The effect of temperature on VRLA reaction rates and the determination of battery state of charge. II. Fundamental considerations

Author(s):  
F.J. Vaccaro ◽  
J. Rhoades ◽  
B. Le
2021 ◽  
pp. 228-254
Author(s):  
Christopher O. Oriakhi

Chemical Kinetics discusses the rate at which chemical reactions occur and how these rates can be expressed mathematically, with a review of the factors which affect reaction rates. Topics presented with a numerical focus include reaction rate measurements, rate laws and their components including rate constants, determination of reaction orders from integrated rate laws, and effects of temperature on rates. Reaction half life and its determination are discussed. Collision theory, which forms the basis of the rate law, is presented with emphasis on the effect of temperature on the rate constant and the rate. The Arrhenius equation and the concept of activation energy are discussed with illustrative calculations for determining the energy of activation.


Particles ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-213
Author(s):  
Anna Senger ◽  
Peter Senger

The Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment at the future Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt is designed to investigate the properties of high-density QCD matter with multi-differential measurements of hadrons and leptons, including rare probes such as multi-strange anti-hyperons and charmed particles. The research program covers the study of the high-density equation-of-state of nuclear matter and the exploration of the QCD phase diagram at large baryon chemical potentials, including the search for quark matter and the critical endpoint of a hypothetical 1st order phase transition. The CBM setup comprises detector systems for the identification of charged hadrons, electrons, and muons; for the determination of collision centrality and the orientation of the reaction plane; and a free-streaming data read-out and acquisition system, which allows online reconstruction and selection of events up to reaction rates of 10 MHz. In this article, emphasis is placed on the measurement of muon pairs in Au-Au collisions at FAIR beam energies, which are unique probes used to determine the temperature of the fireball, and hence to search for a caloric curve of QCD matter. Simultaneously, the subthreshold production of charmonium can be studied via its dimuon decay in order to shed light on the microscopic structure of QCD matter at high baryon densities. The CBM setup with focus on dimuon measurements and the results of the corresponding physics performance studies will be presented.


2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Żarski ◽  
Sławomir Krejszeff ◽  
Katarzyna Palińska ◽  
Katarzyna Targońska ◽  
Krzysztof Kupren ◽  
...  

The aim of this study was to investigate the process of the cortical reaction in eggs of pikeperch, Sander lucioperca (L.), as well as the application of microscopic assessment of this process in egg quality evaluation. The analysis was carried out with eggs obtained from 10 females by artificial reproduction, in which hormonal stimulation with hCG was applied. Subsequently, each sample of eggs (separately from each female fish) was analysed. The analysis included observation of the cortical reaction and the process of egg swelling, and determination of the effect of temperature (12, 14 and 16°C) and the presence of spermatozoa on the cortical reaction. The results indicate that the cortical reaction in pikeperch eggs is quite violent, resulting in visible deformation of eggs between 3 and 5 min after activation. No effect of temperature or the presence of spermatozoa on the cortical reaction was observed. A strong correlation was recorded for the percentage of egg deformations observed and embryo survival rate. The described method of determination of pikeperch egg quality (based on egg deformation rate between 3 and 5 min after activation) may be highly useful, both in scientific research (where high-quality eggs are required) and in hatchery practice.


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