The effect of annealing on the subsequent cold crystallization of amorphous poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Amorphous poly(ethylene terephthalate) was annealed at temperatures around the glass transition temperature and then heated up in differential scanning calorimeter at 20 °C min⁻¹. It was found that the annealing favored the subsequent cold crystallization and this effect became stronger with increasing annealing temperature. The experimental results were explained by considering the structural change during the annealing.     

Amorphous phase evolution during crystallization of poly(ethylene-terephthalate)

Crystallization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) from the amorphous state has been studied in the temperature range 90°–120°C to characterize the amorphous phase when crystalline microstructure is developing. Small-angle x-ray scattering, scanning electron microscopy, and density measurements were used to investigate the morphology of semi-crystalline materials. Differential scanning calorimetry and dynamical mechanical spectroscopy experiments were carried out on amorphous, partially crystallized and crystallized specimens and, when structural relaxation is allowed (thermal treatments close to but below glass transition temperature), strong evidence is obtained for the existence of two different amorphous phases with different mobilities.     

Continuous pH monitoring during pretreatment of yellow poplar wood sawdust by pressure cooking in water

Yellow poplar wood sawdust consists of 41% cellulose and 19% hemicellulose. The goal of pressure cooking this material in water is to hydrate the more chemically resistive regions of cellulose in order to enhance enzymatic conversion to glucose. Pretreatment can generate organic acids through acid-catalyzed degradation of monosaccharides formed because of acids released from the biomass material or the inherent acidity of the water at temperatures above 160°C. The resulting acids will further promote the acid-catalyzed degradation of monomers that cause both a reduction in the yield and the formation of fermentation inhibitors such as hydroxymethyl furfural and furfural. A continuous pH-monitoring system was developed to help characterize the trends in pH during pretreatment and to assist in the development of a base (2.0 M KOH) addition profile to help keep the pH within a specified range in order to reduce any catalytic degradation and the formation of any monosac-charide degradation products during pretreatment. The results of this work are discussed.     

水热改性对NiMo/γ-Al2O3加氢脱氮催化剂结构及性能的影响

The influence of hydrothermal modification on the structure and hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) activity of NiMo/γ-Al₂O₃catalyst was studied in the range 140～180 ℃. The experimental results indicated that the hydrodenitrogenation reaction rate of pyridine was accelerated using the NiMo/γ-Al₂O₃catalyst synthesized via hydrothermal route due to the change of the structure, the increase of the amount of Mo and Ni and the rise of the specific surface area. The change of the structure of catalysts was enhanced at higher hydrothermal temperature, producing NiMo/γ-Al₂O₃catalyst with better HDN activity.     

Influence of preparation conditions on thermal properties of lanthanide benzenepolycarboxylates

Properties of lanthanide 1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylates and lanthanide 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylates obtained by a classical synthesis method and under hydrothermal conditions were compared. Solid 1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylates and 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylates of cerium, neodymium and erbium were prepared by a classical precipitation method. The same lanthanide compounds were obtained also from hydrothermal reaction. All obtained products were examined by elemental analysis. General formulae of complexes were: Ln(1,2,4-btc)·xH₂O and Ln₄(1,2,4,5-btec)₃·yH₂O. The thermal analysis shows that hydrothermal conditions cause the coordination of less number of water molecules to complex molecule. Because lanthanide ions exhibit the most often the coordination number equal 8 or 9 one can conclude that the coordination ability of carboxylic groups under hydrothermal conditions is different from that under mild ones. Probably, in hydrothermal conditions the carboxylic groups of 1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylate ions are able to form more coordination bonds with lanthanide ions than under normal pressure.     

