Miscibility Studies of Dextran/Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) Blend in Solution

The miscibility of dextran (Dex)/poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) in solution has been investigated in different percentages of the blend components by employing viscosity, density, refractive index and ultrasonic velocity methods at 30 and 50°C, respectively. Ultrasonic velocity and adiabatic compressibility against blend compositions were plotted and found to be linear. The interaction parameters μ and α have been obtained by using the viscosity data. The results indicated that the Dex/PVP blends are miscible in the entire composition range and it was further confirmed by ultrasonic velocity, density, refractive index studies. In addition, the results revealed that the change in temperature has no significant effect on the miscibility of Dex/PVP polymer blend.     

Contemplation on Detonation Pressures of Nitramines and ­Nitro Aromatics

A physical model and a mathematical theory for the detonation pressures of explosives materials were developed. The pressure values are expressed as function of the detonation velocity (D) and the average mass (m) of the gaseous products, and are applied for various nitramines and aromatic nitro compounds including nitro pyrimidines and nitro triazines. Some regression equations were obtained and discussed. The pressure values show poor linear dependence on the average mass of the products but good dependence on the detonation velocities alone or Dm. Moreover, for the same Dm value nitramines should produce more pressure than aromatic nitro compounds. This work deals with pressure developed by explosion products and interrelates it with detonation pressure within the constraints of certain assumptions and pays attention to so far unnoticed relationships at least under certain circumstances.     

On the Nonlocal Electron Kinetics in s- and p-Striations of DC Glow Discharge Plasmas: I. Electron Establishment in Striation-like Fields

The nonlocal behavior of the electrons in strongly modulated and period-averaged electric fields typical of s- and p-striations in neon glow discharge plasmas is investigated by numerically solving the axially inhomogeneous electron Boltzmann equation. A good agreement between the period lengths measured in the striations and those obtained from the spatially periodic electron relaxation in the period-averaged field of the striations is found confirming the close relation of both phenomena. The s- and p-striations represent the fundamental and first harmonics of the inherent periodic electron relaxation. Furthermore, starting from different boundary conditions the establishment of the velocity distribution function and of selected macroscopic quantities of the electrons into unique periodic states under the action of strongly modulated striation-like fields is investigated. It is shown that the same damping processes that cause in homogeneous fields a relaxation into homogeneous states lead to unique periodic states in strongly modulated fields.     

Effects of Permeation of Helium through the Walls of Fused Silica Capillary GC Columns

Hold-up times and peak widths have been measured in long fused silica GC capillary columns at high temperature with helium as the carrier gas. The results lead to the conclusion that the helium permeates through the column walls. The conventional Poiseuille theory of carrier gas flow has been extended to include this phenomenon. The resulting “loss modified Poiseuille” model, which uses literature values for the permeability of fused silica to helium, has been used to simulate the observed behavior. Good agreement between simulation and experiment validates the model. Simulations have been used to explore the effect of column permeability on hold-up times, peak widths, and velocity profiles over a broad range of column geometries.     

Influence of temperature on thermodynamic properties of substituted aromatic compounds

This work presents experimental liquid densities and ultrasonic velocities for a collection of substituted aromatic compounds (isobutylbenzene, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, butylbenzene, isopropylbenzene, p-xylene, m-xylene and o-xylene) at the range of temperature 278.15–323.15 K and atmospheric pressure of a collection of halogenated and aromatic hydrocarbons. Fitting equations were applied to data in order to correlate for later computer-based design. The estimation of the studied properties was made by the application of different theoretical procedures. An equation of state based on the generalised Van der Waals theory which combines the Staverman–Guggenheim combinatorial term of lattice statistics with an attractive lattice gas expression and the free length theory (FLT) showed a good response at the studied conditions.     

