Speciation of vanadium in oilsand coke and bacterial culture by high performance liquid chromatography inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

A simple and sensitive method for the speciation of vanadium(III), (IV), and (V) was developed by using high performance liquid chromatography and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICPMS). The EDTA-complexed vanadium species were separated on a strong anion exchange column with an eluent containing 2 mM EDTA, 3% acetonitrile, and 80 mM ammonium bicarbonate at pH 6. Each analysis was complete in 5 min. The detection limits were 0.6, 0.7 and 1.0 μg L⁻¹ for V(III), V(IV), and V(V), respectively. The method was applied to coke pore water samples from an oilsand processing/upgrading site in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada and to Shewanella putrefaciens CN32 bacterial cultures incubated with V(V). In the coke pore water samples, V(IV) and V(V) were found to be the major species. For the first time, V(III) was detected in the bacterial cultures incubated with V(V).     

多孔氧化铝薄膜的光致发光起源:三种缺陷中心

在草酸溶液中用二次阳极氧化法制备了纳米多孔氧化铝薄膜,分析了制备过程中氧化铝薄膜中缺陷的形成机理.场发射电子显微镜给出了薄膜的表面形貌和结构.X射线色散能谱和傅里叶红外透射光谱测试表明,进入薄膜中的草酸杂质加热到500℃未全部分解.对多孔氧化铝薄膜的光致发光PL光谱做了高斯拟合,结合测试结果和薄膜中的缺陷分析指出:多孔氧化铝薄膜的发光由F+,F和草酸杂质相关缺陷引起,对应发光中心分别在402,433,475 nm处,并提出F中心起主导作用.对不同草酸浓度中制备的多孔氧化铝薄膜的PL光谱讨论指出:随草酸浓度增加,三种发光中心的峰位不会发生变化,但相对强度发生改变,F+中心和F中心减少,草酸杂质相关发光中心增加,PL峰红移.最后提出通过控制草酸浓度来控制多孔氧化铝薄膜中的草酸杂质.此研究将对多孔氧化铝薄膜发光起源和机理有更深入的理解,同时也为多孔氧化铝薄膜的制备提供一种全新的思路.     

Enhanced anomalous diffusion of sputtered atoms in nanosized pores

Plasma sputtering deposition of platinum catalysts in porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates is shown to generate an anomalous superdiffusion concentration profile. The growth of an overlayer between the hexagonal array of pores is shown to enhance the diffusion into the pores, leading to a diffusion coefficient having superlinear time dependence. The Pt clusters in the pores have a mean size of 10 nm and almost concentrate on the inner pore surface, and are present up to a depth of 6 μm.     

Characterization of irregular open-cell cellular structure with silicone pore filler

The paper presents the results of studying the influence of silicone polymer pore filler on the macroscopic quasi-static and dynamic compressive behaviour of aluminium foam with irregular open-cell structure. The study is based on a mechanical experimental testing programme, where the deformation mechanism and mechanical energy absorption capacity of aluminium foam with silicone pore filler have been observed for the first time. As plastic yielding is accompanied by significant heat energy dissipation, this study was additionally supported by thermal imaging, which enables visualization of plastification to better understand the deformation process of observed specimens. The influence of specimen size on the behaviour of aluminium foam specimens has also been investigated. The results show that introduction of silicone pore filler considerably increases the energy absorption capacity at almost unchanged densification strain under both quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions. The silicone pore filler also significantly influences the deformation behaviour of aluminium foam specimens, which is manifested in a different stress distribution and a significant transverse deformation with conical plastification front. However, only a minor difference in response of different size specimens has been observed.     

利用核磁共振资料定量评价页岩孔隙结构

页岩气储层的孔隙结构复杂且非均质性较强,导致储层表征及有效性评价面临极大挑战.为了建立页岩气储层孔隙结构的定量评价方法,本文选取了鄂西宜昌地区陡山沱组二段20块岩心,采用0.069 ms的回波间隔开展饱含盐水状态下的核磁共振（NMR）实验.在此基础上,对T₂谱进行了多重分形特征分析,提取了对页岩气储层孔隙结构较敏感的参数,并建立了基于最小与最大广义分维数差值（D_min-D_max）和谱宽（Δα）划分页岩气储层类型的方法及标准.该方法对于有效提高页岩气储层的预测精度、指导开发选层等具有重要意义.     

煤颗粒燃烧的孔隙特性研究

以实验为基础,系统研究了典型煤种燃烧时的颗粒孔隙过程。采用低温吸附法和电子显微图像计算机法测量了煤燃烧过程中的颗粒孔隙,获得了颗粒孔径分布和孔形分布等孔隙特性,建立了煤颗粒燃烧的微孔效应和亚微孔效应理论。     

Crystallization,pore relaxation and micro-cryosuction in cohesive porous materials

A poro-elastic analysis is undertaken to account for the pressure time history of water-infiltrated pores within a material subjected to freezing. The thermodynamic-mechanical equilibrium of undercooled water and ice crystal, and Poiseuille-like flow through the connection channels, combine to reveal three successive mechanisms: in-pore crystallization, in-pore partial melting and a micro-cryosuction process, driving liquid water from the yet unfrozen pores to the frozen sites. The model turns out to be apt to predict the macroscopic relaxation process observed at the onset of crystallization as reported in the literature for cement-based materials. To cite this article: O. Coussy, T. Fen-Chong, C. R. Mecanique 333 (2005).     

Development of x-ray scintillator functioning also as an analyser grating used in grating-based x-ray differential phase contrast imaging

In order to push the grating-based phase contrast imaging system to be used in hospital and laboratories,this paper designs and develops a novel structure of x-ray scintillator functioning also as an analyser grating,which has been proposed for grating-based x-ray differential phase contrast imaging. According to this design,the scintillator should have a periodical structure in one dimension with the pitch equaling the period of self-image of the phase grating at the Talbot distance,where one half of the pitch is pixellated and is made of x-ray sensitive fluorescent material,such as CsI(Tl),and the remaining part of the pitch is made of x-ray insensitive material,such as silicon. To realize the design,a deep pore array with a high aspect ratio and specially designed grating pattern are successfully manufactured on 5 inch silicon wafer by the photo-assisted electrochemical etching method. The related other problems,such as oxidation-caused geometrical distortion,the filling of CsI(Tl) into deep pores and the removal of inside bubbles,have been overcome. Its pixel size,depth and grating pitch are 3 μm×7.5 μm,150 μm and 3 μm,respectively. The microstructure of the scintillator has been examined microscopically and macroscopically by scanning electron microscope and x-ray resolution chart testing,respectively. The preliminary measurements have shown that the proposed scintillator,also functioning as an analyser grating,has been successfully designed and developed.     

A general strategy for the rational design of size-selective mesoporous catalysts

A series of functionalized mesoporous silicas with cagelike pore topology has been synthesized and screened for size-selective catalytic transformations. The aluminum-catalyzed Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) reduction of differently sized aromatic aldehydes (benzaldehyde and 1-pyrenecarbox-aldehyde) has been investigated as a test reaction. The catalysts were synthesized in a two-step grafting sequence comprising pore-size engineering of mesoporous silicas (SBA-1, SBA-2, SBA-16) with long-chain alkyl dimethylaminosilanes and surface organoaluminum chemistry with triethylaluminum [{Al(CH(2)CH(3))3}2]. Size-selective reaction behavior was found for small pore SBA-1 materials, and the selectivity could be efficiently tuned by selecting a silylating reagent of appropriate size. The results are compared with the catalytic performance of a large-pore periodic mesoporous organosilica PMO[SBA-1] and the nonporous high-surface-area silicas Aerosil 300/380.