Analysis of triglycerides by capillary gas chromatography with programmed-temperature injection

The capillary gas chromatographic analysis of complex naturally occurring and food-product triglyceride mixtures is accomplished qualitatively and quantitatively on columns coated with methyl and methyl-phenyl (65%) silicones using programmed-temperature split/splitless and on-column injection. Faster analysis times are achieved using elevated initial column oven temperatures with cold initial injector temperatures.     

Determination of total mercury in environmental and biological samples by flow injection cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry

A simple and accurate method has been developed for the determination of total mercury in environmental and biological samples. The method utilises an off-line microwave digestion stage followed by analysis using a flow injection system with detection by cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry.

The method has been validated using two certified reference materials (DORM-1 dogfish and MESS-2 estuarine sediment) and the results agreed well with the certified values. A detection limit of 0.2 ng g⁻¹ Hg was obtained and no significant interference was observed. The method was finally applied to the determination of mercury in river sediments and canned tuna fish, and gave results in the range 0.1–3.0 mg kg⁻¹.     

Influence of velocity and surface temperature of alumina particles on the properties of plasma sprayed coatings

In this paper are described the main characteristics of the plasma spraying process of alumina deposits, i.e., the temperature and flow field of the plasma jets obtained with the classical spraying torches, the injection of the particles into the plasma jet, the particle surface temperature and velocities in the plasma (measured for calibrated alumina particles), and the coating generation. The measurements on the alumina particles are compared with the predictions of a mathematical model. The experimental and computed particle velocities are in rather good agreement. However, this is not the case for the particle surface temperature. Possible reasons for the discrepancy are proposed (influence of the carrier gas, thermophoretic forces, and poor penetration of the particles into the plasma core even for an injection velocity twice that of the optimal calculated one, as shown by recent measurements). Finally the correlations between the particle velocities and surface temperature, and the properties of the alumina coating (porosity, crystal structure, mechanical properties) are studied.     

低温等离子模型中的一个混合型方程的闭Dirichlet问题

描述理想的低温等离子体中电磁波传播的模型是一个椭圆双曲混合型方程.证明了该方程闭Dirichlet问题弱解的存在唯一性.该结果关于区域的几何结构要求较少.由于这里所讨论的方程的奇异性与Keldysh方程的奇异性有相似性质,而后者的奇异性比Tricomi方程更强,因此关于其正则性的研究是很有意义的.作者给出了一个内正则性结果.     

Rate independent hysteresis in a bi-stable chain

The nontrivial behavior of an elastic chain with identical bi-stable elements may be considered prototypical for a large number of nonlinear processes in solids ranging from phase transitions to fracture. The energy landscape of such a chain is extremely wiggly which gives rise to multiple equilibrium configurations and results in a hysteretic evolution and a possibility of trapping. In the present paper, which extends our previous study of the static equilibria in this system (Puglisi and Truskinovsky, J. Mech. Phys. Solids (2000) 1), we analyze the behavior of a bi-stable chain in a soft device under quasi-static loading. We assume that the system is over-damped and explore the variety of available nonequilibrium transformation paths. In particular, we show that the “minimal barrier” strategy leads to the localization of the transformation in a single spring. Loaded periodically, our bi-stable chain exhibits finite hysteresis which depends on the height of the admissible barrier; the cold work/heat ratio in this model is a fixed constant, proportional to the Maxwell stress. Comparison of the computed inner and outer hysteresis loops with recent experiments on shape memory wires demonstrates good qualitative agreement. Finally we discuss a relation between the present model and the Preisach model which is a formal interpolation scheme for hysteresis, also founded on the idea of bi-stability.     

Characterization of laser sealed coatings of yttria partially stabilized zirconia

The present paper reports an experimental investigation based on X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and wavelength dispersive spectroscopy (WDS) analyses of phases formed after laser sealing of plasma sprayed coatings of 8.5 wt% yttria partially stabilized zirconia (YPSZ). X-ray diffraction and X-ray step-scanning analyses showed that the plasma sprayed and sealed coatings consisted mainly of t′ phase with a very small amount of monoclinic phase (m phase) in the plasma sprayed coatings. It was also found that the small amounts of m and cubic phases (c phase) present in the sealed coatings were dependent on laser processing specific energies (specific energy is equal to laser power/traverse speed x beam diameter). It was also found that rhombohedral (r) phase formed after laser sealing of coatings at higher specific energies. A direct relationship between c/a ratio of transformable tetragonal phase (t phase) produced by thermal treatment of sealed coatings and nontransformable tetragonal phase (t′ phase) and the amount of Yttria was obtained. A new equation was derived, which describes the relationship between Yttria concentration and the c/a ratio of tetragonal phases (t or t′).     

The effect of heat treatment on the electrochemical corrosion behavior of reactive plasma-sprayed TiN coatings

The effect of heat treatment on the corrosion behavior of reactive plasma sprayed TiN coatings in simulated seawater was investigated by electrochemical methods such as the corrosion potential-time curve (E_corr − t), potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and SEM, etc. The results showed that the corrosion potential of TiN coatings increased after heat treatment; the corrosion current of the TiN coatings after heat treatment (be hereafter referred to as HT-TiN) was 13.3% of the untreated coatings (be hereafter referred to as UT-TiN), and the polarization resistance of HT-TiN was 20 times of UT-TiN, which indicated that the heat treatment had significantly increased the corrosion resistance of the coatings. The corrosion behavior of the coatings was mainly local corrosion, and the local corrosion behavior mainly took place at the microdefects (crack and pores) of the coatings. The porosity of the coatings was reduced after heat treatment. The reason was that TiN reacted with O₂ to form TiO₂ and Ti₃O during the heat treating, and volume expansion took place, which led to denser microstructure. The corrosion resistance of the coatings was therefore increased.     

