OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of ingestion exposure of lead by particle sizes of crumb rubber in artificial turf filling material with consideration of bioavailability. METHODS This study estimated the ingestion exposure by particle sizes (more than 250 um or less than 250 um) focusing on recyclable ethylene propylene diene monomer crumb rubber being used as arti...

The results showed that (1) the ultimate shear deformation of the rubber bearings with two fixed end plates reached 300% to 400% of the rubber layer thickness. The damage was mainly focused on the rubber layer fracture. The energy dissipation capacity of the bearings was weak, and the hysteresis curve presented a narrow zonal shape. (2) The rubber bearings with unilateral friction sliding had a...

Abstract The numerical simulation analysis of the fluid-solid coupling ship’s boring water-lubricated bearing is carried out to study influence law inclination and eccentricity rotating shaft on pressure distribution fluid flow state in bearing. results show that tilt changes shape inner passage bearing, resulting unstable When normal, value decreases first then increases axial direction. Howev...

In order to study the effects of septic embolism on the brain, silicone rubber emboli of various types were injected into the carotid arteries of 35 dogs. Pathologic and angiographic studies were performed to assess the resultant arterial and parenchymal lesions. Pure silicone rubber emboli (14 dogs) produced occasional intra-arterial thrombosis but no arteritis. Sterile and bacterially contami...

Tipton (1960), Butt et al. (1964), and Stitch (1957) have shown that 20 trace metals are consistently present in human tissues although only seven of these are known to be essential to man. In addition to the ingestion of trace metals from food, materials such as paints, plastics, and rubbers, which contain many metals, may be mouthed and chewed by children. Excessive ingestion of lead is a wel...

Abstract Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films are deposited on rubber surfaces to protect the components, and surface pretreatment of substrates prior film deposition can improve adhesion between DLC rubber. Thus, principal purpose this work concentrates determining effects argon (Ar), oxygen (O 2 ), nitrogen (N hydrogen (H ) plasma pretreatments friction performance (DLC/rubber). The results indica...

The Pb, Hg and As content of the muscle, gill and liver of marin organisms Otolithes rubber, Pampus argenteus, Parastromateus niger, Scomberomorus commerson, Onchorynchus mykiss were measured. Analysis of lead and arsenic was carried out by anodic stripping voltammetry method. Hg analysis was done spectrophotometrically. It was found that mercury concentration reaches to maximum in the gill of ...