scholarly journals A Comprehensive Study for the Laser Cleaning of Corrosion Layers due to Environmental Pollution for Metal Objects of Cultural Value: Preliminary Studies on Artificially Corroded Coupons

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Siatou ◽  
D. Charalambous ◽  
V. Argyropoulos ◽  
P. Pouli
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Pulse Duration ◽  
Systematic Investigation ◽  
Laser Cleaning ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Threshold Values ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Comprehensive Study

This paper is focused on the systematic investigation of the layer-by-layer removal of corrosion products on artificially corroded metal coupons aiming to introduce a methodology for the optimum laser cleaning approach of historical metal objects. Thus, it is very important to determine the chemical composition of the studied surfaces before and after irradiation. A series of laser cleaning studies has been performed on test coupons (reference and artificially corroded). Wavelength and pulse duration effects are investigated. Initial studies were focused on the use of infrared (1064 nm) and ultraviolet (355 nm and 248 nm) radiations of nanosecond (ns) pulse duration. Damage and removal threshold values were determined for the substrates and the corrosion layers, respectively. The irradiated surfaces are evaluated microscopically under the optical and the scanning electron microscope, while the mineralogical and chemical composition of the various layers is determined with X-ray diffraction and SEM-EDAX analyses, respectively. The results obtained are providing a comprehensive approach for understanding the main mechanisms that are significant in the different laser cleaning regimes, while the optimum cleaning methodologies for the studied materials are being established.

scholarly journals Laser cleaning of Cu-based artefacts: laser/corrosion products interaction

ACTA IMEKO ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Di Francia ◽  
Ruth Lahoz ◽  
Delphine Neff ◽  
Emma Angelini ◽  
Sabrina Grassini
Keyword(s):  
Laser Cleaning ◽  
Corrosion Products ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Cleaning Procedure ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Archaeological Artefact ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Experimental Findings ◽  
Optimized Conditions ◽  
Reference Samples

<p class="Abstract">This study aims to develop a low invasive and selective laser cleaning procedure for the removal of reactive corrosion products on Cu-based artefacts without damage the substrate. In a preliminary step, laser cleaning was performed on two typologies of artificially corroded copper reference samples. The effect of the variation of laser parameters as pulse duration and output power, was thus evaluated on an oxide layer, simulating a protective patina, and a hydroxychloride layer, simulating a reactive corrosion products layer to be removed. The optimized cleaning procedure was validated on an archaeological artefact, a bronze coin. Morphological, microchemical and microstructural characterizations were performed by means of optical microscopy, confocal microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, X-Ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, before and after laser cleaning. The experimental findings show that laser cleaning, in optimized conditions, can reduce the thickness of the hydroxychloride layers slightly affecting the oxide layers. The difference in the interaction with laser radiation of these two layers seems to be mainly related to the difference in grain size and porosity. Notwithstanding these encouraging results, in order to define the real feasibility of the laser cleaning procedure, a further validation on real artefacts is mandatory due to the variation in thickness and composition of the corrosion products formed during long-lasting uncontrolled degradation processes.</p>

scholarly journals Synthesis of Magnetic Nanocomposite Fe3O4@ZIF-8@ZIF-67 and Removal of Tetracycline in Water

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Song ◽  
Jingqian Mo ◽  
Yuting Fang ◽  
Shumin Luo ◽  
Jingjing Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Advanced Characterization ◽  
Magnetic Nanocomposite ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
High Adsorption ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Before And After ◽  
High Adsorption Capacity

Abstract We prepared a double-layer magnetic nanocomposite Fe3O4@ZIF-8@ZIF-67 by layer-by-layer self-assembly. Fe3O4@ZIF-8@ZIF-67 was used to remove tetracycline from aqueous solution via a combination of adsorption and Fenton-like oxidation. Depending on the outstanding porous structure of the Fe3O4@ZIF-8@ZIF-67, a high adsorption capacity for tetracycline was 356.25 mg g− 1, with > 95.47% removal efficiency within 100 min based on Fenton-like oxidation. To better understand the mechanisms involved in integrated adsorption and Fenton-like oxidation, various advanced characterization techniques were used to monitor the changes in morphology and composition of Fe3O4@ZIF-8@ZIF-67 before and after removal of tetracycline. Scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) all supported adsorption and Fenton oxidation of tetracycline. This study extends the application of Fe3O4@ZIF-8@ZIF-67 for environmental remediation.

