Search results for " Kinetics"

The application of Jäntti's method for the fast calculation of equilibrium in case of multilayer adsorption

2002

On the basis of a molecular model for sorption kinetics Jäntti introduced a method to calculate equilibria shortly after a change of the pressure of the sorptive gas. In the present paper we apply that method for the description of multilayer adsorption.

Evaluating the protecting effects of two consolidants applied on Pietra di Lecce limestone: A neutronographic study

2020

Abstract In this work a combined laboratory-based and neutronographic investigation was carried out on a type of limestone, known as Pietra di Lecce stone, widely used in Italian Baroque as construction material. The limestone was treated with two different commercially-available coatings, namely nanosilica and nanolime, and artificially weathered by salt crystallization and temperature/relative humidity jumps. The aim was to provide an experimental evidence of the protective and consolidating effectiveness of the two treatments by looking at the water absorption process occurring inside the pore network of the analyzed stones. The analysis of the wetting front position revealed significant…

Small changes in particle-size distribution dramatically delay and enhance nucleation in hard sphere colloidal suspensions.

2006

We present hard-sphere crystallization kinetics for three samples with small differences in polydispersity. We show that an increase in polydispersity of 1% is sufficient to cause dramatic changes in the crystallization kinetics: Crystallization is delayed by almost one decade in time and quantitative and qualitative changes in the crystallization scenario are observed. Surprisingly the nucleation rate density is enhanced by almost a factor of 10. We interpret these results in terms of polydispersity limited growth, where local fractionation processes lead to a delayed but faster nucleation.

Two-Step Crystallization Kinetics in Colloidal Hard-Sphere Systems

2005

The crystallization kinetics of colloidal hard spheres was studied using a special Bragg spectrometer with high sensitivity. In contrast with the classical scenario we observe a two-step nucleation process: the number of crystallites increases slowly at early times, followed by a dramatic reduction at intermediate times, prior to undergoing a rapid increase at late times. We explain these results in terms of a polydispersity limited growth of crystallites, where the crystallization at early times is governed by local fractionation processes, leading to a long delay prior to final crystallization.

Schmelz- und kristallisationserscheinungen bei makromolekularen substanzen. I. Kristallisationskinetische untersuchungen an isotaktischem polypropylen

1960

Die Messung der Bruttokristallisation hochpolymerer Substanzen erlaubt erst mit Hilfe der AVRAMIschen Theorie Ruckschlusse auf die Kristallisationskinetik (Keimbildung und Wachstumsgeschwindigkeit). Die Frage, ob die fur niedermolekulare Stoffe entwickelte AVRAMIsche Theorie wirklich auf Hochpolymere ubertragen werden kann, bedarf einer eingehenden Prufung. Es wurden daher mittels mikroskopischer Untersuchungen die Keimbildung und die Wachstumsgeschwindigkeit von isotaktischem Polypropylen in Abhangigkeit von der Kristallisationstemperatur getrennt gemessen und die so ermittelten Werte mit den aus der Bruttokristallisation nach AVRAMI berechneten Zahlen verglichen. Die ubereinstimmung ist v…

Thermal stability and crystallization kinetics of Al4Mn quasicrystals as studied by exoelectron emission and DTA methods

1995

2015

In many technical applications, but also in natural processes like ice nucleation in clouds, crystallization proceeds in the presence of stresses and flows, hence the importance to understand the crystallization mechanism in simple situations. We employ molecular dynamics simulations to study the crystallization kinetics of a nearly hard sphere liquid that is weakly sheared. We demonstrate that shear flow both enhances and suppresses the crystallization kinetics of hard spheres. The effect of shear depends on the quiescent mechanism: suppression in the activated regime and enhancement in the diffusion-limited regime for small strain rates. At higher strain rates crystallization again become…

1981

Thermal frontal polymerization with a thermally released redox catalyst

2012

ABSTRACT: We studied thermal frontal polymerization using a re-dox systeminan attempt to lower the temperature of thefrontallypolymerizable system while increasing the front velocity so as toobtain a self-sustaining front in a thinner layer than without theredox components. A cobalt-containing polymer with a meltingpoint of 63 C (Intelimer 6050X11) and cumene hydroperoxidewere used with a triacrylate. The use of the Intelimer decreasedthe front velocity but allowed fronts to propagate in thinner layersand with more filler while still having a pot life of days. Nonplanarmodes of propagation occurred. Fronts propagated faster when6-O-palmitoyl- L -ascorbic acid was used as a reductant. Intere…

Kinetic experiments on the binding of metyrapone to liver microsomes

1969

Kinetic experiments on the inhibition of oxidative microsomal O- and N-demethylations by metyrapone (2-methyl-1, 2-bis(3-pyridyl)-l-propanone, Su 4885) were carried out using mouse liver microsomes as the enzyme source. The model substrates were p-nitroanisole and N-monomethyl-p-nitroaniline. It was shown that the inhibition is competitive. The K i for metyrapone is 0.42 × 10−4 M and for the reduced metabolite of metyrapone 1.15×10−4 M. Their spectral dissooiation constants as determined from difference spectra have almost the same values. From this it is concluded that the degree of inhibition is correlated to the amount of metyrapone bound to cytochrome P-450. Metyrapone does not seem to …