Effect of iron on mineral composition of quaternary phase clinker and its hydration properties

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The present task is to investigate the influence of iron on the mineral composition and microstructure of the phase Q (C20A13M3S3, in the text below...     

Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework 8‐Derived Au@ZnO for Efficient and Robust Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline

Tetracycline (TC) and other antibiotics accumulated in groundwater and soil pollute ecological environment and threaten human health. Gold nanoparticles doped on photocatalysts are able to enhance the photodegradation efficiency during removing these antibiotics, but preparation of Au nanoparticles of well‐dispersion on photocatalysts remains challenging. In this work, zeolite imidazolate (ZIF‐8) was employed as the precursor to prepare Au@ZnO photocatalyst via impregnation and in‐situ reduction method to efficiently degrade the tetracycline in the aqueous solution. Au nanoparticles are of 10 nm in size and uniformly dispersed on the surfaces of ZnO microstructures. The as‐prepared Au@ZnO is able to remove 85.5% of TC of 0.010 mg/mL within 2 h, presenting higher photocatalytic activity than pure ZnO catalyst. Most importantly, the catalyst shows its superior stability after five cycles without structure and activity changing. The mechanism of the photocatalytic degradation was discussed in detail.     

Viscous Shock Wave to an Inflow Problem for Compressible Viscous Gas with Large Density Oscillations

Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, English Series - This paper is concerned with the inflow problem for one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations. For such a problem, Huang, Matsumura,...     

A Tree-valued Markov Process Associated with an Admissible Family of Branching Mechanisms

Let E?R be an interval. By studying an admissible family of branching mechanisms{ψt,t ∈E} introduced in Li [Ann. Probab., 42, 41-79(2014)], we construct a decreasing Levy-CRT-valued process {Tt, t ∈ E} by pruning Lévy trees accordingly such that for each t ∈E, Tt is a ψt-Lévy tree. We also obtain an analogous process {Tt*,t ∈E} by pruning a critical Levy tree conditioned to be infinite. Under a regular condition on the admissible family of branching mechanisms, we show that the law of {Tt,t ∈E} at the ascension time A := inf{t ∈E;Tt is finite} can be represented by{Tt*,t∈E}.The results generalize those studied in Abraham and Delmas [Ann. Probab., 40, 1167-1211(2012)].     

Characterizations of ( m,n )-Jordan Derivations and ( m,n )-Jordan Derivable Mappings on Some Algebras

Let R be a ring, M be a R-bimodule and m, n be two fixed nonnegative integers with m + n = 0. An additive mapping δ from R into M is called an(m, n)-Jordan derivation if(m +n)δ(A~2) = 2 mAδ(A) + 2nδ(A)A for every A in R. In this paper, we prove that every(m, n)-Jordan derivation with m = n from a C*-algebra into its Banach bimodule is zero. An additive mappingδ from R into M is called a(m, n)-Jordan derivable mapping at W in R if(m + n)δ(AB + BA) =2mδ(A)B + 2 mδ(B)A + 2 nAδ(B) + 2 nBδ(A) for each A and B in R with AB = BA = W. We prove that if M is a unital A-bimodule with a left(right) separating set generated algebraically by all idempotents in A, then every(m, n)-Jordan derivable mapping at zero from A into M is identical with zero. We also show that if A and B are two unital algebras, M is a faithful unital(A, B)-bimodule and U = [A M N B] is a generalized matrix algebra, then every(m, n)-Jordan derivable mapping at zero from U into itself is equal to zero.     

Side-on-End-on Coordination of Dinitrogen on a Polynuclear Vanadium Nitride Cluster Anion [V5N5]−

The side-on-end-on coordination of N₂ can be very important to activate and functionalize this very stable molecule. However, such coordination has rarely been reported. This study reports a gas-phase species (a polynuclear vanadium nitride cluster anion [V₅N₅]⁻) that can capture N₂ efficiently (12 %), and the quantum chemistry modelling suggests an unusual side-on-end-on coordination. The cluster anions were generated by laser ablation and the reaction with N₂ has been characterized by mass spectrometry, photoelectron imaging spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations. The back-donation interactions between the localized d–d bonding orbitals on the low-coordinated dual metal (V) sites and the antibonding π* orbitals of N₂ are the driving forces to adsorb N₂ with a high binding energy (about 2.0 eV).     

