Rice hull is an agricultural by-product containing about 20% of silica. Usually, this material is burned at the rice fields generating small silica particles, which may cause respiratory and environmental damage. This work describes the use of rice hull ash as a raw material to prepare Ca2SiO4-related cements, which is a component of commercial Portland cement. Rice hull was heated at 600 °C rendering silica with a surface area of 21 m2 g−1. This material was mixed with CaO and BaCl2·2H2O in several proportions, added stoichiometricaly in order to keep a ratio (Ca+Ba)/Si=2. The solids were mixed with water 1:20 (w/w) and sonicated for 60 min. The suspensions were dried and heated at several temperatures (from 500 to 1100 °C). The resulting solids were analyzed by FT-IR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Cements with structure similar to that of β-Ca2SiO4 were obtained at temperatures as low as 700 °C, according to the composition. 相似文献
Knowledge of the solution of transport equations allows one to determine parameters which are needed to evaluate the protective properties of organic coatings, particularly the penetration of water inside the coatings. The form of equations representing the processes of transport and their usefulness should be verified by experimental results. The mathematical aspect of the problem is studied in the framework of the theory of partial differential equations. Various methods of solving the equations, the problem of their univocal character, their regularity and properties are considered. The form of a particular solution depends on the imposed problem. The method of determination of the depth of water penetration inside the organic coatings is based upon the solutions of the transport equation. The use of Boltzmann transformation allows the concentration profiles dependent on additional parameters (e.g., temperature) to be represented. The solutions of the diffusion equation for various limiting conditions as well as the methods of determination of diffusion coefficient are presented. The method of evaluation of the depth of medium penetration inside the protective coating in the case of a non-stationary process is described. The use of Boltzmann transformation made it easier to analyse the solution of the diffusion equation. The dependence of the water diffusion coefficient in epoxide-phenol lacquer coatings on temperature was determined and the applicability of Arrhenius' law was found in the temperature range from 303 to 363 K. Knowledge of the diffusion coefficients enabled the time of water penetration inside organic coatings to be determined. 相似文献
The oxidation of iron and manganese by ozone was studied in the laboratory. Model waters both with and without organic matter were used. Results showed iron to be very rapidly oxidized to an insoluble form in the absence of organic matter. However, in the presence of organic matter the iron was protected from oxidation by ozone and precipitation. The degree to which this occurred depended on the nature of the organic matter and the chemical environment at the time of mixing the iron stock and the dissolved organic matter.
Experiments with manganese allowed the determination of second order rate constants for the reaction of ozone with manganese at various pH values. The oxidation of manganese in the presence of organic matter occurred in competition with oxidation of the organic matter. As a result, high ozone doses were required to achieve the same degree of removal of manganese. An increase in bicarbonate alkalinity from 50 mg/L to 200 mg/L did not result in an acceleration of the manganese oxidation in the absence of organic matter. However, in the presence of organic matter, higher levels of bicarbonate created conditions that resulted in more complete oxidation of the manganese following total consumption of the dosed ozone. 相似文献
The objectives of the study were to test the electrofocusing technique to determine its suitability as a method for the characterization of organic fertilizers from a qualitative point of view and identification of the organic matrix in an unknown fertilizer; no laboratory methods for this purpose are presently available.Analytical electrofocusing (EF) is shown to fulfill these objectives and may be easily adopted as a routine manual procedure. A solution of sodium hydroxide was chosen as the extractant because it allows comparisons between various types of humified materials and permits the evolution of organic matter to be followed during maturation of the fertilizer itself. The organic fertilizers considered included many nitrogen-rich waste materials, mostly of animal origin. They are divided into different groups according to origin and EF profiles. 相似文献
If the regenerative energy that can be produced in a country is not sufficient for the successful implementation of the energy transition, one possible solution could be the purchase of regeneratively produced electricity from countries particularly favored by meteorology. This article examines five different technologies for energy transport. The electricity is generated once in a photovoltaic system and once in a wind turbine park. The investments in the transmission technologies sometimes exceed the investments in the power generation technologies many times over. According to the available results, without considering storage, the wind turbine system, although it is specifically more expensive than the photovoltaic system, always leads to lower electricity generation costs after the energy transport. The reason is the higher number of full load hours of the wind turbine. 相似文献
The application of an infrared camera for detecting corrosion under organic coatings was studied. The ruptured blistering area, blister and filiform corrosion can be monitored easily by infrared thermography. When the corroded specimen is heated, the temperature at the surface over the corroded area changed differently according to the type of corrosion.The extent of increase in temperature was in the following sequence: ruptured blister > filiform filament > intact part > blister.From the analysis of temperature distribution at the surface of specimen, the location, shape and size of the corroded area can be estimated. 相似文献
The self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of a series of substituted benzenethiol (BT) molecules, X-C6H4-SH (where X = meta-NH2, ortho-NH2, para-NH2, para-NHCOCH3, para-F, para-CH3 and para-CH(CH3)2), have been prepared by adsorption from a solution onto a fresh copper (Cu) surface pretreated by a nitric acid etch. The corrosion inhibition efficiency of the modified Cu surfaces in a sulfuric acid solution was investigated by electrochemical characterization. The protection afforded by the substituted functional groups on BT is strongly influenced by the type and the position of the substituent on the benzene ring. BT molecules without any substituent group on the ring are ineffective corrosion inhibitors, indicating that the chemical configuration is the key factor in determining the efficacy of the SAMs as barriers to electrochemically corrosive ions. It is further proposed that the steric hindrance offered by the substituted group in the SAMs plays a very important role in determining its barrier properties. 相似文献
β-Carotene–FSS organic semiconductor/n-type Si structure has been characterized by current–voltage and capacitance–voltage methods. A deviation in I–V characteristic of the diode is observed due to effect of series resistance and interfacial layer. Cheung's functions were used to calculate diode parameters. The ideality factor, series resistance and barrier height values of the diode are n = 1.77, Rs = 10.32 (10.39) kΩ and 0.78 eV. The obtained ideality factor suggests that Au/β-carotene–FSS/n-Si Schottky diode has a metal–SiO2 oxide layer plus organic layer–semiconductor (MIOS) configuration. The capacitance–voltage characterizations of Au/β-carotene–FSS/n-Si diode at different temperatures were performed. The capacitance of the diode changes with temperature. The barrier height and ideality factor obtained from C–V curves are 0.67 eV and 1.68. The interface density properties of the diode are analyzed and the shape of the density distribution of the interface states is in the range of Ec −0.49 to −0.62 eV. It is evaluated that the FSS organic layer controls electrical charge transport properties of Au/β-carotene/n-Si diode by excluding effects of the β-carotene and SiO2 residual oxides on the hybrid diode. 相似文献