TY - JOUR A1 - De la Hoz Alford, L. A1 - Pecanha de Souza, C. G. A1 - Paciornik, S. A1 - d` Almeida, J. R. M. A1 - Santos Leite, B. A1 - Avila, H. C. A1 - Léonard, F. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Three-Dimensional Characterization of Polyurethane Foams Based on Biopolyols N2 - Two biopolyol-based foams derived from banana leaves (BL) or stems (BS) were produced, and their compression mechanical behavior and 3D microstructure were characterized. Traditional compression and in situ tests were performed during 3D image acquisition using X-ray microtomography. A methodology of image acquisition, processing, and analysis was developed to discriminate the foam cells and measure their numbers, volumes, and shapes along with the compression steps. The two foams had similar compression behaviors, but the average cell volume was five times larger for the BS foam than the BL foam. It was also shown that the number of cells increased with increasing compression while the average cell volume decreased. Cell shapes were elongated and did not change with compression. A possible explanation for these characteristics was proposed based on the possibility of cell collapse. The developed methodology will facilitate a broader study of biopolyol-based foams intending to verify the possibility of using these foams as green alternatives to the typical petrol-based foams. KW - Compression mechanical KW - Biopolyol KW - Banana KW - 3D microstructure KW - X-ray microtomography PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-571982 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16052118 SN - 1996-1944 VL - 16 IS - 5 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-57198 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kuroiwa, T. A1 - Zhu, Y. A1 - Inagaki, K. A1 - Long, S. A1 - Christopher, S. A1 - Puelles, M. A1 - Porinsky, M. A1 - Hatamleh, N. A1 - Murby, J. A1 - Merrick, J. A1 - White, I. A1 - Saxby, D. A1 - Caciano de Sena, R. A1 - Dominguez de Almeida, M. A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Phukphatthanachai, Pranee A1 - Fung, W.-H. A1 - Yau, H.-P. A1 - Okumu, T. O. A1 - Kang'iri, J. N. A1 - Tellez, J. A. S. A1 - Campos, E. Z. A1 - Galvan, E. C. A1 - Kaewkhomdee, N. A1 - Taebunpakul, S. A1 - Thiengmanee, U. A1 - Yafa, C. A1 - Tokman, N. A1 - Tunc, M. A1 - Can, S. Z. T1 - Report of the CCQM-K123: trace elements in biodiesel fuel N2 - The CCQM-K123 key comparison was organized by the Inorganic Analysis Working Group (IAWG) of CCQM to assess and document the capabilities of the national metrology institutes (NMIs) or the designated institutes (DIs) to measure the mass fractions of sodium, calcium, potassium, magnesium phosphorous and sulfur in biodiesel fuel (BDF). The National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) acted as the coordinating laboratories. Results were submitted by 11 NMIs and DIs. The participants used different measurement methods, though most of them used inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), isotope dilution technique with ICP-MS and inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) with microwave acid digestion. The material was quite challenging and a number of questions were raised at the IAWG meeting. Concerning S, the variation in S results between participants, particularly those using IDMS methods was discussed at the IAWG meeting. BAM, NIST and NMIJ reviewed their experimental conditions, results and/or uncertainty calculations for IDMS. According to the additional evaluation and investigation, the variances between the revised results became smaller than the original one, the revised results were overlapping between IDMS measurements of S content at the k=2 level. It is not possible to calculate a KCRV with values being modified after submission. It was concluded that this KC does not support S measurements. Accounting for relative expanded uncertainty, comparability of measurement results for each of Na, Ca, K, Mg and P was successfully demonstrated by the participating NMIs or DIs. It is expected that sodium, calcium, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus at mass fractions greater than approximately 0.1 mg/kg, 0.1 mg/kg, 0.05 mg/kg, 0.05 mg/kg and 0.1 mg/kg respectively in biodiesel fuel and similar matrices (fuels and oils etc.) can be determined by each participant using the same technique(s) employed for this key comparison to achieve similar uncertainties mentioned in the present report. Furthermore, the results of this key comparison can be utilized along with the IAWG core capability approach. KW - Biodiesel KW - Fuel KW - Sulphur KW - Reference measurement PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-393941 UR - http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0026-1394/54/1A/08008/meta DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/0026-1394/54/1A/08008 SN - 0026-1394 SN - 1681-7575 VL - 54 SP - Tech. Suppl. 2017, 08008, 1 EP - 47 PB - IOP Publishing CY - Bristol, UK AN - OPUS4-39394 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -