Internal relative humidity distribution in high-performance cement paste due to moisture diffusion and self-desiccation

This investigation was carried out to study internal relative humidity (IRH) distribution of cement paste made with different water / cement ratios (w / c) and mineral admixtures in isothermal drying conditions. IRH changes in cement paste resulting from self-desiccation and moisture diffusion, respectively, at different ages were studied. The change laws of IRH in cement paste resulting from combining moisture diffusion with self-desiccation were discussed. The results indicate that IRH reduction of cement paste with w / c higher than 0.4 is mainly affected by moisture diffusion. However, IRH reduction of cement paste with w / c no higher than 0.4 is controlled by both moisture diffusion and self-desiccation. With the decrease of w / c, IRH reduction of cement paste resulting from self-desiccation increases, and IRH reduction resulting from moisture diffusion decreases at a given age. IRH decrement of cement paste incorporated with silica fume and ground blast-furnace slag is higher than that of control paste. w / c and the distance to the exposed surface play a significant role in IRH change resulting from moisture diffusion in isothermal drying condition. Change laws of IRH in cement paste with silica fume due to moisture diffusion considering self-desiccation are different from those in cement paste without silica fume.     

极限电流型氧传感器的实验研究

本实验用8mol%Y_2O_3-ZrO_2固体电解质制成了极限电流型氧传感器,并测定了氧在0.23～28.70mol%,温度在550～800℃范围时,传感器的输出特性,观察到该传感器有较好的稳定性和电压电流特性曲线。实验验证了极限电流值与氧摩尔分数和温度的关系。     

大面积水域浓度场测试方法及系统研究

针对大面积水域浓度场难以实现实时测量、测量精度不高等问题,采用了一种多通道荧光测试系统和方法。首先,基于单色光诱导荧光检测浓度(LIF)原理,使用探头获取离散点的浓度参数。然后,经总线或通信网络技术,将数百个测点连接起来。最后,通过数据总线或网络将采集的数据输送到中央测控计算机中,处理离散的数据后形成完整的浓度场。在恒定流浓度场中的试验结果表明,污染物测量相对误差均值不超过5%,单次测量相对误差最高值为8.33%,传感器线性度不超过5%,可检测的荧光素钠溶液浓度分辨率为0.001 ppm,系统测量稳定、精度较高。相较于其他浓度测量方法,该系统具有测量面积大、实时测量的优势,可为水污染防治等领域提供可靠的技术支撑。     

硫酸装置布朗扩散型纤维除雾器的现场测试

开发了一种用于布朗扩散型纤维除雾器的便携式现场测试装置，用这套装置可在现场测定纤维床阻力，从而对元件制造水平进行评价和比较，或在维修期间预测清洗后元件的操作性能。介绍便携式现场测试装置的设备布局、安装和运行，并对整体充填、平行缠绕、斜交叉缠绕纤维床及同心组合纤维床进行比较。此外，论述了硫酸装置工艺气体压降的价值。     

Local‐scale Benefits of River Connectivity Restoration Planning Beyond Jurisdictional Boundaries

Conservation planning aims to optimize outcomes for select species or ecosystems by directing resources toward high‐return sites. The possibility that local benefits might be increased by directing resources beyond the focal area is rarely considered. We present a case study of restoring river connectivity for migratory fish of the Great Lakes Basin by removing dams and road crossings within municipal jurisdictions versus their broader watersheds. We found that greater river connectivity could often be achieved by considering both intra‐jurisdictional and extra‐jurisdictional barriers. Focusing on jurisdictional barriers alone generally forfeited <20% (median = 0%) of habitat gains for those who value solely habitat gains within the jurisdiction, but >75% (median = 100%) for planners who value larger‐scale habitat gains. Similarly, cost savings tended to be between ?50% and +50%, but in some cases were very negative. Our study underscores the local‐scale benefits of broadening restoration investments, especially for decision makers of the Great Lakes Basin and contributes to a discussion of appropriate and efficient scales of conservation planning. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Stochastic defect diffusion model for relaxation effects in crystalline polyethylene

It is suggested that some relaxation processes observed in crystalline polyethylene are consequences of the diffusive motion of a particular defect called a point dislocation or twist dispiration loop along the polyethylene stems in lamellar crystals. The motion of the defect, characterized by a diffusion coefficient and a mobility, is described by solutions of the Smoluchowski diffusion equation with boundary conditions that constrain the defect to move along routes that produce experimentally observable results. The fact that passage of the defect causes both a 180° rotation of the chain and moves an extra CH₂ group in the direction of the chain axis is important to the interpretation of the data according to this model. The diffusion coefficient for a defect is estimated to be around 2 × 10^?9 cm² s^?1 at 70°C. This value is shown to be reasonable both from the viewpoint of detailed computer modelling of defect motion and contemporary ideas about scaling.     

