Jet formation and penetration performance of a double-layer charge liner with chemically-deposited tungsten as the inner liner

This paper proposes a type of double-layer charge liner fabricated using chemical vapor deposition(CVD)that has tungsten as its inner liner.The feasibility of this design was evaluated through penetration tests.Double-layer charge liners were fabricated by using CVD to deposit tungsten layers on the inner surfaces of pure T2 copper liners.The microstructures of the tungsten layers were analyzed using a scanning electron microscope(SEM).The feasibility analysis was carried out by pulsed X-rays,slug-retrieval test and static penetration tests.The shaped charge jet forming and penetration law of inner tungsten-coated double-layer liner were studied by numerical simulation method.The results showed that the double-layer liners could form well-shaped jets.The errors between the X-ray test results and the numerical results were within 11.07%.A slug-retrieval test was found that the retrieved slug was similar to a numerically simulated slug.Compared with the traditional pure copper shaped charge jet,the penetration depth of the double-layer shaped charge liner increased by 11.4% and>10.8% respectively.In summary,the test results are good,and the numerical simulation is in good agreement with the test,which verified the feasibility of using the CVD method to fabricate double-layer charge liners with a high-density and high-strength refractory metal as the inner liner.

Chemically Radiative MHD Flow of a Micropolar Nanofluid over a Stretching/ Shrinking Sheet with a Heat Source or Sink

This study examines the behavior of a micropolar nanofluidflowing over a sheet in the presence of a transverse magneticfield and thermal effects.In addition,chemical(first-order homogeneous)reactions are taken into account.A similarity transformation is used to reduce the system of governing coupled non-linear partial differ-ential equations(PDEs),which account for the transport of mass,momentum,angular momentum,energy and species,to a set of non-linear ordinary differential equations(ODEs).The Runge-Kutta method along with shoot-ing method is used to solve them.The impact of several parameters is evaluated.It is shown that the micro-rota-tional velocity of thefluid rises with the micropolar factor.Moreover,the radiation parameter can have a remarkable influence on theflow and temperature profiles and on the angular momentum distribution.

Influence of Thermophoresis and Brownian Motion of Nanoparticles on Radiative Chemically-Reacting MHD Hiemenz Flow over a Nonlinear Stretching Sheet with Heat Generation

In this study,a radiative MHD stagnation point flow over a nonlinear stretching sheet incorporating thermophoresis and Brownian motion is considered.Using a similarity method to reshape the underlying Partial differential equations into a set of ordinary differential equations(ODEs),the implications of heat generation,and chemical reaction on the flow field are described in detail.Moreover a Homotopy analysis method(HAM)is used to interpret the related mechanisms.It is found that an increase in the magnetic and velocity exponent parameters can damp the fluid velocity,while thermophoresis and Brownian motion promote specific thermal effects.The results also demonstrate that as the Brownian motion parameter is increased,the concentration values become smaller.

Chemically activated carbon nanofibers for adsorptive removal of bisphenol-A:Batch adsorption and breakthrough curve study

Activated carbon nanofibers(ACNFs)with small diameter can significantly increase the accessibility of intra pores and accelerate adsorption of molecules from water.In this study,ACNFs were made by blending K_(2)CO_(3)or ZnCl_(2)as the activating agent into the polyacrylonitrile(PAN)in dimethylformamide solution for electrospinning prior to pyrolysis.Bisphenol-A(BPA),an endocrine disruption pollutant,is widely applied in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins.Accordingly,BPA is often used as a model contaminant commonly removed via adsorption.Batch adsorption studies were used to evaluate the kinetics and adsorption capacity of the ACNFs.Redlich-Peterson(R-P)and Langmuir models were found to fit the isotherm of BPA adsorption better than Freundlich model,showing the homogeneous nature of the PAN originated ACNFs.The adsorption kinetics was better described by the pseudo second-order model than that by the pseudo first-order model.The fitting by intraparticle diffusion model indicates the adsorption of BPA onto ACNFs is mainly controlled by pore diffusion.High pH value and ionic strength reduced BPA adsorption from aqueous solution.The breakthrough curves studied in two different fixed bed systems(cross flow bed system and packed flow bed system)confirmed the scalability of BPA removal by ACNFs in dynamic adsorption processes.The modified dose-response model predicted well the fixed-bed outlet concentration profiles.

