Structure characterization of heat set and drawn polyamide 66 fibers by FTIR spectroscopy

Structural changes that occur during thermally induced and strain induced crystallization of polyamide 66 fibers were studied by infrared spectroscopy, density measurement and optical microscopy. Two bands at 924 and 1136 cm^–1 were shown to arise from the amorphous phase and assignment of the bands at 936 and 1200 cm^–1 to the crystalline phase were confirmed. We demonstrated that two different infrared spectroscopic methods could be used to determine the total crystallinity of polyamide 66 fibers. One is a calibration method in which the band ratio of 1200 and 1630 cm^–1 is plotted against the crystallinity measured by density measurements. The other one is an independent infrared method. Crystallinity obtained by the independent infrared spectroscopic method showed good agreement with crystallinity observed by density measurement. Infrared dichroism was used to obtain the crystalline orientation using the band at 936 cm^–1. The transition moment angle of 48° was found for the band at 936 cm^–1 with respect to chain axis. Amorphous orientation was obtained using Stein’s equation. Received: 18 September 2000 / Reviewed and accepted: 20 September 2000     

Kinetics of the oxidative color removal and degradation of bromophenol blue with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by copper(II)-supported alumina and zirconia

Copper-supported alumina and zirconia catalysts were prepared and their catalytic activity towards the oxidative color removal and degradation of bromophenol blue with H₂O₂ was investigated. The rate of reaction with alumina is greater than that with zirconia, which ascribed to the increased amount of copper loaded on the catalyst as well as to the increased surface area. A brown intermediate (peroxo-compound), formed at the early stages of the reaction, inhibited the reaction rate. The rate of reaction increased with increase in pH of the medium as well as with added chloride ions. Both catalysts are very stable and can be used for several times without notable loss in their catalytic activities.     

MICROFLORA CHANGES IN TUNA MINCE DURING CONVECTION AIR DRV1NG

Microorganisms grow in tuna during drying at low temperatures. The drying temperature of 50°C or below is not lethal to the microflora. The decimal reduction time (D-value) varied from 12.66 to 2.63 hr when drying temperature increased from 60 to 100°C, respectively. These values can be used to estimate the lethal effect of drying on the natural microflora in tuna.     

Cognitive deficits in docosahexaenoic acid-deficient rats.

This study investigated the influence of brain docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) deficiency on simple and complex olfactory-based learning and memory in 2nd generation (F2) adult male rats. Rats raised and maintained on either an n-3-adequate or an n-3-deficient diet were tested for acquisition of an olfactory learning set and an olfactory memory task, and for motivation to obtain a water reward. Despite a 76% decrease in brain DHA, n-3-deficient rats were able to acquire most simple 2-odor discrimination tasks but were deficient in the acquisition of a 20-problem olfactory learning set. This deficit could not be attributed to changes in sensory capacity but, instead, appeared to represent a deficit in higher order learning. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

云环境驱动全新安全方法

当今时代,私人邮件、照片、音乐日益增多,企业与政府部门的金融系统及客户记录也变得日益复杂,这些均表明信息无时无刻不在飞速增长,而同时管理信息也就变得日益艰难了。当然,信息已经不仅存在于你桌上的文件夹里,而是在你的手机、电脑或者上网本里。因为,人们希望无论是在办公室里、在家里或是在路上,都能随时随地接触到这些信息。     

Thermal and flow effects during adsorption in conventional,diluted and annular packed beds

Previous investigations have shown a complex combination of thermal and flow effects during adsorption in highly loaded, narrow packed beds. Respective conditions were realized by packing relatively large zeolite particles in a narrow tube (which causes wall channelling) and adsorbing water vapour from air on the particles (which is highly exothermic). The present work extends the investigation to novel column configurations with purposely altered conditions of heat generation and flow—namely to diluted beds, annular beds and beds consisting of coated particles. Experimental results obtained by near infrared tomography are compared with the results of breakthrough experiments in conventional columns and with numerical calculations. The latter are conducted with a non-isothermal, two-dimensional model that not only considers the increase of porosity and flow velocity near the tube wall, but also expresses the effective transport coefficients as functions of the radial coordinate. The model provides reasonable accuracy under conditions for which the usual plug-flow assumption is questionable.     

1200V、550A碳化硅DMOSFET对偶模块的特性

碳化硅[SiC]优越的材料性质为电力电子器件提供了比传统的硅基器件更优越的性能。最近开发了一种1200V、50A的SiC DMOSFET已用于开关电路。在此基础上,又研制了一种1200V,550A完全用SiC的对偶模块。本文阐述其中每个开关用11个SiC DMOSFET和11个SiC JBS*组成的先进对偶模块的实验特性。     

Jeffrey’s rule of conditioning in a possibilistic framework

Conditioning, belief update and revision are important tasks for designing intelligent systems. Possibility theory is among the powerful uncertainty theories particularly suitable for representing and reasoning with uncertain and incomplete information. This paper addresses an important issue related to the possibilistic counterparts of Jeffrey’s rule of conditioning. More precisely, it addresses the existence and uniqueness of the solutions computed using the possibilistic counterparts of the so-called kinematics properties underlying Jeffrey’s rule of conditioning. We first point out that like the probabilistic framework, in the quantitative possibilistic setting, there exists a unique solution for revising a possibility distribution given the uncertainty bearing on a set of exhaustive and mutually exclusive events. However, in the qualitative possibilistic framework, the situation is different. In particular, the application of Jeffrey’s rule of conditioning does not guarantee the existence of a solution. We provide precise conditions where the uniqueness of the revised possibility distribution exists.     

The use of soluble corrosion inhibitors for aluminium alloys

Inorganic salts and organic amines can suppress the aluminium electrode dissolution. Nitrate and chromate inhibitors are the best of the passivating inhibitors and form γ-Al₂O₃ on the electrode surface as a thick film. In the case of organic inhibitors, the size of the molecule and basicity effects are the dominant factors leading to corrosion inhibition.