Effects of coagulation bath temperature on structure and performance of poly(vinyl butyral) hollow fiber membranes via thermally induced phase separation

Poly （vinyl butyral） （PVB） hollow fiber membranes were fabricated via thermally induced phase separation （TIPS）. The effects of coagulation bath temperature （CBT） on the structure and performance of membranes were investigated in detail. The morphologies of the membranes were studied by scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, the performances of water permeability, rejection, breaking strength and elongation were measured, respectively. The results indicate that all the membranes have the asymmetric morphology and the thickness of the skin layer decreases and the pore size of the outer layer increases with the increase of CBT. The permeability of membranes prepared at air gap 1.0 cm and take-up speed 0.253 m/s increases from 1.047×10-7 to 5.909×10-7 m3/（m2·s-kPa） with the CBT increasing from 20 ℃ to 40℃, and sharply increases to 35.226×10 7 m3/（m2.s.kPa）once the CBT arrives at 50 ℃. While the carbonic ink rejections have no significant decrease, totally exceed 98%, but that of acid-maleic acid copolymer greatly decreases with the increase of CBT. Both the breaking strength and elongation decrease with the increase of CBT.

Noise temperature distribution of superconducting hot electron bolometer mixers

We report on the investigation of optimal bias region of a wide-band superconducting hot electron bolometer(HEB)mixer in terms of noise temperature performance for multi-pixel heterodyne receiver application in the 5-meter Dome A Terahertz Explorer(DATE5)telescope.By evaluating the double sideband(DSB)receiver noise temperature(Trec)across a wide frequency range from 0.2 THz to 1.34 THz and with a large number of bias points,a broad optimal bias region has been observed,illustrating a good bias applicability for multipixel application since the performance of the HEB mixer is uniquely determined by each bias point.The noise temperature of the HEB mixer has been analyzed by calibrating the noise contribution of all RF components,whose transmissions have been measured by a time-domain spectroscopy.The corrected noise temperature distribution shows a frequency independence relation.The dependence of the optimal bias region on the bath temperature of the HEB mixer has also been investigated,the bath temperature has limited effect on the lowest receiver noise temperature until 7 K,however the optimal bias region deteriorates obviously with increasing bath temperature.

Effect of PSA tin plating process on trace lead in tin coating

In this paper,effects of conditions in phenol sulfonic acid(PSA) plating for tin coating of MR low carbon aluminum killed steel on trace Pb were examined.Trace Pb was measured by atomic absorption spectrometry(AAS)and glow discharge spectrometry,and coating morphology was observed by scanning electronic microscopy(SEM).Corrosion resistance of the tin coating was analyzed by electrochemical methods.The results indicated that Pb content in the tin coating reduced as bath temperature increased.When the temperature exceeded40 ℃,the grains in the coating were coarse and loose,reducing the corrosion resistance.As current density increased,Pb content increased rapidly,while low current density plating could lead to drain regions.The plating speed had no obvious effect on trace Pb in tin coating.In the tin plating layer,Pb was enriched at the surface and gradually reduced to zero along the depth.At bath temperature of 40 ℃ and current density of 20 A·dm^(-2),the amount of Pb could be less than 100 mg·kg^(-1) with excellent corrosion resistance.

Temperature-dependent structural,morphological and optical properties of chemical bath-deposited CdS films

Cadmium sulfide(CdS) films were grown on top of the fluorine-doped tin oxide(FTO) coated glass substrates at four different bath temperatures by chemical bath deposition(CBD) technique.X-ray diffraction(XRD),ultraviolet-visible(UV-Vis) spectrometry,energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDX),field emission scanning electron microscope(FESEM),photoluminescence(PL)and Fourier-transform infrared(FTIR) analyses were employed to examine the morphological and optical properties of deposited films.XRD studies confirmed the cubic crystalline nature of the deposited films which improved with increase in deposition temperature,and EDX along with FESEM study showed that the films were smooth and uniform with appropriate chemical composition.Band-gap values of the CBD CdS films calculated by UV-Vis spectrometry were found to be in the range of2.32-2.39 eV.A strong blue band and a weak green band were observed in PL emission spectra.C-S,Cd-S and SC-N vibrations were found by FTIR spectral analysis.

Determination of 16 Species of OCPs in Water by Liquid-liquid Extraction-GC

[Objective] The research aimed to study the determination of 16 kinds of OCPs in water by liquid-liquid extraction -GC. [Method] The new method for determining 16 kinds of OCPs in water by liquid-liquid extraction -GC was established, and the influencing factors such as nitrogen pressure and water bath temperature were discussed. [ Result] Detection limit of the method was from 3.2 to 14.1 ng/L, the relative standard deviation was between 4.0% and 9.6%, and the average recovery ranged from 80.8% to 106.0%. By optimizing nitrogen pressure and water bath temperature in the sample pretreatment process, when nitrogen pressure was ＋0.087 kPa, and water bath temperature was ±36 ℃, recovery effect of this method was better. [ Conclusion] The determination method had accurate qualitative and quantitative results, and met detection requirement of 16 kinds of OCPs in water.