Numerical Simulation of Vacuum Preloading for Chemically Conditioned Municipal Sludge

Municipal sludge is a sedimentation waste produced during the wastewater process in sewage treatment plants.Among recent studies,pilot and field tests showed that chemical conditioning combined with vacuum preloading can effectively treat municipal sludge.To further understand the drainage and consolidation characteristics of the conditioning sludge during vacuum preloading,a large deformation nonlinear numerical simulation model based on the equal strain condition was developed to simulate and analyze the pilot and field tests,whereas the simulation results were not satisfactory.The results of the numerical analysis of the pilot test showed that the predicted consolidation degree was greater than that measured by the field tests,which is attributed to the relatively low permeability layer formed during the preloading process of the prefabricated vertical drain.To better reflect the consolidation process of the conditioned sludge,a simplified analysis method considering the low permeability layer around the prefabricated vertical drain was proposed.The initial permeability coefficient of the low permeability layer is determined via numerical simulations using finite difference method.The predicted settlement curve was in good agreement with the measured results,which indicated that the numerical simulation based on the equal strain condition considering the relatively low permeability layer can better analyze the consolidation process of ferric chloride-conditioning sludge with vacuum preloading.

GEOCHEMICALLY CONTROLLED CALCITE PRECIPITATION BY CO_2-OUTGASSING: FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF PRECIPITATION RATES IN COMPARISON TO THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS

A small spring fed stream precipitates calcite by outgassing of CO2 due to chemically controlled inorganic processes. The chemical composition of the water was measured along 9 stations downstream with respect to Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+,K+, Cl-, carbonate alkalinlty, and SO42-. Temperature and pH were measured in situ. Small rectangular shaped tablets of limestone from the area were immersed into the stream for short periods and water analyses were carried out at the same time. From weight increase of the tablets, precipitation rates

Cryopreservation of cynomolgus monkey (Macacafascicularis)spermatozoa in a chemically defined extender

Aim:To establish a method for cynomolgus monkey sperm cryopreservation in a chemically defined extender. Methods:Semen samples were collected by electro-ejaculation from four sexually mature male cynomolgus monkeys. The spermatozoa were frozen in straws by liquid nitrogen vapor using egg-yolk-free Tes-Tris (mTTE) synthetic extender and glycerol as cryoprotectant.The effects of glycerol concentration (1%,3 %,5 %,10 % and 15 % [v/v]) and its equilibration time (10 min,30 min,60 min and 90 min) on post-thaw spermatozoa were examined by sperm motility and sperm head membrane integrity.Results:The post-thaw motility and head membrane integrity of spermatozoa were significantly higher (P<0.05) for 5 % glycerol (42.95±2.55 and 50.39±2.42,respectively) than those of the other groups (1%:19.19±3.22 and 24.84±3.64;3 %:34.23±3.43 and 41.37±3.42;10 %: 15.68±2.36 and 21.39±3.14;15 %:7.47±1.44 and 12.90±2.18).The parameters for 30 min equilibration (42.95±2.55 and 50.39±2.42) were better (P<0.05) than those of the other groups (10 min:31.33±3.06 and 38. 98±3.31;60 min:32.49±3.86 and 40.01±4.18;90 min:31.16±3.66 and 38.30±3.78).Five percent glycerol and 30 min equilibration yielded the highest post-thaw sperm motility and head membrane integrity.Conclusion: Cynomolgus monkey spermatozoa can be successfully cryopreserved in a chemically defined extender,which is related to the concentration and the equilibration time of glycerol.

Chemically extracted acellular allogeneic nerve graft combined with ciliary neurotrophic factor promotes sciatic nerve repair

A chemically extracted acellular allogeneic nerve graft can reduce postoperative immune rejection, similar to an autologous nerve graft, and can guide neural regeneration. However, it remains poorly understood whether a chemically extracted acellular allogeneic nerve graft combined with neurotrophic factors provides a good local environment for neural regeneration. This study investigated the repair of injured rat sciatic nerve using a chemically extracted acellular allogeneic nerve graft combined with ciliary neurotrophic factor. An autologous nerve anastomosis group and a chemical acellular allogeneic nerve bridging group were prepared as controls. At 8 weeks after repair, sciatic functional index, evoked potential amplitude of the soleus muscle, triceps wet weight recovery rate, total number of myelinated nerve fibers and myelin sheath thickness were measured. For these indices, values in the three groups showed the autologous nerve anastomosis group 〉 chemically extracted acellular nerve graft ＋ ciliary neurotrophic factor group 〉 chemical acellular allogeneic nerve bridging group. These results suggest that chemically extracted acellular nerve grafts combined with ciliary neurotrophic factor can repair sciatic nerve defects, and that this repair is inferior to autologous nerve anastomosis, but superior to chemically extracted acellular allogeneic nerve bridging alone.

