Microstructural Mechanisms of Fatigue Failure in PA66 Fibers

2007 ◽  
Vol 560 ◽  
pp. 133-138
Author(s):  
J. Martin Herrera-Ramírez ◽  
Anthony Bunsell ◽  
Philippe Colomban
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Fatigue Loading ◽  
Structural Heterogeneity ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Micro Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Nano Structures ◽  
Different Types

The behavior of two different types of ultra-high-performance polyamide (PA) 66 fibers under fatigue loading up to failure, and the correlation between the fibers (nano)structures and their structural heterogeneity with fatigue lifetimes, have been studied using scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, wide angle x-ray diffraction and micro-Raman spectroscopy. The role of the microstructure of the fibers in determining fatigue life is presented and the possibility of improving their resistance to fatigue or eliminating the fatigue process will be discussed.

scholarly journals The symbolic role of the underground world among Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (33) ◽  
pp. e2021495118
Author(s):  
Africa Pitarch Martí ◽  
João Zilhão ◽  
Francesco d’Errico ◽  
Pedro Cantalejo-Duarte ◽  
Salvador Domínguez-Bella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Span ◽  
Middle Paleolithic ◽  
Geological Samples ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Natural Processes ◽  
Micro Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Artistic Activity ◽  
Graphic Representations

Cueva de Ardales in Málaga, Spain, is one of the richest and best-preserved Paleolithic painted caves of southwestern Europe, containing over a thousand graphic representations. Here, we study the red pigment in panel II.A.3 of “Sala de las Estrellas,” dated by U-Th to the Middle Paleolithic, to determine its composition, verify its anthropogenic nature, infer the associated behaviors, and discuss their implications. Using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, micro-Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction, we analyzed a set of samples from the panel and compared them to natural coloring materials collected from the floor and walls of the cave. The conspicuously different texture and composition of the geological samples indicates that the pigments used in the paintings do not come from the outcrops of colorant material known in the cave. We confirm that the paintings are not the result of natural processes and show that the composition of the paint is consistent with the artistic activity being recurrent. Our results strengthen the hypothesis that Neanderthals symbolically used these paintings and the large stalagmitic dome harboring them over an extended time span.

scholarly journals Pharmaceutical Salts of Enrofloxacin with Organic Acids

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 646
Author(s):  
Hong Pang ◽  
Yu-Bin Sun ◽  
Jun-Wen Zhou ◽  
Meng-Juan Xie ◽  
Hao Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Water Solubility ◽  
Antibacterial Drug ◽  
Mixed Solution ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Organic Salts ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Poorly Soluble ◽  
Pharmaceutical Properties

Enrofloxacin is a poorly soluble antibacterial drug of the fluoroquinolones class used in veterinary medicine. The main purpose of this work was to investigate the structural and pharmaceutical properties of new enrofloxacin salts. Enrofloxacin anhydrate and its organic salts with tartaric acid, nicotinic acid and suberic acid formed as pure crystalline anhydrous solids. All the crystals were grown from a mixed solution by slow evaporation at room temperature. These products were then characterized by field-emission scanning electron microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Further, X-ray single crystal diffraction analysis was used to study the crystal structure. The intermolecular interactions and packing arrangements in the crystal structures were studied, and the solubility of these salts in water was determined using high-performance liquid chromatography. The results show that the new salts of enrofloxacin developed in this study exhibited excellent water solubility.

New crystal-chemical data for marécottite

2015 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Plášil ◽  
R. Škoda
Keyword(s):  
Charge Balance ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Crystal Chemical Data ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Dominant Member ◽  
Network Of Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Bond Valence Analysis

AbstractMarécottite, ideally Mg3[(UO2)4O3(OH)(SO4)2]2(H2O)28, a triclinic, Mg-dominant member of the zippeite group, was described originally from a small uranium deposit at La Creusaz in Wallis (Switzerland). It has recently been found at Jáchymov (Czech Republic), where it forms exceptional crystals, up to 0.3 mm across. According to an electron microprobe study of these crystals, marécottite from Jáchymov is chemically similar to the material from the La Creusaz deposit. However, the Jáchymov crystals exhibit more cation substitution (Zn2+ and Mn2+ for Mg2+). The chemical composition of marécottite from Jáchymov corresponds to the empirical formula [(Na0.05K0.07)Σ0.12(Mg1.83Zn0.41Mn0.41Cu0.15Ni0.08)Σ2.88Al0.07]Σ3.07(UO2)8[(SO4)3.77(SiO4)0.21]Σ3.98O6(OH)1.84·28H2O (the mean of four representative spots; calculated on the basis of eight U atoms and 28 H2O per formula unit and 1.84 OH for charge balance). According to single-crystal X-ray diffraction, marécottite from Jáchymov is triclinic, P1, a = 10.8084(2), b = 11.2519(3), c = 13.8465(3) Å, α = 66.222(2), β = 72.424(2), γ = 70.014(2)o, V = 1421.57(6) Å3 and Z = 1. The crystal structure was refined from a highly redundant dataset (30,491 collected reflections) to R1 = 0.0367 for all 7042 unique reflections. The refined structure confirms the previously determined structure for the crystal from the La Creusaz deposit. An extensive network of hydrogen bonds is an important feature that keeps the whole structure together, but the positions of H atoms had not been determined previously. The H-bond scheme proposed based on a detailed bond-valence analysis and the role of different types of molecular H2O in the structure is discussed.