Mass dependence of mutual diffusion coefficient: computer simulation study

Molecular dynamic computer simulations are performed to study the mass dependence of mutual diffusion coefficient in an isotopic, equimolar binary system. The particles of the system are assumed to be interacting via Lennard-Jones potential. The self- and mutual diffusion coefficients are calculated from the time dependence of the mean square displacement and from the velocity correlation function using the Green–Kubo formula. The study has been carried out at different densities and temperatures. Like the self-diffusion coefficient, the mutual diffusion coefficient is also found to be weakly dependent on the mass ratio. Our study also shows that the temperature of the system has a negligible effect on the mass dependence of the diffusion coefficients.     

Study of Intermolecular Interaction in Dimethylsulphoxide + 1-Alkanols (1-Butanol, 1-Hexanol, 1-Octanol) At 303.15 K

Abstract

The ultrasonic velocity, u, viscosity, η, and density, ρ of dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO), 1-butanol, 1-hexanol, 1-octanol, and of their binary mixtures, where DMSO is common component, have been measured at 303.15 K. From the experimental data, excess isentropic compressibility, K ^E _s, excess intermolecular free length, L^E _f, excess velocity, u ^E, excess acoustic impedance, Z ^E, excess viscosity, η^E, excess free energy of activation of viscous flow, G?^E, and excess rheochore, [R ^E] have been calculated. The behaviours of excess functions with composition of the mixtures suggest that the structure-breaking effect dominates over the interaction effect between the component molecules. Furthermore, the experimental values of u and η were fitted by empirical equations stating their dependence on composition of the mixtures. The experimental values of u have been compared with those calculated by using Nomoto and Van Dael relations.     

Ultrasonic investigation of effective Debye temperature in multi-component liquid systems at 298.15 K

Assuming the quasi-crystalline model for the multi-component liquid systems, the effective Debye temperature has been investigated from the density and sound velocity measurements of three ternary and three quaternary liquid systems containing n-alkanes over the entire range of mole fractions at 298.15?K. The results obtained have been interpreted in terms of intermolecular interactions and modifications of the internal structure of the mixtures.     

Rapid Multiphase Flow Dynamics Mapped by Single‐Shot MRI Velocimetry

A new, fast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method is described and applied to map flow fields in systems with internal velocities rapidly varying along the streamlines. While conventional MRI techniques encode the velocity information in a preparatory period prior to the imaging acquisition module, our technique repeatedly refreshes the velocity encoding during a single‐shot imaging sequence. In this way, the maximum acceleration responsible for velocity variation of the molecules is increased by up to two orders of magnitude compared to standard procedures. Besides being compatible with high acceleration, this pulse sequence is suited to acquiring in a single scan the multiple velocity images required to construct a full velocity vector map. The power of this new methodology is demonstrated by following the internal dynamics of toluene droplets levitating in a counterflow of water during mass transfer of acetone from the water phase into the drop in the presence of surface‐active impurities. The dramatic reduction in measurement time allows visualization for the first time of the important impact of even small concentrations of acetone on accumulation of surfactants at the drop’s surface.     

一氧化碳添加对甲烷/空气贫燃预混火焰的影响(英文)

通过对贫燃条件下(燃料与空气化学计量比φ=0.60-0.80)的甲烷/一氧化碳/空气火焰结构进行数值模拟,研究燃料中一氧化碳添加量对层流燃烧速度、氮氧化合物的排放以及熄火拉伸率的影响.随着燃料中一氧化碳添加量的不断增加,层流燃烧速度有所下降,这与燃料中加入氢气产生的现象有所不同.为了解释这一现象,本文深入探讨了层流燃烧速度与H+OH浓度峰值之间的关系,结果表明,一氧化碳的增加导致H+OH浓度峰值呈线性下降,与层流燃烧速度下降趋势完全一致.随着一氧化碳的增加,氮氧化合物排放量有所下降.探讨了NO的生成机理,且由敏感性分析得到生成NO的重要反应,分析当一氧化碳量增大时,NO的浓度以及重要反应的NO生成率均下降.此外,利用数值模拟求解径向拉伸率,深入分析燃料中添加一氧化碳时拉伸率对贫燃火焰稳定性的影响.由计算结果得到熄火拉伸率,发现燃料中一氧化碳的添加在一定程度上能够增强火焰的稳定性.