Virus retention and transport through Al-oxide coated sand columns: effects of ionic strength and composition

Knowledge of the factors that influence the fate and transport of viruses in porous media is very important for accurately determining groundwater vulnerability and for developing protective regulations. In this study, six saturated sand column experiments were performed to examine the effects of a positively charged Al-oxide, which was coated on sand particles, on the retention and transport of viruses (phiX174 and MS-2) in background solutions of different ionic strength and composition. We found that the Al-oxide coating on sand significantly removed viruses during their transport in a phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution. Mass balance calculations showed that 34% of the input MS-2 was inactivated/irreversibly sorbed on the surface of Al-oxide coated sand whereas 100% of phiX174 was recovered. Results from this study also indicated that higher ionic strength facilitated the transport of both phiX174 and MS-2 through the Al-oxide coated sand. This was attributed to the effect of ion shielding, which at higher ionic strength decreased the electrostatic attraction between the viral particles and the sand surface and consequently decreased virus sorption. Strong effect of the ionic strength indicates that an outer-sphere complexation mechanism was responsible for the virus sorption on the Al-oxide coated sand. Ion composition of the background solutions was also found to be a significant factor in influencing virus retention and transport. Virus transport was enhanced in the presence of phosphate (HPO(4)(2-)) as compared to bicarbonate (HCO(3)(-)), and the effect of HPO(4)(2-) was more significant on MS-2 than on phiX174. The presence of bivalent cations (Ca(2+) and Mg(2+)) increased virus transport because the cations partially screened the negative charges on the viruses therefore decreased the electrostatic attraction between the positively charged sand surface and the negatively charged viruses. Mass recovery data indicated that bivalent cations gave rise to a certain degree of inactivation/irreversibly sorption of phiX174 on the surface of Al-oxide coated sand. On the contrary, the bivalent cations appeared to have protected MS-2 from inactivation/irreversibly sorption. This study provides some insights into the mechanisms responsible for virus retention and transport in porous media.     

Impact of density of coating agent on antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticle impregnated plasma treated activated carbon

To use stabilized nanoparticles(NPs) in water as disinfectants over a very long period, the amount of coating agent(for NP stabilization) needs to be optimized. To this end, silver nanoparticles(Ag-NPs) with two different coating densities of tri-sodium citrate(12.05 and46.17 molecules/nm~2, respectively), yet of very similar particle size(29 and 27 nm, respectively)were synthesized. Both sets of citrate capped NPs were then separately impregnated on plasma treated activated carbon(AC), with similar Ag loading of 0.8 and 0.82 wt.%, respectively. On passing contaminated water(containing 10~4 CFU Escherichia coli/m L of water) through a continuous flow-column packed with Ag/AC, zero cell concentration was achieved in 22 and 39 min, with Ag-NPs(impregnated on AC, named as Ag/AC) having lower and higher coating density, respectively. Therefore, even on ensuring similar Ag-NP size and loading, there is a significant difference in antibacterial performance based on citrate coating density in Ag/AC.This is observed in lower coating density case, due to both:(i) higher Ag~+ ion release from Ag-NP and(ii) stronger binding of individual Ag-NPs on AC. The latter ensures that, Ag-NP does not detach from the AC surface for a long duration. TGA-DSC shows that Ag-NPs with a low coating density bind to AC with 4.55 times higher adsorption energy, compared to Ag/AC with a high coating density, implying stronger binding. Therefore, coating density is an important parameter for achieving higher antibacterial efficacy, translating into a faster decontamination rate in experiments, over a long period of flow-column operation.     

汽车涂装废水除镍的试验研究

镍是国家严格控制的一类污染物,采用化学沉淀法对汽车涂装废水进行除镍的试验研究。结果表明：投加氢氧化钙300mg／L,pH控制在11．0左右时,镍的去除率可以达到90．5％,出水完全满足《上海市污水综合排放标准（DB31／199）》。     

盐酸掺杂聚苯胺粉体表面包覆合金镀层电磁参数研究

盐酸掺杂聚苯胺粉体作为电损耗吸波材料,存在磁损耗差的特点,吸波频带较窄。采用了化学镀的方法在盐酸掺杂聚苯胺粉体表面包覆磁性合金镀层,研究镀后粉体电磁参数的变化。实验结果表明,镀后粉体与原始粉体相比,磁性能有明显改善,但可能镀覆处理过程中粉体掺杂结构遭到破坏,镀后粉体电性能明显减弱。     

涂层老化评级方法标准中的问题探讨

对新实施的GB/T 1766-2008标准中存在的问题进行了分析与评述,指出起泡等级的数值设置在装饰性涂层综合评级体系中不合理,标准对起泡的要求太低;同时保护性涂层综合评级中对起泡的危害也不够重视。在综合评级的低等级和高等级评价中,对剥落与生锈的要求尺度不统一,低等级对小锈点比较宽容,高等级对大锈点的要求却较严格。标准在确定生锈、开裂、起泡等单项等级时要求不细,给单项等级评定造成困扰。另外,开裂、起泡单项等级的评定指标未量化,不利于提高数据准确性。     

