Scanning UV microspectrophotometry as a tool to study the changes of lignin in hydrothermally modified wood

Holzforschung ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Andersons ◽  
Guna Noldt ◽  
Gerald Koch ◽  
Ingeborga Andersone ◽  
Anete Meija-Feldmane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Degradation Products ◽  
Middle Lamella ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Wood Protection ◽  
Lower Temperature Range ◽  
Lower Temperature ◽  
The One ◽  
S2 Layer ◽  
Uv Microspectrophotometry

Abstract Thermal modification (TM) of wood has occupied a relatively narrow but stable niche as an alternative for chemical wood protection. There are different technological solutions for TM and not all details of their effects on wood tissue have been understood. The one-stage hydrothermal modification (HTM) at elevated vapour pressure essentially changes the wood’s composition and structure. In the present paper, the changes in three hardwood lignins (alder, aspen, and birch) were observed within the cell wall by means of cellular UV microspectrophotometry. The lignin absorbances in the compound middle lamella (CML) of unmodified wood are 1.7- to 2.0-fold higher than those in the fibre S2 layer. The woods were modified in the temperature range from 140 to 180°C, while in the lower temperature range (140°C/1 h), the UV absorbances are little affected. Essential changes occur in the range of 160–180°C and the UV data reflect these by absorbtion changes, while the absorbances at 278 nm rise with factors around 2 more in the S2 layer than in the CML. The absorbance increments are interpreted as polycondensation reactions with furfural and other degradation products of hemicelluloses with the lignin moiety of the cell wall.

Formability and Process Conditions of Magnesium Alloy Sheets

2005 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 453-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi Hong Zhang ◽  
Yong Chao Xu ◽  
G. Palumbo ◽  
S. Pinto ◽  
Luigi Tricarico ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Drawing ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Drawing Ratio ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Axial Tensile ◽  
Die Surface ◽  
Lower Temperature Range ◽  
Lower Temperature

Comparing the formability with each other, extrusion and various rolling experiments were carried out to make fine-grained AZ31 Mg sheets, and uni-axial tensile tests were carried out at different strain rates and temperatures to investigate the effect of different variables. A warm deep drawing tool setup with heating elements, which were distributed under the die surface and inside the blank holder, was designed and manufactured, and deep drawing was performed. Extruded Mg alloy AZ31 sheets exhibit the best deep drawing ability when working in the temperature range 250-350°C. Extruded and rolled sheets of 0.8 mm thick were also deep drawn in the lower temperature range 105-170°C，showing good formability and reaching a Limit Drawing Ratio up to 2.6 at 170°C for rolled sheets. At last, a sheet cup 0.4 mm thick was deep drawn successfully at 170 °C.

Effect of Microstructure and Zr Addition on the Crystallographic Orientation Relationships among Phases related to the Eutectoid Decomposition of Nb3Si in near Eutectic Nb-Si alloy

2004 ◽  
Vol 842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiji Miura ◽  
Kenji Ohkubo ◽  
Tetsuo Mohri
Keyword(s):  
Eutectic Alloy ◽  
Crystallographic Orientation ◽  
Eutectoid Decomposition ◽  
Orientation Relationships ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Zr Addition ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Lower Temperature Range ◽  
Lower Temperature ◽  
Nose Temperature

ABSTRACTThe authors have reported in the previous study that the sluggish decomposition of Nb3Si phase is effectively accelerated by Zr addition [1]. This is obvious at lower temperature range than the nose temperature of the TTT curve. In the present study a eutectic alloy containing 1.5 % of Zr was investigated. The crystallographic orientation relationships among phases, such as eutectic Nb and product phases formed by eutectoid decomposition of Nb3Si (eutectoid Nb and Nb5Si3phases) in the Zr-containing sample which was heat treated at 1300°C were investigated by FESEM/EBSD for further understanding of the decomposition process in alloy with a different microstructure.

scholarly journals Effect of Temperature, Pressure, and Chemical Composition on the Electrical Conductivity of Schist: Implications for Electrical Structures under the Tibetan Plateau

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenqing Sun ◽  
Lidong Dai ◽  
Heping Li ◽  
Haiying Hu ◽  
Changcai Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
High Pressures ◽  
High Conductivity ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Electrical Conductivities ◽  
Conductivity Anomalies ◽  
Lower Temperature Range ◽  
Lower Temperature

The experimental study on the electrical conductivities of schists with various contents of alkali ions (CA = K2O + Na2O = 3.94, 5.17, and 5.78 wt.%) were performed at high temperatures (623–1073 K) and high pressures (0.5–2.5 GPa). Experimental results indicated that the conductivities of schist markedly increased with the rise of temperature. Pressure influence on the conductivities of schist was extremely weak at the entire range of experimental temperatures. Alkali ion content has a significant influence on the conductivities of the schist samples in a lower temperature range (623–773 K), and the influence gradually decreases with increasing temperature in a higher temperature range (823–1073 K). In addition, the activation enthalpies for the conductivities of three schist samples were fitted as being 44.16–61.44 kJ/mol. Based on the activation enthalpies and previous studies, impurity alkaline ions (K+ and Na+) were proposed as the charge carriers of schist. Furthermore, electrical conductivities of schist (10−3.5–10−1.5 S/m) were lower than those of high-conductivity layers under the Tibetan Plateau (10−1–100 S/m). It was implied that the presence of schist cannot cause the high-conductivity anomalies in the middle to lower crust beneath the Tibetan Plateau.

scholarly journals Characteristics of Coherent Optical Phonons in a Hexagonal YMnO3 Thin Film

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayuki Hasegawa
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Optical Phonon ◽  
Laser Pulses ◽  
Generation Process ◽  
Neel Temperature ◽  
Optical Phonons ◽  
Néel Temperature ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Lower Temperature Range ◽  
Lower Temperature

This paper reviews our recent study on a coherent optical phonon in a hexagonal YMnO3 thin film together with related optical studies in hexagonal RMnO3 (R = Y, Lu, Ho) compounds. Coherent phonons have been observed in RMnO3 compounds by pump-probe spectroscopy with subpicosecond laser pulses, whereas the observation of coherent optical phonons was reported only in LuMnO3. Recently, we succeeded in the observation of the coherent optical phonon in a YMnO3 thin film. The generation process of the coherent optical phonon is assigned to a displacive mechanism, which is identical to that in LuMnO3. The coherent optical phonon is observed in the temperature range from 10 K to room temperature, while the oscillation intensity strongly decreases as the temperature increases to the Néel temperature of ~70 K from a lower temperature range. It is interesting that the temperature dependence is largely different from that in LuMnO3. We describe that the result can be qualitatively explained by the property of an isostructural transition around the Néel temperature in RMnO3 compounds. In addition, we briefly discuss ultrafast incoherent responses of excited electronic states from the viewpoint of the excitation photon energy of laser pulses.

Ultrastructural Changes in the Cell Walls of Cambial Derivatives During Wood Formation in Indian ELM (Holoptelea Integrifolia)

IAWA Journal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karumanchi S. Rao ◽  
Yoon Soo Kim ◽  
Pramod Sivan
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Middle Lamella ◽  
Ultrastructural Changes ◽  
Cell Wall Polysaccharides ◽  
Lignin Distribution ◽  
Parenchyma Cells ◽  
Ray Cells ◽  
Xylem Elements ◽  
S2 Layer

Sequential changes occurring in cell walls during expansion, secondary wall (SW) deposition and lignification have been studied in the differentiating xylem elements of Holoptelea integrifolia using transmission electron microscopy. The PATAg staining revealed that loosening of the cell wall starts at the cell corner middle lamella (CCML) and spreads to radial and tangential walls in the zone of cell expansion (EZ). Lignification started at the CCML region between vessels and associated parenchyma during the final stages of S2 layer formation. The S2 layer in the vessel appeared as two sublayers,an inner one and outer one.The contact ray cells showed SW deposition soon after axial paratracheal parenchyma had completed it, whereas noncontact ray cells underwent SW deposition and lignification following apotracheal parenchyma cells. The paratracheal and apotracheal parenchyma cells differed noticeably in terms of proportion of SW layers and lignin distribution pattern. Fibres were found to be the last xylem elements to complete SW deposition and lignification with differential polymerization of cell wall polysaccharides. It appears that the SW deposition started much earlier in the middle region of the fibres while their tips were still undergoing elongation. In homogeneous lignin distribution was noticed in the CCML region of fibres.

Thermal degradation of EDTA chelates in aqueous solution

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (10) ◽  
pp. 1207-1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramunas J. Motekaitis ◽  
X. B. Cox III ◽  
Patrick Taylor ◽  
Arthur E. Martell ◽  
Brad Miles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Thermal Degradation ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Degradation Products ◽  
Iminodiacetic Acid ◽  
Reaction Products ◽  
Degradation Rates ◽  
Lower Temperature Range ◽  
Higher Temperature ◽  
Lower Temperature

The thermal degradation of Ca(II), Mg(II), Zn(II), Fe(II), and Ni(II) chelates of EDTA was investigated in alkaline aqueous solution at elevated temperatures (230–310 °C). The kinetics of decomposition were followed by nmr, titrimetry, and spectrophotometry. Reaction products were identified through nmr and by gas chromatography. The relative order of degradation rates, as measured by the loss of EDTA, was found to be Mg(II) > Ca(II) > Zn(II) > Fe(II) > Ni(II). The main degradation products formed in the lower temperature range (~250 °C) are iminodiacetic acid, hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid, and ethylene glycol. Higher temperature products are primarily dimethylamine and carbon dioxide. The rates of degradation of Ca(II), Mg(II), and Zn(II) EDTA chelates are considerably enhanced when either phosphate is present or a glass-lined autoclave is employed.

