Interfacial Behavior of Carbon FRP-to-Granite Joints with Mechanical Fastening

Protein–polyphenol interactions influence emulsifying properties in both directions. Puerarin (PUE) is an isoflavone that can promote the formation of heat-set gels with whey protein isolate (WPI) through hydrogen bonding. We examined whether PUE improves the emulsifying properties of WPI and the stabilities of the emulsions. We found that forming composites with PUE improves the emulsifying properties of WPI in a concentration-dependent manner. The optimal concentration is 0.5%, which is the highest PUE concentration that can be solubilized in water. The PUE not only decreased the droplet size of the emulsions, but also increased the surface charge by forming composites with the WPI. A 21 day storage test also showed that the maximum PUE concentration improved the emulsion stability the most. A PUE concentration of 0.5% improved the stability of the WPI emulsions against environmental stress, especially thermal treatment. Surface protein loads indicated more protein was adsorbed to the oil droplets, resulting in less interfacial WPI concentration due to an increase in specific surface areas. The use of PUE also decreased the interfacial tension of WPI at the oil–water interface. To conclude, PUE improves the emulsifying activity, storage, and environmental stability of WPI emulsions. This result might be related to the decreased interfacial tension of WPI–PUE composites.

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β-Lactoglobulin Adsorption Layers at the Water/Air Surface: 5. Adsorption Isotherm and Equation of State Revisited, Impact of pH

Colloids and Interfaces ◽

10.3390/colloids5010014 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 14

Author(s):

Georgi G. Gochev ◽

Volodymyr I. Kovalchuk ◽

Eugene V. Aksenenko ◽

Valentin B. Fainerman ◽

Reinhard Miller

Keyword(s):

Theoretical Description ◽

Fluid Interfaces ◽

Interfacial Behavior ◽

Current State ◽

Air Interface ◽

Direct Measurements ◽

Wide Range ◽

Dilational Viscoelasticity ◽

Parameter Values ◽

Β Lactoglobulin

The theoretical description of the adsorption of proteins at liquid/fluid interfaces suffers from the inapplicability of classical formalisms, which soundly calls for the development of more complicated adsorption models. A Frumkin-type thermodynamic 2-d solution model that accounts for nonidealities of interface enthalpy and entropy was proposed about two decades ago and has been continuously developed in the course of comparisons with experimental data. In a previous paper we investigated the adsorption of the globular protein β-lactoglobulin at the water/air interface and used such a model to analyze the experimental isotherms of the surface pressure, Π(c), and the frequency-, f-, dependent surface dilational viscoelasticity modulus, E(c)f, in a wide range of protein concentrations, c, and at pH 7. However, the best fit between theory and experiment proposed in that paper appeared incompatible with new data on the surface excess, Γ, obtained from direct measurements with neutron reflectometry. Therefore, in this work, the same model is simultaneously applied to a larger set of experimental dependences, e.g., Π(c), Γ(c), E(Π)f, etc., with E-values measured strictly in the linear viscoelasticity regime. Despite this ambitious complication, a best global fit was elaborated using a single set of parameter values, which well describes all experimental dependencies, thus corroborating the validity of the chosen thermodynamic model. Furthermore, we applied the model in the same manner to experimental results obtained at pH 3 and pH 5 in order to explain the well-pronounced effect of pH on the interfacial behavior of β-lactoglobulin. The results revealed that the propensity of β-lactoglobulin globules to unfold upon adsorption and stretch at the interface decreases in the order pH 3 > pH 7 > pH 5, i.e., with decreasing protein net charge. Finally, we discuss advantages and limitations in the current state of the model.

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Forming a Flanged Hole When Quenching Press-Hardened Steel for Mechanical Fastening

Metals ◽

10.3390/met11050721 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 721

Author(s):

Yongjun Jeon ◽

Hyunseok Choi ◽

Dongearn Kim

Keyword(s):

Hot Stamping ◽

High Strength Steels ◽

High Strength ◽

Expansion Ratio ◽

Hardened Steel ◽

Continuous Increase ◽

Pilot Hole ◽

Experimental Apparatus ◽

Mechanical Fastening ◽

Hole Flanging

The recent stringent regulations on vehicle safety and reducing CO2 emissions have led to a continuous increase in the application of press-hardened steel (PHS) in automobiles. Similar to other high-strength steels, assembling PHS components using the common welding techniques employed in automotive production lines is significantly difficult because of the surface coating layers and the additives within. This difficulty in post-processing, attributed to its high strength, also limits the mechanical fastening of PHS components. Therefore, this study aims to develop a process for forming a structure enabling mechanical fastening by sequentially applying piercing and hole-flanging operations during the hot stamping process. Our experimental apparatus was designed to perform the hole-flanging operation after the piercing operation within a single stroke at a specific temperature during the quenching process of PHS. At high temperatures of 440 °C or higher, the hole-flanging process was conducted in a direction opposite to that of the piercing operation for creating the pilot hole. An extruded collar with a height of 8.0 mm and a diameter of 17.5 mm was achieved, which is hole expansion ratio(HER) of 82.5%.

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