Ecogothic

Reading Ecogothic depictions of nature from cultural traditions outside of Euro-America reveals how socio-ecological relations are inextricably bound up with hierarchies of race, class and gender, but also how environmental catastrophes intersect with wider geopolitical contexts such as imperialism. This chapter compares contemporary examples of ‘resource Gothic’ fictions that figure the socio-ecological violence of extractivism, plantation and ecological imperialism in postcolonial nations, including the sugar Gothic of Roger McTair’s ‘Just a Lark (or the Crypt of Matthew Ashdown)’ (2000), set in Jamaica, the oil Gothic of HelonHabila’sOil on Water (2010), set in Nigeria, and the toxic nuclear Gothic of Robert Barclay’s Meļaļ (2003), set in the Marshall Islands. It also examines Ecogothic aesthetics in contemporary television and video games, exploring the oil and sugar imaginary of the first season of HBO television series True Detective (2014) and the nuclear magnetism of Bethesda Game Studio’s Fallout 4:Far Harbor DLC (2016).

Effect of Accelerator Type on Dynamic Properties of Natural Rubber Vulcanizates

The influence of accelerator M and accelerator NS on dynamic properties of NR vulcanizate was investigated by using rubber processing analyzer (RPA), flexometer and Nuclear Magnetism Resonance (NMR). The results showed that the degree of crosslinking density of NR vulcanizate by using accelerator NS was higher than NR vulcanizate by using accelerator M, the response of dynamic properties of vulcanizate to frequency and temperature was different, and the NR vulcanizate cured with accelerator NS had lower heat built up than NR vulcanizate cured with accelerator M.

Effect of pH on the Phosphorous Components in Tetra-Hydroxymethyl Phosphonium Chloride Solution

At present, tetra-hydroxymethyl phosphonium chloride (THPC) is widely used in flame retardant finishing, industrial water treatment and leather manufacture industry etc., and its decomposition which was caused by pH changing will influence on the actual application. So acid-alkali decomposition of THPC was studied by 31P Nuclear Magnetism Resomance (31P NMR), spectrophotometry and titration respectively. The results show that THPC solution is stable when pH9.0, all of the phosphorus compounds converts to TrHPO. Consequently, THPC content decreases when pH of the THPC solution rising, which could give a favorable guide in THPC application.