难熔金属表面高温防护涂层研究进展与技术展望

回顾了难熔金属五大高温防护涂层体系的发展现状,即生成保护性氧化膜的金属间化合物涂层、贵金属涂层、生成保护性氧化膜的合金涂层、惰性氧化物陶瓷涂层以及玻璃陶瓷基复合涂层,总结了这些涂层的高温防护机理、制备方法以及失效机制。基于单一的传统高温防护涂层体系已经难以满足新一代高比冲姿、轨控火箭发动机以及高超声速飞行器热端部件对高温防护涂层提出的抗超高温氧化性能、优良的抗热震性能、良好的抗热冲刷(烧蚀)性能以及长服役寿命等性能需求的现状,简要介绍了过渡族金属的硼化物、碳化物等几种潜在的新型高温防护涂层材料体系,以及相应的涂层制备方法,这些新型涂层体系的发展有望满足现代宇航工业难熔金属热端部件的高温防护需求。     

轻型汽车和汽车塑料配件涂装工艺过程的VOCs组分特征

通过采集和分析珠江三角洲(以下简称“珠三角”)地区轻型汽车和汽车塑料配件涂装工艺过程的VOCs样品,识别了上述两个行业不同涂装工艺过程的VOCs组分特征.结果表明:芳香烃(56.4%~75.5%)和OVOCs(11.0%~35.7%)为轻型汽车涂装工艺占比最大的两种VOCs组分;烷烃和烯炔烃在烘干工艺所占比重要高于喷涂工艺;1,2,4-三甲苯为电泳和面涂烘干工序的主要VOCs组分,间/对-二甲苯、乙酸丁酯、丙二醇甲醚醋酸酯分别为中涂、面涂和中涂烘干工序的主要VOCs组分.汽车塑料配件涂装工艺不同工序的VOCs组成相似,芳香烃(53.3%~58.3%)和OVOCs(40.9%~45.8%)为主要VOCs组成,甲苯、乙酸乙酯、乙酸丁酯等为主要VOCs组分.不同废气治理设施对汽车塑料配件涂装工艺VOCs组分会造成一定的影响.活性炭吸附治理设施处理后的主要VOCs组分为甲苯、乙苯和邻二甲苯等芳香烃组分,水喷淋治理设施则为乙酸乙酯、乙酸丁酯和丙二醇甲醚醋酸酯等OVOCs类组分.通过与其他研究对比,丙二醇甲醚醋酸酯作为原辅料和废气中的主要组分之一,在以往研究中并未识别出来,表明针对测试对象的原辅料与工艺信息的现场调研是开展VOCs组分特征及成分谱研究的基础工作,建议未来该方面研究加强对前期调研工作的重视.此外,建议关注行业发展趋势给VOCs成分谱研究带来的影响.     

飞机蒙皮用含氟聚氨酯涂层老化原因分析

选用飞机蒙皮常用的含氟聚氨酯涂层体系为研究对象,结合飞机服役环境的主要特点,开展了实验室模拟加速老化试验研究,并利用电化学阻抗谱对老化试验后的涂层进行了表征.结果表明,紫外线仅对涂层的表面结构产生影响,紫外试验后的涂层电阻下降较慢.在紫外-盐雾循环试验中,紫外线引起涂层表面结构发生变化,涂层的耐水性变差,水更快地进入涂...     

太阳跟踪反射聚光户外加速试验研究

太阳辐射是引起有机材料老化的最主要原因.由于拉萨高原地区的太阳辐射年总量比内地同纬度高出约1倍,在拉萨进行有机涂层样品的户外暴露试验,其老化速度可大大提高.通过在拉萨试验站对4种常用的有机防护涂层开展太阳跟踪反射聚光户外加速试验和自然暴露试验对比研究,优选出了环境适应性好的材料,并验证了其加速性.     

雷达吸波涂层海洋大气环境适用性试验研究

目的 分析一种雷达吸波隐身涂层在海洋大气自然环境下性能的变化规律。方法 对12个月不同阶段涂层的常规物理性能和电性能进行检测,其中常规物理性能包括宏观形貌、金相形貌、微观性能、附着力、抗冲击强度和红外光谱。结果 从宏观形貌看,涂层明度和色差值呈上升趋势,12个月明度增加1.22,色差值增加2.91,颜色向绿色和蓝色发展,失光率先增大、后减小,最大失光率为9个月时的34%。涂层附着力和试验时间呈现非线性关系,6个月时,附着力降低了18%,12个月时增大了24%。涂层在2～18GHz的频率范围内,吸波曲线大体呈“U”形,最低反射率随时间向低频方向偏移。涂层金相形貌、微观性能、抗冲击强度和红外光谱特征总体变化不明显。结论 在1a内,自然海洋大气环境对雷达吸波隐身涂层常规物理性能和电性能产生了一定影响,但在试验时间相对较短情况下,海洋大气环境对涂层老化的影响作用尚未充分显示,需要结合更长周期的试验数据进一步分析。