The fabricated
HDPE/CS composites were evaluated for mechanical and thermal behavior. A slight improvement of about 5% in tensile strength and marked improvement of about 25% in tensile modulus for 20 wt % CS filled HDPE composites was noticed. The effect of CS content on rheological behavior was also studied. Thermal characteristics were performed using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). TGA thermogram indicated increased thermal stability of CS-filled VX-689 composites. From TGA curves the thermal degradation kinetic parameters of the composites have been calculated using Broido’s method. The enthalpy of melting (Delta H(m)) obtained from DSC curves was reduced with increase in CS content in HDPE matrix, due to decrease in HDPE content in composite systems. An increase in CS loading increased the water absorption behavior of the composites slightly. Morphological behavior of cryo-fractured composites has been studied using scanning electron microscopy. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals,
Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 119: 1889-1895, Compound C mouse 2011″
“Particle transport in a uniformly magnetized electronegative plasma is studied in two-dimensional (2D) geometry with insulating (dielectric) boundaries. A 2D particle-in-cell (PIC) code is employed, with the results compared to analytic one-dimensional models that approximate the end losses as volume losses. A modified oxygen reaction set is used to scale to the low densities used in PIC codes and also to approximately model other gases. The principal study is the limiting of the transverse PCI-32765 manufacturer electron flow due to strong electron magnetization. The plasma in the PIC calculation is maintained by axial currents that vary across the transverse dimension. For a cosine current profile
nearly uniform electron temperature is obtained, which at the B-fields studied (600-1200 G) give a small but significant fraction (0.25 or less) of electron to negative ion transverse loss. For a more transverse-confined current, and approximating the higher mass and attachment reaction rate of iodine, the fraction of electron to negative ion transverse loss can be made very small. The models which have been constructed reasonably approximate the PIC results and indicate that the cross-field transport is nearly classical. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3506518]“
“PURPOSE: To record and compare the spectral transmission characteristics of foldable untinted and yellow-tinted intraocular lenses (IOLs) and evaluate the protective effects against retinal damage by sunlight.
SETTING: Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan.
METHODS: The study evaluated 3 untinted IOLs (SA60AT, VA-60BBR, AU6 K) and 3 yellow-tinted IOLs (SN60AT, YA-60BBR, AU6 N) of 3 lens powers (+10.0 diopters [D], +20.0 D, and +30.0 D).