Complex plasticizing additives for cement mortars

New complex plasticizing additives for mortars based on Portland cement, increasing the mobility of the cement paste and improving some technological properties of the resulting materials, were prepared.     

羟丙基甲基纤维素作为水泥添加剂的研究(二)

以萘磺酸甲醛缩合物为分散剂，水溶性羟丙基甲基纤维素衍生物为粘稠剂，研究了它们的复合物以对混凝土材料的分散性与粘稠性及其它性能的影响，并探索了其作用机理。     

Effect of additives upon Raney-Nickel alloy catalysts

Addition of small amounts of copper to Raney Ni increases its activity for hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde and its selectivity for C=O bond hydrogenation. Higher amounts lead to higher selectivity but lower activity. The coordination chemical approach to catalysis was used to explain this result.

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Ammoxidation of methylpyrazine over vanadium-titanium catalysts modified by alkali additives

Vanadium-titanium catalysts modified with sodium or potassium additives (1-15 wt.% of Me₂O) have been studied in methylpyrazine ammoxidation. Introduction of the additives results in a decrease in the activity and selectivity of the catalysts due to formation of low-active phase - bronzes (MeV₆O₁₅) and vanadates (α-NaVO₃, KVO₃ and K₃V₅O₁₄). The active sites of the modified samples, similar to those in the V-Ti-O catalyst, are found to be V⁵⁺ cations strongly bound to TiO₂ and located in a significantly distorted octahedral oxygen environment. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Gas formation upon γ-irradiation of cement material

The effect of ionizing radiation on cement material was studied over a dose range of up to 2 MGy. Hydrogen is the main gaseous product. Its initial yield is ～0.8 molecule/100 eV. Incorporation of nitrates into the cement compound leads to an almost complete suppression of hydrogen formation. Simulation results show that the cement is characterized by the process of transfer of ionizing-radiation energy between water and the solid components.     

Calorimetric determination of the effect of additives on cement hydration process

Possibilities of a multicell isoperibolic-semiadiabatic calorimeter application for the measurement of hydration heat and maximum temperature reached in mixtures of various compositions during their setting and early stages of hardening are presented. Measurements were aimed to determine the impact of selected components?? content on the course of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) hydration. The following components were selected for the determination of the hydration behaviour in mixtures: very finely ground granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS), silica fume (microsilica, SF), finely ground quartz sand (FGQ), and calcined bauxite (CB). A commercial polycarboxylate type superplasticizer was also added to the selected mixtures. All maximum temperatures measured for selected mineral components were lower than that reached for cement. The maximum temperature increased with the decreasing amount of components in the mixture for all components except for silica fume. For all components, except for CB, the values of total released heat were higher than those for pure Portland cement samples.     

In-situ TEM investigation of MoS_2 upon alkali metal intercalation

Phase transition in two dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS_2) can be induced by several methods and has been investigated for decades. Alkali metal insertion of MoS_2 had been proved an effective method to cause phase transition early in 1970s, and has been gaining renewed interest recently, due to the possible application of MoS_2 in energy storage. The alkali metal intercalation of MoS_2 has been studied by various techniques, among which in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) provides unique capability of real time resolving the structural evolution of the materials at high spatial resolutions. Here by in-situ TEM technique we investigated the structural evolution of MoS_2 upon lithium and sodium intercalation, along with transformation of the nanosheet and variation of the electron diffraction patterns. The intercalation process is accompanied by emergence of superstructures, which exist in several forms. The ion intercalation results in phase transition of MoS_2 from 2H to 1T, and the driving mechanism of the phase transition are discussed. The work provides a more comprehensive understanding of ion intercalation induced phase transition of MoS_2.     

Influence of alkali metal cations upon the Kolbe-Schmitt reaction mechanism

The mechanisms of the carboxylations of lithium, potassium, rubidium, and cesium phenoxides are investigated by means of the DFT method with the LANL2DZ basis set. It is shown that the reactions of all alkali metal phenoxides with carbon dioxide occur via very similar reaction mechanisms. The reactions can proceed in the ortho and para positions. The exception is lithium phenoxide which yields only salicylic acid in the Kolbe-Schmitt reaction. It is found that the yield of the para substituted product increases with increasing the ionic radius of the alkali metal used. An explanation for this experimental and theoretical observation is proposed.     