Repair of peripheral nerve defects with chemically extracted acellular nerve allografts loaded with neurotrophic factors-transfected bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

Chemically extracted acellular nerve allografts loaded with brain-derived neurotrophic fac- tor-transfected or ciliary neurotrophic factor-transfected bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells have been shown to repair sciatic nerve injury better than chemically extracted acellular nerve allografts alone, or chemically extracted acellular nerve allografts loaded with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. We hypothesized that these allografts compounded with both brain-derived neurotrophic factor- and ciliary neurotrophic factor-transfected bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells may demonstrate even better effects in the repair of peripheral nerve injury. We cultured bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells expressing brain-derived neuro- trophic factor and/or ciliary neurotrophic factor and used them to treat sciatic nerve injury in rats. We observed an increase in sciatic functional index, triceps wet weight recovery rate, myelin thickness, number of myelinated nerve fibers, amplitude of motor-evoked potentials and nerve conduction velocity, and a shortened latency of motor-evoked potentials when al- lografts loaded with both neurotrophic factors were used, compared with allografts loaded with just one factor. Thus, the combination of both brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cili- ary neurotrophic factor-transfected bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells can greatly improve nerve injury.

Recent advances in chemically defined and tunable hydrogel platforms for organoid culture

Recent developments in organoid culture technologies have made it possible to closely recapitulate intrinsic characteristics of different tissues under in vitro conditions.These organoids act as a translational bridge between the traditional 2D/3D cultures and the in vivo models for studying the tissue development processes,disease modeling,and drug screening.Matrigel and tissue-specific extracellular matrix have been shown to support organoid development,efficiently;however,their chemically undefined nature,non-tunable properties,and associated batch-to-batch variations often limit reproducibility of the assembly process.In this regard,chemically defined platforms offer wider opportunities to optimize and recreate tissue-specific microenvironment.The present review delineates the current research trends in this sphere,focusing on material perspective and the target tissues(e.g.,neural,liver,pancreatic,renal,and intestinal).The review winds up with a discussion on the current limitations and future perspective to provide a basis for future research.

L-leap:accelerating the stochastic simulation of chemically reacting systems

Presented here is an L-leap method for accelerating stochastic simulation of well-stirred chemically reacting systems, in which the number of reactions occurring in a reaction channel with the largest propensity function is calculated from the leap condition and the number of reactions occurring in the other reaction channels are generated by using binomial random variables during a leap. The L-leap method can better satisfy the leap condition. Numerical simulation results indicate that the L-leap method can obtain better performance than established methods.

MHD flow and mass transfer of chemically reactive upper convected Maxwell fluid past porous surface

The magnetohydrodynamic （MHD） flow and mass transfer of an electrically conducting upper convected Maxwell （UCM） fluid at a porous surface are studied in the presence of a chemically reactive species. The governing nonlinear partial differential equations along with the appropriate boundary conditions are transformed into nonlinear ordinary differential equations and numerically solved by the Keller-box method. The effects of various physical parameters on the flow and mass transfer characteristics are graphically presented and discussed. It is observed that the order of the chemical reaction is to increase the thickness of the diffusion boundary layer. Also, the mass transfer rate strongly depends on the Schmidt number and the reaction rate parameter. Furthermore, available results in the literature are obtained as a special case.

Microbial degradation of chemically dispersed crude oil in marine enclesure ecosystem—Ⅰ．Comparisons of different nutrients at low level primary productivity

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Highly dispersed Pd nanoparticles on chemically modified graphene with aminophenyl groups for formic acid oxidation

A novel electrode material based on chemically modified graphene （CMG） with aminophenyl groups is covalently functionalized by a nucleophilic ring-opening reaction between the epoxy groups of graphene oxide and the aminophenyl groups of p-phenylenediamine. Palladium nanoparticles with an average diameter of 4.2 nm are deposited on the CMG by a liquid-phase borohydride reduction. The electrocatalytic activity and stability of the Pd/CMG composite towards formic acid oxidation are found to be higher than those of reduced graphene oxide and commercial carbon materials such as Vulcan XC-72 supported Pd electrocatalysts.

