Effect of short‐chain branching on melt fracture behavior of metallocene and conventional poly(ethylene/α‐olefin) copolymers

A phenomenon that can represent a great problem in melt processing is extrudate distortion. This effect can range in intensity from a loss of gloss to gross distortion and is the factor that limits the production rate in certain processes such as the blown film extrusion of linear low‐density polyethylene (LLDPE). The aim of this work was to investigate the effects that molecular weight distribution and short‐chain branch length have on the observed melt fracture phenomena for poly(ethylene/α‐olefin) resins with similar weight comonomer content and molecular weight. The flow stability analysis conducted in this study has shown that, even increasing of few carbon atoms the short‐chain branch length of the resins, the surface melt fracture phenomena are reduced and/or eliminated. Moreover, the comparison between the metallocene (mLLDPE) and conventional LLDPE samples, with the same comonomer (hexene), showed that the metallocene‐catalyzed resin exhibits early onset and more severe melt fracture, due to its narrower molecular weight distribution. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 52:1968–1977, 2012. © 2012 Society of Plastics Engineers     

石榴石固态电解质的冷烧结工艺制备及性能

以LiNO3、Al(NO3)3·9H2O、La(NO3)3·6H2O、ZrO(NO3)2·5H2O为原料,采用溶胶-凝胶法制备Li5.95Al0.35La3Zr2O12粉体,随后加入聚乙烯醇（PVA）水溶液作为液相介质,通过冷烧结工艺制备Li5.95Al0.35La3Zr2O12石榴石固态电解质。冷烧结工艺后采用后续热处理改善离子传导性能。采用质量体积法和电化学阻抗谱对Li5.95Al0.35La3Zr2O12石榴石固态电解质的体积密度和离子电导率进行了测试,采用XRD与SEM进行晶体结构与形貌表征。结果表明,冷烧结时间和压力对样品的晶体结构几乎没有影响。冷烧结时间过长会导致样品开裂,在15~30 min时,冷烧结时间对样品的致密性和电导率影响不大,在烧结时间较短的样品中发现了杂相。提高冷烧结压力可明显提高样品的致密性和电导率,在200℃、510 MPa、30 min的冷烧结条件下可以获得具有较高离子电导率（2.66×10-6 S/cm）的Li5.95Al0.35La3Zr2O12石榴石固态电解质,此时材料的晶界电阻较小。但继续增加冷烧结压力,由于热处理过程中第二相的分解和晶粒生长受到抑制,样品的致密性和电导率反而下降。     

质子化氮化碳的制备及其复合材料的光催化性能

分别采用硫酸、盐酸和硝酸对尿素热解得到的体相块状石墨相氮化碳(g-C_3N_4)进行质子化改性,超声剥离得到氮化碳纳米片,考察3种质子化氮化碳纳米片对亚甲基蓝染料的光催化降解性能,利用XRD、FT-IR、SEM、BET、UV-DRS、UV-VIS等对其结构、形貌、比表面积、禁带宽度进行分析。结果表明,硫酸改性后的g-C_3N_4比表面积最大(60. 9 m~2·g~(-1)),亚甲基蓝降解效果最好,降解率为46. 7%,相比于体相块状g-C_3N_4的29. 2%提高了17. 5个百分点。以硫酸质子化改性的g-C_3N_4为前驱体,采用搅拌法制备得到质子化g-C_3N_4/石墨烯复合材料,其光催化降解亚甲基蓝的降解率为81. 7%,较硫酸质子化g-C_3N_4提高了35. 0个百分点。     

Styrene-butadiene branched star-shaped asphalt modifiers: Synthesis and mechanical characterization

Abstract

The synthesis and the corresponding characterization of styrene-butadiene (SB), branched, star-shaped copolymers was investigated as part of a research project on asphalt modification using polymers with precise molecular structures. The method of anionic polymerization was followed to prepare samples of block copolymers of SB, a synthesis method that controls chain-architecture, molecular weight distribution, monomer distribution, and the average molecular weight. The research studies are the synthesis of block copolymers including linear, three- and four-arms constructs, depending on the coupling agent used. The techniques of nuclear magnetic resonance (1NMR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and rheology were carried out to characterize the copolymers. From the results of the 1NMR, DSC, and GPC analyses, all star-shaped copolymers investigated showed a similar block copolymer composition. Furthermore, the rheological behavior of one of the synthesized star-shaped copolymers was nearly the same as a four-branched commercial copolymer. Rheologically, the four-arm block copolymer sample had the largest storage modulus (G′) among the branched copolymers synthetized, indicating that such architecture produces a highly structured material. In regard to polymer-modified asphalt formulations, the three-branched copolymer architecture yielded better elastic behavior than the four-branch version. In summary, the findings of this investigation provide new insight about a polymer system that may offer advantages in industrial asphalt paving applications.     

