Eggshell nano-particle potential for methyl violet and mercury ion removal: Surface study and field application

A nano-scale sorbent was produced from eggshell wastes for sorption of Hg(II) and methyl violet (MV) from aqueous solutions and real wastewaters. The properties of the nano-particles were fully determined using SEM, DLS, FTIR, XRD, BET, TGA, AFM, EDAX, mapping, and TEM analyses. The adsorbent structure mainly contained carbonate and silica. The effects of influential parameters including temperature, contact time, initial contaminants concentration, sorbent dose, and initial pH on the removal efficiency were investigated. The maximum sorption efficiency of Hg(II) and MV occurred at pH of 6 and 9 and temperatures of 25 °C and 55 °C, respectively. Freundlich model could be interpreted the equilibrium data of the sorption process of both contaminants. The maximum sorption capacity of Hg(II) and MV using eggshell nano-particles was obtained as 116.27 mg/g and 123.45 mg/g, respectively. The dynamic behavior of the process was studied using two kinetic models. The sorption system performance was also examined and t_1/2 were determined as 4.34 min for Hg(II) and 4.97 min for MV. The sorption process of Hg(II) and MV was exothermic and endothermic, respectively. Effective sorption after seven cycles and successful treatment of landfill leachate and textile wastewater with eggshell nano-particles confirms its adequacy.     

Improvement in physical and mechanical properties of aluminum/zircon composites fabricated by powder metallurgy method

Metal–matrix composites (MMCs) are known as the most useful and high-tech composites in our world as well as aluminum (Al) as the best metal for producing these composites. Combining aluminum and zircon (ZrSiO₄) will yield a material with the best corrosive resistance and mechanical properties like strength at high temperatures. Also, the abrasive wear behavior of these composites will be improved. In the present investigation, a study on aluminum/zircon composites has been carried out. Micro-structures of these composites in powder metallurgy conditions show different size distribution of zircon with different proportions in the composite. Also, there is a case-study about density and compressive strength and hardness of aluminum/zircon composites. The green specimens prepared by isostatic pressing of prepared powders with different zircon percentages, were sintered at two temperatures. These specimens were then investigated by different physical and mechanical testing methods to observe in which conditions the best properties would be obtained. The most improved compression strength was obtained with the specimen including 5% of zircon sintered at 650 °C.     

A new approach to predict the strength of high energy materials

This paper presents a new approach to predict the strength of energetic compounds in which there are important classes of high explosives including nitroaromatics, acyclic and cyclic nitramines, nitrate esters and nitroaliphatics. For C(a)H(b)N(c)O(d) compounds, the ratio of carbon to oxygen atoms and the predicted heat of detonation on the basis of the H(2)O-CO(2) arbitrary have been used to calculate the strength of an explosive. The new model can give good predictions for mentioned energetic compounds as determined by the Trauzl test. The novel correlation will be useful in predicting the strength or power of a new energetic compound that has significant potential in the field of explosives and propellants.     

Prediction of the condensed phase heat of formation of energetic compounds

A new reliable simple model is presented for estimating the condensed phase heat of formation of important classes of energetic compounds including polynitro arene, polynitro heteroarene, acyclic and cyclic nitramine, nitrate ester and nitroaliphatic compounds. For CHNO energetic compounds, elemental compositions as well as increasing and decreasing energy content parameters are used in the new method. The novel correlation is tested for 192 organic compounds containing complex molecular structures with at least one nitro, nitramine or nitrate energetic functional groups. This work improves the predictive ability of previous empirical correlations for a wide range of energetic compounds. For those energetic compounds where group additivity method can be applied and outputs of quantum mechanical computations were available, it is shown that the root mean square (rms) deviation of the new method is lower.     

单一微米级铁颗粒燃烧温度的分析研究

本研究对单一燃烧铁颗粒的温度进行了分析研究.采用三种数学方法,包括AGM(Akbari-Ganji法)、CM(搭配法)和GM(Galerkin法)求解非线性微分控制方程,并对这些方法的有效性进行了分析.为了进一步研究,采用一种数值方法,即四阶Runge-Kutta法,验证所得的结果.在本研究中,所建立的数学模型考虑了燃...     

Synthesis and characterization of new polyureas based on 4‐(4′‐aminophenyl)urazole and various diisocyanates

4‐(4′‐Aminophenyl)urazole (AmPU) was prepared from 4‐nitrobenzoic acid in six steps. The reaction of monomer AmPU with n‐isopropylisocyanate was performed in N,N‐dimethylacetamide solutions at different ratios, and the resulting disubstituted and trisubstituted urea derivatives were obtained in high yields and were finally used as models for polymerization reactions. The step‐growth polymerization reactions of AmPU with hexamethylene diisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate, and toluene‐2,4‐diisocyanate were performed in N‐methylpyrrolidone solutions in the presence of pyridine as a catalyst. The resulting novel polyureas had inherent viscosities of 0.11–0.18 dL/g in dimethylformamide at 25°C. These polyureas were characterized with IR, ¹H‐NMR, elemental analysis, and thermogravimetric analysis. Some physical properties and structural characterization of these novel polyureas are reported. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 89: 2692–2700, 2003     

The modified Beckmann-Kirchhoff scattering theory for rough surface analysis

This paper focusses on how reflectance models based on scattering theory and reported in the physics literature can be used for making estimates of surface roughness parameters using reflectance measurements obtained with a digital camera. We commence by reviewing the Beckmann-Kirchhoff (B-K) scatter theory, and the recent modification to it by Vernold and Harvey. We show how this model can be used to estimate surface roughness parameters for dielectric surfaces using pixel brightness measurements. Using the roughness parameter measurements we compare the model with reflectance measurements from the CUReT database. This comparison shows that the Vernold-Harvey modification of the B-K model gives a better fit to data than the Oren-Nayar model for certain types of rough surface.     

A simple approach for determining detonation velocity of high explosive at any loading density

A simple empirical relationship is introduced between detonation velocity at any loading density and chemical composition of high explosive as well as its gas phase heat of formation, which is calculated by group additivity rules. The present work may be applied to any explosive that contains the elements of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen with no difficulties. The new correlation can easily be applied for determining detonation velocity of explosives with loading densities less than 1g/cm3 as well as greater than 1g/cm3. Calculated detonation velocities by this procedure for both pure and explosive formulations show good agreement with respect to measured detonation velocity over a wide range of loading density.     

THERMOCAPILLARY MIGRATION OF SLIGHTLY DEFORMED DROPLETS

A small viscous droplet which is suspended in an immiscible liquid in a zero-gravity environment can be made to migrate by subjecting the system to an external temperature gradient. This so-called thermocapillary migration occurs since the surface tension of the interface is a function of temperature. If inertial effects are negligible and the interface is clean, the shape of the migrating droplet remains spherical. However, when inertial effects are significant or when surfactants are present at the interface, the droplet assumes a prolate or oblate spheroidal shape. In this work we calculate the change in the net migration velocity of the droplet which results from such a deformation. This is done by solving the requisite viscous flow problem in the deformed geometry by perturbation, in conjunction with a generalization of the so-called Lorentz reciprocal theorem which simplifies the calculations. It is found that the migration velocity could increase, decrease or remain unchanged depending on the values of certain controlling parameters.     

Numerical methods for transient solutions of machine repair problems

This paper reviews and compares two types of numerical methods of computing transient probabilities of finite Markovian queues (particularly the machine repair problem). A brief review of each method is followed by numerical examples of small and moderate size machine repair problems. The results demonstrate the feasibility of applying numerical techniques for obtaining transient solutions to Markovian queueing problems.