Wear-Fatigue Behavior of Ni88P11.78Co0.12Fe0.10 and Ni80.55Cr15.25B4.20 Metallic Glasses During Rubbing Against an Eccentric Rotating Ceramic Roller

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Serrar ◽  
P. Guiraldenq
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Metallic Glasses ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Eccentric Rotation ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Fatigue Rupture ◽  
The Difference

The wear-fatigue rupture of Ni88P11.78Co0.12Fe0.10 (NiP) and Ni80.55Cr15.25B4.20 (NiCrB) glasses prepared by planar–flow casting have been studied using a test under simultaneous constant and cyclic loading generated by an eccentric rotation ceramic antagonist. For better apprehending the phenomena related to the structural state changes of samples before and after tests, structural characterization by x-ray diffraction, mechanical characterization by measuring Vickers microhardness (HV 0.1) and chemical composition by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis have been carried out on as-quenched and worn dull side ribbons. Rupture surfaces, in S–N curves, have been measured by scanning electron microscope. Wear-fatigue contact tests consist to impose, simultaneously, a traction strain and cyclic normal stresses which generate traction, compression, rolling, bending and shearing. All results obtained from the two selected glasses (NiP and NiCrB) are systematically compared with those of a nickel pure crystalline foil (Ni). We evaluate mainly the wear mechanism, the mode and the typical rupture surface observed in NiP, NiCrB and Ni specimens. We specify the conditions of obtaining these rupture surfaces which often present in smooth plane, veining and “chevrons” patterns. All results show a great wear and fatigue resistance for the two metallic glasses compared to Ni. The NiCrB wear resistance is superior to that of NiP, while the difference in their fatigue limit is not clearly distinct. The reasons for the differences in wear and fatigue behavior will be discussed in relation to the metallic glass thermal stability, chemical composition, microhardness and surface rupture topography.

Evaluation of Freezing Methods by Low Temperature X-Ray Diffraction

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 330-333
Author(s):  
T. Gulik-Krzywicki ◽  
M.J. Costello
Keyword(s):  
Biological Materials ◽  
Molecular Organization ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Glass Capillary ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Rate Dependent ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Freeze Etching ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Set Up

Freeze-etching electron microscopy is currently one of the best methods for studying molecular organization of biological materials. Its application, however, is still limited by our imprecise knowledge about the perturbations of the original organization which may occur during quenching and fracturing of the samples and during the replication of fractured surfaces. Although it is well known that the preservation of the molecular organization of biological materials is critically dependent on the rate of freezing of the samples, little information is presently available concerning the nature and the extent of freezing-rate dependent perturbations of the original organizations. In order to obtain this information, we have developed a method based on the comparison of x-ray diffraction patterns of samples before and after freezing, prior to fracturing and replication.Our experimental set-up is shown in Fig. 1. The sample to be quenched is placed on its holder which is then mounted on a small metal holder (O) fixed on a glass capillary (p), whose position is controlled by a micromanipulator.

Effect of MWCNT doping on the structural and optical properties of PVC/PVDF polymer blend

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 4640-4647
Author(s):  
A. M. Abdelghany ◽  
M.S. Meikhail ◽  
S.I. Badr ◽  
A. S. Momen
Keyword(s):  
Surface Damage ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Dopant Content ◽  
Casting Technique ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Dopant Level ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Carbon Nano Tubes ◽  
Small Band ◽  
Vibrational Bands

Thin film samples of pristine polyvinyl chloride (PVC), poly vinyldine fluoride (PVDF) in combination with their blend in addition to samples containing factorial mass fraction of multi wall carbon nano-tubes (MWCNTs) in the dopant level were prepared via routine casting technique using tetrahydrofurane (THF) as a common solvent. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) depict the nano-scale (15-25 nm) of functionalized MWCNTs with no surface damage results from functionalization process.X-ray diffraction (XRD) shows a semi-crystalline nature of PVDF with evidence for more than one phase namely a and b phases. The fraction of b phase was calculated and correlated to the dopant content. FTIR optical absorption spectra revels a preservation of the main vibrational bands before and after addition of MWCNTs in the doping level with a presence of new small band 1151 cm-1 assigned for the interaction and complexation between constituents.

