA66) was prepared by the polymerization between PA66 prepolymer and N‐benzoic acid (ethyl‐N‐benzoic acid formamide) phosphamide (NENP). Compared with the pure PA66, the flame‐retardant PA66 exhibited better thermal stability, as indicated by thermogravimetric analysis results. The limiting oxygen index was 28% and the UL‐94 test results of the flame‐retardant PA66 indicated a V‐0 rating when the content of the NENP prepolymer was 5 wt %. The flammability and flame‐retardant mechanism of PA66 were also studied with cone calorimetry and scanning electron microscopy/energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy, respectively. The mechanical properties results show that the flame‐retardant PA66 resin had favorable mechanical properties. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016 , 133, 43538.     

Non-vacuum sintering process of WC/W2C reinforced Ni-based coating on steel

Ni-based composite coatings containing varied contents of tungsten carbides on low carbon steel were fabricated. Effects of sintering temperature and tungsten carbides contents on the surface, interface, microstructure and wear resistance of the coatings were investigated using scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, Vickers microhardness tester, bulk hardness tester and pin-on-disc tribometer. The results indicated that with appropriate sintering temperature (1230 °C), smooth coating surfaces can be achieved. Favorable interfaces about 200 μm can be got that both the chemical composition and property of the interfacial region showed gradual transitions from the substrates to the coatings. Microstructure of the coatings consists of tungsten carbides and M7C3/M23C6 in the matrix. With excessive sintering temperature, tungsten carbides tend to dissolve. Ni-based coatings containing tungsten carbides showed much higher level of bulk hardness and wear resistance than ISO Fe360A and ASTM 1566 steels. With increasing contents of tungsten carbides from 25% to 40%, bulk hardness of Ni-based coatings gradually increased. Ni-based coating with 35% tungsten carbides performed the best wear resistance.     

Mechanical Relaxation of a Ti_(36.2)Zr_(30.3)Cu_(8.3)Fe_4Be_(21.2) Bulk Metallic Glass: Experiments and Theoretical Analysis

The dynamic mechanical relaxation behavior of Ti_(36.2)Zr_(30.3)Cu_(8.3)Fe_4Be_(21.2) bulk metallic glass with good glass-forming ability was investigated by mechanical spectroscopy. The mechanical relaxation behavior was analyzed in the framework of quasi-point defects model. The experimental results demonstrate that the atomic mobility of the metallic glass is closely associated with the correlation factor χ. The physical aging below the glass transition temperature T g shows a non-Debye relaxation behavior, which could be well described by stretched Kohlrausch exponential equation. The Kohlrausch exponent β_(aging) reflects the dynamic heterogeneities of the metallic glass. Both concentration of "defects" and atomic mobility decrease caused by the in situ successive heating during the mechanical spectroscopy experiments.     

Enhanced Stretch Formability of Magnesium Alloy Sheet by Prestretching at Various Speeds at Higher Temperature

JOM - Prestretch deformation of 6.48% with various initial speeds (1 mm/min, 101 mm/min, and 100 mm/min) was carried out at 723 K to improve the formability of...     

氧化温度和分散剂种类对Si3N4浆料性能的影响

研究了自蔓延燃烧合成Si₃N₄粉的氧化处理（在空气气氛中分别于400、600、800℃保温3 h）以及添加的分散剂种类（分别为聚丙烯酸钠、六偏磷酸钠、三聚磷酸钠、木质素磺酸钙）对制备的Si₃N₄浆料的抗沉降性、ζ电位和黏度的影响。结果表明：1)在空气气氛中于800℃保温3 h氧化处理后,粉体中Si₂N₂O含量增多;用其制备的浆料的稳定性最好,ζ电位绝对值较大,黏度最小。2)以六偏磷酸钠作为分散剂制备的Si₃N₄浆料的稳定性较好,ζ电位绝对值最大,黏度最小。3)添加0.021%（w）六偏磷酸钠制备的Si₃N₄浆料的ζ电位绝对值最大,黏度较小。     

双酚AF型聚碳酸酯的制备与性能

以三光气和双酚AF为原料,采用界面缩聚法合成双酚AF型聚碳酸酯,得到最佳的聚合条件为：三光气和双酚AF的物质的量之比为1.3∶3,催化剂三乙胺的用量为双酚AF质量的4%,反应温度为35℃,反应时间为60 min。通过傅里叶变换红外吸收光谱、乌氏黏度计、同步热分析仪、热变形/维卡软化温度测试仪及极限氧指数测定仪对制备样品进行了结构和性能表征,结果表明,制备样品为双酚AF型聚碳酸酯,样品的黏均分子量为32000。玻璃化转变温度为164.3℃,热失重5%的温度为440.8℃,热变形温度为149℃、维卡软化温度为157℃,具有较好的耐热性能;极限氧指数为29.5%,具有较好的阻燃性能。样品经碱溶液浸泡后质量损失率较小,耐碱腐蚀性能较好。样品在很多有机溶剂中都有很好的的溶解性。     

Rational design on photoelectrodes and devices to boost photoelectrochemical performance of solar-driven water splitting: a mini review

As an eco-friendly, efficient, and low-cost technique, photoelectrochemical water splitting has attracted growing interest in the production of clean and sustainable hydrogen by the conversion of abundant solar energy. In the photoelectrochemical system, the photoelectrode plays a vital role in absorbing the energy of sunlight to trigger the water splitting process and the overall efficiency depends largely on the integration and design of photoelectrochemical devices. In recent years, the optimization of photoelectrodes and photoelectrochemical devices to achieve highly efficient hydrogen production has been extensively investigated. In this paper, a concise review of recent advances in the modification of nanostructured photoelectrodes and the design of photoelectrochemical devices is presented. Meanwhile, the general principles of structural and morphological factors in altering the photoelectrochemical performance of photoelectrodes are discussed. Furthermore, the performance indicators and first principles to describe the behaviors of charge carriers are analyzed, which will be of profound guiding significance to increasing the overall efficiency of the photoelectrochemical water splitting system. Finally, current challenges and prospects for an in-depth understanding of reaction mechanisms using advanced characterization technologies and potential strategies for developing novel photoelectrodes and advanced photoelectrochemical water splitting devices are demonstrated.     

固体碱催化法合成壬基酚甲醛树脂的工艺研究

本文研究了以壬基酚和甲醛为原料,固体碱为催化剂,合成壬基酚醛树脂的新工艺。对酚醛比、催化剂用量、反应时间、反应温度四个影响因素进行了正交优化实验,确定了优化合成工艺,得到了黏度为20000 mPa·s左右的壬基酚醛树脂,该工艺稳定可靠。