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A hydrogel was prepared from a polysaccharide, enzymatically synthesized through a one-pot reaction in aqueous solution, and its properties as a functional material were evaluated. Enzymatic synthesis using glucosyltransferase K obtained from Streptococcus salivarius ATCC 25975 was performed with sucrose as a substrate. The synthetic product was unbranched linear (1 → 6)-α-d-glucan with a high molecular weight, Mw 1.0-3.0 × 105. The synthesized (1 → 6)-α-d-glucan was insoluble in water and crystallized in a monoclinic unit cell, which is consistent with the hydrated form of dextran. Transparent and highly swellable (1 → 6)-α-d-glucan hydrogels were obtained by crosslinking with diglycidyl ethers. The hydrogels showed no syneresis and no volume change during compression, resulting in the retention of shape under repeated compression. The elastic moduli of these hydrogels ( less then 60 kPa) are smaller than those of other polysaccharide-based hydrogels having the same solid contents. The oven-dried gels could be restored to the hydrogel state with the original transparency and a recovery ratio greater than 98%. The mechanism of water diffusion into the hydrogel was investigated using the kinetic equation of Peppas. The properties of the hydrogel are impressive relative to those of other polysaccharide-based hydrogels, suggesting its potential as a functional biomaterial.An experimental study on the flow behavior of crude oil containing sand and air in a vertical pipe with 50 mm diameter was carried out. The experiments were conducted under the following input superficial phase velocities oil from 0.1 to 2.23 m/s and gas from 0 to 0.34 m/s. Oil was blended with sand in three different volume concentrations, namely, 0.7, 2, and 3%. Two different types of sand were used to investigate the effect of sand size distribution. this website A comparison between rheological measurements and pipe flow data showed that the stress-strain relationship obtained by the rheometer could be used to predict the transport characteristics in the vertical pipe flow. It was demonstrated that a small gas injection and sand addition can decrease the total pressure and friction pressure gradients. In the oil flow, the injection of air generally increased the friction factor compared to the single-phase flow, especially at low Reynolds numbers. However, the friction factor decreased by adding a small amount of fine sand. The accuracy of the correlation developed in this study was compared with other three correlations widely used in gas-liquid vertical pipe flow.We prepared the monomer PCDA-HP composed of 5-hydroxy-N1,N3-bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)isophthalamide (HP) as a cadmium ion tweezer and then polymerized them to form a polydiacetylene (PDA)-based sensor (PDA-HP), which displayed selective and sensitive colorimetric and fluorometric change upon addition of a cadmium ion (Cd2+) at both pH 7.4 and 6.8. The PDA-HP polymer was highly selective for Cd2+ over other metal ions with colorimetric change. In addition, the PDA-HP chemosensor also showed a red fluorescence change in the presence of Cd2+ at both pH 7.4 and 6.8. Naked-eye detection of Cd2+ was accomplished in an aqueous solution through a PDA-based sensor system. Finally, the lowest energy structure of an HP chelator was obtained by the crystal structure and density functional theory (DFT) calculations.During the exploration of hydrates or oil and gas exploitation through the hydrate layer, heat transfer causes hydrates to decompose. The gas and water generated by this decomposition increase the pressure of the gas in the decomposition zone, resulting in excessive pore pressure. The seepage of gas and water and the decomposition of hydrates lead to soil deformation, which may be caused by soil softening. This may lead to geological disasters, such as ocean landslides, seabed subsidence, and even gas explosions. The natural phenomena of soil eruption caused by hydrate decomposition currently include Siberian pits and Bermuda craters. From these two natural phenomena, climate change is considered to affect hydrate decomposition, causing ocean acidification and dissolved oxygen consumption, which may have more serious consequences than global warming alone. Therefore, it is extremely important to study how hydrate decomposition causes soil to erupt and release gas into the ocean and the atmosphere. This paper is primarily based on on-site data collected from the Siberian pit in the case of hydrate decomposition resulting in increased pore pressure, resulting in soil eruption. The relationship between the thickness of the upper cladding layer, the pressure causing the destruction of the upper cladding layer, and the destruction length of the upper cladding layer was obtained through numerical simulation.Fe-modified biochars have been widely used in removal of Cr(VI) from water due to the resulting modified surface functional groups and magnetization property. However, few studies have synthetically investigated modification methods and synthesis parameters on the improvement of the removal efficiency of Cr(VI) by Fe-modified biochars. Herein, 10 types of corn straw-based magnetic biochars were produced using pre-modification and post-modification methods with various modifier ratios, and the highest heating temperature (HHT). Cr(VI) removal results suggest that the removal efficiency of pre-modified biochars ranged from 50.7 to 98.6%, which was much higher than that of post-modified (6.6-21.6%) and unmodified biochars (0.4-7.6%). The effect of synthesis methods on Cr(VI) adsorption was in the following order Fe-modification method > modifier ratio > HHT. The adsorption kinetics and isotherm results of three types of pre-modified biochars were well fitted with the pseudo-second-order model (R2 > 0.99) and the Langmuir adsorption model (R2 > 0.99), respectively, indicating the surface homogeneity of the pre-modified biochars and unilayer chemisorptions of Cr(VI). Characterization results show that iron oxides or zerovalent iron particles were successfully deposited onto the surface of biochars and magnetism was introduced. A good Pearson correlation (r = -0.9694) between the removal efficiency and pH value in modified biochar suggests that the lower pH value may offer more positive charges and promote electrostatic attraction. Therefore, the dominant mechanism for enhanced Cr(VI) adsorption on pre-modified biochar was electrostatic attraction, resulting from its distinguished acidity nature. Our findings provide new insights into the high-efficiency removal of Cr(VI) onto Fe-modified magnetic biochars and will benefit future design of more efficient magnetic biochars.
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