Volume 91, Nº 10 (2018)

The review deals with the synthesis and use of nanosized additives in friction and wear processes. Various types of nanosized additives are considered, and their performance as friction modifiers is demonstrated. The influence exerted on the antiwear performance of lubricating materials by the size and concentration of the introduced particles differing in the chemical nature is considered. Methods for preparing nanosized additives and stabilizing them in lubricating materials are described.

Hydrothermal synthesis was used to obtain lamellar magnetic particles of barium hexaferrite, and colloidal solutions were prepared on their basis. Magneto-optical effects in colloid solutions of barium hexaferrite were examined. It was found that the aqueous colloidal solution of coarse planar particles of barium hexaferrite is a magneto-optical medium that is nearly two orders of magnitude more effective than the colloid formed from isometric cobalt ferrite particles. It was shown that measuring the frequency dependence of the magneto-optical effects and approximating the experimental data with the Debye function makes it possible to find the frequency f₀ characteristic of the given colloid and to calculate the characteristic size of particles (or aggregates) creating the optical anisotropy in the colloid under the action of a magnetic field. A dichroism is observed in the aqueous colloid formed by coarse planar barium hexaferrite particles. This phenomenon is due to the change in the light scattering on coarse particles upon their orientation by a magnetic field.

Optimal design of a flow-through chemical reactor with increased calorific intensity was experimentally sought for in partial oxidation of natural gas by oxygen at oxidant excess factors in the range 0.27 < α < 0.4. It was shown that this reactor with a chamber for additional turbulent mixing of the starting components, turbulizer, and supercritical pressure difference at the outlet from the combustion chamber can provide a combustion mode close to the process in the plug-flow reactor. The increase in the calorific intensity of the combustion chamber of the reactor as a result of a decrease in its volume leads to full conversion of the starting reagents and to lower carbon-black formation.

This investigation involves an experimental study on the pyrolysis of scrap tires under different operating conditions such as feedstock size and pyrolysis temperature by highlighting the properties of the whole liquid products generated during each thermal degradation process. The complete conversion temperature for the pyrolysis of used tires was close to 500‒550°C. The characteristics of liquid fraction were determined by elemental analysis, chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques and distillation data. All the obtained atomic ratios are around 1,4 which is significant that such pyrolytic liquids are a mixture of aliphatic and aromatic compounds derived from polymeric materials. Analysis of the pyrolytic oil (pyro-oil) by chromatographic analysis showed that it was a complex mixture of organic compounds C₅‒C₂₆, aromatics and a large proportion of light hydrocarbons that can be used as liquid fuels. Furthermore, the comparison distillation data indicates that more than 40% of such pyrolytic oil fraction with the boiling point range between 180‒360°C is specified for diesel. It is noted that the viscosity decreases obviously from 4.87 to 1.79 with the increase in temperature.

Polymer composite materials based on Fenilon S-2 (FS-2) heat-resistant aromatic polyamide and filled with microcapsules containing a lubricating material were developed and used for tribological purposes. FS-2 acts both as a matrix and as a material of microcapsule shells. The choice of oils suitable for preparing the composite is limited and is determined by the capability of oils to preserve lubricating properties at high temperatures of FS-2 forming, up to 320°С. The tribotechnical and physicomechanical tests of the developed composites containing microcapsules demonstrated significant improvement of the tribological characteristics of the materials relative to the initial polymer. The polymer composites filled with microcapsules form an oriented lubricating film on the friction surfaces; this film is retained under high loads for a long time.

Textural, structural, and morphological changes occurring in globular carbon black of various particle size fractions under continuous irradiation with a continuous beam of 2.5-MeV accelerated electrons were studied by the methods of adsorption and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The electron irradiation leads to pronounced transformation of the solid globular framework of carbon black mainly into graphite-like nanocapsules of 10–50 nm size with the spacing between the graphene layers of the order of 0.355 nm. The observed effect leads to a decrease in the porosity (by a factor of approximately 1.65) and in the specific surface area (by a factor of 3–4) of the irradiated samples. This may be due to the transformation of the turbostratic (practically amorphous) form of carbon black into the nanostructured state with denser packing of carbon particles. The physicochemical properties of such carbon should be primarily determined by the structure of the solid framework.

