Weighted extended b-splines for one-dimensional electromagnetic problems

This paper considers the weighted extended b-splines as basis function for finite element method in electromagnetics and compares with the standard finite element method applied to the two-point boundary value problems with different boundary conditions. This new approach, which provides more accurate results than standard finite element method, is presented to compare other numerical techniques and applied to one-dimensional electromagnetic problems. Computed results are compared with other numerical results in literature.     

Photodissociation of CCH: classical trajectory calculations involving seven electronic states

The photodissociation dynamics of ethynyl radical, C(2)H, involving seven electronic states is studied by classical trajectory calculations. Initial values of the trajectories are selected based on relative absorption intensities calculated by Mebel et al. The energies and the derivatives are interpolated by three-dimensional cubic spline interpolator using an extended data pool. Mean square errors and standard deviations in interpolation of energies for 450 data points are found to be in the range 3.1 x 10(-6)-1.4 x 10(-5) and 1.7 x 10(-3)-3.8 x 10(-3) hartrees, respectively. The photofragments of C(2) and H are produced mainly in the X (1)Sigma(g) (+), a (3)Pi(u), b (3)Sigma(g) (-), c (3)Sigma(u) (+), A (1)Pi(u), B (1)Delta(g) electronic states of C(2) as product. The avoided crossings do not appear to be in the main dissociation pathways. The internal distributions are in good accord with the experimental results where comparison is possible, suggesting that the fragmentation mechanism of C(2)H(2) into C(2) and H is a two step process involving C(2)H radical as an intermediate with a life time long enough to allow complete collection of the phase space in the experiments.     

Surfactant Concentration and End Effects on Foam Flow in Porous Media

Foaming injected gas is a useful and promising technique for achieving mobility control in porous media. Typically, such foams are aqueous. In the presence of foam, gas and liquid flow behavior is determined by bubble size or foam texture. The thin-liquid films that separate foam into bubbles must be relatively stable for a foam to be finely textured and thereby be effective as a displacing or blocking agent. Film stability is a strong function of surfactant concentration and type. This work studies foam flow behavior at a variety of surfactant concentrations using experiments and a numerical model. Thus, the foam behavior examined spans from strong to weak.Specifically, a suite of foam displacements over a range of surfactant concentrations in a roughly 7m², one-dimensional sandpack are monitored using X-ray computed tomography (CT). Sequential pressure taps are employed to measure flow resistance. Nitrogen is the gas and an alpha olefin sulfonate (AOS 1416) in brine is the foamer. Surfactant concentrations studied vary from 0.005 to 1wt%. Because foam mobility depends strongly upon its texture, a bubble population balance model is both useful and necessary to describe the experimental results thoroughly and self consistently. Excellent agreement is found between experiment and theory.     

Chemical Analysis of Hydroxyapatite Artificial Bone Powders by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry(EDXRF)

Stoichiometric hydroxyapatite (HA) nanoparticles were synthesized by a wet chemical method. Calcium nitrate tetra hydrate used as calcium source and dibasic ammonium phosphate used as phosphorous source. Calcium nitrate tetra hydrate and dibasic ammonium phosphate solutions were prepared by dissolving the salts in distilled water. Stoichiometric hydroxyapatite nanoparticles used by artificial bone powders and synthesized by a wet chemical method were analyzed using EDXRF method.The concentrations of K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, Sr and Pb for artificial bone powders have been determined. Besides, Calcium contents were evaluated according to the agitation time and temperature in the production process.     

Carbon Dioxide Adsorption over Activated Carbons Produced from Molasses Using H2SO4, H3PO4, HCl,NaOH, and KOH as Activating Agents

Cost-effective activated carbons for CO₂ adsorption were developed from molasses using H₂SO₄, H₃PO₄, HCl, NaOH, and KOH as activating agents. At the temperature of 0 °C and a pressure of 1 bar, CO₂ adsorption equal to 5.18 mmol/g was achieved over activated carbon obtained by KOH activation. The excellent CO₂ adsorption of M-KOH can be attributed to its high microporosity. However, activated carbon prepared using HCl showed quite high CO₂ adsorption while having very low microporosity. The absence of acid species on the surface promotes CO₂ adsorption over M-HCl. The pore size ranges that are important for CO₂ adsorption at different temperatures were estimated. The higher the adsorption temperature, the more crucial smaller pores were. For 1 bar pressure and temperatures of 0, 10, 20, and 30 °C, the most important were pores equal and below: 0.733, 0.733, 0.679, and 0.536 nm, respectively.     

