Search Results
You are looking at 1 - 8 of 8 items for
- Author or Editor: L. Gomes x
- Refine by Access: All Content x
Abstract
In isoperibol temperature-rise calorimetry, different approaches can lead to the corrected temperature rise. The description of the methodology, as well as an improvement in the approach to the accurate numerical calculation of the corrected temperature rise in isoperibol calorimetry, based on the comparison between the exponential functional description of the initial and final periods and an independent third order polynomial fitting, is presented. The latter is focused on the strategy of minimizing the result dependency on the definition of the main period of the reaction. Furthermore, the dedicated software application Labtermo is introduced.
Abstract
Hybrid materials were prepared by γ-irradiation of a mixture of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), with tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and zirconium propoxide (PrZr), using a 60Co γ source, without any addition of solvents. Thermogravimetry, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction measurements showed that the obtained hybrids are amorphous materials of the nanocomposite type. The results highlighted the different influence of each of the metallic alkoxides on the hybrid structure. The material rupture temperature, associated with the degradation of the organic component, depends mainly on the TEOS content, whereas the inorganic component structural stability depends on the relative PrZr content in the alkoxides mixture.
Abstract
In this work, the synthesis of Nd-doped SrSnO3 by the polymeric precursor method, with calcination between 250 and 700 °C is reported. The powder precursors were characterized by TG/DTA and high temperature X-ray diffraction (HTXRD). After heat treatment, the material was characterized by XRD and infrared spectroscopy. Ester and carbonate amounts were strictly related to Nd-doping. According to XRD patterns, the orthorhombic perovskite was obtained at 700 °C for SrSnO3 and SrSn0.99Nd0.01O3. For Sr0.99Nd0.01SnO3, the kinetics displayed an important hole in the crystallization process, as no peak was observed in HTXRD up to 700 °C, while a XRD patterns showed a crystalline material after calcination at 250 °C.
The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of heat treatment on the rheological properties of mixed nectars, based on cashew apple, mango, and acerola pulps. Ten different formulations with different mass fractions of cashew apple, mango, and acerola pulps were prepared using a simplex centroid design [with a total of 35% (w/w) pulp] and submitted to heat treatment at 90 °C for 1 min. Samples were collected before and after heat treatment and characterization of their rheological properties was carried out. The rheological behaviour was obtained at 25 °C, with shear rate ranging from 108 to 500 s−1 (upward curve) and from 500 to 108 s−1 (downward curve) for 1 min with 25 readings for each curve. The Ostwald de Waele model showed to be a good fit for all formulations studied, which showed a non-Newtonian behaviour and a pseudoplastic character. Results of apparent viscosity for the non-heated formulations were well fitted by the linear model and the heat treated formulations by the cubic model. The heat treated formulations had higher (P<0.05) values of consistency index and apparent viscosity, as well as lower (P<0.05) values of flow behaviour index compared to non-heated formulations. The rheological characterization of these formulations is a very useful tool during product development and processing control of mixed nectars of fruit juice.
Summary
This study proposes a method for decontamination of acid drainage water from a uranium mine, as an alternative process to lime treatment. The research embodied the recovery of uranium with an ion-exchange resin, treatment of effluent resin with lime, or with inorganic adsorbents and biosorbents. The uranium decontamination level using the resin process was 94% and allowed the recovery of this element as a commercial product. Among the inorganic adsorbents studied, phosphogypsum was effective for 226Ra, 228Ra, and 210Pb removal. Among the biosorbents, Sargassum sp.was superior in relation to its specific capacity to accumulate and remove 226Ra.
Abstract
Thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) are useful techniques that have been successfully applied in the pharmaceutical industry to reveal important information regarding the physicochemical properties of drug and excipient molecules such as polymorphism, stability, purity, and formulation compatibility among others. In this study, lovastatin was studied by TG, DSC, and other techniques such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, chromatography, and mass spectrometry. Lovastatin showed melting point at 445 K and thermal stability up to 535 K. It presented morphological polymorphism, which in the drug has the same unit cell, but with different crystal habits. Preservative excipient butylhydroxyanisole (BHA) causes amorphization of lovastatin crystallites and, therefore is incompatible with lovastatin. Degradation by hydrolysis was observed under neutral, acid, and basic conditions. The active degradation product, lovastatin hydroxyacid, was obtained after neutral and basic hydrolysis.
Studies on gas exchange parameters were made at different temperatures and radiation levels in seven seedling populations of chestnut cultivar Judia from different parts of the Trás-os-Montes region, Portugal. Differences were found for the optimal temperature, which was 31°C for JD7, 31.5°C for JD5, 32°C for JD2, 32.5°C for JD4, 33°C for JD3 and JD6, and 33.5°C for JD1 and the ink-resistant hybrid BRO310. At these values, rates of photosynthesis ranged between 8.7 and 13.4 mmol CO 2 m −2 s −1 for JD6 and JD7, while the light conditions allowing 90% of maximal photosynthesis varied between 650 (JD6) and 1385 (JD4) μmol m −2 s −1 . JD1 showed the highest value of leaf water potential, −0.35 Mpa, and JD6, JD7 and BRO310 the lowest, −0.65 Mpa. JD1 also showed the second lowest stomatal conductance (93 mmol m −2 s −1 ) and transpiration rate (3.0 mmol H 2 O m −2 s −1 ).In relation to the photosynthetic pigments, JD3 and JD7 were the most sun-loving clones having the highest values for the Chl a / b ratio (3.2 and 3.3, respectively), while JD1 had the lowest Chl/Car ratio (3.9). The overall results suggested that the JD3, JD1 and JD5 populations might increase heat stress tolerance in Judia.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the microbiological quality of oysters and mussels grown in Cananéia, Brazil, by analysing mesophiles, psychrothophic bacteria, moulds and yeasts, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella spp., and to compare the efficiency of Compact Dry EC method and the conventional method for counting of total coliforms and Escherichia coli. The microbial analysis showed that the mean values of mesophilic counts were 3.14±0.81 log CFU g−1 for oysters and 3.92±0.90 for mussels; the mean values of psychrophilic counts were 2.78±0.75 log CFU g−1 for oysters and 3.22±0.75 log CFU g−1 for mussels; the mean values of mould and yeast counts were 3.70±0.58 log CFU g−1 for oysters and 3.33±0.81 log CFU g−1 for mussels. Salmonella spp. did not present positive results, and the maximal count of Staphylococcus aureus was 1.7 log CFU g−1, therefore, within the limits established in the legislation. The correlation coefficients between the Compact Dry EC method and conventional method were >0.87 for total coliform and E. coli counts for both types of shellfish. The data in this study show that the Compact Dry EC method is an acceptable alternative to conventional methods for enumeration of total coliforms and E. coli in shellfish.
