Three‐dimensionally braided carbon fiber–epoxy composites,a new type of material for osteosynthesis devices. I. Mechanical properties and moisture absorption behavior

In recent years, three‐dimensionally (3D) braided composites have attracted a great deal of attention because of their high‐impact damage tolerance and fatigue life, superior fracture toughness, and so forth, and have been used in aeronautics, military, and transportation. These advantages make them strong candidates for osteosynthesis devices. In this study, 3D braided carbon fiber–epoxy (C_3D/EP) composites were produced via a simple vacuum impregnation technique. The load‐deflection curve, mechanical properties, and influence of fiber volume fraction, braiding angle, and axial reinforcing fibers were examined to determine their suitability for internal fixation devices. It is found that the C_3D/EP composites have excellent toughness and do not show brittleness when fractured because of their relatively high void content. The flexural, shear, and impact strengths of the C_3D/EP composites are excellent. It was shown that a C_3D/EP composite with a stiffness similar to load‐bearing bones can be made while maintaining enough strength. It is concluded that a relatively higher void content and braiding angle is more suitable for the C_3D/EP composites from the viewpoint of requirements of fracture fixation materials. The moisture absorption behavior and changes in mechanical properties caused by moisture uptake were evaluated. Results show that absorbed moisture slightly decreases mechanical properties of the C_3D/EP composites. Contrary to the unreinforced epoxy, the moisture absorption behavior of the C_3D/EP composites cannot be described with Fick's law of diffusion, probably because of the presence of voids and/or 3D fiber structure. The exact mechanisms should be proposed in further investigations. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 85: 1031–1039, 2002     

Vinyl acetate monomer—a pilot plant study

The kinetics of the reaction of acetic acid and acetylene over zinc acetate-activated carbon catalyst was investigated over a wide range of process variables in a pilot reactor. Although various catalytic reaction mechanisms were postulated, the rate of reaction was most satisfactorily correlated by a mechanism of surface reaction between charged adsorbed acetic acid and acetylene, which assumes that the rate controlling step was the irreversible charged adsorption of acetylene and acetic acid.     

气相色谱在线分析变压吸附法制纯氢中的总碳

利用带镍加氢转化炉的气相色谱仪 ,在线分析变压吸附法制纯氢中的总碳。该法用变压吸附法制的纯氢作燃气 ,在检测器前端将氢气中的CO和CO2 转化为CH4,然后用氢火焰离子化检测器检测 ,直接以检测器的信号 (mV)进行定量。当氢气中总碳体积分数在 1 9～ 5 0 0 μl/L时 ,FID信号值与总碳体积分数有良好的线性关系。方法回收率为 99 90 %～ 10 1 9%,相对标准偏差 <1%。     

环境因素对碳钢点蚀临界电势的影响

采用动电势扫描法测定了不同体系中碳钢发生点蚀的临界电势Eb。结果表明 :当Cl- 浓度 <0 .0 1mol/L时 ,随Cl- 浓度增加 ,临界电势负移并与Cl- 浓度成线性关系 ;pH值在 7～ 11之间 ,随pH值增加 ,临界电势正移并与pH值成线性关系 ;随温度增加 ,临界电势负移并与温度成线性关系。     

纳米Fe/C复合材料的原位合成

在石油渣油中加入二茂铁，通过热缩聚反的位合成纳米级铁粒子均匀分散于炭基体中的新型复合材料，研究了在420℃热缩聚时停时间和二茂铁添加量对Fe/C形成的影响，并用TEM和XRD观测和分析了Fe/C的形态和结构，结果表明，在基体中铁粒子的粒径为25－50nm，在一定条件下，二茂铁添加量的增加和停留时间的延长均使Fe/C产率提高，停留时间对热缩聚反应的影响遵循一级反应动力学，二茂铁的添加能显著提高反应速率常数k值。     

Manufacture of carbon fibers from polyacrylonitrile precursors treated with CoSO4

Free‐radical solution copolymerization of itaconic acid and acrylonitrile was carried out in DMSO using azodiisobutyronitrile as an initiator, changing the feed rate of itaconic acid. The resulting polymerization solution was spun to form polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursors of carbon fibers. The precursors were treated with a CoSO₄ aqueous solution on‐line. The structure and properties of untreated and treated PAN precursors and the resultant carbon fibers were characterized by SEM and TEM, a stabilization process, etc. It is suggested that CoSO₄ acts as a catalyst in the formation of a ladder structure and reduces the temperature of cyclization, and the carbon fibers developed from treated PAN fibers showed improvement in the tensile strength and the Young's modulus. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 85: 153–158, 2002     

PAN共聚纤维的热氧化研究

本工作采用连续式实骏装置与方法,借助力学测试、X射线衍射、元素分析、红外光谱等技术,系统地研究了PAN共聚纤维在连续热氧化过程中化学、结构、性能间的联系,亦对PAN基碳纤维力学性能提高的途径进行了探讨。研究结累表明:在热氧化过程中,PAN共聚体系的热化学反应主要发生在250℃左右;其间纤维的序态结构变化剧烈,易使纤维产生结构缺陷,进而影响热氧化纤维力学性能的变化。     

叔丁醇氧化产物的气相色谱分析

介绍了用气相色谱分析叔丁醇两步氧化制甲基丙烯酸液相产物的组成，该分析方法能够分析液相产物中的醛类，酮类和酸类化合物共计9个组分，C2－C4有机酸无记忆效应，其色谱峰不拖尾，该分析方法的相对标准偏差≤8．5％，回收率在94．5％－103．7％之间，是一种快速，准确，操作简单的分析方法。     

回火处理对高碳冷拔钢丝强度和塑性的影响

研究了６５钢冷拔钢丝在５００℃不同时间回火时的抗拉强度和延伸率的变化。试验结果发现，在回火初期，抗拉强度首先增长，然后随口火时间的延长连续降低，而延伸率始终在增长，增长速度是先快后慢。这种行为可归因于第一内应力的消除和ε－碳化物在形变铁素体中的析出以及后来再结晶的发生。     

Thermal Diffusivity in Supercritical Fluids Measured by Thermal Lensing

Thermal diffusivities of supercritical CO₂ and C₂H₆ were determined over a wide density range with a photothermal technique. The thermal lens, formed by the degradation of the absorbed light energy as heat by the sample, allows the employment of a nonequilibrium method in the critical region. Controlling the refractive-index gradient, i.e., a density gradient, perturbations can be maintained at levels where convection is negligible. An easy-to-operate setup allowed us to measure thermal diffusivities in the density ranges 5 to 20 mol·dm^–3 for CO₂ at 308 and 313 K and 2 to 12 mol·dm^–3 for C₂H₆ at 308 K with a standard precision of 15%.