Preparation and properties of water‐absorbent composites of chloroprene rubber,starch, and sodium acrylate

The effects of the amounts of starch, sodium acrylate (NaAA) and dicumyl peroxide (DCP) on the properties of chloroprene rubber (CR)/starch/NaAA composites prepared by melting method were investigated. The results showed that the addition of starch improved the mechanical properties, but decreased the water‐absorbing capacity of the composite, most likely due to the decrease in the local concentration of the main water‐absorbing material sodium polyacrylate and the increase in crosslinking density of the composite resulting from the reaction between starch and CR. This reaction was verified by the vulcanized curves, DSC curves, and the cut surface morphology. The as‐prepared composite demonstrated higher water‐absorbing capacity, resulting from the incorporation of NaAA. The mechanical properties decreased with increasing the DCP loading, and the water‐absorbing ratio is the maximum at 1.0 phr DCP. The tensile strength of the composite decreased significantly after water immersion, due to the absorbed water acting as a plasticizer. The extracted component from composites after water immersion is mainly sodium polyacrylate according to Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectroscopy analysis. The morphology of the composites before and after water immersion was observed by optical transmission microscopy (OTM). The results indicated that the starch exhibits a good dispersion state, and the water‐absorbing capacity results primarily from sodium polyacrylate. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Magnetocaloric effect in the ternary DyCo3B2 compound

A large magnetocaloric (MCE) effect has been observed for the ternary compound DyCo₃B₂. This material shows the magnetic ordering below T_C = 22 K for H = 0 T. MCE has been determined based on the isothermal magnetization curves measurements and the isomagnetic heat capacity dependence on temperature. The maximum magnetic entropy change −ΔS_M = 17.5 J kg⁻¹K⁻¹ and the adiabatic temperature change ΔT_ad = 14 K have been observed in the neighborhood of the magnetic phase transition at the magnetic field change of 9 T. The analysis of the magnetic contribution to the specific heat indicates on the important role of the crystal electric field and the anisotropy for the properties of the DyCo₃B₂ compound.     

圆钢管型钢再生混凝土短柱偏压力学性能退化研究

为研究圆钢管型钢再生混凝土短柱在偏压荷载作用下的性能退化,进行了10个短柱试件偏心受压试验。主要分析了再生粗骨料取代率、圆钢管径厚比、型钢配钢率和偏心距等参数对试件的荷载-挠度曲线、变形能力、刚度退化及耗能能力的影响。结果表明:该短柱具有较高的承载力和抗弯刚度;与普通混凝土相比,取代率的增加对短柱的承载力和变形是不利的,试件的挠度变形随着取代率的增加而增大,再生粗骨料取代率为100%的试件偏压承载力降低了8.98%,试件刚度退化速率随着取代率的增加而加快,耗能能力逐渐降低;试件的挠度变形随着圆钢管径厚比的增大或型钢配钢率的减小而增大;试件刚度退化速率随圆钢管壁厚、型钢配钢率的增加逐渐变慢,耗能能力增强;另外,偏心距对试件偏压性能影响较为显著,随着偏心距的增大,试件刚度退化和承载力降低更加明显。     

碳纤维布加固高温作用后的连续梁试验研究和可靠度分析

在实际加固工程中无法对钢筋混凝土连续梁梁顶进行加固,因此在试验中采用CFRP来加固梁的跨中,增强其正截面的抗弯承载力,并利用梁支座处出现塑性铰,引起弯矩重分布的特性,来达到加固的目的。为使试验更加接近加固工程实际情况,试验中加固都是在持载情况下进行的。试验结果表明:粘贴CFRP可以有效地提高连续梁的抗弯承载力;在不同的加固量下,加固后的梁有不同的破坏模式;本文对加固后的连续梁的可靠度进行了分析。数据表明,在加固量适当的情况下,加固后的可靠度基本能与现行规范保持一致。其试验及分析结果对相应的规范编制及工程应用具有较高的应用价值。     

Adsorption in columns packed with porous adsorbent particles having partially fractal structures

A mathematical model is constructed and solved that could describe the dynamic behavior of the adsorption of a solute of interest in single and stratified columns packed with partially fractal porous adsorbent particles. The results show that a stratified column bed whose length is the same as that of a single column bed, provides larger breakthrough times and a higher dynamic utilization of the adsorptive capacity of the particles than those obtained from the single column bed, and the superior performance of the stratified bed becomes especially more important when the superficial velocity of the flowing fluid stream in the column is increased to accommodate increases in the system throughput. This occurs because the stratified column bed provides larger average external and intraparticle mass transfer and adsorption rates per unit length of packed column. It is also shown that increases in the total number of recursions of the fractal and the ratio of the radii between larger and smaller microspheres that make up the partially fractal particles, increase the intraparticle mass transfer and adsorption rates and lead to larger breakthrough times and dynamic utilization of the adsorptive capacity of the particles. The results of this work indicate that highly efficient adsorption separations could be realized through the use of a stratified column comprised from a practically reasonable number of sections packed with partially fractal porous adsorbent particles having reasonably large (i) total number of recursions of the fractal and (ii) ratio of the radii between larger and smaller microspheres from which the partially fractal particles are made from. It is important to mention here that the physical concepts and modeling approaches presented in this work could be, after a few modifications of the model, applied in studying the dynamic behavior of chemical catalysis and biocatalysis in reactor beds packed with partially fractal porous catalyst particles.     

DFT Study on Some Properties of Polybrominated Phenoxathiin 10-Oxides

With the B3LYP calculation method of density functional theory(DFT)and the 6-31G* basis set,full optimization calculation was made for phenoxathiin10-oxide(PTO)and 135 polybromine phenoxathiin 10-oxides(PBPTOs)with the Gaussian 03 program and molar heat capacity in constant volume(CVθ)value of each molecule in the standard state was obtained.The relation between CVθ and the substitution position and number of bromine atom(NPBS)was studied,and the results indicated good correlation(R2 = 1.000)between CVθ and NPBS of PBPTO compounds.Based on the output file of Gaussian 03 program,molar heat capacity at constant pressure(Cp,m)of PBPTO compounds from 200 to 1,000 K was calculated with the statistical thermodynamics program,and the correlation equation between Cp,m and temperature(T,T-1 and T-2)was obtained with the least-squares method,and the correlation coefficient of the correlation equation(R2)was 1.000.In addition,based on the partition function of each molecule calculated by vibration analysis,the relative rate constant of formation of each molecule was calculated.     

双寡头动态R&D竞合模型的构建与分析

放松了经典Cournot模型中市场容量不变的假设,构建了双寡头企业R&D动态竞争的Cournot模型,研究了双寡头在R&D投入和产量决策两个阶段完全竞争与完全合作情形下的均衡结果.结果表明增加新增市场容量可以提高企业的最佳R&D投入水平和均衡利润,并且可以维持更长久的博弈周期.结果还表明动态R&D竞争模型是对传统模型的进一步拓展,能适用于更广泛、更实际的竞争情形.     

小型家用空调器除霜方式的探讨

提高低温制热量是小型家用空调器技术的一个难点,除霜带来的热量损失是低温制热量损失的一个重要方面。对小型家用空调器的除霜技术的发展进行了分析和总结,对小型家用空调器提出了一些新的除霜方式,对提高空调器的低温制热量、使用性能有重要意义。