scholarly journals Production of Nanocellulose by Enzymatic Treatment for Application in Polymer Composites

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2124
Author(s):  
Daria Zielińska ◽  
Kinga Szentner ◽  
Agnieszka Waśkiewicz ◽  
Sławomir Borysiak
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Composites ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Supermolecular Structure ◽  
Strength Properties ◽  
Cellulolytic Enzymes ◽  
Enzymatic Reactions ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
X Ray

In the last few years, the scientific community around the world has devoted a lot of attention to the search for the best methods of obtaining nanocellulose. In this work, nanocellulose was obtained in enzymatic reactions with strictly defined dispersion and structural parameters in order to use it as a filler for polymers. The controlled enzymatic hydrolysis of the polysaccharide was carried out in the presence of cellulolytic enzymes from microscopic fungi—Trichoderma reesei and Aspergillus sp. It has been shown that the efficiency of bioconversion of cellulose material depends on the type of enzymes used. The use of a complex of cellulases obtained from a fungus of the genus Trichoderma turned out to be an effective method of obtaining cellulose of nanometric dimensions with a very low polydispersity. The effect of cellulose enzymatic reactions was assessed using the technique of high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with a refractometric detector, X-ray diffraction, dynamic light scattering and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. In the second stage, polypropylene composites with nanometric cellulose were obtained by extrusion and injection. It was found by means of X-ray diffraction, hot stage optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry that nanocellulose had a significant effect on the supermolecular structure, nucleation activity and the course of phase transitions of the obtained polymer nanocomposites. Moreover, the obtained nanocomposites are characterized by very good strength properties. This paper describes for the first time that the obtained cellulose nanofillers with defined parameters can be used for the production of polymer composites with a strictly defined polymorphic structure, which in turn may influence future decision making about obtaining materials with controllable properties, e.g., high flexibility, enabling the thermoforming process of packaging.

scholarly journals Structural Role of Nd2O3 as Dopant Material in Modified Borate Glasses and Glass Ceramics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Shaalan ◽  
Gomaa El-Damrawi ◽  
A.K. Hassan ◽  
M. Hamed Misbah
Keyword(s):  
Molar Volume ◽  
Glass Structure ◽  
Glass Ceramics ◽  
Glass Network ◽  
Amorphous Structure ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Melt Quenching ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
X Ray

Abstract Glasses in the system xNd2O3-(46-x)B2O3-27CaO-24.4Na2O-2.6 P2O5 (0 ≤ x ≤ 4 mol%) have been prepared via conventional melt quenching technique. X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra have showed that the amorphous structure is dominant in glasses of Nd2O3 concentrations ≤ 0.5 mol%. But formation of a more ordered structure is confirmed at higher Nd2O3 values. Result based on differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) shows an increase in glass transition temperature (Tg) with increasing Nd2O3 at expense of B2O3 contents. Vicker hardness (Hv) and density (D) are used to correlate the glass structure with its properties. The measured density is found to be increased whereas the molar volume is decreased with increasing Nd2O3 content. The calculated molar volume (Vm) and free spaces (Vf) are both decreased due to filling process which is suggested to be carried out by Nd3+ of larger size than that of B3+. Decreasing of Vm and Vf can reflect the increase in bridging bonds in the glass network which in turns results in increasing of both Tg and of the investigated compositions.

scholarly journals Neutron protein crystallography: beyond the folding structure of biological macromolecules

2007 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuo Niimura ◽  
Robert Bau
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical Behavior ◽  
Biological Macromolecules ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Resolution Limits ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Folding Structure ◽  
Neutron Protein Crystallography

