Improvements and limitation of soy protein-based adhesive: A review

Soy protein is known for its eco-friendly, sustainable, and biodegradable qualities that are likely used as raw material in producing bioadhesive. However, soy protein-based adhesive are lacking in terms of adhesive strength and water-resistance compared to commercial formaldehyde-based adhesives such as phenol and urea-formaldehyde resin. Therefore, continuous research has been done to improve adhesive performance. This can be done via physical or modification methods, including the usage of cross-linking agents, structural modification, enzymatic modification, and the addition of additives. This review will cover these modification methods that give significant enhancement to the water-resistance and adhesive strength of soy protein-based adhesives.     

Ba-M+Y (Ba4−XCo2+XFe36O60) complex hexaferrite: structural,electrical, magnetic,and enhanced microwave absorbing properties over 8–18 GHz frequency

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - Hexaferrites are a class of materials that have practical applications as microwave absorbing materials (MAMs) and radar absorbing materials...     

Characterization of erosion of gas pipelines by dry sand

In oil and gas industry, the economic considerations determine the selection of low cost materials, in general, carbon steel, for pipelines. However, another type of deformation that is not well understood is its erosion resistance. The objective of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the erosion of carbon steel in a dry sand stream. In this work, a laboratory built test rig was used to erode representative carbon steel plates with accelerated sand streams. The results revealed that the normal incidence sand stream of larger particles and higher impact velocities causes more erosion of the carbon steel. The highest erosion rate of 6.75 ± 0.16 was predicted at an impact angle of 90°, which was three times higher than the erosion rate at impact angle of 30°. Similarly, the erosion caused by the smaller particles was not as severe as the larger particles. The cross-section profiles revealed that the crater depth was increased from 7° to 32.8° with an increase in sand size from 200 µm to 600 µm. The deepest crater of 32.8° was induced by the largest sand size of 600 µm.     

准静态轴向和侧向挤压下对径向波纹管的分析

介绍了波纹几何形状对破坏性能、能量吸收、失效机理和玻璃纤维方格布／环氧复合材料管失效模式的影响。对承受轴向和侧向压力的3个具有不同几何形状的复合材料管进行试验研究。同时对相同受力条件下的径向波纹复合管、圆柱型复合管、圆柱管环绕的波纹管进行试验,以了解波纹几何形状的影响。结果表明,轴向挤压中波纹几何形状会显著影响管的承载能力。然而,侧向挤压中并没有发现波纹几何形状的影响。试验中绘制了荷载一位移曲线,因此可以对各种不同几何形状的构件进行清晰的对比。研究同时发现,径向波纹可以稳定并有效地吸收能量。     

Radiation dose assessment at amang processing plants in Malaysia

Measurements of external radiation level, radon/thoron daughters concentrations in air and uranium/thorium concentrations in airborne mineral dust at 16 amang plants in Malaysia were carried out for three consecutive months to assess radiation dose to workers. Estimated occupational dose was within the range of 1.7-10.9 mSv y(-1). The mean total dose at the amang plants was 4.1 mSv y(-1). Overall, it was found that the major dose contribution of 80% came from external radiation. Radon/thoron daughters and airborne mineral dust contributed to only 11 and 9% of the total dose, respectively.     

猕猴桃蛋白酶及发酵剂对马肉发酵香肠品质特性的影响

研究发酵剂和猕猴桃蛋白酶对马肉发酵香肠品质的影响。以新鲜马肉为原料,添加发酵剂和猕猴桃蛋白酶进行发酵,检测其对马肉发酵香肠pH值、水分活度（water activity,aw）、水分含量、色差以及硫代巴比妥酸（thiobarbituric acid,TBA）值等的影响,并通过对成品进行感官评价确定发酵剂和猕猴桃蛋白酶对其感官品质的影响。结果表明：与对照组相比,发酵剂处理组（A组）显著降低了马肉发酵香肠的pH值、aw和TBA值,加快了水分含量的下降,提高了亮度值（L*）和红度值（a*）,后期黄度值（b*）略有下降;与A组相比,发酵剂和猕猴桃蛋白酶处理组（B组）提高了其pH值,降低了aw,加快了水分含量的下降,而对a*、L*、b*影响不大,对TBA值无显著影响;对成品的感官评价结果表明,B组马肉发酵香肠的口感较A组和对照组好。     

Solubility of red palm oil in supercritical carbon dioxide: Measurement and modelling

The solubility of red palm oil(RPO) in supercritical carbon dioxide(scCO_2) was determined using a dynamic method at 8.5–25 MPa and, 313.15–333.15 K and at a fixed scCO_2 flow rate of 2.9 g·min~(-1) using a full factorial design. The solubility was determined under low pressures and temperatures as a preliminary study for RPO particle formation using scCO_2. The solubility of RPO was 0.5–11.3 mg·(g CO_2)~(-1) and was significantly affected by the pressure and temperature. RPO solubility increased with pressure and decreased with temperature. The Adachi–Lu model showed the best-fit for RPO solubility data with an average relative deviation of 14% with a high coefficient of determination, R~2 of 0.9667, whereas the Peng–Robinson equation of state thermodynamic model recorded deviations of 17%–30%.     

Prediction of sand mass and organic matter distribution via in situ measured wet sediment bulk density profile

The objective of the study is to develop a spatial prediction model of sand mass and organic matter distribution in an urban stormwater holding pond using in situ measured wet sediment bulk density profile data to spatially distinguish the most likely contaminated sediment deposit areas. The wet bulk density profiles of deposited sediment at 25 locations in the Berembang (Malaysia) stormwater holding pond were measured using a single-probe nuclear density gauge. The sand and organic matter compositions of the surface sediment sample, 5 cm thickness from the bed surface, were determined. Discriminant analysis (DA) was conducted to generate two Fisher’s linear discriminant functions for the prediction of sand mass and organic matter composition areas, respectively. The linear discriminant functions generated better area classifications of surface organic matter composition compared to the sand mass distribution using wet sediment bulk density data measured at more than 15 cm depth levels.