Laboratory Test on Long-Term Deterioration of Cement Soil in Seawater Environment

Laboratory tests were conducted to study the effects of curing time, cement ratio and seawater pressure on cement soil deterioration formed at simulative marine soft clay sites. Deterioration depth was determined on the basis of characteristics of penetration resistance and penetration depth curves, and the deterioration depth of cement soil with the cement ratio of 7%, reached 31.8 mm after 720 d. Results of research indicated that deterioration extended quickly under seawater environment and the deterioration depth increased with the prolonging curing time. In addition, the water pressure could speed up deterioration. With the increase of cement content, the strength of cement soil increased obviously. At the same time, the deterioration depth decreased significantly. The concentration of calcium ion in the cement stabilized soil increased with the increase of depth, while that of magnesium ion gradually decreased. The variations were consistent with energy dispersive spectrometer(EDS)analysis results, and the calcium concentration with depth was in a good consistency with strength distribution at long term. The results showed that the deterioration became more serious with the curing time, and it was related to calcium leaching.

Marine bacterium strain screening and pyrethroid insecticide-degrading efficiency analysis

A pyrethroid insecticide-degrading bacterium, strain HS-24, was isolated from an offshore seawater environment. The strain, which can degrade cypermethrin （CYP） and deltamethrin （DEL）, was identified as Methylophaga sp. The optimal culture and degradation conditions for CYP and DEL by strain HS-24 is pH 7 at 28℃. Under optimum culture conditions, strain HS-24 exhibited a broad degradation concentration range of 100, 200, 400, 600, and 800 mg/L for CYP and DEL. The metabolic intermediates were analyzed by NMR, which provided strong evidence that CYP and DEL removal occurred mainly because of a biological process. The toxicity of the degradation products of strain HS-24 was studied simultaneously by measuring the light output of the luminescence bacterium. This demonstrated that the biodegradation ability of strain HS-24 significantly decreased the toxicity of CYP- and DEL-contaminated aquaculture seawater. Finally, the findings of this paper indicate that strain HS-24 is thus revealed as a biological agent for the remediation of marine aquatic environments.

Preparation and Characterization of Glass-Ceramic Basalt Fiber

Basalt fiber(BF)is widely applied in the construction industry to improve the mechanical properties of construction materials.Recent studies show that BF has the potential to further enhance its performance via a crystallization approach.In this work,the glass-ceramic basalt fibers(GCBFs)were prepared through nucleation and crystallization treatments according to the crystallization kinetics calculations.Results from XRD and SEM show that GCBFs have main crystalline phases of Diopside and Augite reach crystallinity of around 46%±10%.In particular,the GCBFs sample with the largest mean crystal size maintains the lowest tensile strength of~197 MPa(compared with the pristine BFs of~737 MPa).Moreover,the weight loss and ion dissolution of GCBFs were explored in seawater environments and it was investigated that,GCBFs have better anti-seawater corrosion than the pristine BFs and have the potential to apply in the marine industry.