Neutron diffraction provides an experimental method of directly locating H atoms in proteins, a technique complementary to ultra-high-resolution X-ray diffraction. Three different types of neutron diffractometers for biological macromolecules have been constructed in Japan, France and the USA, and they have been used to determine the crystal structures of proteins up to resolution limits of 1.5–2.5 Å. Results relating to H-atom positions and hydration patterns in proteins have been obtained from these studies. Examples include the geometrical details of hydrogen bonds, the role of H atoms in enzymatic activity, CH3configuration, H/D exchange in proteins and oligonucleotides, and the dynamical behavior of hydration structures, all of which have been extracted from these structural results and reviewed. Other techniques, such as the growth of large single crystals and a database of hydrogen and hydration in proteins, are described.

Role of gadolinium(III) complex in improving thermal stability of polythiophene composite

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferooze Ahmad Rafiqi ◽  
Kowsar Majid
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Thermal Analysis ◽  
Average Particle Size ◽  
Degree Of Crystallinity ◽  
Average Particle ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Thermal Stability Of

AbstractThis paper involves the preparation of polythiophene (PTP) and its composite by the oxidative polymerisation method by using ferric chloride as an oxidant and thiophene monomer. The gadolinium( III) complex obtained by the refluxing technique was used as dopant in the PTP matrix. On the basis of the spectroscopic characterisation, seven-coordinate geometry is proposed for the complex. Conductance measurement confirms the non-selectrolyte nature of complex. The PTP and its composite were subjected to FTIR, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope techniques. The powder X-ray diffraction pattern showed the high crystalline nature of the complex which in turn developed a good degree of crystallinity in the PTP composite. The average particle size was calculated as 4.655 ˚A and 3.737 ˚A for the dopant and PTP composite, respectively, by using Debye Scherrer’s equation. Thermal analysis was performed by thermogravimetric (TG) analysis, differential thermal analysis (DTA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques. The TG, DTA and DSC results were well-correlated. The thermal analysis revealed the high thermal stability of the dopant which in turn improved the thermal stability of the PTP composite, revealing the potential of the composite for high temperature applications.

Studies on the Preparation, Characterization and Solubility of -Cyclodextrin-Roxythromycin Inclusion Complexes

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-530
Author(s):  
D. Nagasamy Venkatesh ◽  
S. Karthick ◽  
M. Umesh ◽  
G. Vivek ◽  
R.M. Valliappan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dissolution Rate ◽  
Inclusion Complexes ◽  
Phase Solubility ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Ir Studies ◽  
Poorly Soluble ◽  
Poorly Soluble Drug

Roxythromycin/ β-cyclodextrin (Roxy/ β-CD) dispersions were prepared with a view to study the influence of β-CD on the solubility and dissolution rate of this poorly soluble drug. Phase-solubility profile indicated that the solubility of roxythromycin was significantly increased in the presence of β-cyclodextrin and was classified as AL-type, indicating the 1:1 stoichiometric inclusion complexes. Physical characterization of the prepared systems was carried out by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction studies (XRD) and IR studies. Solid state characterization of the drug β-CD binary system using XRD, FTIR and DSC revealed distinct loss of drug crystallinity in the formulation, ostensibly accounting for enhancement of dissolution rate.

Role of the Structure and Electronic Properties of Fe2O3-MoO3 Catalyst on the Dehydration of Isopropyl Alcohol

1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (7) ◽  
pp. 1591-1599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abd El-Aziz A. Said
Keyword(s):  
Active Sites ◽  
Isopropyl Alcohol ◽  
Oxide Catalyst ◽  
Flow System ◽  
Charge Carriers ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Catalyst Composition ◽  
Surface Active

Molybdenum oxide catalyst doped or mixed with (1 - 50) mole % Fe3+ ions were prepared. The structure of the original samples and the samples calcined at 400 °C were characterized using DTA, X-ray diffraction and IR spectra. Measurements of the electrical conductivity of calcined samples with and without isopropyl alcohol revealed that the conductance increases on increasing the content of Fe3+ ions up to 50 mole %. The activation energies of charge carriers were determined in presence and absence of the alcohol. The catalytic dehydration of isopropyl alcohol was carried out at 250 °C using a flow system. The results obtained showed that the doped or mixed catalysts are active and selective towards propene formation. However, the catalyst containing 40 mole % Fe3+ ions exhibited the highest activity and selectivity. Correlations were attempted to the catalyst composition with their electronic and catalytic properties. Probable mechanism for the dehydration process is proposed in terms of surface active sites.

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