The growth dynamics of polyacrylamide hydrogel beads due to liquid absorption under geometric confinement is studied. First, the behavior individual investigated and, subsequently, analyzed in presence several interacting same material. In both, and collective studies, magnitude varied, order investigate effect that stress applied on particles has their hydration kinetics.

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Beet pulp as component of cattle feed can be processed in different way. Tis study was performed to characterize the physical properties of so called fine beet pulp (FBP); normal beet pulp (NBP) and pelleted beet pulp (PBP). The following parameters were determined: bulk density, kinetics of hydration, functional specific gravity (FSG), water holding capacity (WHC), soluble dry matter and intri...

BACKGROUND Guar galactomannan is a plant polysaccharide with extensive applications in food, paper, textile and petroleum industries. The main advantages for using guar are its low cost, easy availability and capacity to form viscous solutions and gels at low concentration. Additionally, chain architecture of guar galactomannan can be selectively modified to tailor properties of guar formulatio...

the molecular geometry of complex of adenine with 8 water molecules was calculated with hartree-fock (hf). the standard 6-31g(d) basis set has been employed. the existence of c-h…o hydrogen bonds between the water molecules and the hydrophobic part of nucleobase is stablished. we optimized structures and computed interaction energies of all complexes of adenine with water molecules step by step...

Understanding the state of the hydration water and the microstructure development in a cement paste is likely to be the key for the improvement of its ultimate strength and durability. In order to distinguish and characterize the reacted and unreacted water, the single-particle dynamics of water molecules in hydrated calcium silicates (C3S, C2S) and aluminates (C3A, C4AF) were studied by quasi-...