Effect of Portland cement addition on initial dissolution of coal gangue based alkali-activated cement

Release of silicon and alumina from aluminosilicate occurs at early stages of alkaline reaction. Alkalinity and different aluminosilicate could influence dissolution of particles and modify microstructure of alkali-activated systems. However, there is a lack of study regarding the effects of Portland cement (OPC) addition on alkali-activated...

Crumbling Reefs and Cold-Water Coral Habitat Loss in a Future Ocean: Evidence of “Coralporosis” as an Indicator of Habitat Integrity

Ocean acidification is a threat to the net growth of tropical and deep-sea coral reefs, due to gradual changes in the balance between reef growth and loss processes. Here we go beyond identification of coral dissolution induced by ocean acidification and identify a mechanism that will lead to a loss of habitat in cold-water coral reef...

Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation of the Reaction Process and Microstructure Formation of Alkali-Activated Materials

Alkali-activated materials (AAMs) show promising potentials for use as building materials. Before the utilization, AAMs must satisfy the properties required from the construction sector, such as good durability and long-term service life. These properties mainly depend on the chemical and physical properties of the microstructure of AAMs. In the...

Stimulated-healing of proton exchange membrane fuel cell catalyst

Platinum nanoparticles, which are used as catalysts in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC), tend to degrade after long-term operation. We discriminate the following mechanisms of the degradation: poisoning, migration and coalescence, dissolution, and electrochemical Ostwald ripening. There are two ways to tackle this problem. The first...

Stimulated-healing of proton exchange membrane fuel cell catalyst

Platinum nanoparticles, which are used as catalysts in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC), tend to degrade after long-term operation. We discriminate the following mechanisms of the degradation: poisoning, migration and coalescence, dissolution, and electrochemical Ostwald ripening. There are two ways to tackle this problem. The first...

On the Structure and Dissolution Properties of Poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide): Effect of Solvent Composition

Poly-p-phenylenetherephthalamide (PpPTA) is a high performance, semi flexible polymer. Commercially it is mainly sold in the form of fibres under the trade names Twaron and Kevlar. The polymerization is performed in an amide(NMP)-salt(CaCl2) solution and afterwards spun into fibres from a sulphuric acid solution. In the thesis the dissolution...