Is the particle deposition in a cell exposure facility comparable to the lungs? A computer model approach

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Cell exposure experiments at the air-liquid interface (ALI) are used increasingly as indicators for health effects and for the impact of aerosols on the lung. Thereby the aerosol particles are kept airborne and can deposit on a cell surface area similar to the human respiratory tract (RT). However, geometry and air flow rates of an ALI system deviate considerably from the RT. As the tissue-delivered particle dose to the lungs (TD) can hardly be measured, computer models of particle deposition are used here to mimic both the particle deposition at ALI and in the RT. An ALI exposure setup (VitroCell GmbH) for an airflow rate of 100 cm³ min^?1 is selected, where the particle deposition model has been verified experimentally. For the RT we use the hygroscopic lung deposition model of Ferron et al. (2013 Ferron, G. A., S. Upadhyay, R. Zimmermann, and E. Karg. 2013. Model of the deposition of aerosol particles in the respiratory tract of the rat. II. Hygroscopic particle deposition. J. Aerosol Med. Pulm. Drug Deliv. 26 (2):101–19. doi:10.1089/jamp.2011.0965.[Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). Model runs are performed for the particle deposition and for the deposited particles per surface area in both the ALI and the RT. The results show that the ALI-deposited mass is 1-2 orders of magnitude higher than in the alveolar region, because the surface area of the lung region is substantially larger. A particle size range from 40 to 450 nm is identified, where the ratio of both the deposition in a lung region and the deposition at the ALI varies by a factor less than two. Mean values for this ratio are 31 and 101 for the tracheo-bronchial and the alveolar region, respectively. The same size range is found for the ratio of the deposited particles per surface area in a lung region and at the ALI. For this range the mean surface deposition at the ALI is 23- and 1575-times larger than in the tracheo-bronchial and the alveolar lung region, respectively. The effect is partly compensated by different flow rate and cell size.

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The biodrying process of sewage sludge – a review

Abstract

Sewage treatment can be classified into three phases: liquid, gaseous, and solid. Treatment of solids is performed in several steps, and the greatest difficulty in removing water from sewage sludge is due to the bound water present in the sludge. Thus, biodrying, a drying method that can be classified as biological, has been recently applied to treat this type of waste. This review paper aims to report and compile data from 49 biodrying assays of sewage sludge found in the literature (through the present, 2019) into one synthesis table, to discuss and compare the numerous variables found in these papers and their implications for biodrying, and to suggest possibilities for future research. This paper additionally intends to improve knowledge of biodrying and to consequently contribute to the monitoring and understanding of the process.     

Brönsted方程动力学模型研究ZSM-5催化乙烯齐聚及芳构化活性和酸强度分布之间的定量关系

乙烯催化齐聚和芳构化是烯烃高值化和合成液体燃料的关键过程,采用NH₃-TPD谱图分析计算方法得到的探针分子脱附活化能作为催化剂的酸位点强度分布的参数,结合线性自由能理论在Br?nsted方程中引入酸强度对反应的影响因子γ作为动力学方程参数关联探针分子脱附活化能与反应活化能,明确固体酸酸强度的基准在催化动力学方程中的物理意义。建立同为MFI拓扑结构 Si /Al摩尔比为12.5、19、25、60、70的ZSM-5分子筛催化剂上不同酸强度位和乙烯齐聚及芳构化中氢转移、齐聚、芳构化各单元步骤以及对应的烷烃、低碳烯烃和芳烃产物分布的定量关系。根据拟合得到动力学参数γ可以发现不同强度的酸位点对乙烯齐聚及芳构化具有不同的作用系数。氨脱附活化能(DAE)为90 kJ·mol^-1的酸位点是氢转移反应的主要活性位点,而对于乙烯齐聚反应中主要的活性酸位点为DAE 90 kJ·mol^-1和124 kJ·mol^-1,DAE为150 kJ·mol^-1的酸位点是芳构化反应的主要活性位点。     

钢渣热焖工艺及其对水泥性能的影响

本文研究了不同的热焖压力和时间对钢渣活性的影响和钢渣的不同掺量对水泥性能的影响.热焖工艺主要改善的是钢渣的膨胀性,熟料的7 d膨胀率为0.034％,未热焖的钢渣掺入15％和35％时膨胀率分别增加155.9％和311.8％,而1 MPa 1 h热焖后,相比于未热焖的情况,钢渣掺入15％和35％时分别降低77.0％、89.3％,钢渣掺量25％时,其3 d、7 d、28 d 抗压强度分别增加8. 0 MPa、3.6 MPa、2.7 Mpa,分别提高21.1％ 、11. 3％ 、6. 1％.     

发泡剂对多孔氧化铝陶瓷孔结构和抗弯强度的影响

以十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)作为发泡剂,凝胶注模结合发泡法制备多孔氧化铝陶瓷.研究了发泡剂SDBS的添加量对多孔氧化铝陶瓷的气孔率、孔径尺寸及气孔分布和抗弯强度的影响.研究结果表明,在一定范围内随发泡剂SDBS添加量的增加,总气孔率和闭气孔率会有明显的上升趋势,孔径尺寸差异逐渐变小,气孔分布的均匀性逐渐变好.当SDBS的添加量超过1.0wt％ 后,气孔率虽然无明显变化,但是样品孔径尺寸及气孔分布的均匀性均变差,样品的抗弯强度随着SDBS用量的增加有明显降低的趋势.当SDBS的添加量为1.0wt％ 时,可以制备出闭气孔率为49％,抗弯强度为35 MPa,孔径尺寸及气孔分布均匀的多孔氧化铝陶瓷.