Improvement of acid resistance of Portland cement pastes using rice husk ash and cement kiln dust as additives

This paper represents a laboratory study on the acid resistance of hardened ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and blended OPC pastes at two different curing temperatures. The blended materials used are rice husk ash (RHA) and cement kiln dust (CKD). The blended cement pastes were prepared using a water/solid (W/S) ratio of 0.3. The effects of immersion in deionized water (pH 7) and sulfuric acid solutions (pH 1, 2 and 3) at two temperatures (20 and 50 °C) on the compressive strength and phase composition of the various hardened blended cement pastes were studied. The results of compressive strength revealed that the increase of curing temperature from 20 to 50 °C resulted in increase the reduction of compressive strength due to acid attack up 2 months, but the resistance to sulfuric acid attack increases after that time due to the formation of crystalline calcium silicate hydrates (CSH) which have higher resistance to acid attack than the amorphous CSH formed at the early ages of hydration. The presence of RHA and CKD improves the resistance to sulfuric acid attack at both curing conditions. From the results of X-ray diffraction analysis and differential scanning calorimetric technique curves, the main hydration products identified are CSH, portlandite, and calcium sulfoaluminate hydrates.     

Studying the physico-chemical properties of commercially available oil-well cement additives using calorimetry

Cement additives are typically used to modify the behavior of oil-well cement and to control its fluidity under well conditions. In this study, the retardation effect on cement hydration is investigated for a commercially available lignosulfonate and an NSF condensate at seven different concentrations. Additive solutions at 0.1% and 0.2% each by weight of cement (bwoc) with a ratio of (1:1) are also studied. The retardation of cement hydration process is monitored via isothermal calorimetry. Rheological studies are conducted to study the plasticizing effect induced by these additives. The mechanisms accompanying this process are better understood by studying the morphology of cement/additives systems using environmental scanning electron microscopy. The results show clearly that NSF has a retardation effect on cement hydration reflected on crystal growth. In addition, rheological measurements show that sodium lignosulfonate is more effective than NSF. The rheological effect alters with different cement/additive systems. This article provides recommendations for applying the most effective additive dosages in drilling and well-completion operations as well as enhancing the well-cementing quality.     

羟丙基甲基纤维素作为水泥添加剂研究(四)

以萘磺酸甲醛缩合物为分散剂，水溶性羟丙基甲基纤维素衍生物为粘稠剂，研究了它们的混合物对混凝土材料的分散性与粘稠性及其它性能的影响，并探索了其作用机理。     

Effect of alkali additives on the kinetics of WO3+CCl4 reaction

The chlorination kinetics of alkali-added (K and Li) tungsten trioxide were studied by thermogravimetry, using gaseous CCl₄ as chlorinating agent. The reactivity of the modified samples was compared to the results on the chlorination of pure WO₃. Similar apparent activation energies were found for the pure and alkali-added samples. However, potassium additive resulted in a strong decrease of the initial reaction rate, while surface lithium has no influence on it.During the chlorination a continuous decrease of the linear reaction rate was observed for both samples, which was explained by retarding effects of surface by-products and alkali additives. For describing the isothermal TG curves an appropriate kinetic model, based on the monotonously increasing inhibition of these species was assumed. The curve calculated with this model fits well to the experimental results.

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Zusammenfassung Mittels Thermogravimetrie wurde die Chlorierungskinetik von alkaliversetztem (K und Li) Wolframtrioxid untersucht, wobei CCl₄ als Chlorierungsreagens fungierte. Die Reaktivität der modifizierten Proben wurden mit der von reinem WO₃ verglichen. Für die reinen und für die alkaliversetzten Proben wurden ähnliche scheinbare Aktivierungsenergien gefunden. Der Zusatz von Kalium verursacht jedoch eine starke Abnahme der ursprünglichen Reaktionsgeschwindigkeit, während oberflächiges Lithium keinen Effekt zeigt.Während der Chlorierung wurde eine ständige Senkung der linearen Reaktionsgeschwindigkeit für beide Proben festgestellt, was mit Rückhalteeffekten von oberflächigen Nebenprodukten und Alkalizusätzen erklärt wird. Zur Beschreibung der isothermen TG-Kurven wurde ein entsprechendes kinetisches Modell angenommen, welches auf einer monoton steigenden Inhibition dieser Proben basiert. Die auf der Grundlage dieses Modelles berechnete Kurve stimmt recht gut mit den experimentellen Ergebnissen überein.

     

Conversion of a cyclotriphosphazene to a cyclohexaphosphazene by ring expansion

Deprotonation of a cyclotriphosphazene with a tert-butylamino group in the side chain results in ring expansion to a very stable, planar cyclohexaphosphazene derivative that still contains eight P-Cl bonds suitable for forming macromolecular structures.     

