The Determination of the Optimum Vulcanization by Means of the Residual Elongation

1935 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 548-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kusov

Abstract As is well known, various methods have been proposed for determining the optimum vulcanization of rubber. These methods depend either upon physico-chemical examination or upon mechanical tests. In routine control the mechanical method of determination is used for the most part, because it requires but little time, and in addition this method has the advantage of showing directly by mechanical tests whether the vulcanizate being tested passes the requirements or not. The results obtained by this method frequently do not agree with those obtained by other methods. Of the many common methods of testing, determinations of the tensile strength and of the ultimate and residual elongation are the methods most frequently used. These three properties are measured simultaneously by one determination with the apparatus in most widespread use, i. e., the Schopper and the Scott machines. In special cases the resistance to abrasion, bending strength, hardness, and other properties are determined in addition. Considerably less often the hysteresis and Young's modulus of elasticity are determined. All these determinations are of significance in only a limited way, for the conditions under which the tests are carried out in the laboratory are not comparable to the actual service of the products. For basic reasons, this fundamental shortcoming cannot be avoided in the laboratory, though a few of the measurements do approach the true properties found in service. Of course, the results obtained in the laboratory are greatly influenced and made less reliable by other secondary factors, among which are the phenomenon of aging under natural conditions, prolonged stressing, etc.

1956 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 1174-1180
Author(s):  
A. I. Marei

Abstract 1. A mechanical method has been developed for the determination of the vitrification temperature of rubberlike polymers, based on measurement of the compression deformation of polymer samples in the vitrification temperature region under a constant stress. 2. An apparatus for the determination of the vitrification temperature of polymers by the mechanical method is described. 3. The vitrification temperatures of a series of polymers have been determined. The agreement of results of the determination of the vitrification temperature of the polymers by mechanical and by other methods is shown.


1954 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 494-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Herzog ◽  
R. H. Burton

Abstract Of the great number of methods available for the determination of the abrasion resistance of vulcanized rubber, only a few give results which correlate at all well with actual service performance. The part played by the resilience of the rubber, the correct choice of test load, and the manner of application of this load are among the many testing conditions which are of considerable importance. Some of these conditions are considered in the present work, and a new abrasion testing machine is described.


Author(s):  
John Silcox

Determination of the microstructure and microchemistry of small features often provides the insight needed for the understanding of processes in real materials. In many cases, it is not adequate to use microscopy alone. Microdiffraction and microspectroscopic information such as EELS, X-ray microprobe analysis and Auger spectroscopy can all contribute vital parts of the picture. For a number of reasons, dedicated STEM offers considerable promise as a quantitative instrument. In this paper, we review progress towards effective quantitative use of STEM with illustrations drawn from studies of high Tc superconductors, compound semiconductors and metallization of H-terminated silicon.Intrinsically, STEM is a quantitative instrument. Images are acquired directly by detectors in serial mode which is particularly convenient for digital image acquisition, control and display. The VG HB501A at Cornell has been installed in a particularly stable electromagnetic, vibration and acoustic environment. Care has been paid to achieving UHV conditions (i.e., 10-10 Torr). Finally, it has been interfaced with a VAX 3200 work station by Kirkland. This permits, for example, the acquisition of bright field (or energy loss) images and dark field images simultaneously as quantitative arrays in perfect registration.


Author(s):  
Marc J.C. de Jong ◽  
Wim M. Busing ◽  
Max T. Otten

Biological materials damage rapidly in the electron beam, limiting the amount of information that can be obtained in the transmission electron microscope. The discovery that observation at cryo temperatures strongly reduces beam damage (in addition to making it unnecessaiy to use chemical fixatives, dehydration agents and stains, which introduce artefacts) has given an important step forward to preserving the ‘live’ situation and makes it possible to study the relation between function, chemical composition and morphology.Among the many cryo-applications, the most challenging is perhaps the determination of the atomic structure. Henderson and co-workers were able to determine the structure of the purple membrane by electron crystallography, providing an understanding of the membrane's working as a proton pump. As far as understood at present, the main stumbling block in achieving high resolution appears to be a random movement of atoms or molecules in the specimen within a fraction of a second after exposure to the electron beam, which destroys the highest-resolution detail sought.


2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-57
Author(s):  
Brian E. Petty ◽  
Seth H. Dailey

Abstract Chronic cough is the most frequent reason cited by patients for seeking medical care in an ambulatory setting and may account for 10% to 38% of a pulmonologist's practice. Because chronic cough can be caused by or correlated with a wide array of disorders and behaviors, the diagnosis of etiologic factors and determination of appropriate therapeutic management in these cases can prove to be daunting for the physician and speech-language pathologist alike. This article will describe the phenomenon of chronic cough, discuss the many etiologic factors to consider, and review some of the more common ways in which speech-language pathologists and physicians collaborate to treat this challenging condition.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilo Fuentes Serrano ◽  
Juan Reinaldo Estevez Alvares ◽  
Alfredo Montero Alvarez ◽  
Ivan Pupo Gonzales ◽  
Zahily Herrero Fernandez ◽  
...  

A method for determination of Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Hg and Pb in waters by Energy Dispersive X Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) was implemented, using a radioisotopic source of 238Pu. For previous concentration was employed a procedure including a coprecipitation step with ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (APDC) as quelant agent, the separation of the phases by filtration, the measurement of filter by EDXRF and quantification by a thin layer absolute method. Sensitivity curves for K and L lines were obtained respectively. The sensitivity for most elements was greater by an order of magnitude in the case of measurement with a source of 238Pu instead of 109Cd, which means a considerable decrease in measurement times. The influence of the concentration in the precipitation efficiency was evaluated for each element. In all cases the recoveries are close to 100%, for this reason it can be affirmed that the method of determination of the studied elements is quantitative. Metrological parameters of the method such as trueness, precision, detection limit and uncertainty were calculated. A procedure to calculate the uncertainty of the method was elaborated; the most significant source of uncertainty for the thin layer EDXRF method is associated with the determination of instrumental sensitivities. The error associated with the determination, expressed as expanded uncertainty (in %), varied from 15.4% for low element concentrations (2.5-5 μg/L) to 5.4% for the higher concentration range (20-25 μg/L).


Author(s):  
Markus Krötzsch

To reason with existential rules (a.k.a. tuple-generating dependencies), one often computes universal models. Among the many such models of different structure and cardinality, the core is arguably the “best”. Especially for finitely satisfiable theories, where the core is the unique smallest universal model, it has advantages in query answering, non-monotonic reasoning, and data exchange. Unfortunately, computing cores is difficult and not supported by most reasoners. We therefore propose ways of computing cores using practically implemented methods from rule reasoning and answer set programming. Our focus is on cases where the standard chase algorithm produces a core. We characterise this desirable situation in general terms that apply to a large class of cores, derive concrete approaches for decidable special cases, and generalise these approaches to non-monotonic extensions of existential rules.


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