Printed Nanocarbon Heaters for Stretchable Sport and Leisure Garments

The ability to maintain body temperature has been shown to bring about improvements in sporting performance. However, current solutions are limited with regards to flexibility, heating uniformity and robustness. An innovative screen-printed Nanocarbon heater is demonstrated which is robust to bending, folding, tensile extensions of up to 20% and machine washing. This combination of ink and substrate enables the heated garments to safely flex without impeding the wearer. It is capable of producing uniform heating over a 15 × 4 cm area using a conductive ink based on a blend of Graphite Nanoplatelets and Carbon Black. This can be attributed to the low roughness of the conductive carbon coating, the uniform distribution and good interconnection of the carbon particles. The heaters have a low thermal inertia, producing a rapid temperature response at low voltages, reaching equilibrium temperatures within 120 s of being switched on. The heaters reached the 40 °C required for wearable heating applications within 20 s at 12 Volts. Screen printing was demonstrated to be an effective method of controlling the printed layer thickness with good interlayer adhesion and contact for multiple printed layers. This can be used to regulate their electrical properties and hence adjust the heater performance.

Synthesis and Characterization of NiMo Catalysts Supported on Fine Carbon Particles for Hydrotreating: Effects of Metal Loadings in Catalyst Formulation

The by-products collected during the synthesis of carbon nanohorns via the arc discharge synthesis method is comprised of other carbon particles (OCP). At a hydrotreating operating temperature of 370°C, preliminary investigations using a bimetallic catalyst with support originating from the fine fractions of other carbon particles (OCPf) and containing 13 wt% Mo and 2.5 wt% Ni resulted in an HDS and HDN conversion of 78 and 25%, respectively. Variation of metal compositions in catalyst formulation and its impact on hydrotreating activity was therefore considered in this study to enhance the hydrotreating activity of OCPf–supported catalyst, and to determine if the best NiMo/OCPf catalyst achieved from this study could be a viable catalyst for hydrotreating applications. The co-incipient wetness impregnation was used in preparing series of hydrotreating catalysts with Ni and Mo loadings within the range of (2.5–5.0 wt%) and (13–26 wt%) respectively. Overall, the catalyst samples with maximum Ni loading of 5.0 wt% and Mo loadings of either 13 or 19 wt% showed higher dispersion and the ability to form a Type II Ni-Mo-S phase with enhanced activity. The effects of metal compositions on both HDS and HDN activities were correlated with their physicochemical properties.

Melting Point of Carbon Particles behind the Gas Detonation Front

A mathematical model of gas detonation of fuel-enriched mixtures of hydrocarbons with oxygen has been formulated, which makes it possible to numerically study the equilibrium flows of detonation products in the presence of free carbon condensation. Reference data for graphite were used to describe the thermodynamic properties of carbon condensate. The calculations are compared with the known results of experimental studies in which, when detonating an acetylene-oxygen mixture in a pipe closed at one end, it is possible to obtain nanoscale particles from a carbon material with special properties. It is assumed that the melting point of such a material is lower than that of graphite and is about 3100 K. Only with such an adjustment of the melting temperature, the best agreement (with an accuracy of about 3 %) was obtained between the calculated and experimental dependence of the detonation front velocity on the molar fraction of acetylene in the mixture.

Synthesis and Biological evaluation of some newer Pyrazole Derivatives

Pyrazoline is a 5-membered heterocyclic moiety has two adjoining nitrogen iotas and three carbon particles inside the ring. Pyrazoline subordinate are related wide scope of pharmacological and restorative exercises, for example, antibacterial, antifungal, pain relieving, calming, hostile to parasitic, against malarial, against oxidant. The ongoing work of exploration is fundamentally engaged at the revelation and improvement of a progression of 1,3,5-trisubstituted pyrazoline. A progression of new 1-phenyl-3-(4-nitrophenyl)- 5-(subbed phenyl) pyrazoline subordinates (2a-2j) were blended by the response of subbed acetophenone and subbed benzaldehyde within the sight of fluid sodium hydroxide arrangement by Claisen Schmidt buildup system. The subbed chalcone were integrated which is additionally dense with phenyl hydrazine in ethanol and results in the definition of conclusive subordinates of pyrazoline (2a-2j). The response blend was observed by TLC and the last mixes were refined by recrystallization from wanted dissolvable. All the structures of blended mixes were affirmed by FTIR, 1H NMR, mass unearthly information and essential investigation. All the recently combined mixes (2a-2j) were assessed for antibacterial and antifungal movement. Mixes 2f, 2i and 2h showed powerful inhibitory impact against on strains of both bacterial and parasitic species.