The influence of different additives on the early-stage hydration of calcium aluminate cement

The thermal decomposition behaviors of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) and 1-methoxy-2,4-dinitro-benzene (DNAN) were studied by using a NETSCH company accelerating rate calorimetry. Hazard indicators such as onset temperature, adiabatic temperature rise, initial self-heat temperature, maximum self-heating rate, and time-to-maximum temperature rise rate have been determined directly. The kinetic parameters, such as the activation energy (E _a) and the pre-exponential factor (A) were studied from the measured self-heating rate data by assuming order reaction.     

Catalytic reduction of NO with hydrogen over a cobalt-alumina catalyst effect of alkali metal additives

The process was carried out over Co/Al catalysts containing oxides of alkali metals (Li, Na, Rb, Cs) as additives. The presence of alkali metals generally decreases the activity of the Co/Al catalysts, except for very low concentrations of Li, Na, Rb and Cs atoms. Activity of catalyst increases with atomic weight of alkali metal additive. Possible effect of additive on catalyst structure is briefly discussed with respect to catalyzed process.

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Реакция проводилась над катализаторами Co/Al, содержащими щелочные металлы (Li, Na, Rb, Cs) в качестве добавки. Присутствие щелочных металлов обычно уменьшает активность кчтализатора Co/Al, за исключением очень низких концентраций атомов Li, Na, Rb и Cs. Активность катализатора увеличивается с повышением атомного веса шелочного металла — добавки. Возможный эффект добавок на структуру катализатора обсуждается, исходя из особенностей катализированного процесса.

     

Effect of organosilicon additives on surface segregation of components of epoxyurethane adhesive compositions and their adhesive behavior

The effect of organosilicon additives of various molecular weights—phenyltributyleneglucoxysilan (PBS) and phenyltrioligooxypropyleneglycoxysilan (KMS1052)—on the surface segregation of components of epoxyurethane adhesive compositions and their adhesive behavior is studied It is shown that the surface concentration of components differs considerably from that of the volume as a result of their selective redistribution under the influence of a solid surface. The dependence of the surface segregation of components of epoxyurethane compositions and their adhesive behavior on the concentration of the mentioned additives exhibits an extreme behavior (the effect of small additives).     

Proficiency testing of chloride content in different types of Portland cement

The accurate determination of chloride content in cement is a prerequisite for the production of high-quality concrete due to the damaging influence of free chloride ions on durability and safety of concrete constructions. The results for total chloride content in four different types of Portland cement provided by testing laboratories participating in an inter-laboratory comparison are presented. The data sets were evaluated by using different statistical methods. The laboratories exceeding critical values were signaled and sources of error were investigated. The precision parameters of the method were determined and the variance of the entire data set was apportioned among the sources of variation. The systematic differences between participating laboratories and heterogeneity of the cement samples were identified as major sources of variability of results. The ANOVA determined the intermediate precision parameters, which showed a low value for random errors resulting in good repeatability and high impact of sample and inter-laboratory difference on reproducibility of the method.Presented at the Eurachem PT Workshop September 2005, Portorož, Slovenia     

Effect of acid additives on the placeability and strength properties of plasticized portland cement systems

Effect of various kinds of acids on the flowability and the flowability preservation time of plasticized cement-sand formulations and on the strength properties of the resulting materials was studied.     

Objective testing for the dependence of electrophoretic mobilities upon size in capillary zone electrophoresis

Summary Eighteen peptides have been modeled. From the volumetric data derived, and published mobilities, the relationship between electrophoretic mobility (μ_ep) and the hydrodynamic radius(r) has been examined. Objective testing with respect to size has been achieved by the log-log version of generalized relationship. (1) From the gradient of the plot versus log r(2.02) there is good support for the inverse square law (μ_ep α 1/r²). Equivalent calculations using molecular weight (M_r) and the number of amino acid residues (n) similarly lead to μ_ep α 1/M _r ^2/3 and μ_ep α 1/n^2/3, respectively. However, the strength of the correlation is diminished as the precision of the representation of size is degraded. (2) An examination of the effect of size at fixed charge and a statistical analysis of the charge distribution on the peptides leads to the conclusion that deviations from the averaged behaviour arise from a charge-induced volumetric effect. Taken together, (1) and (2) indicate that whilst net charge and total size can describe average electrophoretic behaviour well, these parameters are inadequate to describe the specific mobilities of individual analytes. Objective analysis of alkylpyridine data indicates μ_ep α 1/r^x where x=2.6–2.8 (depending upon the nature of the r values utilized), but is certainly ≠1 as may have been presumed. A very small range of values may be responsible for this surprising result.