A New Method of Photopatterning with LB Films Based on a Chemically Amplified Mechanism

A new approach to introducing a photoacid generator（PAG） into Langmuir-Blodgett （LB） films to draw photopatterns as a lithographic process is described here. The chemically amplified positive-tone resist system used here consists of two components ： a copolymer, poly （ dodecrylacrylamide-co-4-t-butyloxylvinyl-phenylcarbonate ） [ P （ DDA-t- BVPC53 ） ] and a PAG, tri （2,3-dibromopropyl） isocyanurate （ TDBPIC ）. In the two-component system, the acid generated by the PAG catalyzes the deprotection reaction of P（ DDA-t-BVPC53）, to remove the tert-butoxycarbonyl group（t-BOC） in the exposed region during the postexposure baking process, thus rendering the exposed region soluble to alkaline aqueous solvents to form a positive tone. Photolithographic properties of the LB films have been evaluated. The patterns can be resolved with a resolution of 1 μm line width by UV irradiation, followed by development with an alkaline solution. The LB films can be used to generate etched gold relief images on a glass substrate via an aqueous iodide, like ammonium iodide, in alcohol/water as the etchant. The etch resistance of such LB films is sufficiently good, allowing patterning of a gold film suitable for photomask fabrication.

A Novel Method of the Preparation ofChemically Modified Electrodes

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Membrane Fouling Alleviation by Chemically Enhanced Backwashing in Treating Algae-Containing Surface Water: From Bench-Scale to Full-Scale Application

Ultrafiltration(UF)has been increasingly implemented in drinking water treatment plants;however,algae and their secretions can cause severe membrane fouling and pose great challenges to UF in practice.In this study,a simple and practical chemically enhanced backwashing(CEB)process was developed to address such issues using various cleaning reagents,including sodium hypochlorite(NaClO),sodium chloride(NaCl),sodium hydroxide(NaOH),sodium citrate,and their combinations.The results indicate that the type of chemical played a fundamental role in alleviating the hydraulically irreversible membrane fouling(HIMF),with NaClO as the best-performing reagent,followed by NaCl.Furthermore,a CEB process using a combination of NaClO with NaCl,NaOH,or sodium citrate delivered little improvement in the alleviation of membrane fouling compared with NaClO alone.The optimized dosage and dosing frequency of NaClO were 10 mg·L^(-1) two times per day.Long-term pilot-scale and full-scale experiments further verified the feasibility of the CEB process in relieving algae-derived membrane fouling.Compared with the conventional hydraulic backwashing without chemical involvement,the CEB process can effectively remove the organic foulants including biopolymers,humic substances,and proteinlike substances by means of oxidization,thereby weakening the cohesive forces between the organic foulants and the membrane surface.Therefore,the CEB process can efficiently alleviate the algae-related membrane fouling with lower chemical consumption,and is proposed as an alternative to control membrane fouling in treating the algae-containing surface water.

The UV-VIS Studies of C_(60) Chemically Modified Polystyrene Film

The opticai properties of C,, chemicaiiy modified poiystyrene(C,, -PS copolymer) and the parent polystyrene (PS) films have been investigated.Addition of bulky C,, moiety, a special functional group, to the polystyrene by anovel organometallic reaction modified considerably the optical property of theparent polystyrene. The lattice periodicity of pure PS film is subject to someperturbation or distortion in varying degrees due to the covalent attachInent of bulkyC,, moiety to the polymer backbone. C,,-PS copolymer possesses a new energy ba-ndstructure with indirect forbidden band when compared with the parent PS.

Electrochemical Behavior of Eu^（3＋） on Eastman AQ－29D Chemically Modified Electrode

The electrochemical behaviors of Eu3+ on Eastman AQ-29D/glassy carbon(GC) chemically modified electrode(CME) were studied. It was found that the reduction-oxidation process of Eu3+ is in a semi-infinite condition in 0.1 mol/L NaCIO4 supporting electrolyte(pH 4.4). The calibration curve was linear over the range 1.0×10-7 to 1.0×105 mol/L of Eu3+.The charge transport apparent diffusion coefficient of Eu3+ in the polymer film was determined to be(3.2±1.1)×10-11cm2/s by chronocoulometry.