Free energy barrier for compact chains escaping from a small sphere

In this paper, the process of compact polymer chains escaping from a small sphere to a large one in the view of thermodynamics is investigated in detail based on the pruned-enriched-Rosenbluth method (PERM), which is quite efficient for the three-dimensional polymers on the simple-cubic lattice. In our simulation, three representative states of a polymer chain during the escaping process are studied, and some statistical properties of the chain size and the chain shape, such as mean-square radius of gyration per bond 〈S²〉/N and the shape factor 〈δ^∗〉 are investigated. Our aim is to illuminate how the size and shape of the compact chains change during the escaping process. The changes of 〈S²〉/N and 〈δ^∗〉 are not monotone and it is due to the fact that the chain should stretch itself in the escaping process. In the meantime, some thermodynamic properties are also calculated here. The hole is designed to be small enough to allow only one monomer at a time and it thus reduces the number of allowed chain conformations and breaks contacts between monomers at the beginning of the process. Additionally, we discuss the free energy barrier per bond H₂ − H₁ = ΔH of a compact chain, and here H₂ is the maximum free energy per bond during the process and H₁ is the minimum one when the compact chain is within the small sphere. Averaging free energy barrier over chain length N is convenient for the comparison with different chain lengths. ΔH as a function of chain length N and radius r₁ of the small sphere is also studied and our result shows that ΔH for longer chains is lower means that it is relatively easier for each bond in longer chains to surmount the free energy barrier to escape. Some discussions about the self-avoiding walk (SAW) and swollen chains are also made for the comparison, and our results also show that the restriction of the small sphere on the SAW and the swollen chains is more effective because of their relatively looser intrinsic structure.     

Water sorption of poly(vinyl alcohol)/ poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels

Temperature‐responsive interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) hydrogels constructed with poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) using the sequential IPN method were studied. The characteristics of IPN hydrogels were investigated using the dynamic vapor sorption system. IPN hydrogels exhibited a relatively high sorption ratio, 180–360% at room temperature. The sorption ratio of hydrogels depended on temperature. Diffusion coefficients were calculated according to the Fickian Law at several temperatures. The apparent activation energy was 5.43 kJ mol^?1, which corresponds to typical diffusion processes. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 90: 1389–1392, 2003     

User experience and personal innovativeness: An empirical study on the Enterprise Resource Planning systems

Although user experience and personal innovativeness are two important factors in new technology adoption, there has been no prior study to test these factors with the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) adoption. This paper investigates moderating roles of user experience on the relationship between the personal innovativeness and the ERP adoption motivations. This issue is important because if the user has more experience with the systems then the power of influence of personal innovativeness on ERP adoption motivation would be different. Thus, this paper tests these important insights of ERP systems adoption with the two different field samples with high (more than three years) and low (less than three years) user experience, based on the innovation diffusion theory, self determination theory, and different types of motivations such as intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. The findings, based on the PLS analysis of the model using 107 ERP end users, show that there are clear moderating effects of user experience—such as impacts of personal innovativeness on ERP systems adoption motivations are higher in case of low user experience samples, as expected. Academic and practical implications are discussed in the paper based on these empirical findings.     

Polar and Non-Polar Solvent Permeation Resistance of Blow-Molded Bottles of Polyethylene/Blends of Modified Polyamide and Polyamide 6 Clay Nanocomposite

Investigations on white spirit and acetone permeation resistance of modified polyamide and nylon 6 clay (MPANYC) blends and their corresponding polyethylene/MPANYC bottles were reported in this study. The white spirit and acetone permeation resistance of MPANYC sheets improve consistently with increasing NYC contents present in MPANYC resins after blending nylon 6 clay (NYC) in modified polyamide (MPA) resins. However, the order of barrier improvement of the PE/MPANYC and PE/NYC bottle specimens is not corresponding to the order of barrier improvement of the MPANYC and/or NYC barrier resins added in PE. The blow-molded PE/NYC bottle specimen exhibits similarly worse white spirit and acetone solvent permeation resistance as the PE bottle specimen, wherein no clearly formed NYC laminas but only dispersed NYC droplets or agglomerates were found on the fracture surfaces of the PE/NYC bottles. However, after blending optimum compositions of MPANYC in PE, the PE/MPANYC bottles with demarcated MPANYC laminas exhibit significantly better white spirit and acetone permeation resistance than the PE/MPA bottle, wherein the white spirit and acetone permeation rates of the PE/MPA₈NYC₁ bottle are about 1.3 and 1.4 times slower than those of the PE/MPA bottle, respectively. In order to understand these interesting barrier properties of PE/MPANYC and PE/NYC bottles, rheological, thermal, wide angle X-ray diffraction and morphological properties of the base MPANYC and NYC resins and their corresponding morphology present in the blow-molded bottles were investigated.