Recent work at Clemson University has provided 32 new data sets of ammonia volatilization losses during sprinkler irrigation of liquid manure. These 32 observations were pooled with 23 additional data sets that were available in the literature. The combined data includes losses from traveling gun, center pivot, and impact sprinkler irrigation of dairy, swine, and beef manure. Manure type did no...

In this paper, we report on the crystal structure and the electrical and thermal transport properties of the BiCuSe1-xSxO series. From the evolution of the structural parameters with the substitution rate, we can confidently conclude that a complete solid solution exists between the BiCuSeO and BiCuSO end members, without any miscibility gap. However, the decrease of the stability of the materi...

Fortisan, cellulose triacetate, and NOroxidized cellulose were pyrolyzed in a vacuum in the temperature range 1800 to 465 0 C. Cotton cellulose and cellulose t ri acetate were also pyrolyzed in nitrogen at atmospheric pressure. The tar yields were in the decreasing order from: Cotton, Fortisan, cellulose triacetate, and oxidized cellulose. The other volatiles consisted mainly of acetic acid, ca...

SBS (styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer) modified bitumen is one of most widely used polymer modified bitumens in China. It is also not satisfactory when subjected to extreme conditions. Multiple-walled carbon nanotubes, as a type of advanced nanomaterial, are investigated extensively because of their strong adsorption capacity. Little research has been done about MWCNTs/SBS modified bit...

Soil fumigation is important for growing many fruits and vegetable crops, but fumigant emissions may contaminate the atmosphere. A large-scale field experiment was initiated to test the hypothesis that adding composted municipal green waste to the soil surface in an agricultural field would reduce atmospheric emissions of the 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D) after shank injection at a 133 kg ha(-1) ...

Soil fumigants are becoming an important source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air, especially in some agricultural areas. In this study, we used thiourea to construct a reactive surface barrier (RSB) at the soil surface for reducing 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D) volatilization. The agrochemical thiourea could rapidly transform volatile 1,3-D to nonvolatile products via an SN2 nucleophil...

Ca2Si was successfully synthesized via a high-temperature melting furnace and spark plasma sintering process, allowing its thermoelectric properties to be studied. High-temperature furnaces were utilized inhibit the volatilization of Ca elements during preparation stage, ensuring production high-purity Ca2Si. The resistivity increased gradually with rising temperature reached 12 mΩ·cm at 873 K,...

Introduction: Our previous work on the volatilization rate of SiC in reducing gases [1, 2] was restricted to IW-2.8 and IW-6, oxygen fugacities (ÄO2Õs) 2.8 and 6 log units below the iron-wustite (IW) buffer. These data allowed us to estimate lifetimes of interstellar SiC grains (several months at 1200¡C) in a gas of solar composition (~IW-6). There is, however, evidence that ÄO2Õs for many comp...