Electrochemical Aspects of Electroosmotic Dewatering of Clay Suspensions

An attempt is made to elucidate the electrochemical aspects of the electroosmotic dewatering (EOD) of clays as reported in some recent work, especially that on interrupted DC power electroosmotic dewatering published by Rabie, Mujumdar and Weber (2). These authors showed that the dewatering by EOD stops after the DC power has been on for several minutes or hours; on interruption of their power and on short-circuiting of the electrodes, conditions can be created again for some further dewatering by DC power EOD. This discovery, of Rabie et al. is interpreted as a fuel cell effect and it is shown that it affords clues to several other electrochemical strategies for the possible enhancement of the efficiency of the EOD by DC power.

Further, the open circuit potentials observed by Rabie et al. (2) on the interruption of DC power are given an electrochemical interpretation which leads to quantitative estimates in agreement with the experimental values.     

A comparative study on the effect of VUV radiation in plasma SiOx-coated polyimide and polypropylene films

Wettability of polyimide (PI) and polypropylene (PP) films have been improved using SiO_x-like thin layers deposited from a mixture of hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) and oxygen in a microwave distributed electron cyclotron resonance plasma reactor. The films wettability evolution behaviors were evaluated through the results of contact angle measurements, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The plasma depositions of SiO_x thin layers in presence of VUV radiation induce a contact angle decrease to about 7° and 35° for PI and PP films, respectively. XPS data showed that such difference in wettability is attributed to the increase of hydrophilic group's proportion at the surface of coated PI films due to VUV irradiation. AFM images showed that the PI surface topography remains relatively smooth when coated in presence of VUV radiation. However, in the case of PP films, AFM images revealed the growth of irregular structure due to a substrate etching effect supported by VUV radiation. For polymers coated without VUV irradiation, the deconvolution of the C1s peaks showed a significant decrease of CO bonds for both PI and PP substrates.     

THE ANALYSIS OF THE SEPARATED LAYERS ALGORITHM BY DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHOD

From the principle of of the Domain Decomposition Method (DDM), we analyse the 2nd-order linear elliptic partial differential problems and link the Separated-Layers Algorithm (SLA) with DDM. The mathematical properties of SLA and numerical example are presented to obtain satisfactory computation results. For general linear differential ones, also are the structure of SLA and its characteristics discussed.     

Adhesion Effects of Intermediate Layers on the Densification of Ceramic Powders

In the ceramic technology the first step to produce sintered bodies is the manufacturing of powders which then are densified. The adhesion mechanisms between the single particles and the agglomerates produced from them determine the densification process. Starting from theoretical considerations adhesion mechanisms, such as solid bridge formation, adhesive bonding and glide-promoting effects, are discussed in principle. Subsequently, the effects of surface-active substances on the densification behaviour of clay-ceramics and oxide-ceramic bodies are discussed. Further, the evaluation of the action of additives to the powder mixtures on the microstructure of the compacts, such as porsity and texture, leads to a compaction equation which describes the transition from the powder pile to a densified green body.     

应力吸收层沥青混合料的低温抗裂性能

通过对自主研发的Sampave等3种改性沥青结合料和不同级配的应力吸收层沥青混合料进行低温弯曲和低温蠕变试验,分析沥青结合料和矿料级配对应力吸收层沥青混合料低温抗裂性能的影响.结果表明:自主研发的Sampave特种改性沥青混合料具有优良的低温抗裂性能,但单一改性剂SBR改性沥青并不能达到应力吸收层沥青结合料的性能要求;矿料4.75 mm、0.075 mm筛孔通过率对其低温抗裂性能影响较敏感.     

用Java设计的基于三层结构的答疑系统

介绍了一个用Java进行设计的基于三层结构的答疑系统,用于辅助日常教学工作.系统由客户服务器模式和浏览器服务器模式构成,包括答疑、提问和自测等各个功能模块.对系统的数据库访问及在其间存在的安全性问题做了探讨,对系统的数据通信处理问题以及关于Java的双通道Socket通路的实现办法和机制进行了详细说明,同时对三层结构的答疑系统在服务器端和客户端的消息设计等一些关键技术做了具体介绍,对系统的用户界面如教师答疑界面、学生提问等一些重要界面进行了介绍,并给出了系统开发重要环节的设计过程和系统最后运行结果的一些重要界面.测试结果表明,系统运行稳定、结果准确、能够对日常的教学工作起到一定的帮助作用.     

Minimizing Energy Barrier in Intermediate Connection Layer for Monolithic Tandem WPeLEDs with Wide Color Gamut

Perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) show promising prospects in the wide color gamut display owing to their ultra-narrow full width at half maximum (FWHM). However, up to now, all perovskite white LEDs integrated by standard red, green, and blue perovskite emitters, namely, monolithic white PeLEDs (WPeLEDs), have been rarely reported, owing to facing some issues, e.g., solvent incompatibility in solution technique, ion exchange, and energy transfer between different emission centers. Herein, centered on these issues, an optimal intermediate connection layer (ICL) of Po-T2T/LiF/Ag/HAT-CN/MoO₃ is adopted to successfully develop monolithic tandem multicolor PeLEDs and WPeLEDs for the first time. The multicolor PeLEDs can achieve the best external quantum efficiency of 1.8% and the highest luminance of 4844 cd m⁻². Besides, the red/green/blue (R/G/B) monolithic tandem WPeLED shows a standard white International Commission on Illumination coordinate of (0.33, 0.33) and achieves an extremely wide color gamut reaching  National Television Standards Committee of 130%. This study is the first to realize the standard R/G/B co-electroluminescence in a monolithic perovskite device and offers a feasible strategy for developing wide-color gamut perovskite displays.     

Electrochemical corrosion behavior of 2A02 Al alloy under an accelerated simulation marine atmospheric environment

The corrosion behavior of 2A02 Al alloy under simulated marine atmospheric environment has been studied using mass-gain, scanning electron microscope/energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM/EDS), laser scanning confocal microscopy, X-ray diffraction spectroscopy and localized electrochemical methods. The results demonstrate that the relationship between the corrosion induced mass-gain and the corrosion time is in accordance with the power rule. The mass-gain increases gradually during the corrosion time, while the corrosion rate decreases. With ongoing of the corrosion, corrosion products film changed from a porous to a compact structure. The various spectroscopic data show that the corrosion products films composed mainly of Al(OH)₃, Al₂O₃ and AlCl₃. The electrochemical corrosion behavior of the 2A02 Al alloy was studied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).     

Optimal packing of transformer coil via dynamic programming

One of the transformer major design elements is its core design. The good performance of the transformer requires its coil core to be laminated and composed of different - widths stepped layers of specific steel packed together. For optimum design, the cross sectional shape of the core must be as circular as possible. So, an optimal packing can be attained by maximizing the steel core coverage. The number of different widths of steel plates n is selected to compose the packed core for a coil of diameter d. Then, an optimum sequence of decisions, for the n widths as well as the number of thin plates of each, is required. Dynamic programming (dp) is concerned with this optimum sequential decisions. An adequate forward recursive equation is formulated , because there isn't a standard dp model for all sequential decision making problems. To implement the recursive computations, a FORTRAN program is developed. Assuming that d is given the values 150, 200, 250, 300, 400 and 500 mm. while giving n the values from 2 to 15, the program is run at different combinations of n and d. It is found that maximum core coverage is sensitive to changing of n but it is slightly affected by changing of d.