In order to achieve a homogeneous starting material for the production of dense Si3N4 by post-sintering of RBSN, the morphological and chemical characteristics of the Si-starting powders as well as the pore structure of the Si-powder compacts have to be optimized. In this context, the influence of the grain size distribution on the micropore size distribution of the Sipowder compacts was determ...

In nano-medicine, mesoporous silicon particles provide efficient vehicles for the dissemination and delivery of key proteins at the micron scale. We propose a new quality-control method for the nanopore structure of these particles, based on image analysis software developed to automatically inspect scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) images of nanoparticles in a fully automated fashion. Our a...

The combined effect of pore size and pore volume on the equilibrium adsorption capacity and the adsorption kinetics for a series of normal alkanes is determined. The selected adsorbents, activated carbon fibers (ACFs) and air activated phenolic fibers (AAPFs), possess a range of micropore sizes and have been thoroughly characterized in past work. For the normal alkane series, the lower surface ...

Freezing action always results in great damage to the pore structure and fractal characteristics of freezing–thawing soft soil. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) can help collect data describe microstructure frozen–thawed This paper conducted a series nuclear tests interpret effect freezing duration, pressure temperature on soil’s micro-pore characteristics. The size distributions (PSDs) tested ...

Baked ceramic aggregates (fritted clay, arcillite) have been used for plant research both on the ground and in microgravity. Optimal control of water and air within the root zone in any gravity environment depends on physical and hydraulic properties of the aggregate, which were evaluated for 0.25-1-mm and 1-2-mm particle size distributions. The maximum bulk densities obtained by any packing te...

One of the barriers during whey filtration using UF membrane is the fouling phenomenon of the membrane, which is caused by whey proteins. In this work, the UF membranes were prepared using polysufone (PSf), dimethyl formamide (DMF), 1 wt.% poly vinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and different concentrations of LiCl via phase inversion induced by immersion precipitation. The prepared membranes were charact...