Entropic effect implication for change in polymer coils swelling state in the demixing enthalpy recovery of aqueous poly(vinyl methyl ether) solutions

Time‐dependent demixing enthalpy recovery behavior of aqueous poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PVME) solutions exhibits distinct recovery characteristics in three concentration regions. The absence of recovery behavior below a water concentration of 38.3 wt % indicates that the PVME coil is in a globular state. The typically sigmoidal recovery behavior of demixing enthalpy above 38.3 wt % is ascribed to the reswelling of the collapsed polymer coils induced by the entropic effect. The increase in difference between the upper and lower limits indicates the continued swelling of the PVME coils. Above 65 wt %, a dominant diluting effect can be observed, and a much longer phase separation time is needed to reach the expected lower limit. In contrast, the recovery of demixing enthalpy in a wide range of water concentration (from 38.3 to 90 wt %) exhibits the same feature. The infrared spectroscopy results are in agreement with the above macroscopic differential scanning calorimetry results. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2019 , 57, 142–151     

The local ultraconvergence of high‐order finite element method for second‐order elliptic problems with constant coefficients over a rectangular partition

In this article, we will discuss the local ultraconvergence of high‐degree finite element method based on a rectangular partition for the second‐degree elliptic problem with constant coefficients in Ω ? ?² , u( y ) = 0 on ?Ω . Based on suitable regularity, ultraconvergence of the displacement of the extrapolated kth (k ≥ 3) degree finite element solution has been obtained by an extrapolation technique. Finally, numerical experiments are applied to demonstrate our theoretical findings.     

基于Metop-B/GOME-2的TG-2/MAI可见光通道交叉定标

2016年9月15日发射的TG-2空间实验室上搭载的MAI是我国首个在轨运行的多角度偏振成像仪，主要用于获取云和气溶胶等大气环境信息。星载遥感仪器的定标是观测资料定量应用的关键前提且贯穿仪器的整个寿命期。MAI发射前已经进行了实验室定标，且精度较高。为了监测MAI发射后的在轨运行情况，针对其未配置在轨定标装置的问题，利用Metop-B/GOME-2可见光波段的高光谱分辨率和较高探测精度的优势，提出了基于GOME-2对MAI 565，670以及763 nm通道进行在轨监测及交叉定标的方法。该方法首先通过时空匹配、视线几何匹配等获取MAI与GOME-2相近时刻、相近视线几何条件下的同目标观测数据，再将GOME-2反射率按照MAI可见光通道光谱响应函数进行卷积，得到各通道的参考反射率，与MAI反射率进行对比分析，从而实现对MAI的定标。利用不同反照率特性目标的匹配观测数据，该方法能够实现仪器的高、中、低端观测的全覆盖定标。定标过程主要包括： (1)对2016年12月到2017年2月期间TG-2和Metop-B的运行轨道进行预报，获取二者交叉观测的整轨数据；设置观测时间差为900 s，初步匹配得到8组MAI与GOME-2交叉观测样例，包含2 455组匹配像元；(2)对匹配像元空间位置进行检验，保留单个GOME-2像元覆盖的MAI像元数超过338的交叉样本，以确保单个GOME-2像元尽可能被MAI观测充满；(3)给定GOME-2观测天顶角小于30°的限制条件，同时设置视线几何检验条件为两仪器观测天顶角余弦的比值接近于1，且相差不超过0.05，并充分利用MAI的多角度观测优势，对每一个MAI像元采用最多14个方向的视线几何进行匹配，从而选择最优的视线匹配方向；(4)设置观测目标均匀性检验条件为一个GOME-2像元覆盖的全部MAI像元反射率的标准差和均值之比小于0.5，对匹配像元进行检验，得到469个匹配的GOME-2像元。(5)将以上GOME-2像元对应的各个波长的反射率按照MAI可见光通道的光谱响应函数进行积分，即可得到MAI各通道对应的GOME-2参考反射率。(6)利用GOME-2像元空间分辨率显著大于MAI分辨率的特征，对每个GOME-2像元覆盖的全部MAI像元反射率进行平均作为MAI反射率，显著降低了定标结果对观测目标均匀性的依赖程度。(7)将GOME-2参考反射率与MAI反射率进行回归分析，得到定标系数，实现对MAI的在轨交叉定标。为了分析各匹配条件对定标结果的影响，利用单一变量法对像元匹配过程中各检验条件阈值进行调整并开展了分析试验。结果表明，当进一步严格匹配筛选条件时，定标结果不会产生显著变化。基于该方法对MAI三个通道反射率和GOME-2参考反射率进行对比分析，结果表明二者之间存在显著地线性关系，且相关系数均优于0.97，对比差异的均值分别为1.6%，4.2%和2.3%，标准差分别为3.1%，4.1%和2.4%。总体来看，利用在轨交叉定标方法能够实现MAI可见光波段的在轨监测及定标，为MAI数据的定量应用奠定了基础。