Experimental determination and prediction of (solid + liquid) phase equilibria for binary mixtures of aromatic and fatty acids methyl esters

Solid–liquid equilibria for binary mixtures of {methyl stearate (1) + biphenyl (2)}, {methyl stearate (1) + naphthalene (2)}, {methyl palmitate (1) + biphenyl (2)} and {methyl palmitate (1) + naphthalene (2)} were measured using differential scanning calorimeter. Simple eutectic behaviours for these systems were observed. The experimental results were correlated by means of the NRTL, Wilson, UNIQUAC and ideal models. The root-mean-square deviations of the solubility temperatures for all measured data vary from 0.5477 K (for UNIQUAC model) to 7.79 K; the deviations depend on the binary system studied and particular model used. The best solubility correlation was obtained with UNIQUAC model and this observation confirms previous results.     

纯相和镍取代的Co_3O_4尖晶石催化剂用于N_2O直接分解(英文)

A series of NixCo1-xCo2O4(0 ≤ x ≤ 1) spinel catalysts were prepared by the co-precipitation method and used for direct N2O decomposition. The decomposition pathway of the parent precipitates was characterized by thermal analysis. The catalysts were calcined at 500 °C for 3 h and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared, and N2 adsorption-desorption. Nickel cobaltite spinel was formed in the solid state reaction between NiO and Co3O4. The N2O decomposition measurement revealed significant increase in the activity of Co3O4 spinel oxide catalyst with the partial replacement of Co2+ by Ni2+. The activity of this series of catalysts was controlled by the degree of Co2+ substitution by Ni2+, spinel crystallite size, catalyst surface area, presence of residual K+, and calcination temperature.     

Applied multi-pulsed laser in surface treatment and numerical-experimental analysis

This paper presents a comparison between simulation and experimental results of the melting process of metallic material by a pulsed laser source Nd-YAG. The simulations of temperature and velocity fields of melted material were done by solving the transient heat transfer and fluid-flow equations. Variations of the thermophysical properties were considered. Furthermore, the model included the effects of the surface-tension gradient on the fluid surface and the buoyancy force. The simulation was useful in improving our understanding of the phenomena occurring in the treated material. Using a laser triangulation sensor, an experimental study was also conducted on the surface profile of the melted zones to seek a relationship between the so-called keyhole effect and the laser triangulation measurements. The keyhole effect induced strong surface deformations and often formed cavities, which were undesirable in the surface treatment process. The laser power, energy density, and treatment duration could be optimized to prevent the keyhole effect. The predicted laser melted zone (LMZ) morphology was in good agreement with the corresponding experimental measurements for various irradiation conditions, as long as the keyhole effect did not occur.     

Performance comparison with different methods for ethanol/O2 biofuel cell based on NAD+ cofactor immobilized and activated by two types of carbon nanoparticles

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Biofuel cells are an attractive alternative to conventional fuel cells, because they use biological catalysts. We report in this article the construction...     

Polyphenols contents,heavy metals analysis and in vitro antibacterial activity of extracts from Cladanthus arabicus and Bubonium imbricatum of Moroccan Origin

Abstract

Aim of this study was to evaluate polyphenols and major and trace elements of Cladanthus arabicus and Bubonium imbricatum, along with their in vitro antibacterial activity against six multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae (Escherichia coli S33/16, E. coli S34/16, Proteus mirabilis S32/16, Klebsiella pneumoniae S12/16, Enterobacter cloacae S5/16, and Salmonella sp S12/14). UV spectrophotometry, ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry were used to evaluate total polyphenol content, quali-quantitative profile of single polyphenols and inorganic elements of the extract. The antibacterial activity was investigated by standard methods. Twelve polyphenols were identified in both plants and these were more concentrated in B. imbricatum than C. arabicus extracts. High levels of minerals, essential trace elements and tolerable levels of heavy metals (Cd, As and Pb) were found. Furthermore, the extracts showed also a strong in vitro antibacterial activity, particularly versus E. coli S33/16 (MIC, 0.125?mg ml^?1).     

Self-adaptive methods for mixed quasi-variational inequalities

It is well known that the variational inequalities involving the nonlinear term φ are equivalent to the fixed-point problems and the resolvent equations. In this paper, we use these alternative equivalent formulations to suggest and analyze some new self-adaptive iterative methods for solving mixed quasi-variational inequalities. Our results can be viewed as significant extensions of the previously known results for mixed quasi-variational inequalities. An example is given to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed method.     

A self-adaptive method for solving general mixed variational inequalities

The general mixed variational inequality containing a nonlinear term φ is a useful and an important generalization of variational inequalities. The projection method cannot be applied to solve this problem due to the presence of the nonlinear term. To overcome this disadvantage, Noor [M.A. Noor, Pseudomonotone general mixed variational inequalities, Appl. Math. Comput. 141 (2003) 529-540] used the resolvent equations technique to suggest and analyze an iterative method for solving general mixed variational inequalities. In this paper, we present a new self-adaptive iterative method which can be viewed as a refinement and improvement of the method of Noor. Global convergence of the new method is proved under the same assumptions as Noor's method. Some preliminary computational results are given.     

Hypersurfaces compactes d'un fibré vectoriel riemannien à courbure moyenne prescriteCompact hypersurfaces of a Riemannian vector bundle with prescribed mean curvature

Let M be a compact Riemannian manifold, E a Riemannian vector bundle on M and Σ the sphere subbundle of E. We look for embeddings of Σ into E admitting prescribed mean curvatures of various types. To cite this article: P. Cherrier, A. Hanani, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 335 (2002) 525–528.     

Global solutions and self-similar solutions of semilinear wave equation

We prove existence, uniqueness and regularity results for the global solutions of the semilinear wave equations. In particular, we show existence of regular self-similar solutions. Also, we build some finite-energy asymptotically self-similar solutions. Received: 20 September 1999; in final form: 10 May 2000 / Published online: 25 June 2001