Wood heat treatment is an attractive alternative to improve decay resistance of wood species with low natural durability. However, this improvement of durability is realized at the expense of the mechanical resistance. Decay resistance and mechanical properties are strongly correlated to thermal degradation of wood cells wall components. Mass loss resulting from this degradation is a good indic...

The 17-4PH alloy is a martensitic stainless steel with 3–5 wt% Cu, strengthened by the precipitation hardening. Due to excellent mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and ease of heat treatment, this alloy has unique applications in nuclear power plants and marine constructions. In this paper, the influence of ageing heat treatment, solution annealing followed by ageing at 480, 550 and 62...

We investigated the role of ethylene in the response of cotton to high temperature using cotton genotypes with genetically interrupted ethylene metabolism. In the first experiment, Sicot 71BRF and 5B (a lintless variant with compromised ethylene metabolism) were exposed to 45°C, either by instantaneous heat shock or by ramping temperatures by 3°C daily for 1 week. One day prior to the start of ...

mechanical properties of dissimilar weld joints between gost09ch16n4b (a martensitic stainless steel) and aisi 4130 thin sheets made by gas tungsten arc welding (gtaw) were studied using er410nimo and er100s-g filler metals in post weld heat treated conditions. heat treatment cycles consisted of austenitization at 900, 950 and 1000 °c for 1 h and this was followed by oil cooling and tempering a...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to compare the inhibitory effect of heat-killed candida albicans and dentin powder on the antibacterial activity of chlorhexidine (chx) against enterococcus faecalis and streptococcus sanguis . materials and methods: the antibacterial effect of each group was determined by measuring the zone of inhibition diameter in millimeters after incubation at 37...

the main objective of this study was to elucidate the effect of short- term exposure of japanese quail eggs to acute high incubation temperature on embryonic development and on the ability of post- hatched chicks to cope with subsequent heat stress conditions during the growing period. a total of 998 japanese quail eggs were divided into two groups, the first group (470 eggs) was maintained at ...

Fouling is a common, fundamental and costly problem in heat transfer systems, which reduces thermal efficiency of equipment, increases the energy loss and causes strong damage to the heat transfer equipment in various industries. The main causes of fouling on the heat transfer surfaces are salts with inverse temperature-solubility in the fluid which calcium sulfate is one of the most important ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare the effects of locally applied heat and cold treatments on skin and intraarticular temperature in patients with arthritis. METHODS Thirty-nine patients with arthritis of the knee were divided at random into 4 treatment groups (ice chips, nitrogen cold air, ligno-paraffin, and placebo short wave). A temperature probe was inserted into the knee joint cavity and...

an investigation has been carried out on the temperature of a biscuit on the cooling line of razavi food industries company. for thispurpose, the time variations of biscuit’s top surface temperature in traveling from oven to packing station on the conveyor packing station by conveyors has been studied. the fourier field equation for transient heat transfer is used as the basis for the determini...