A New Polyethylene Corrosion Protecting Coating with Ion Selectivity

2011 ◽  
Vol 314-316 ◽  
pp. 273-278
Author(s):  
Yu Hua Dong ◽  
Ke Ren ◽  
Qiong Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Ion Selectivity ◽  
Nano Particles ◽  
Ammonium Bromide ◽  
Linear Low Density Polyethylene ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Sulfosalicylic Acid ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Chemically Modified ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Industrial Standards

Linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) was chemically modified with grafting maleic anhydride (MAH) monomer on its backbone by melting blending. Nano-particles SiO2 was modified by cationic surfactant hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and anionic surfactant sulfosalicylic acid (SSA) and added to PE coating respectively. Measurement of membrane potential showed that the coating containing modified SiO2 nano-particles had characteristic of ion selectivity. The properties of the different coatings were investigated according to relative industrial standards. Experimental results indicated that PE coating with ion selectivity had better performances, such as adhesion strength, cathodic disbonding and anti-corrosion, than those of coating without ion selectivity. Crystal structure of the coatings before and after alkali corrosion was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Structure of the coating without ion selectivity was damaged by NaOH alkali solution, causing mechanical properties being decreased. And the structure of the ion selective coatings was not affected.

Monitoring fisheries resources at offshore wind farms: BACI vs. BAG designs

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 890-900
Author(s):  
Elizabeth T Methratta
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Power ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Offshore Wind Farms ◽  
Fisheries Resources ◽  
Unaffected Control ◽  
Before And After

Abstract Offshore wind farms often co-occur with biodiverse marine ecosystems with high ecological, economic, and cultural value. Yet there are many uncertainties about how wind farms affect marine organisms and their environment. The before–after–control–impact (BACI) design, an approach that compares an impact location with an unaffected control both before and after the intervention, is the most common method used to study how offshore wind farms affect finfish. Unfortunately, this design has several methodological limitations that undermine its ability to detect effects in these studies. An alternative approach, the before–after-gradient (BAG) design, would sample along a gradient with increasing distance from the turbines both before and after the intervention, and could overcome many of the limitations of BACI. The BAG design would eliminate the difficult task of finding a suitable control, allow for the assessment of the spatial scale and extent of wind farm effects, and improve statistical power by incorporating distance as an independent variable in analytical models rather than relegating it to the error term. This article explores the strengths and weaknesses of the BACI and BAG designs in the context of offshore wind development and suggests an approach to incorporating the BAG design into existing fisheries surveys and a regional monitoring framework.

scholarly journals Novel Multilayer SAW Temperature Sensor for Ultra-High Temperature Environments

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 643
Author(s):  
Xuhang Zhou ◽  
Qiulin Tan ◽  
Xiaorui Liang ◽  
Baimao Lin ◽  
Tao Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Temperature Sensor ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Aero Engine ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Application Potential ◽  
Passive Sensors ◽  
Temperature Exposure ◽  
Engine Systems

Performing high-temperature measurements on the rotating parts of aero-engine systems requires wireless passive sensors. Surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors can measure high temperatures wirelessly, making them ideal for extreme situations where wired sensors are not applicable. This study reports a new SAW temperature sensor based on a langasite (LGS) substrate that can perform measurements in environments with temperatures as high as 1300 °C. The Pt electrode and LGS substrate were protected by an AlN passivation layer deposited via a pulsed laser, thereby improving the crystallization quality of the Pt film, with the function and stability of the SAW device guaranteed at 1100 °C. The linear relationship between the resonant frequency and temperature is verified by various high-temperature radio-frequency (RF) tests. Changes in sample microstructure before and after high-temperature exposure are analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The analysis confirms that the proposed AlN/Pt/Cr thin-film electrode has great application potential in high-temperature SAW sensors.

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