Herstellung von Phenolharzen unter Verwendung von Stärkeprodukten

Usage of Starchy Products for Preparation of Phenolic Resins. Incorporation of starches and starch hydrolysates in phenolic resins of novolak and resol type has been investigated via acid catalyzed dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in the presence of phenol and formaldehyde. Due to formation of HMF/phenol-condensates savings up to 40% phenol and 65% formaldehyde are possible in comparison to commercial resins. Besides very low amounts of residual monomers, curing is accelerated with increased carbohydrate incorporation, which can be used to reduce time consuming manufacturing processes. Especially starch hydrolysates with different average molecular weights can be used in a very flexible way to achieve special requirements like softening points, mol weight distributions, viscosities and curing behaviour.     

Neutron production in bombardments of thin and thick W, Hg, Pb targets by 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.8 and 2.5 GeV protons

Neutron experimental data relevant to the design of the target of neutron spallation sources are presented and discussed. The data include the reaction cross-sections for W, Hg and Pb investigated with 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.8 and 2.5 GeV proton beams as well as the neutron production, neutron multiplicity distribution, as determined event per event using a high-efficiency detector. The production as a function of target material is investigated for both thin (with a single reaction) and thick targets (multiple reactions). Comparisons are made with the predictions of a high-energy transport code.     

Effect of inductively coupled plasma surface treatment on silica gel and mesoporous MCM-41 particles

Silica gel and MCM-41 synthesized mesoporous materials were treated with either oxygen (O2),hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) and organic vapors like ethanol (EtOH),and acrylonitrile (AN) inductive plasma.The radiofrequency power for the modification was fixed to 120 W and 30 min,assuring a high degree of organic ionization energy in the plasma.The surface properties were studied by infrared spectroscopy (FTIR),scanning electron microscopy,x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering technique was used for characterizing size distributions.When the silica and MCM-41 particles were modified by AN and HMDSO plasma gases,the surface morphology of the particles was changed,presenting another color,size or shape.In contrast,the treatments of oxygen and EtOH did not affect the surface morphology of both particles,but increased the oxygen content at the surface bigger than the AN and HMDSO plasma treatments.In this study,we investigated the influence of different plasma treatments on changes in morphology and the chemical composition of the modified particles which render them a possible new adsorbent for utilization in sorptive extraction techniques for polar compounds.     

Elektrochemische Adamantylierung von reduktiv dehalogenierbaren Chinolinen

Electrolytic Adamantylation by Reductive Coupling of Quinolinylhalides in the Presence of 1-Bromoadamantane Electrochemically generated anion radicals of a number of halogen-substituted quinolines 1 a–g dehalogenate in N,N-dimethylformamide to halogen anions and radicals, which may stabilize by hydrogen abstraction from the solvent. In the presence of 1-bromoadamantane the fragments of reductive dehalogenation may be used synthetically for indirect generation of 1-bromoadamantane-radicals, which react predominantly to cross-coupled 2- and 7-monoadamantylated dihydroquinoline- and quinoline-structures, independent of the original halogen position. If C-2 is blocked, adamantylation takes place in the carbocyclic ring. Product distribution and cyclic-voltammetric results are discussed in terms of mechanism.     

Shaped charge jet interaction with Highly Effective Passive Sandwich Systems - experiments and analysis

The development and investigation of reactive sandwich targets and their interaction with shaped charge jets is one of the many research areas, where important contributions were made by Manfred Held. Such reactive sandwiches are known to be extremely effective against jets, but have a number of disadvantages. In this work, the interaction of the copper jet from a shaped charge calibre 136 mm with a double sandwich system, each sandwich consisting of a non-reacting layer between outer steel plates, is investigated. In 10 experiments with identical geometrical setup, only the material of the non-reacting layer is changed. Using flash X-ray pictures, the interaction of the jet with the sandwich system is investigated. Evaluation of these pictures as well as the comparison of the measured residual penetrations behind the sandwich target clearly demonstrate the influence of the material of the inner sandwich layer. The deformation and movement of the steel plates, caused by the penetrating jet, can be seen in the X-ray pictures. It is shown that it is possible to distort a shaped charge jet so that its penetration capability behind the target is reduced to a minimum. A fully three-dimensional hydrocode simulation of the experiments enabled the jet/sandwich interaction and steel plate deformation and rupture to be studied in detail.     

Replay-based debugging of occam programs

Parallel programs are intrinsically non-deterministic, and therefore the techniques of cyclical debugging that are commonly used for sequential programs are not suitable for parallel ones. This paper proposes a method to reproduce Occam program behaviour. Saving information on the timer values input by the program and the guards selected at run-time on alternative commands allows program replay, i.e. it makes it possible to re-execute the program deterministically with the same inputs following the same instruction path. This enables the software developer to use tools such as debuggers and intrusive monitors to help identify program faults. After discussing possible implementations of the proposed technique, IRD (an interactive replay debugger for Occam programs) is described. Finally, the use of the IRD in a sample debug session is presented as an example.