Kinetics of base hydrolysis ofO-bonded pentaammineglycinatocobalt(III) and pentaammine-β-alaninatocobalt(III) ions

Transition Metal Chemistry - The kinetics and mechanism of the base hydrolysis ofO-bonded pentaammineglycinatocobalt(III) and pentaammine-β-alaninatocobalt(III) ions have been studied...     

Grafting vinyl monomers onto natural fibres. Graft copolymerization of methyl methacrylate onto wool and silk using peroxydiphosphate-tartaric acid redox system

Methyl methacrylate has been grafted onto wool and silk using the redox system peroxydiphosphate/tartaric acid. The alkali solubility falls with increased grafting.     

Oscillation Criteria For A Class Of First Order Neutral Impulsive Differential-Difference Equations

Sufficient conditions areestablished for oscillation of all solutions of a class ofnonlinear neutral impulsive differential-difference equations offirst order with deviating argument and fixed moments of impulse effect.     

Proton induced modification in Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

A systematic investigation of 62 r MeV proton irradiated Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) has been carried out using Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction spectroscopy. The experiments revealed a restoration of the crystalline matrix and simultaneous decrease in thermal stability in the irradiated polymer as a function of dose, indicating that PET underwent both degradation and cross-linking by proton irradiation.     

A study of the activation energy of thermal decomposition of irradiated polymers

The ion irradiation of polymeric solids induces numerous modifications in the polymer properties thus increasing their applicability in various fields. The present work looks into the aspect of thermal modifications induced in the irradiated polymers. The kinetics of thermal decomposition of polymers is investigated by using the thermogravimetric (TG) technique. It has been observed that the degradation of polymers is a multi-step process that involves sequential and competing processes, and obeys the Arrhenius kinetics which allows us to connect the rate constant with the absolute temperature and the activation energy. The activation energy of thermal decomposition has been calculated from the TG curves, and its variation with different irradiation doses has been derived.     

Electron induced modification in poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Abstract

The effect of 100 kGy dose of 2 MeV electron irradiation on Poly(ethylene terepthalate) (PET) has been studied by different characterisation techniques such as the Fourier transformed IR spectroscopy, electron spin resonance spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction analysis. Oxidative degradation leading to amorphisation of the polymer has been observed from spectral analysis. The thermal stability of the polymer was found to decrease due to electron irradiation. The thermal decomposition temperature as well as the melting temperature in case of irradiated PET was found to be decreased due to electron bombardment. A decrease in crystallinity of the polymer has also been observed after irradiation.     

A posteriori error estimates for H 1-Galerkin mixed finite-element method for parabolic problems

The purpose of this article is to derive a posteriori error estimates for the H ¹-Galerkin mixed finite element method for parabolic problems. We study both semidiscrete and fully discrete a posteriori error analyses using standard energy argument. A fully discrete a posteriori error analysis based on the backward Euler method is analysed and upper bounds for the errors are derived. The estimators yield upper bounds for the errors which are global in space and time. Our analysis is based on residual approach and the estimators are free from edge residuals.     

On the Behaviour of Solutions of a Class of Third Order Difference Equations

In this paper, the structure of the solution space of y n +3 + ry n +2 + qy n +1 + py n =0, n S 0, is studied, keeping oscillatory/nonoscillatory behaviour of solutions of the equation in view, where p , q and r are constants. Some of these results are generalized partially to hold for y n +3 + r n y n +2 + q n y n +1 + p n y n =0, n S 0, where { p n }, { q n } and { r n } are sequences of real numbers.     

Superconvergence of H 1-Galerkin Mixed Finite Element Methods for Second-Order Elliptic Equations

We derive superconvergence result for H ¹-Galerkin mixed finite element method for second-order elliptic equations over rectangular partitions. Compared to standard mixed finite element procedure, the method is not subject to the Ladyzhenskaya–Bab?ska–Brezzi (LBB) condition and the approximating finite element spaces are allowed to be of different polynomial degrees. Superconvergence estimate of order 𝒪(h ^k+3), where k ≥ 1 is the order of the approximating polynomials employed in the Raviart–Thomas elements, is established for the flux via a postprocessing technique.