One Novel Vanadium-Phosphate Cluster [PV_(2.5)O_(8.5)]-3.83{H_2O} with Three-Dimensional Architecture

A novel vanadium-phosphate compound [PV_2.5O_8.5]·3.83{H_2O}(1)was obtained from the hydrothermal reac-tion and structurally characterized by elemental analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction,which exhibited thatthe title complex crystallized in cubic space group I-43m with crystal data:a=1.6115(1)nm,V=4.1848(1)nm~3,Z=12,D_c=1.783 g/cm~3,F(000)=2278,R_1=0.0528,and wR_2=0.1329[I>2σ(I)](all data).The basic unit of{PV_2.5O_8.5}symmetrically extended to closed sphere-like structure of{P_4V_(10)O_(34)},which was further linked to in-terleaving three-dimensional network via sharing four phosphate through μ_3-oxygen atoms around the closedsphere-like structures.     

钇对Nd-Fe-Al-Ni非晶合金热稳定性与晶化行为的影响

采用差示扫描量热法（DSC）、X射线衍射（XRD）和透射电镜（TEM）研究了Y对Nd-Fe-Al-Ni非晶合金热稳定性和晶化行为的影响。结果表明,淬火态的Nd60Fe20Al10Ni10-xYx（x=0,2）合金基本为非晶组织同时还含有少量的淬态相,Y的加入抑制了淬态相的析出。加入Y后,非晶合金的晶化开始温度和晶化峰值温度都向高温方向移动,证明其热稳定性提高。Y的加入改变了合金的晶化方式和最终晶化产物,使非晶基体中析出的晶化相更加弥散圆整细小。并且Y具有在化学上钝化氧杂质的作用,从而抑制了氧的有害作用。利用Kissinger方程获得了Nd60Fe20Al10Ni8Y2非晶合金的晶化开始和晶化峰值激活能分别为1.21和1.16 eV。     

载体γ-Al2O3和钐对非晶态NiB合金热稳定性的影响

用化学还原法制备了NiB、NiB/Al2O3和NiBSm/Al2O3三种催化剂，它们都呈非晶结构.用等离子耦合发射光谱仪(ICP)对催化剂组分进行了分析，采用差示扫描量热法（DSC）对三种催化剂进行了热稳定性分析.结果表明，载体的引入使非晶态NiB合金的体相组成中B的含量降低.将非晶态NiB合金负载到γ-Al2O3上,可以明显改善非晶态合金的热稳定性，少量Sm可以进一步提高晶化温度.晶化激活能数据亦表明了载体和Sm对非晶结构具有良好的稳定作用.载体和Sm可能通过不同的作用提高了非晶态合金的热稳定性.     

1,2-丁二醇共聚对聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯结晶行为及力学性能的影响

为了探索生物基乙二醇中的1,2-丁二醇(1,2-BDO)作为共聚单体对生物基聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)的结晶行为和力学性能的影响。 本文合成了生物基PET均聚物和不同1,2-BDO共聚单元摩尔分数的系列生物基PET共聚物(共聚单体摩尔分数分别为2.0%、2.7%和5.6%),并采用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪(FTIR)、差示扫描量热仪(DSC)和力学测试等技术手段研究了其结晶行为和力学性能。 结果表明,随着1,2-BDO共聚单元摩尔分数的增加,PET共聚物的熔融温度、结晶速率及结晶度均明显降低,表明1,2-BDO共聚单体的引入破坏了PET分子链的规整性,阻碍了PET链段的结晶。 PET材料的拉伸强度随着1,2-BDO共聚单元摩尔分数的增加而降低,而弯曲强度和弯曲模量略有升高。     

Melting behavior of nylon 6 fiber in textiles

The melting process of constrained nylon 6 fibers has been studied to estimate the true melting point of its original crystals. The melting peak became simpler in shape and shifted to higher temperature with increasing fiber-axis restricting force. When heating rate, β, was increased, the temperature where the melting curve initially departs from its baseline, Tsm, decreased steeply in the range of 45 to 60°C min^-1, and increased linearly with increasing β above 60°C min^-1. By linear extrapolation of Tsm to 0°C min^-1, the temperature of ca 190°C was obtained for the melting temperature of the original nylon 6 crystals. This seems to correspond to the zero-entropy-production melting of the most imperfect crystallites of the nylon 6 fabric. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.