Direct Electrochemical Capture and Release of Carbon Dioxide Using an Industrial Organic Pigment: Quinacridone

Limiting anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions constitutes a major issue faced by scientists today. Herein we report an efficient way of controlled capture and release of carbon dioxide using nature inspired, cheap, abundant and non‐toxic, industrial pigment namely, quinacridone. An electrochemically reduced electrode consisting of a quinacridone thin film (ca. 100 nm thick)on an ITO support forms a quinacridone carbonate salt. The captured CO₂ can be released by electrochemical oxidation. The amount of captured CO₂ was quantified by FT‐IR. The uptake value for electrochemical release process was 4.61 mmol g^?1. This value is among the highest reported uptake efficiencies for electrochemical CO₂ capture. For comparison, the state‐of‐the‐art aqueous amine industrial capture process has an uptake efficiency of ca. 8 mmol g^?1.     

Removal of Th(IV) ions from aqueous solution using bi-functionalized algae-yeast biosorbent

Composites could be more effective adsorbents than inorganic and organic components individually. In the present study, the red macro marine algae, Jania Rubens and yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae immobilized on silica gel were used as a constituent of bi-functionalized biosorbent to remove thorium ions from aqueous solution. Optimum biosorption conditions were determined as a function of pH, initial Th(IV) concentration, contact time, temperature, volume/mass ratio and co-ion effect. The morphological analysis of the biocomposite was performed by the scanning electron microscopy and functional groups in the biosorbent were determined by FT-IR spectroscopy. In order to find the adsorption characteristics, Langmuir, Freundlich, and Dubinin–Radushkevich adsorption isotherms were applied to the adsorption data. The data were well described by Langmuir adsorption isotherms while the fit of Freundlich adsorption isotherms and Dubinin–Radushkevich equation to adsorption data was poor. Using the equilibrium constant value obtained at different temperature, the thermodynamics properties of the biosorption (ΔG°, ΔH° and ΔS°) were also determined. The results show that biosorption of Th(IV) ions onto biocomposite was exothermic nature, spontaneous and more favorable at lower temperature under examined conditions.     

Structural alterations and thermal behaviour of mechanically activated alunite ore

Alunite, a potassium alum, was activated mechanically in a planetary ball mill, and the effects of mechanical activation on the structure of alunite have been studied by particle size analysis, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The results show that the activation procedure led to amorphisation and structural disordering in the alunite structure. Thermal decompositions of both non-activated and activated alunite samples have been studied by thermogravimetry (TG) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). In non-activated alunite, the dehydration reaction starts after 500 °C. On the contrary, the dehydration of mechanically activated alunite was started after 100 °C. It is observed by X-ray diffraction analysis and thermal analysis that dehydration and desulphation temperatures of alunite decreased with mechanical activation, owing to amorphisation and structural disordering in alunite.     

Photoinduced Energy Transfer from Poly(N‐vinylcarbazole) to Tricarbonylchloro‐(2,2′‐bipyridyl)rhenium(I)

This work investigates the photoinduced energy transfer from poly(N‐vinylcarbazole) (PVK), as a donor material, to fac‐(2,2′‐bipyridyl)Re(CO)₃Cl, as a catalyst acceptor, for its potential application towards CO₂ reduction. Photoluminescence quenching experiments reveal dynamic quenching through resonance energy transfer in solid donor/acceptor mixtures and in solid/liquid systems. The bimolecular reaction rate constant at solution–film interfaces for the elementary reaction of the excited state with the quencher material could be determined as 8.8(±1.4)×10¹¹ L mol^?1 s^?1 by using Stern–Volmer analysis. This work shows that PVK is an effective and cheap absorber material that can act efficiently as a redox photosensitizer in combination with fac‐(2,2′‐bipyridyl)Re(CO)₃Cl as a catalyst acceptor, which might lead to possible applications in photocatalytic CO₂ reduction.