CARBON NANOPARTICLES BASED ON THERMALLY EXPANDED GRAPHITE: EFFECT OF THE TEG OBTAINING ROUTE ON THE PARTICLES MORPHOLOGY

В работе представлены результаты исследования морфологии углеродных наночастиц, образующихся при жидкофазном расслоении терморасширенного графита в трет-бутаноле. Используемый в работе терморасширенный графит получен путем термического расширения соинтеркалата нитрата графита с уксусной и муравьиной кислотами в режиме термоудара при 500°С и 900 °С. Исходный соинтеркалант по данным рентгенофазового анализа представляет собой смесь соединений II-й и IV-й стадий интеркалирования. Методом просвечивающей электронной микроскопии установлено, что дисперсии углеродных наночастиц, образующиеся при расслоении терморасширенного графита в трет-бутаноле под действием ультразвука, содержат в основном малослойные графены, планарные размеры которых достигают 8 мкм. Обсуждается влияние условий получения терморасширенного графита на морфологию образующихся углеродных наночастиц. Дисперсии на основе терморасширенного графита, полученного при более низкой температуре, помимо малослойных графенов содержат также значительное количество аморфных углеродных частиц с планарными размерами до 100 нм. The paper presents the investigation results of the morphology of carbon nanoparticles formed during liquid-phase exfoliation of thermally expanded graphite in tert-butanol. The thermally expanded graphite used in this work was obtained by thermal expansion of graphite nitrate with acetic and formic acids in the thermal shock mode at 500 °C and 900 °C. Initial cointercalate was shown by powder X-ray diffraction analysis to be the mixture of the II and the IV stage intercalation compounds. It has been established by transmission electron microscopy that dispersions of carbon nanoparticles formed during the exfoliation of thermally expanded graphite in tert-butanol via sonication contain mainly few-layer graphenes, the planar dimensions of which reach 8 pm. The influence of the conditions for thermally expanded graphite obtaining on the morphology of resulting carbon nanoparticles is discussed. Dispersions based on thermally expanded graphite obtained at a lower temperature, in addition to few-layer graphenes, also contain a significant amount of amorphous carbon particles with planar sizes up to 100 nm.

Black Carbon - A Silent Contributor to Climate Change

Black carbon is a potent climate-warming component of particulate matter formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil-fuels, wood and other fuels. Complete combustion would turn all the carbon in the fuel into carbon dioxide, but combustion is never complete, and CO2, CO, volatile organic compounds, organic compounds, and black carbon particles are formed in the process. It contributes to warming by converting incoming solar radiation to heat. When deposited on ice and snow, BC and co-emitted particles reduce surface albedo thereby melting the glaciers. The complex mixture of particulate matter resulting from incomplete combustion is referred as soot. When suspended in the atmosphere, black carbon contributes to warming by converting incoming solar radiations to heat. It also influences cloud formation and impacts regional circulation and rainfall pattern. The Artic and the glaciated regions such as Himalayas are particularly vulnerable to melting as a result. The present paper aims to review the work done on black carbon and its mitigation measure.

Nonoxidizing heating of chip‑powder dispersions of ferrous metals in hydrocarbon atmosphere

The process of inorganic and organic components temperature transformation of metal waste into solid and gaseous products in a continuous hot briquetting muffle furnace has been studied. The composition of the hydrocarbon atmosphere formed in the muffle under conditions of limited access to the oxidizer has been determined. It is shown that the thermal destruction of the coolant oil phase proceeds according to a complex mechanism of consecutive reactions, including polycondensation, polymerization, and deep compaction with a constant decrease in the hydrogen content and ends with the formation of a coke‑like carbon residue on the surface of metal particles and an air suspension of finely dispersed carbon particles (smoke). When it is heated to hot briquetting temperatures of 750–850 °C, chemically active dispersions of ferrous metals are protected from oxidation first by a hydrocarbon gas with a density of 9.0–13.5 kg/m3, then by a pyrocarbon coating with a thickness of 0.1–0.3 mm up to the completion of the processes of pressing and cooling the briquette.