scholarly journals The influence of pressure on the spontaneous ignition of inflammable gas-air mixtures—the simpler olefines

1937 ◽  
Vol 160 (901) ◽  
pp. 174-187 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Chemical Reactivity ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Spontaneous Ignition ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Cool Flames ◽  
Lower Temperature Range ◽  
Lower Temperature ◽  
Short Time

The investigations described in previous papers on this subject have related mainly to the paraffin hydrocarbons (Townend and Mandlekar 1933 a,b ; Townend, Cohen and Mandlekar 1934; Townend and Chamberlain 1936, 1937). It has been found that mixtures with air of the members containing three or more carbon atoms, while not spontaneously ignitible at low pressures below about 500° C., give rise abruptly to ignition at higher pressures in a temperature range between about 310 and 370° C., where normally only cool flames are initiated; and although neither methane- nor ethane-air mixtures appear to develop cool flames, the latter are ultimately ignitible in a lower temperature system which is less complex than that characteristic of the higher paraffins. Moreover, it is now recognized that “knock” in internal combustion engines arises in circumstances responsible for pronounced chemical reactivity in the unburnt explosive medium characteristic of that occurring in the lower temperature range (cf. Egerton and Ubbelohde 1935; Ubbelohde 1935), and the investigations referred to have indicated that the “knock-ratings” of the paraffins when used as fuels in such engines are related to the pressures requisite for the occurrence of spontaneous ignition in this range within an appropriate short time lag (Townend and Chamberlain 1936, p. 104, cf. Prettre 1936 a and b )

scholarly journals Frequency and temperature dependence of dielectric and electric properties of Ba2-xSm4+2x/3Ti8O24 with structural analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukhleen Bindra Narang ◽  
Dalveer Kaur ◽  
Kunal Pubby
Keyword(s):  
Structural Formula ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Barium Titanium Oxide ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Lower Temperature Range ◽  
Microscope Technique ◽  
Complex Structural ◽  
Tan Δ ◽  
Lower Temperature

AbstractDielectric ceramics samples of barium titanium oxide doped with samarium, having a complex structural formula of Ba2-xSm4+2x/3Ti8O24 (referred to as BST), were fabricated by a high temperature solid-state reaction technique with varying x (0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6). X-ray diffraction technique was used to check the formation of particular phases. Scanning electron microscope technique was used to study the surface morphology of the samples. The samples were studied in a temperature range of 298 K to 623 K and frequency range of 10 KHz to 1 MHz. The dielectric constant (εr), loss tangent (tan δ), and AC conductivity (σAC) were measured on sintered disks of BST samples. The DC resistivity of different compositions was measured at room temperature. Detailed studies of dielectric and electrical properties showed that these properties are strongly dependent on composition, frequency and temperature. The compounds showed stable behavior in lower temperature range (up to 523 K), therefore, they can be used in practical applications in this temperature range.

Radiation Enhanced Diffusion in Mgo

1994 ◽  
Vol 373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew I. Van Sambeek ◽  
R.S. Averback ◽  
C.P. Flynn ◽  
M.H. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Coefficient ◽  
Activation Enthalpy ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Charge Compensation ◽  
Cation Sublattice ◽  
Loop Formation ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Measured Activation ◽  
Lower Temperature Range ◽  
Lower Temperature

AbstractMeasurements of marker spreading following 2.0 MeV Kr+ irradiation at 25 to 1300°C have been performed on MgO samples containing O18, Ca and Zn buried tracer atoms. Ion beam mixing at room temperature on both sublattices was approximately 2.0 to 3.0 A5/eV. From 600 to 1000°C, the apparent activation enthalpy for diffusion on the anion sublattice (O18) was 0.35 eV and the diffusion coefficient was linear in the irradiation flux. From 1150 to 1300°C the measured activation enthalpy was 4.1 eV and the diffusion coefficient was proportional to the square root of flux. The measured activation enthalpy on the cation sublattice was roughly 0.30 eV up to 700°C for both Ca or Zn doped samples. Measurable extrinsic thermal diffusion from vacancies present for trivalent impurity charge compensation occurred above this temperature, complicating the analysis at higher temperatures. The observed kinetics in the lower temperature range are most likely controlled by interstitial loop formation. In the higher temperature range, vacancy traps with a binding energy of approximately 2 eV could account for the high activation enthalpy.

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