冷原子吸收光谱法测定磷酸二氢钾中的汞

用冷原子吸收光谱法测定磷酸二氢钾中的汞含量,研究了测定介质及其浓度、重铬酸钾用量、还原剂用量、共存元素干扰等因素对测定的影响,在本试验条件下方法的回收率为97%-104%,相对标准偏差＜10%.     

离子液体在大气压等离子体中稳定性研究

采用发射光谱、紫外可见吸收光谱、红外吸收光谱和核磁共振技术分析1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑硫酸氢盐（[Bmim]HSO₄）, 1-丁基吡啶硫酸氢盐（HSO₄）和1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑四氟化硼（[Bmim]BF₄）三种离子液体在大气压介质阻挡放电氩等离子体体系中的稳定性,并分别以上述三种离子液体为辅助液采用大气压介质阻挡放电等离子体技术制备TiO₂,进一步研究三种离子液体在等离子体中的稳定性对所制备的TiO₂晶相结构的影响。结果表明：向大气压介质阻挡放电氩等离子体中分别引入[Bmim]HSO₄,HSO₄和[Bmim]BF₄离子液体后并未改变氩等离子体放电光谱谱峰的位置和数量且没有新的谱峰生成,但谱峰强度都明显降低,说明上述三种离子液体没有在等离子体区蒸发形成激发态物种;[Bmim]HSO₄和HSO₄放电前后的红外吸收光谱基本一致,表明离子液体在放电后的化学键未发生改变;[Bmim]HSO₄和HSO₄的紫外可见吸收光谱显示其吸收峰的位置和强度未发生改变,说明两种离子液体在等离子体作用后的结构是稳定的;[Bmim]BF₄放电前后的红外吸收光谱各个特征峰并无明显差异,但其紫外可见吸收光谱图谱吸收峰的位置却发生较大的偏移,进一步对放电前后的[Bmim]BF₄离子液体进行核磁共振分析,两者的1H NMR峰数相同,但放电后的离子液体化学位移向高位偏移大约0.2单位,说明其化学环境发生了变化,表明有部分[Bmim]BF₄结构发生改变。光谱和核磁共振技术分析表明离子液体[Bmim]BF₄在等离子体作用后结构发生了改变。采用三种离子液体辅助大气压介质阻挡放电等离子体技术制备TiO₂样品的X-射线衍射分析结果表明 [Bmim]HSO₄和HSO₄辅助制备的HSO₄-TiO₂和[Bmim]HSO₄-TiO₂,谱图与锐钛矿相TiO₂标准谱图基本一致,表明所制备的TiO₂为纯锐钛矿型。而[Bmim]BF₄辅助制备的[Bmim]BF₄-TiO₂在2θ=24.1°处的衍射峰向小角度偏移,2θ=48°处的衍射峰向大角度偏移,说明[Bmim]BF₄在辅助制备TiO₂过程中,F进入TiO₂的晶格,破坏了TiO₂原子间的平衡状态,生成了F掺杂TiO₂光催化材料。F掺杂TiO₂光催化材料的形成也间接证明了离子液体[Bmim]BF₄在大气压等离子体中的不稳定性,此结果与核磁共振及紫外可见光的检测结果相一致。同时说明离子液体在等离子体的作用下对于纯锐钛矿晶格的形成和促进高活性掺杂型的光催化材料具有重要作用。为等离子体辅助离子液体制备高性能纳米材料提供重要的实验和理论依据。     

Cold fiber solid-phase microextraction device based on thermoelectric cooling of metal fiber

A new cold fiber solid-phase microextraction device was designed and constructed based on thermoelectric cooling. A three-stage thermoelectric cooler (TEC) was used for cooling a copper rod coated with a poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) hollow fiber, which served as the solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber. The copper rod was mounted on a commercial SPME plunger and exposed to the cold surface of the TEC, which was enclosed in a small aluminum box. A heat sink and a fan were used to dissipate the generated heat at the hot side of the TEC. By applying an appropriate dc voltage to the TEC, the upper part of the copper rod, which was in contact to the cold side of the TEC, was cooled and the hollow fiber reached a lower temperature through heat transfer. A thermocouple was embedded in the cold side of the TEC for indirect measurement of the fiber temperature. The device was applied in quantitative analysis of off-flavors in a rice sample. Hexanal, nonanal, and undecanal were chosen as three off-flavors in rice. They were identified according to their retention times and analyzed by GC-flame ionization detection instrument. Headspace extraction conditions (i.e., temperature and time) were optimized. Standard addition calibration graphs were obtained at the optimized conditions and the concentrations of the three analytes were calculated. The concentration of hexanal was also measured using a conventional solvent extraction method (697+/-143ng/g) which was comparable to that obtained from the cold fiber SPME method (644+/-8). Moreover, the cold fiber SPME resulted in better reproducibility and shorter analysis time. Cold fiber SPME with TEC device can also be used as a portable device for field sampling.