The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of sodium benzoate as an inhibitor to slow down or prevent atmospheric
corrosion/discoloration of the local mild steel during storage in the Arabian Gulf region. Test specimens were prepared from
locally produced reinforcing steel products. The inhibitor solution was applied on steel specimens at a concentration of 100
mM for 1 day at room temperature. Wooden exposure racks were used to hold as-received and inhibitor-treated specimens during
atmospheric exposure for different periods. Corrosion was evaluated through weight loss determination and electrochemical
technique. As expected, the Arabian Gulf atmosphere was corrosive on the as-received local mild steel. On the other hand,
treatment of steel with sodium benzoate lowered its corrosion rate during initial days of its exposure to atmosphere. However,
atmospheric corrosion inhibition performance of sodium benzoate deteriorated with exposure time after 30 or more days of atmospheric
exposure, and the corrosion rates of sodium benzoate-treated specimens reached that of the unprotected specimens at the end
of 90 days of atmospheric exposure. 相似文献
A simple and comprehensive technique to determine the probability that a cascade of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) may be driven into unacceptable regimes of bit error rate (BER) and/or gain levels is presented. This technique allows network designers to determine the tolerances by which the signal power levels may deviate from their predesigned average values and still give acceptable gain variances and BERs at the receiver. We show that even in the signal power range well above the receiver sensitivities (-38 dBm/ch) where the gain spread is not significant, the corresponding spread in BER due to random arrival of packets might result in unacceptable performance. We show for typical levels of operation, the BER temporarily (for about 3 /spl mu/s) deviates to below 10/sup -9/ (10/sup -15/) with a probability of 10/sup -3/ (10/sup -2/), for 100 (64) channels. We show that the gain spread for a single EDFA can be negligible for a range of signal and pump powers at a given average gain. 相似文献
Anthocyanins constitute a major group of natural pigments, and they are responsible for the colours of fruits and vegetables. A rapid and feasible assay procedure for the determination of free forms of the six most abundant anthocyanins in foods is described. The 3-glucoside forms of pelargonidin, cyanidin, peonidin, delphinidin, petunidin and malvidin with the aglycone cyanidin (as internal standard) were separated by gradient elution and quantified using HPLC-DAD within 18 min. A fast sample preparation step was employed which allows direct injection of samples to the chromatograph without need of chemical extraction. Testing on 28 different vegetable, fruit and processed commercial product samples demonstrated applicability in the concentration range of about 80–420 ng/mL with an accuracy of 99.2 ± 0.2% and an average precision of 0.8%. The method was suggested as a cheap and robust alternative to the previous ones that employ multi-step sample treatment protocols. 相似文献
Alkyd resins are produced with reaction of oil or fatty oil, polyol and polyacid. Alkyd resins are commonly used in coating and paint industry due to ease of application in changing environmental conditions. Linseed oil based paints executed all requirements of technical properties, drying time, storage properties, simplicity in maintenance, appearance, economy, etc. In this study, linseed oil based alkyd resins having different oil contents were synthesized 相似文献
The aim of this study was to improve hybrid dual-curable cyanate ester/boron phosphate composites via sequential thiol-ene photopolymerization and thermal polymerization for high performance applications such as aerospace and electronic devices. A novel 2,2′-diallylbisphenol A dicyanate ester (DA-BADCy) which is the allyl group containing cyanate ester was synthesized and characterized. DA-BADCy, silicon containing monofunctional thiol compound, trifunctional thiol compound and boron phosphate were cured using both ultraviolet (UV) and thermal methods. Using thiol-ene system, cyanate ester formulations, which are normally prepared at high temperatures, were prepared at room temperature. This study maintains ease of application for cyanate esters. Thermal stability, flammability and thermal conductivity of the samples were evaluated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), limiting oxygen index (LOI) and laser flash method, respectively. The samples were characterized with the following analysis; gel content, water absorption capacity and stress–strain test. Hydrophobicity of the samples was determined by the contact angle measurements. Moreover, the surface morphology of the samples was investigated by a scanning electron microscopy (SEM–EDS). The obtained results prove that the composites have good thermal and mechanical properties and with the help of easier preparation techniques, they can be used in many applications such as aerospace, electronic devices, materials engineering. 相似文献
Because the preparation of standard samples may not always be possible for weak or soft rocks, the prediction of uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) from indirect methods is widely used for preliminary investigations. In this study, the possibility of predicting UCS from the slake durability index (SDI) was investigated for pyroclastic rocks. For this purpose, pyroclastic rocks were collected from 31 different locations in the Cappadocian Volcanic Province of Turkey. The UCS and SDI tests were carried out on the samples in the laboratory. The UCS values were correlated with the SDI values and a very strong exponential relation was found between the two parameters. Since some data were scattered over the UCS values of 20 MPa, the correlation plot was redrawn for above and below the UCS values of 20 MPa, respectively. Very strong linear correlations were developed for two cases. Our concluding remark is that the UCS of pyroclastic rocks can be estimated from the SDI.
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the possible impact that a proposed plan or project may have on the environment, together consisting of the natural, social and economic aspects. The aim of this paper is to propose an environmental impact assessment methodology based on an integrated fuzzy AHP–ELECTRE approach in the context of urban industrial planning. In the proposed methodology the criteria weights are generated by a fuzzy AHP procedure. The fuzzy set theory is a perfect means for modeling uncertainty or imprecision arising from human mental phenomena. The usage of fuzzy sets in describing uncertainties and vagueness in different environmental factors simplifies the complex structure of EIA. A fuzzy outranking methodology, fuzzy ELECTRE is used to assess the environmental impact generated by the six different industrial districts which were predicted to shape the future industrial structure of Istanbul metropolitan area. Finally, a fuzzy dominance relation (FDR) methodology is used to rank the alternatives from the most risky to the least. A sensitivity analysis is also provided. 相似文献