Quantification of volatile sulfur compounds related to the corrosion of concrete sewers

Summary A gas-chromatographic procedure for the determination of volatile sulfur compounds related to the formation of the substrate for sulfuric acid producing thiobacilli is described. Volatile sulfur compounds from head-space samples of the sewer atmosphere are qualitatively and quantitatively determined with a sulfur-selective detector. The concentrations are correlated with the occurrence of concrete corrosion in sewage systems.

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Quantifizierung flüchtiger Schwefelverbindungen im Zusammenhang mit der Korrosion von Beton-Abwasserkanälen

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein gas-chromatographisches Verfahren zur Bestimmung flüchtiger Schwefelverbindungen beschrieben, die mittelbar an der Substratbildung für Schwefelsäure bildende Thiobazillen beteiligt sind. Flüchtige Schwefelverbindungen in Original-Luftproben aus Abwassersammlern werden mittels eines für Schwefel selektiven Detektors qualitativ und quantitativ bestimmt und mit dem Auftreten von Betonkorrosion in Abwasserkanälen korreliert.

     

Palladium-pincer complex catalyzed C-C coupling of allyl nitriles with tosyl imines via regioselective allylic C-H bond functionalization

A mechanistically new palladium-pincer complex catalyzed allylation of sulfonimines is presented. This reaction involves C-H bond functionalization of allyl nitriles under mild conditions. The reaction proceeds with a high regioselectivity, without allyl rearrangement of the product. Modeling studies indicate that the carbon-carbon bond formation process proceeds via (eta (1)-allyl)palladium pincer complex intermediates.     

Quantum shape effects and novel thermodynamic behaviors at nanoscale

Thermodynamic properties of confined systems depend on sizes of the confinement domain due to quantum nature of particles. Here we show that shape also enters as a control parameter on thermodynamic state functions. By considering specially designed confinement domains, we demonstrate how shape effects alone modify Helmholtz free energy, entropy and internal energy of a confined system. We propose an overlapped quantum boundary layer method to analytically predict quantum shape effects without even solving Schrödinger equation or invoking any other mathematical tools. Thereby we reduce a thermodynamic problem into a simple geometric one and reveal the profound link between geometry and thermodynamics. We report also a torque due to quantum shape effects. Furthermore, we introduce isoformal, shape preserving, process which opens the possibility of a new generation of thermodynamic cycles operating at nanoscale with unique features.     

Natural convection in an inclined quadrantal cavity heated and cooled on adjacent walls

Natural convective flow and heat transfer in an inclined quadrantal cavity is studied experimentally and numerically. The particle tracing method is used to visualize the fluid motion in the enclosure. Numerical solutions are obtained via a commercial CFD package, Fluent. The working fluid is distilled water. The effects of the inclination angle, ? and the Rayleigh number, Ra on fluid flow and heat transfer are investigated for the range of angle of inclination between 0° ? ? ? 360°, and Ra from 10⁵ to 10⁷. It is disclosed that heat transfer changes dramatically according to the inclination angle which affects convection currents inside, i.e. flow physics inside. A fairly good agreement is observed between the experimental and numerical results.     

岩石蠕变模型的比较和修正

对三种岩石在不同的应力下进行了蠕变实验,对蠕变实验曲线用粘弹模型进行了模型参数的反演,结果认为标准线性体、伯格斯和对数模型都是实验曲线的很好近似.为了进一步了解蠕变实验时间对模型参数的影响,研究了蠕变模型的预测功能.将实验蠕变曲线分成二部分,第一部分用于模型参数的反演,第二部分用于模型预测数据的检验.时间外延所得的模型的预测曲线都明显偏离了实测曲线,伯格斯和对数模型的预测曲线比实测曲线偏高,而标准线性体模型则偏低.根据不同时间的蠕变实验数据的比较和分析,认为实验时间对蠕变模型参数的反演有较为明显的影响,但只要对标准线性体模型作适当修正,引入与时间尺度有关的函数C(t),则该模型的预测能力就有较大的提高.     

A nonstandard numerical method for the modified KdV equation

A linearly implicit nonstandard finite difference method is presented for the numerical solution of modified Korteweg–de Vries equation. Local truncation error of the scheme is discussed. Numerical examples are presented to test the efficiency and accuracy of the scheme.     

The performance,emissions, and combustion characteristics of an unmodified diesel engine running on the ternary blends of pentanol/safflower oil biodiesel/diesel fuel

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The objective of the present study is to scrutinize the influence of a binary blend of diesel–safflower oil biodiesel and ternary blends of...     

New calculations of cyclotron production cross sections of some positron emitting radioisotopes in proton induced reactions

In this study, new calculations on the excitation functions of ¹³C(p,n)¹³N, ¹⁴N(p,a)¹¹C, ¹⁵N(p,n)¹⁵O, ¹⁶O(p,a)¹³N, ¹⁸O(p,n)¹⁸F, ⁶²Ni(p,n)⁶²Cu, ⁶⁸Zn(p,n)⁶⁸Ga and ⁷²Ge(p,n)⁷² As reactions have been carried out in the 5–40 MeV incident proton energy range. In these calculations, the pre-equilibrium and equilibrium effects have been investigated. The pre-equilibrium calculations involve hybrid model, geometry dependent hybrid model, the cascade exciton model and full exciton model. Equilibrium effects were calculated according to Weisskopf-Ewing model. The calculated results have been compared with experimental data taken from literature.