A procedure was suggested for preparing highly hydrophobic conducting coatings based on fluoropolymers with carbon nanotubes of two types: Taunit-MD and carbon nanotubes functionalized with alkyl groups. The surface resistance, contact angle, sliding angle, and surface roughness were measured; structural features of the nanocomposites were studied. The properties of the coatings obtained depend on the concentration and type of the carbon nanotubes used. Introduction of functionalized carbon nanotubes into a fluoropolymer matrix allows preparation of coatings with higher values of the sliding angle and electrical resistance. The contact angle and sliding angle depend on the surface roughness and structure in different fashions.

Method of differential thermal analysis was used to study the thermolysis of a mixture of barium oxalate hydrate and α-SnO₂·H₂O, produced by precipitation from hydrochloric solutions. The methods of X-ray diffraction analysis, electron microscopy, and low-temperature nitrogen adsorption were used to examine the reaction products formed at various heating temperatures and determine their phase composition. The nanocomposite BaSnO₃/SnO₂ is the final product of thermolysis and subsequent heating to 950°C. The nanocomposite was used as a heterogeneous oxide additive for obtaining a CsNO₂–BaSnO₃/SnO₂ composite solid electrolyte. The conductivity of the composite exceeds that of the starting salt by more than order of magnitude.

Double-layer structures based on gas-sensitive semiconducting metal oxides and silicalite-1 were tested in detection of carbon monoxide in humid air. Pure tin dioxide and that modified with antimony and palladium served as materials of the sensitive layer. Upon deposition of a silicalite-1 layer on SnO₂ and SnO₂/PdO_x, the signal for CO in dry air at room measurement temperature (T = 25°C) grows, but an increase in the air humidity results in that the sensor sensitivity fully disappears. Raising the measurement temperature to 100°C makes weaker the adverse effect of the humidity. The double-layer structure containing the SnO₂(Sb)/PdO_x nanocomposite is characterized by the most stable sensor signal that is independent of the air humidity within the range RH = 4‒65%.

Possibility of using mesoporous materials for obtaining Ni–Mo sorption-catalytic materials for purification of medium-distillate fractions to remove arsenic-containing compounds was examined. It was shown that, in the course of hydropurification, the acidity of the mesoporous material does not directly affect the extent to which the amount of arsenic in hydrocarbons is diminished. It was found that mesoporous supports of the SBA-15, TUD, and MCF types reduce the content of arsenic to less than 0.5 ppm at 360°C and 50 atm of H₂.

Ni/Sup catalysts were prepared, where SBA-15, γ-Al₂O₃, SiO₂ were used as supports (Sup). The synthesized catalysts were investigated by the methods of low-temperature nitrogen adsorption, temperatureprogrammed reduction (TPR), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The catalytic properties of the prepared catalysts were tested in liquid phase hydrogenation of biphenyl under conditions of a flow installation at temperatures of 60–100°C, pressure of 4 MPa, volumetric feed rate of 4–10 h^–1 and H₂: feed ratio of 1500 nM.. A 1 wt % solution of biphenyl in heptane,, as a model mixture, was used. It has been established that the activity of nickel hydrogenation catalysts depends on the nickel content and the type of support. The activity of supported nickel catalysts decreases in the series Ni-12/SBA-15 > Ni-12/SiO₂ >> Ni-12/Al₂O₃. The kinetic characteristics of the biphenyl hydrogenation reaction were determined: the rate constants and activation energy for the hydrogenation of the first and second aromatic rings of the substrate molecule.

Urea-formaldehyde (UF) microcapsules loaded with linseed oil (LO) and benzotriazole (BTA) as core materials have been synthesized by in situ emulsion polymerization. The capsules were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy and particle size analysis. Surface morphology of the microcapsules was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The microcapsules were incorporated into epoxy resin and coated on a mild steel substrate to form a corrosion resistant organic coating. The self-healing property of coatings loaded with different weight % of microcapsules containing LO + BTA was tested by immersion of the UF coated mild steel specimens in 3.5 wt % NaCl solution. It was analyzed through visual inspection, weight loss measurements, and SEM of the scribed region of coating. It was observed that the addition of microcapsules enhances the corrosion resistance of the scratched samples.

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